The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-01-18
Hilo Woman Receives Letter
From Relative AT Front De-
soribinu War Horrors
eH0STEY PROCESSION
OF WOUNDED SOLDIERS
Broken Men From Trenches
Come In With Body and
Z Mind Shattered

Extracts from q letter recently re-
eeiyed by Mrs z. F.. Jernegan of Hiic
from a relative in the hospital service
in France near the front give graphic
description Of one nights work among
! the wounded. The writer OF the let
ter is with the Canadian Expeditionary
horees and the letter was written IN
outreau, France early In December.
~ Is a ghostly enough procession 10
which we have become accustomed, 2
says the writer in telling Of the re,
cePtion OF the wounded from the ambu.
lance trains. The ghassly nature OF
the work Of receiving The wounded Is
saggestpd Ia the single sentence in
! with he says: 1.-THE day staff has
: rubber ap. ons and wear them ON duty
) in receiving patients. A
D. Para raphs from the hospital attend.
ants letter are given bellows
- am sorry we are not allowed To
have our photographs taken. When
this granddaughter isyover and If / am
stiD alive, Will have one taken and
2 send 1t to you. We are not allowed a
= camera. .s.-
Work In Hospital
Now 4 will give you a short &C.
2 count of the work in our hospital as
the best means Of impressing picture
Z OF the conditions upon your mind. This
Is by no means the front compared
With the situation of some English sis.
t'rs and Red Cross volunteers.
'."Sixty-tour new patients arrived
since morning and there is also mes.
sage from BOulosne that a train load
Of about 150 is icing sent us, of which
number eighty -four are bal stretcher
eases. The night sisters hurry from
room to room making themselves ac.
esfa.nted with patients they have not
sen, dong p. r. N. dressings, and
carrying out whatever orders can be
asGe ahead, 30 that you can be free
j Ter. The day staff has rubber aprons
anl wear III m ON duty to assist in re,
eniying patients, getting ambulance
tel's made, sheets hung on radiators,
e.c.,tt 3, &, IL .srst5i 49,. 4 =, \ Dc
ACTIVITY also reigns in the big cen.
I al kitchen where gallons of cocoa
81 amor on the lange. All the day or;
dol es are called up TO undress and
latha VaEients while the other men of
ill., unit TassCm. le at the entrance to
carry up stretchers or give q lift TO
Others who walk with difficulty. On
one floor wi IN one hundred patients
I ere is one night sister and three or.
d rlies. IL is close upon midnight
when the ten or twel, @ ambulances
make their first journey from the
Ftaplcs station three miles away
through the woods. Then the unload
ing and passing before the admitting
officers begin. 3 u so
Ghostly Procession - 4
tfH Il a ehostly enough procession
to which we have become accustomed,
but the men Of the corps have won a
good name for themselves for the speed
aud care with which they handle the
wounded though each stretcher has to
be carried up two or three flights Of.
stars. You win rem mber there are
egAty-four helpless cases, and quickly
gnd silently they file al5ng the c1lri.
doris. w t5t g. IA @.Nf. H..a... ~
''lhese broken men from the trench
, es---whf 50. deeds when they are prop.
GrlY known win make the dumb
viii respect, whose accumulated m 8
eii 8 nGne may reallze--khaki- loaded
with clay, rag ed, they stumble into
the warmth and light of the wards
ard IN the patient dgoop of the body,
the,dutl retrospective eye, and restrain
ed speech, one catches glimpses Of o
Napk,O1 horror In the trenches, Bodies