The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-18
DR.. KNISELY'S
PRESENT ASSIGNMENT


The following letter in part will
tell what DR.. Knisely is doing at this
time. He writes to the Democrat
that he is feeling pretty fair and is in
full swing in his chosen work that of
physician and surgeon. He says:
"Well promised you that / would
give you an account of myself and
how found things here. | find it a
ratheS hard task as l am kept busy
attending to my own business and
haven't much time to learn anything
of interest to write about and much
less to write it.
~ landed here all sound and safe
the next morning after leaving Liber-
al which believe was about October
Bird at 1880 a. m. | went straight to
division headquarters where l report
ed my arrival. was then sent to the
Base Hospital where received very
agreeable surpise. That was per-
manent assignment to the Base Hos
pital. Now that was certainly sur
prise to me as had never made appli-
cation for any particular assignment.
You remember / always said that
was rot going to ask for any parti-
cular position, but wanted to be
assigned to the post where 81 could
best serve and best agree" Now
just why they gave me this is more
than | can figure out, but suppose
they found that want any account
any place else, and that they couldn't
kill me off by hiking me over the
hills and rocks at Fort Riley, so they
just disposed of me in the easiest
manner they could. And here / am
mingling, intermingling, circulating
among through and around a crowd
of old cronics, acutes and GONZALES
cents for about 81 hours out of each
day.
Two other M. DIS and myself ex-
amined, diagnosed, operated, treated
and otherwise disposed Of SO patti
ents today, putting in our spare time
writing up records, reports and his
tories and discussing the critical
points of each individual case. So
you see we haven't anything to do
here only just eat, sleep and write
letters. However, | am we'll pleased
with the change and like the work
fine.
No more "Fours right" "Fours
left" or "double time" for your un-
Gle "Dud," unless the authorities find
that can't be killed off here and de-
eide to put me in the trenches. The
one thing that don't like here is that
they have made no provision what
ever for me to do my own washing,
and the faithful old pipe don't seem
to carry the same degree of dignity
here as it did at Fort Riley. Conse-
quently / am compelled to waste as
much as so cents per week for laun-
dry and cigars which cuts the family
allowance considerably, but if the
war don't last too long and the good
people of Liberal continue their gen.
erosity the family will probably be
able to stay alive until / get back.
"Fort Worth is dandy nice town
of about 100000 l think, only about
four miles from. my quarters. Don't
get down to town very often because
| haven't great deal of time and if
l did have the time am always so
blooming pressed for funds that
couldn't buy anything so what's the
use. Went out to Lake Worth last
Sunday afternoon. 1t is about IL
miles west and is quite lake, being
about 20 miles long, covered with
motorboats, row boats, house boats
and such; a great place to look
around and watch other people enjoy
themselves.
AS to Camp Bowie it is not so ex-
tensive as Funston, but it is entirely
too big for me to describe; nothing
here at all except about 35, 900 nation
al guard and regular army men. II
understand that the camp will begin
taking the conscript army soon. The
aviation corps is about Is or 20
miles out. The aviators are not fly
ing yet, but expect to in few
weeks. l had patient this a. m. be-
longing to the aviation corps and l
have made arrangements to take
flight with him when he gets to fly
ing.
The Base Hospital is worth men,
tioning. We have room for only
about 1000 patients at present, but |
think it is the intention to make an
addition after awhile. The different
wards occupy space of about Ia
mile by 1-2 mile, Making a nice lit
tie hospital. So the entire Camp
Bowie is not small affair now and
more is being built to it all the time.
would like for it to be put on record
too that this army game is a busy
sort of business, and lazy man had
better stay out of it. /
The medical officers from colonel
down are certainly clean cut, first
class, big hearted set of men-the
very cream of the profession and |
have yet to see one of the entire med
ical corps that is not putting his en-
tire energy into his work. When a
man comes into the hospital sick or
injured, no matter what his rank is,
he is treated just as kindly and with
as much consideration as though he
was in his own home under the care
of his old family physician. So you
mothers who are worrying because
your boy won't be taken care Of in
case he gets sick or wounded, cut it
out; for it is the duty of the medical
part of service to see that all are
taken care of and ! don't believe we
have Stacker in that part of the ser
vice.
With the class of men and officers
that Uncle Sam has, / am of the
opinion that "Mr. Kaiser" will have
to throw up the sponge in the not far
off future. and the sooner the quicker.