The Cordova daily times., 1917-09-14
BRITISH WOMB N < IN ACTIVE
 SERVICE

AUXILIARY CORPS, Behind the Brit. ish Lines in France. Sept. i. - Cor respondence of the Associated Press, -Women's labor as part of the Brit. ish army in France has now passed through its trial stage and won the approval of the army authorities.
 In response to a question, How do the young women themselves like ac- tive service?" The censors at wom- ems headquarters have permitted the Associated Press correspondence to take extracts from a number of home ward bound letters written by women now serving in France
 One girl writes to her brother: "We are billeted in empty villages, and everything Is done for our comfort. Army blankets and no sheets seemed little peculiar at first, but all idea of sheets has not vanished from om minds and we are developing an af lection for these warm army blankets as covering The restrictions are not at all formidable; in fact, we are al lowed more liberty than I personally expected, which ia saying great deal Army rations may be a little rougher | than the food we have been used to but the quality and quantity is good and hunger Is the best of sauces. The work is interesting"
 Here Is a girls account of her daily routine: We have breakfast at 7:30 and parade at S:15. We march down to the offices and commence work at 500. We leave again at 1 :45 and fin. isb at 500 for the day. We are the nearest camp to the line, and the work | this base is therefore very import. ant. We are free to go out from 6 until o'clock roll call. That gives us a delightfully."- long evening"
 The free time is well employed, as one girl writes: "We went out on Sun. day and tried our French, which to out great surprise was understood by the French women.
 "We are now studying hard at 1t. and are also getting up shorthand speed
 lass. The army is developing us al ready"
 A working girl in a coast village fwrites: We are in the midst of beau. utul scenery and the most glorious stretch of sea. With such advantages we feel we are absolutely in clover, be. cause we had expected lot of hard ships. and instead we have only in. convenience. Our life in billets, being army, is of course, very crude, and we have dispensed with such luxuries as tablecioths. but we have delicious white bread and white sugar We get lot of bull beef, and have not yet risked my teeth on the army biscuits We are telegraph operators on night duty. We have a bathing parade at 80 every morning. It sounds like | a summer holiday, but it Is not all | pleasure, and my advice to girls who think of coming over here is Don't come out expecting a picnic, because you won't get It. Whenever We feel inclined to grumble at certain things we think of the men in the trenches. and we feel that our grievances sink into significance by the side of the sacrifices they are making.
 1 A girl recently arrived, writes: Our draft through some mistake, had ra- ther a sorry time on arrival, nothing ing having been prepared for us. We had to put up at hotel that had not been opened for four years, and the first day was spent in securing the place from top to bottom. TO hear the girls talk, one would think it was a huge joke. and the way in which they made the best of the situation was splendid"
 Il woman sent to base camp where a complete staff of men workers was displaced. writes: We were afraid we would be unpopular with the men on account of turning them out of their jobs, but nothing of the kina They are very glad to see us and gave us a cheerful welcome. They had in. deed provided every luxury you can conceive. The had put flowers in our mess and recreation rooms and everything was spotlessly clean. We feel almost swindled, inasmuch as we were definitely promised hardships, but so far have been able to discover none."