Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-31
SHOW BELIEF u. S.
HASN'T DONE PART
Lieutenant Kane Write. British ON
Ger" Have Way of Conveying Tht.
Iden-TelIs of Hospital Work

WASHINGTON. July 30.-British Of
hccrs have way OF making American
soidiers In France feel that they think
America has not done its part in the
war. according to a letter written bv
Lieutenant Howard f. Kane from
somewhere in France" TO J. 81 All
bott. Of $500 Eighth Street. Northwest.
Lieutenant Kane, who was a physician
at the Columbia Hospital, left with the
medical reserve corps last May for the
trenches.
Under the date Of June "a Lieutenant
Kane wrote. in part. as follows:
Almost every one out here thinks
that we'll trim the Germans next sum-
mer. but not before. I'll be glad when
we get bunch of United States ,roops
over here. The British officer are hne
10 us. and have welcomed us with oman
arms. but they all have a way of maxi
ing us feel that they think our conn
try hasn't done its part.
After several days in London. wher.
we saw some Of the sights, We came
TO Boulogne and were stationed at
various base hospitals. We were there
ohiE hre days. but in that time saw
an enormous amount of surgery and
earned some of the Fundamental
points
men we were assigned to field
: 'h1uiaace hospitals up at the from,
WONDERFUL up here, living in tents
ana getting fat and husky. We get
pich'y |" eat. and I'm eating lot OF
'h'hes wouldn't touch at home. Our
camp is about three miles from the
front line trenches. Then we have
"iessihs' stations at intervals. right
up TO the line. At present I'm on duty
~ Az advanced dressing station. liv-
'"s III ouGout. way under. Ground.
were about mile from the
'rehches' and get all the wounded a.
.heE come back. The last few DAYS
nave oeen very quiet and we haven't
huch TO do The wounded are al,
moved at night. and last night we had
only ten One of our stretcher beare,s
was killed and two wounded last night
though.
really have quite a safe place.
"hen we are working. we're well pro.
tected. The dangerous part Is moving
from one place TO another. To-day 7
couldn't get back to the hosnitaI ~
wanted to. unless. Of course, IL were
absolutely necessary, because the
Germans are Smelling a village between
me Two places They're butting about
100 yards away. I've gotten used to
that. though. and can usually tell
whether shell is coming or going.
we are In front of our own big guns
SO shells go over our heads in both
directions. Last night there was a
commandment for an hour or so when
the roar of the guns was absolutely
continuous. One battery Is within 200
yards OF our place and the noise ia
deafeninE. The whole sky is lighted
at night.
The other day two of us took a
trip through the trenches We were
under fire for several hours, but not
very heavy fighting. 1t was awfully in
terestinG. The trenches are really very
safe, except during an attack, and
there's almost always warning, SO we
knew we'd be all right. Everything in
this war is figured so accurately that
there's almost no danger of getting
hurt II you don't have to go into an at
tack or stick by a gun that's being
shelled. Even though. as I said, shells
are falling less than quarter of a
mile away, I know they won't get me-
They have their guns trained on tho
village, trying to destroy the road and
railroad, and they won't fall short
enough to get us. They don't waste
ammunition on hospitals"