Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-31

Dear Ones: just "A haif hour befarr
going on duty, but thought ! woEid Ike
to write today
Saturday we received convey Of 10
patients from the front e-terday 2Hl
more came. but that as al We could
accommodate. n hospital nearby took the
rest really don't know how many were
in that train The last had a longer rlde
to reach us, had spent one night ON tile
train. and they were from near Chateau
Therry. SO YOU see We have news OF thc
big battle | had to tell some Yesterday
TO stop talking and rest, when they wolld
start To tell about taking some prisoners.
etc. Poor men, they are learning the
cr1leltics of warfare onc was there when
they took the | 200 prisoners but he SAYS
never again in the harrage We had 10
suffer afterwards The most OF them we're
wounded two or three DAYS ago; were
dressed at cleaning station, then sent to
us, so the wounds were not as clean as
those we received from Erac, on tins
front. Some have souvenirs with Cot
init" on them They come from all etlt-
fcrent States One or two we're III the
hospital last fall and others have Just
come over this spring We have several
from PENNSYLVANIA. but have seen none
from MARYLAND DO YOU know Dr Speak
man. a dentist from Wilmington, Del
He is now a major IN A. l.. I. Medical
Corps ! had quite a chat with hum Satur-
day evening He worked two years tor
the French. was at American ambulance
in Paris fer some time and admIrcs very
much the work the French have done
He is visiting us = while, and | think he
will find DR. Bruins work satisfactory
although we have not many bad Jaw cases
| am glad to say three bad ones know
of
Some OF the nurses have sent some OF
their clothes home to some one who can
wear them before they 60 out OF fashion
| gave nv blue winter smt and trown
coat away. also two waists, but the French
are not much for light clothes We arc
working ten hours now, after admitting
the new patients, and helping With baths
as some OF our patients had not had n
bath for month Il mean those who came
in Yesterday Three went to operating
room and ali had to be dressed came
off duty at so p. m, and tell You my
bed felt good
We had very nice entertainment, a
Ronmanian played violin beautifully, he
had been wounded In afternoon played
for patients in the ward, there was Il
Y ". G.. A. worker with him, was TO
have sung in the wards, but saw the
doctor making some dressings and came
near fainting, SO sat outside afterward.
The patients didn't miss much her
singing was very poor. Another night
Mr. Wilson, a Y NJ c. A. secretary, sang
some nice selections, and one OF the
patients played and sang nicely.
1t makes you enjoy IT that much more
when YOU know it is some one who has
been IN the front line and can dance and
plav like he did That is the way the
Americans are going to win this war
with a smile.
When you get this, Alice and mother,
| guess YOU will be in the new house.
am writing this letter on my back with a
candle on the back of my bed and ink
on bed and holding paper on magazine;
bad pen, so please excuse penmanship.
Congratulations Dean, | saw you led
your class in May Mays mark also was
very good Goodbye, with lots of love.
Eva.
p. S.-1 am probably ending this letter
very abruptly not even taking time 10
read il over, but you see everybody has
gone to bed and put their light out, so do
not want TO keep mine burning much
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