Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-12-12
4 Patient in France.


Nrs Mabel Hamermeister, Logan
vile, has recently received letters
from her husband, Ewald Hamermei'
ster. Co. A. 128th Inf, and also from
a nurse who took care OF him. When
Mr.. HamermeisteF first landed in
France, March 4. he was taken to the
hospital with Romelfanger, Niles and
others of Baraboe ill with diptheria.
Parts Of the letters follow:
Oct. Is, 1918.
My dear wife:
Well, here / am in the hospital
again. Arrived here Sunday a. NJ,
wounded. which no doubt you will
hear. | didn't think 1 could be hit
but I've changed my mind now. I've
got a shrapnel wound and it is in a
bad place, right in the knee, but I'm
getting along o. K, so don't let it
worry you, as 1 will come out Of it
all right 1t will only take a little
time. / was asking the doctor the
other day how long l would be on
my back and he said six weeks. Now
believe me if have to lie here that
long, | don't know what I'll do as
can't even turn on my side. Well we
should worry l guess. l have done
my share the only thing is, the war
Is over maybe. and l will have to
be here. You have got a letter where
/ told you that we were up to the
front and expected to go in most any
time. written October s.. Well we
went in that night. stayed in 48 hours
and came out again for "a hours;
started back lin again and that is
when they got me and some of my
gals. That was the 8th Well,
guess I'll close as it makes me weak
to write, so let this be a letter for
this time. Don't worry as I'll be get
ting along fine soon.
October g. 1918.
Well, I'm still in the same hospital
and guess | will be for some time, but
of course this is slow work and can't
expect to be getting out right away.
If only I could get up and sit around
but | can't even lie on my side. The
time will come when | can get UP
again but the war will be finished by
that time and I sure am glad of it, as
/ figure | have done my share. I
don't know what I will do now for my
mail Suppose / will have a hard
time getting it as they don't keep
one long in one hospital now. /
hear they send patients from one I
place to another until they go all ov- {
er France and England 1t has been /
raining all day today. To hear it rain t
makes me sleepy. | have asked the t
nurse to get me some lemons and t
pickles but she says that she can't
get them. l wish could hear from
you and find out all the news. Tell
mother | would write her but it is SO
hard to get any paper Well l guess
III close as haven't thing to write
about and I'm not feeling any too
good, so goodbye for this time.
From your husband. W
U. S. army nurse corps, base hos G
'ital No. 8, American expeditionary b
orces, October II. 1918. tie
ny dear Mrs. Hamermeister: II
Your very kind letter Of July 29th Ell
cached me this morning. Just inn IL
CINE, about 21s months enroute Man
thanks for your theughtfulness. to
zone of us could do enough for your M
usband, mean. according to his des- M
erts, for he certainly has made him. al
elf most valuable to us nurses. When
he work heaped up and we were dis
raCted endeavoring to overcome the
ifficulties Mr.. Fl. always came for Gil
ard and relieved the situation. The
oys were all crazy about him. The
octor would have been greatly &
leased if he could have had him
'ansferred to the medical corps. We
ere just on temporary duty at camp
and we were recalled to our base
ospital June the 18th. Pat, as we
II called him, left the hospital about Ca
lie same time. Some of the boys of so
is division wrote me that Pat, also ed
ummy, Niles, ETC., were well and
Apply. Yes, l am native of the old. ida
!. s. A, born in Nebraska, but at an
resent resident of New York city tn