Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-06-14
Somewhere in France"

somewhere In france.
Yes, somewhere in France, but for
the last time for a while. / am at
sea port and leave tomorrow for
England. You will think | am a wan
derer, and / am. Have been all over
France, from east to west and from
north to south. Have visited nearly
every hospital of Importance, even
within a few miles of the Germans,
and, while have not been in the front
trenches, ! have been close enough
for now.
Saw a battle in the air-~and it's
consequences. Would like 20 tell you
more, but can't. ! am allowed to say
that | spent two days in Paris, and
it is wonderful. saw it as no tourist
ever could see tits people and prep
arations for attack, both from land and
from the air.
| shall go direct to one of the large
hospitals of England, where I am as
signed for duty, but probably only un-
til Uncle Sam needs me again with
American forces. Since coming over
here l have been doing some surgery,
but mostly on observation tours.
am told that my assignment is to
a hospital of 10000 beds, and feel
honored to be an oral surgeon attached
to such an institution. 1t comes to
: but few to see the things have, and
think some one over there thinks
very well of me to give me the chance
have had to see some wonderful sur
gical cases
Just tell Lee that the Germans
drive is just what we wanted to bring
this war to a glorious finish. We
want more men from home, and then
look out. Wen roll up that German
line in a way that will resemble n
one-sided game of foot ball.
) Don't worry about me. | am all
right and it is worth it all to be in at
the finish--which is not SO far off as
you at home think it is. Don't be
deceived by the fact that Germany
gains little ground now and then.
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Located permanently(?) at last.
= This is a large "jaw" hospital where
we are needed badly. Haven't been
: all over it yet, but there are hundreds
i of patients, with everything from
slight jaw injuries to cases where
: they have no jaws left. So | get to
work tomorrow.
] We are quartered in a home close
to the hospital in very pretty part
of London, toward the south. Close
J by is large camp of the Royal Fly
ing Corps for the protection of the
city from air raids, and they fly about
all day keeping watch for the Boches
who come over to call now and then
q have asked to go up and have beer
Is promised that in the near future
will be allowed to take trip ovel
London in plane.
n We get meat twice each week, (fisf
Is excepted.) No sugar, milk, butter
slices of dark bread each meal, soul
D. without crackers, eggs, vegetables
Of and little honey or jam. Had egg
he for all three meals today; tomorrow
m is Friday and we will get fish thre
times Can have boiled potatoes, bu
without butter. However. | feel tina
m we are lucky to have Johnny Bull a
IN an ally, and am glad to do withou
C. those things | liked best to eat, if
as will help win the war-and we ar
up certainly going to win it, am goin
en- to be home within the year and tn
Boche will have been whipped.
Tell Lee that the Germans are a
I ready using paper instead of line
for the wings of their airplanes, an
the members of the Flying Corps sa
j that while three months ago the
came over our lines looking for
fight, now if they fight at all it is onl
as behind their own lines.
he Don't worry about this war; Il
Germans may push us around som
but we will soon begin to do some pusl
nd ing ourselves.
re While on the American front | sa
many pathetic sights which | am n,
allowed to write about But tho,
ed things don't make our boys back |
as any, In fact the allies say the Yar
ice fights like he'll, but can't learn how
retreat.
A Scotch Highlander said last mig
to that if he and his men could ha'
art plenty of Ianks on one flank, and c.
nd nadians on the other, they would {
clear to Berlin. Those Scotch a
wonderful soldiers, All very lary
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