Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-10-31


Vale have received the following let
ters from their daughter Gladys, who
is in France:
September %, 1918.
Dearest Home Folks:
Here | am still in the same place
my last letter was written from. We
are anxious to get on to our proper
place so we will know where we are
at. At present we are living in a
tent. It's very good tent, but it has
raised every day since we have been
here. 1t has been so cold we have Just
about frozen. That chill damp air
is so penetrating. | don't want to
stir my trunk up much, as we are like,
ly to go on at a moments notice. This
morning started out so beautifully,
but rained again at about $50. | just
came back from church and now it is
most mess time. The services were
Episcopal and very good. The chap
lain is a Chicago man. Last evening
the boys gave a minstrel show. The
place was crowded. thought then
that if the people of those boys back
home could only see what a good time
they are having, they would worry
less about them for the time
When you hear it said that there
is no water in France, you can almost
believe it word for word! All the
water used in the hospital for drink
no SC
fore we drink it. 1t tastes most queer,
but we know it is good. One can get
wine at any town, but Americans
must have water and for want of it
some Of them are taking too much
wine, | fear. The French cannot un-
derstand why we want water in pref
erence to wine.
They say the hospital we are or
dered to is not in this sector, so sup
pose we will have another two days
journey getting there. How | wish |
knew whether Merrill was over here
or not, but there, is no way of know
ing, maybe for weeks or months. By
the time mail gets forwarded from
one Place to another here I'd be
moved again. Keep writing, and tell
others to do the same. Think ROW
wonderful it will be when I receive it
al1-some happy day Lots of love
GLADYS
September. IS
Dearest Home Folks.
AS yet have received only the one
letter from you, but suppose that sone
day | will be getting a whole bunch
at once, so just keep right ON writing
At first I was not going to tell yoa,
but upon thinking it over, and know
ing that you are both sensible people
and not given to making a big fuss
over things, have decided to- tell YOU
l was one of the first five nurses of
our unit chosen to go to the front.
Emily Debb was another The hos
pital to which we were ordered is
kept just certain distance behind cur
lines and advances as our troops push
forward. | am on a shell shock team
We left our camp several days ago,
but travelling accommodations are so
poor here that we have not yet
reached our destination. Upon arriy-
ing at the place we are now and from
where we were to be taken on, we
were told that because of the great
advance our troops had made our hos
pital had moved on and as yet the
people here have not been able to
locate it.
AS soon as it is located we will go
on, which will likely be in another
day or two. We are not on duty here
We can hear the steady rumble of
American guns all the day and night,
and aeroplanes are constantly hum
ming above us. There are lots of in
teresting things to tell, but guess they
will have to be left untold till the war
is over. Our boys are surely doing
some great work.
Our trip up here was so funny. It
rained every Gay and because freight
trains have the right of way we could
hardly go for more than a mile at a
time without stopping. This was espe-
cially true Of a train called Am. Elk
press. We were % hours going only
couple of hundred miles. There is
no way of getting any lunch on the
train, but this train has a negro sol
der porter, so lie kept us supplied
with sandwiches. [ had my thermos
bottle filled with lemonade and it
sure did come in handy One even.
ing we saw the most beautiful rain
bow have ever seen, 1t was beyond
all description. One night we spent
at a base hospital known as Roose
yelt'S hospital, another at Bass Sc
near the Johns Hopkins hospital, and
another in a French home. Travelling
here is some different than at home
and everyone is always glad to get
back to Uncle Sam for his meals. II
is really remarkable when one sees