Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-07
129TH|NF FANTRY HAD
ORDERS TO LEAVE
TRENCHES OCT. Is
ALAN JACKS WRITES OF WORK
OF MEDICAL CORPS WHILE
STATIONED NEAR FIRING LINE
HEARS 1T. ROSWELL PETIT
is STATIONED FIFTEEN MILES
FROM co. c.

In Private Peat's book he pays an
especially high tribute to the mem.
bers of the hospital corps, declaring
that they are one Of the branches Of
the service which deserve the most
honor for the winning Of the war. An
Ottawa boy, Alan Jacks, in a series
of extremely interesting letters to his
parents, which were received in OF
tawa Tuesday, gives few minor
details of a field hospital, and few
of the risks taken by the men in the
medical corps.
Mr.. Jacks is member OF the field
hospital corps of the 33rd division,
and has been stationed with the boys
from Ottawa's own company during
the drive along the Meuse. His let.
ter written on October Is, said the
boys were to leave the lines that
night, which news will be received
with great joy by the Ottawans, who
have been following the war news
from the Meuse sector since it was
learned the Ottawa boys We're taking
part in this drive.
The letter tells of meeting several
Ottawa boys and also gives some WV
id descriptions OF. the she'll marred
land, in which the boys are fighting.
Mr. Jacks is the oldest son OF Mr..
and Mrs Frank Jacks, 443 Christie
street. He was studying medicine at
the time war was declared and imme.
diately left his studies to enlist.
His letters read in full.
September 80.
My own dear Mother, Father and All.
| have received some letters from
you, Anna and Louise, in the past
week and you know how | appreciate
them even tho have not written soon,
er to tell you, | feel as though | have
greatly neglected you all lately, but
you realize that am busy, etc.
We are now in a different place
again and have been here now one
day over a week. Something wrong.
| guess we will be here for some
little time as we are operating as a
gas hospital and have taken in quite
a few patients. | hope we stay here
for the winter, to tell the truth, as
this is not a half bad place. We
have barracks for hospital buildings
and they are real comfortable com.
pared with sleeping on the ground in
a pup tent ! guess we are through
sleeping on the ground for this win.
ter tho as it is altogether too cold
1t was nice up at Albert and Amiens
when we were there, but that has
been quite long time ago.
BY the way have a magazine which
| | will send you (the London lllustrat
ed News) which contains a picture OF
the prisoners coming in from Amiens
during the third battle of the SOmme
in which is also a picture of one of
the fellows and myself. We did rath
er enjoy ourselves up there even the
we We're in action all the time.
There has been some real stiff
| fighting going on around here for the
past week and our boys have shown
up old Jerry. He has no chance with
them at all. 1t seems that the bar
rage is just one continuous one ant
never let's up. | don't blame Jerr,
from running away from it as moth
ing can stand continuous rain o
steel 1t looks lately as If we will b.
home before long.
am glad belong to the 33rd di
vision as they are sure making
name for themselves, which Is notf
ing to be ashamed Of.
1t is beginning to get rather coo
around here but does not retard on
going ahead at all