The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-03-21
NEWS OF OUR SOLDIER
BOYS
Interesting Letters from Our
Boys at Home Camps
and Abroad.

Feb. 17-Sunday again and still
no letters from the states. 1t is dis
couraging hunting up Mail Orderly
John Gamage every day so as to be
sure that he hasn't letter stuck
around in his pockets somewhere, only
to be told that there is nothing.
We are still busy as can be in the
hospital here. We have every bed in
the hospital (about 1907 filled every
night, the majority of the patients
having the mumps. At present we
have more than so cases of mumps,
so you see we are doing land office
business in swelled jaws. Three or
four of our patients have pneumonia
and the rest have everything else un-
der the sun, from tonsilitis and bron-
chitis to broken arms and collar bones.
Uncle Sam is figuring on enlarging
our hospital and putting up couple
of large wards, tripling the capacity
of the hospital.
The past week we have been busy
changing our system of handling the
patients. We have moved the re-
ceiving office to another ward. There
we receive the patients, get the data
required, then they are undressed,
given pajamas and bath robes and
towels. Those who are not very sick
are then sent to the bathroom where
thax rat Gt,a hot
there they are sent to the proper
ward and put to bed. My job is TAX
ing care of the patients clothing. Ev-
erything is listed, numbered and stor-
ed in store room, where it is kept un-
til the patient is discharged from the
hospital. In a short time arrange
ments will probably be made where
their clothing will be washed, disin-
fected and ironed.
Several of our officers who have
spent quite a while at the front, in
special training, returned last week.
They have some great stories to tell
of what is going on there and all of
them are mighty encouraging to us
who are so anxious to get back home.
Sunday in this section of France is
market day. Sunday morning all the
roads leading to town are lined with
farmers, coming to town in their farm
wagons, drawn by one horse The
wagon, or cart, for they only have
two wheels, which have a diameter
of six feet or more, with wagon boxes
about the size of lumber wagon at
home, are laden with vegetables,
top of these ride the family, the men =
in their wooden shoes, the women al ,
ways dressed in black or dark colors, :
for everybody over here wears dark |
colors, and one never sees anyone {
dressed in light or bright colors. The !
farm products are placed in booths Y
ocated in the town square, when they I
are sold to the townspeople, who come d
% the market to buy their provisions F
or the following week. Then the a
'armers in turn stock up with what
hey need from the stores. 1t is more
ike Saturday at home than anything
Use, and it is mighty interesting to il
oam through the square and watch C
he farmers buy and sell their wares. ii
This evening Floy Clark and l Fl
walked up to the Y. M. c. A, where Il
We had some hot chocolate and real tt
american cookies. They have two OF
yomen at the Y. M. c. A. here now fC
nd it is certainly pleasure to hear fl
,nglish. spoken by women once more. d.
Doc" ordered the chocolates and st
ookies and he came awfully near US al
lg the deaf and dumb language we in
Sc when talking to the French. st
That Christmas box has not showed
p yet, so those ear muffs won't do
cry much good this year l guess.