New Britain herald., 1918-08-09
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on account of the big drive going on, or because the army is making preparations to take over the mail service the first of the month, and their preparations may be making some difference. You all seem to think I do not tell much about what I am doing, but where we are now stationed things are so peaceful and quiet (by contrast) that there is little to tell about, and when we were where the circus was in full swing, there was no time, and not much that it was permissible to tell, If there were time to write.
 The most I can say about that period is that the only thing Ger many is going to get out of this war is an awful whipping, and our boys were just beginning to give it to them when we were ordered to our present station.
 The boys felt bad to have to leave where we were just as the row was getting hot and they were getting well limbered up, for while many of my kids are grey-haired men who have been fin the service for many years, they certainly do love to fight. and
 
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 ''As to my present work, the only thing I can do is to give you 8 sum- mary of today, which is perhaps a typical days work for our present To- cation, and it now looks as though I might be stationed here for some time. .-..
 Well: I did not get up till after seven this morning, for as sit at the ColonePs table at mess, and he Is not very fussy about an early breakfast, there is no occasion for early turning out. After breakfast I went to the hospital and gave everything the once over, then had my horse brought up and made inspection rounds of the camp till about ten o'clock. Then back to the hospital and did some dressings, gave some in travenous injections, took some blood samples for Waserman tests, gave a ward master a blowing up beeause things were just wee bit dirty. (They really were not dirty but noth- ing Is clean in this place if it can be made cleaner). Just then I heard ru- mors that a big bunch of mail was in from the States, and I started for the Post Office. Met Maj. Butler and he looked awfully sory for me as he said, Well: Lieutenant, there is no mail for you. Then he said You had bet ter tell your orderly to get a wagon and go after it. As we had lunch at twelve I could not make much head way with my big bunch of mail be- fore then, but after dinner I sat down with my trusty old pipe for company and just devoured your let ters. Before I finished them the or derly came around with my horse and I had to start out again on my rounds, for l am sanitary officer of this camp, and have to inspect the hospital and camp grounds. Then I rode across the country for about six miless and back at four o'clock. Since then I have shaved, sat with the Medical Board to decide on the advisability of sending some cases back to a base, welcomed two new medical staff men, inspected the wards again, and am now going to dinner and after that am going through your letters again.
 Things may be altogether different by the time you hear from me again, for they are liable to change, sudden Iy, and we may get orders at any mo- ment to go down again and help keep order at the circus grounds When We do there will be little time for writing, and no staying abed till in the morning.
 T wish I could make you under stand what a cheerful lot the boys over here are. They all seem to real ize the seriousness of affairs, but every one is determined, cheerful, optimistic