Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-11-28
IN CAMP OVER HERE
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cialties and are trying to make ex-
perts out of the men. The life
here is a busy one and while we
all think we are abused, yet back
of it all there is good as we are
able to forget the cares of profess
sional life and are very much bet
ter physically.
/ have gained rs pounds and
will have to buy new clothes if /
keep on, but am feeling fine.
The gas mask drill is very inter
esting. You are taught how to
test and put it on, and all precau-
ton to prevent any trouble are
given. You must be able to put
on the mask all ready for real gas
in six seconds, and on the last day
you are put in chlorine gas for five
minutes, which would kill in one
minute without the mask.
We had a crowd of British,
French and Italian surgeons here
a few weeks ago who told us of
some of the wonderful things they
are doing in, the war zone, not
alone in medicine and surgery but
in general of handling troops,
moving hospitals, etc. They told
of the horrors of gas warfare, so
those who do not go can be thank
full.
l have spent all my spare time
trying to see this historic country.
The trip to Lookout Mountains is
wonderful, and on clear day five
states can be seen, and in the west
the Cumberland Mountains are OBJ
servable. The mountains are "a
miles long and varies from four
to fifteen miles in width, and to
the north is Moccasin Bend, a
famous spot in the Civil war. Mis-
sionary Ridge is historical and
there are many beautiful homes
on the ridge. Signal Mountain
has very good hotel and some
beautiful scenery can be seen, and
it was from this point that the sig
nal was sent to Lookout Mountain.
Last Sunday had delightful
day. Two doctors and myself took
20-mile hike and cooked our din
ner in the hills, and we had meal
that surely tasted good-eggs,
bacon, fried potatoes, cookies, cof-
fee and apples, and we were hun
CRY as bears. OF course we only
had one mess kit, but that made no
difference, we just changed about.
You can stroll through the woods
for miles without seeing a person,
but occasionally you will see the
home of a Georgia Craker, and
such a home-it is usually built of
logs and no windows and just a
board door in front and behind
and Of course they all have a fire
place, some two; and several mules
and always a dog is close by.
They have about as much ambi-
:tion as a post. They say here is
you see stump and a Cracker out
in a field and you see one moving,
you can be sure it is the stump.
We walked through several fields
of cotton and had our fill of per
simmons, which are very good
now.
The weather is grand during the
day and we have two beautiful
rose bushes in bloom near our bar
racks which are covered at night.
Our nights are cold and blankets
are in demand as our barracks are
frame unlined buildings and at
night all doors and windows are
wide open, so fresh air we have
at night; and during the day there
is plenty Of hot air dispensed in
the barracks. The "Flu,'' as we
call it, bit us very hard and we are
glad it is over. l acted as mill
tary escort to one funeral for 6S
men, and among them eight doc
tors. / did have the blues that
day.
I 1t is wonderful what the Y. M.
e. A. and K. G. are doing for the
enlisted men as well as doctors.
Every night there are movies,
band concerts and boxing contests,
and, by the way, one of our en-
listed men will fight Jess Willard
at Ft. Macarthur in a few days.
These organizations are trying in
every way to make the boys better
soldiers physically, mentally and
morally, and none of the fighting
men of other countries will get the
good care that ours will as the
camp motto is, "Do it well, do it
now and do it cheerfully," and be-
sides you must do lots Of it.
1t is expected that great many
of the man in this namn will he