Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1918-01-03
TELLS OF WORK ON
english WAR front
IconlInned From Flrst paea

upon standing upon her hind feet, but
I after a whiIe'I became her master. and
( proceeded onwards for three hours.
Tho fourth and last hour walked. es
I the road was full Of big holes nled
( with mud and water. Sunk several
times above my knees. but finally
reached our destination.
Fnis job may be all. right In warm
weather. but it Is awful in winter Have
Knott had clothes of for five DAYS. Only
remove shoes and coat az night Never
ielt dlrtieH but keep we'll and eat well
SO iar,4uIbe field ambulance job is
( less dangerous, and you get a better
place TO sleep as a rule do not know
what my next move Will be as ] seem
10 be getting taste Of everything.
having so far served i'm a war hospi-
val, casualty clearing station, a field
ambulance, and now as a rogimental
doctor. ] cannot get any further front
unless ! am shifted into the German
line,- and } hope that fate does not be-
fan mer. 49,.
Nearly froze three nights ago. when
the temperature droped from 80 TO 20
degrees. slept IN tent in open neld. on
top OF hill. The towel ] used that
night was frozen stiff when got I'M i'm
the morning
see by the paper Of November 7,
that county OF New Castle went drv
but city of Wilmington stays wet. sun
pose Christmas VIII have passed by the /
time you receive this note. but I wish /
you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy /
New Year No TURKEY for me This /
Christmas. Sorry cannot send YOU All .
something, but nearest town is forty
miles away"
In an earlier letter. DR.. Killen de-
scribes his work in the Field Ambu-
lance as follows:
AT last am on the battlefield. and
u IS certainly a great sight / am at
tached to the 18th Field Ambulance.
British Erpeditionary Forces. and am
at present at the advance dressing sta
lion, within half mile behind the
trenches, in fact the trenches start
right alongside Of the house in which
am living. Arrived here yesterday
afternoon and will probably be mere
Tor two weeks, providing a shell or
bullet doesn't happen 10 hit me. Tho
other American attached 10 this ambu
lance Is named Edons. from Kansas
City and he is at the main DRESSING
station, five miles back Of the line lie
and | Will probably alternate between {
TIE two places, two weeks qt each \
place There is another doctor here {
with us. by the name of sullivan /
British Captain, who comes from Dub
liz. Last nieht and all day today they
Gave been shelling all around MS AMI
you can hear the machine gun bullets 4
Wiz. by the ,-ind0v The noise keeps r
~ night anil day and IN ordinary :
peace times, one would be scared. but !
n.nchow or osirr you do not 'en 10 \
ear the consequences very much
'cN'Ner, VINE [ so outsidr. | a.NVaAs 7
pat on my stscl helmet and carry my =,
ydS mask with me TO be on The safe !.
'ide. as you ara ept TO be hit with some y
The place where this F. a. is To- o
ated was formerly an old mansion, ]
here Is only part Of the second story 9
ne front story and cellar intact ! eat I
n little room to the side OF the house o
where we have stove, and a few
hairs and tables, ana it Is quite COM
orlable ] sleep In the cellar which Is d
oversd with about four feet Of sand &
ags and bricks When we so to bed c
We have TO back down, else would bit q
ny head. Can only see by candle u
gfts. IN another part Of the house Is n
be field ambulance dressing station
.here the wounded men are brought in
Jack from the original cellar are
'enches where are located beds for the n
founded which are kept here a few pI
ours and then senbback 60 the man +,
ressing stat on five miles back We n.
ave about 50 beds here and eight am \
ulances and about 90 stretcher-car-
rfl IL.
} be q quiet place but today has been 4,
olscr than any Fourth Of July have Or
GER experienced The stable connected H.
ith the house is used as a kitchen. ~
rage and d.ningr0om for the men. As -
write this letter bullets are flying all O.
ound the house, the upper floors are
e just @ mass of ruins.
tt is a great experience TO hear the
s guns fire and hear the big shells W
biz over this building towards the Gi
,rman front. 70 is really dangerous hi
walk out at uiEhi, as YOU are ant ea
be hit with a stray bullet. The Ger. su
ans are within a half mile Of where M
am stationed, and on a clear day / ~
p see some Of their guns and trenches ap
pm The second floor Of this building. an
lere are at least 100 houses in sight loo
this place. and every one OF them an
S been wrecked at sometime. and sta
" the walls of most Of them re- ths
lin. Everybody here assures me it yol
O quiet place and don't worry or JOY
INK much about being hit and lust ext
about my duties inspecting the Sick sisi
d wounded, and walk through the
inches as though l was at home on
ty-second street We had an Ameri- v
} doctor who is stationed about a her
arter Of a mile from here IN a dug pat
with a battalion. visit us this after blu
On. His name is Doherty, and he ma
Us from Alabama has been over we
re since July. and says he likes il Of
70. He lives IN trenches, and sup his
se my turn will come to serve as sto
talon doctor. 50 win have TO live mel
trenches, but II anyone else can ano
nd it ! can. Have had some great lt
'eriences this past week which I will atti
Ter forget Write TO me whenever loN'
J can, as it is quite a weird place sDi
N nothing MUCK 10 see or 60" on
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