Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-10-30
FORMER WARREN NURSE
WRITES FROM FRANCE.

Miss Ann Dobias, graduate nurse of
the City Hospital, now in France,
writes Nurse Marie Olson, of this city,
the following letter:
s Anesthetic Group No. 1.
A. E. F., A. P. o. FOG, Base 10,
France, Sept. 25, 1918.
Dear Friend and all: -H
1t seems ages since wrote you last,
but have not forgotten. Am reading
your letter for the fiftieth time, and
thank you So much for the picture
We had long, seasick, tiresome
journey but very interesting. Saw
many old and historical buildings and
places. We all know how beautiful
England is, but France is more So
boys think it's worth fighting for and
so do we. You wouldn't think this
country was at war, the flowers are
blooming everywhere and everything
so beautiful and green.
You would have died laughing to see
us entering certain large city in this
country About half Of us with two
loaves of bread under our arm l foot
wide and 2 long, and the other half
carried salmon, beans and tomatoes.
1t was killing but we didn't care, those
were our ratiOns after leaving the
boat. Not having knife with us we
had to break bread off by chunks, put
salmon on with my shOe-horn and
drank tomatoes out of the can. An
officer joined us at dinner, and waded
in with hands and all the same as we
had the time of our lives with our eats
Here our meals are good, very good
for this part of the country; altho there
were times when we didn't have as
much. Dry bread slipped down like
hot cakes. altho we have butter now
You perhaps will remember l never
would eat oatmeal Believe me I eat
it like honey now. We drink our soup
out of oatmeal bowls, then our coffee
Rought it a good deal but are perfectly
happy and cheerful at that. The only
thing that really bothers us sometimes
is our baggage and mail. It's an awful
problem, nurses are separated IRON
their trunks for two or three months
live only in suit cases and that's hard
to do at the front. And our mail
Some girls say they haven't heard from
home for two, three and four months
Of course you understand am with
the surgical teams at an evacuation
hospital. We follow the drives and
move often. II happen to be: with "a
Colonel and Captain and one surgical
nurse. one c0rp-bOy' as scrub-nurse
Our Colonel said 1 ranked as Captain
altho 1 am not commissioned. They
talked of ranking nurses but nothing
more is said now. we have very
nice team. Both surgeons are very
good and considerate to us. Oul
Colonel is from New York, Bellevieu
" man. Captain is from Omaha.
Several teams gather and we work
at eight hour shifts. >.
1t is perfectly wonderful to see the
smile break over the stern, sober faces
of our boys returning from the front OF
so, when they hear our American
voices, as they call it. They seem to be
tickled to death! to hear something
else besides, wee, wee. There are sc
many interesting things 1 would like
to tell you about. but don't think il
best. :''.'' u, ...*''~ ~'.''
Am so glad. Warren is once more
the busy place it used to be and thai
DR.. Bratrud is back. We all long tt
be back of course, but would not &
even if we could; unless it was finished
here. We are we'll taken care of an(
always guarded SO the rumors vol
hear are not true, as far as we ar
concerned and certainly am glad
came l wouldn't have missed thi:
trip, the excitement and all for tn,
world.
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