Arizona republican., 1918-01-29
GIRLS
 DO THEIR BIT
 AT THE EFRONT l

A letter from a surgeon connected with a Presbyterian hospital of the general hospital service of the British | expeditionary force in France to MT. Thomas Armstrong of this city, affords a closeup of the situation there. The hospital is stationed just back of the front The worker, well known sur geon, is a Harvard man. The following extract from the letter of December IS, shows that Americans will have to go a long way before they get as clear view as has been brought to the British:
 "The first snowflakes of the season two days ago, which developed yester- day into real storm with about six inches on the level and foot and half in the drifts. I went into the city twenty miles away on some errands. We had two stretcher patients and several walkers in our ambulance and three times all except the Stretcher cases had to pile out and dig our way out and help push the car. Coming | back in the afternoon after dark, we ] were in a binding snow storm so heavy l as to make the use of any wind shield ] impossible. 1 certainly admired the l young girl at the wheel, for one turn | out of the tracks meant that we would | be stuck and have to dig our way out. | She never swerved all the way, al | though three times we stopped for a l few moments while she got behind the l curtain to rest her eyes, which were | simply blinded by the sleet like snow. | Never a thought of a complaint though, 1 like all the rest of the English over 1 here she had been given a duty to per l form and she did it with stiff upper 1 lip and no grouch. This car wasn't any | exception, for seven other girls had to | turn the same trick yesterday and they | all came through roads which in the l States would be considered too heavy | for the use of a Buick truck There are English girls over here in all sorts of positions now as the w. A. A. C. is here in force to replace men wherever 1 possible, and they do their work with wonderful spirit.
 All our surgical teams are back here at the base except one now, and we sort of expect them home by Christ mas. You certainly can't help thinking of the poor devils up front on a night
 like this, clear and cold Must be fine to stand in snow and icy mud for hours and then go to sleep in the same clothes.
 These are not happy times for any of the allies and our first Christmas in
 the game is certainly not an suspicious
 time. Its all going to come out right in
 the end, but tell all the peace mongers
 and half-hearted people in the States
 that all the good they are doing in the
 world is to kill more of our boys. If
 they like that on their consciences, let
 them continue, but its plain naked
 truth. This is war to the finish and
 until we win, whether it is this gener-
 ation or next. And it does make you
 curse to hear the attitude of some of
 our people and place it alongside of the
 French and English, absolutely fed up
 after over three years, but never think
 ing of anything else but to endure any
 privation suggested so that the dirty
 swine may be brought to their knees
 Tell the folks at home not to let us
 down. It's going to be a better world
 to live in after this is all over. though
 l am beginning to doubt strongly if you
 and l will enjoy that pleasure. Civil
 practice never bothers my mind now
 but am here to stick it to the end, as
 each one is needed to play his owr
 little part in the advance of civili-
 zation.