Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-04-30
RED CROSS NURSE
WRITES LETTER HOME.
Miss Margaret Wohlgernuth kx-
tends Thanks To Annapolis
Friends For Blanket.

Writing home in grateful acknowl-
edgment for the receipt of knitted
blanket sent her recently by Mrs. Ed
gar Basil and other friends who help
ga make il. Miss Margaret Wohlge~
muth. who is at hospital base
Somewhere in France" sends the fol
lowing letter of local interest.
Miss Wohlgetmuth was the Former
Superintendent of the Annapolis
Emergency Hospital. She writes as
follows:
=" Can you imagine my surprise ana
pleasure when I received your pack
age last night IL IS the prettiest
blanket have seen yet. and there are
many over here They are not only
pretty. but also the warmest things
imaginable. and | have often wished
for one. especially when we were in
camp. Right now ] don't seem to
mind the cold for we are in buildings,
but when we were under capyass
could never get warm. 1t was really
laughable the way we would bundle
Up when we went 10 bed. Almost as
much trouble TO get undressed in the
mornings as 10 get dressed. | really
can't thank you enough and | trust
you will tell each and all who helped
make it how happy it made me and
the comfort ii gives.
The very fact that you are thought
of so far away. makes you feel like re-
doubling your efforts to do your very
utmost, and in every way help to-
ward the one aim-the successful ter
mination of this awful struggle.
Many things have filled my days
since l babe goodbye to my dear
ones. almost ten months ago. Some
times it seems like only last week,
then again, oh! ever so long ago.
From the very beginning l was i'm
pressed with the seriousness of it all,
how on our trip across the Atlantic,
when we were assigned our positions
in the life boats and daily had to
drill. our landing at Falmouth after
living for several days in our life
belts The people of the town gave
us a splendid reception and every
thing and everyone seemed to say
how glad they were to see us.
Our first hospital was camp hos
pital and we had capacity of eigh-
teen hundred beds. We were very
busy for shortly after we arrived the
| big battle of Messines was fought and
we received many patients from that
! front Then we were brought still
nearer the awful reality. by having our
own hospital bombed with the loss of
some OF our own personnel. That
was an awful experience 1 shall never
forget, and one / trust, we shall never
have to suffer again. Our location
was ideal and taking everything in
consideration we had fairly good con-
veniences, but. unfortunately, the
elements were against, for we had
much rain and an unusually early and
cold fall AS a whole, though, the
whole unit has been quite healthy,
suffering only minor ailments and
such as most any one has during the
change of seasons.
We are now very comfortably 10
Gated, are using the municipal casino
as the hospital and a hotel not far
away as our quarters To be sure the
hotel is not very modern, but it is a
roof over you and walls around which
is, in my estimation much more to be
desired than canvas.
We have enjoyed taking care of the
Tommies very much, they are such
grateful patients, but we are also
looking forward to the time when we
will be helping our own boys back to
health and happiness, for after all,
there are none like our own.
At present | am in charge of the
operating room and enjoy my work
very much though l do miss ming
ling with the patients But the rou-
tine of ward work, night work. and
special duty soon rolls around, so
after awhile | will be back with the
boys again.
have just had my two weeks leave.
part of which l spent in Paris. and
enjoyed it immensely 1t is indeed
most wonderful city. I am enjoy
ing the best of health and with every
good wish and many thanks to all. I
am
Sincerely,
MARGARET WOHLGFNTTTTH