The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-04

"From the big town behind the
Statue of Iiberty;" upon hearing This
she started iumpiug mp ana down,
clapping her hands, and calling out TO
three nurses across the ward;
"Come here, girls at last we have
got real live Yankee with us"
They came over and hesieged me
With questions, until the doctor ar
rived Upon learning that | was an
American he almost crushed my hand
in his grip Of welcome. They also
were Americans, and were glad to see
me.
The doctor very tcuderly removed
my bandagcs and t4'd me, after view
ing my wounds, thH he would have 20
take me to the operating thcater i'm.
mediatcly. Personally | didn't care
what was done with me-
In few minutes, four orderlios who
looked like undertakers dressed in
white, brought a stretcher to my bed
and placing me on it carried me out of
the ward across a courtyard to the
operating room or pictures" as Tom
my calls it,
| don't remember having the anes-
theStic applied.
When came to | was again lying in
a bed in Munsey ward. one of the
nurses had draped large American
nag over the head of the bed, ana
clasped in my hand was smaller flag,
aud if made me feel good all over TO
again see the "Stars and Stripes"
At that time / wondered when the
bows in the trenches would see the
emblem of the Gland of the free aud
the home of the brave beside them,
doing its bit in This great war IF civil
lization.
My wounds were very painful, and
several times at night would dream
that myriads of khaN.clothed figures
would pass my bed and each would
stop, bend over me. and whisper, "The
best of luck mate"
Soaked with perspiratlon | would
awake with cry, and the night nurse
would come over and hold my hand
This awakening cot TO be habit with
me until that particular nurse was
transferred 10 another ward.
In three weeks time. owing to the
careful treatment received | was able
to sit m and get NV bearings. our
ward contained scvcnty.fve paticuts
30 per cent of which we're surgical
cases Al fine bcod Of each bed hung
u tempcrature chart and diagnosis
shoot Across This sheet would bc
written 90 s. W. or IS. II. thc far.
mcr meaning cum shot wound and thc
lottor shou wound The "S W. nre.
illuminated osnccially among the ROYAL
I5ield artillery apr Royal engineers.
About FORTY different regiments vero
represented and many arguments on.
erod ,e IN tbo rnsnectiye Ggbtinr obil.
itv of ooch rooimcnt rbe rivalry vos
wonderful A Jocl, orruinc with an
trisl,non thon etrong Cocl,nnv ne.
.c,nr ,conld hutt in in favor If q Lon.
dnn rooimont Reforo Iono - Welsh.
.,,an r1no.,od h,, a ,,o,nbo,. of yor,.
,3,iro rooimnrt ,ad nerDans ~ Cana.
dfan intrndo themselves and tba arqi,.
ncpt waves Ioud and furious The
,,.drnts in lhn mods et,rt bovling for
lbon Ia entue tboir disnuto ontsido
.n,d tho ward is i'm an unroor Ybo
l.ad si.ter comes along and with q
t..,,n of tbn bond comnIntelv routs tho
f,roltv vorrors ond ogain silence
raions sunremo
Wednosdovond sunday of ooch vool
,rnrn visiting DAYS md wore looled
forward to Inv tho mon boeouse thov
noant narceIs containing f,nit sweets
mr. foos Whom 81 .notiont had a reonIor
visitor bo voe generally lont wnIl
snnnIied with theso dcIicacios Great
ioalousv is shown among the mon rs
io tboir visitors and n,nv word wars
pnsue ofter tbo visitors loovc
Whom q man ia eont to o conroIos.
cent home, he generally turns over his
steady visitor TO the man in tho NEXT
bod
Most visitors have autograph albnms
nnd bore Tommy to death bv asking
him to write the particulars of his
wounding in same Several Tommios
try to duck this unpleasant loo hy tell
Ing the visitors that they cannot write
but this never phases the owner of the
album; he or She, generally she. offers
to write it for them and Tommy is
stnnr into tolIfno bie ovnorionooe