The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-09-27
JOY, Instead of Melancholy and Groans, in Hospital
War, Where Surgeons Work Overtime Injured
Men Chatter Like Girls.
BY r

with the Americans. Aug 26-
II Nuu want To- assist at a. social
event 900 asked the Major Doctor. "a
real social EVENT.
His suggestion sounded like mad
ness. We were visiting q little pine
shack hospital back uf the lines. ON
5head was the hcn Of the River
Marine. In which the American
Division had taken an the Roche
coifid give and then handed II back
TO nm fun measure. pressed down
and running over Down the dusty
road game "a ltnc of Hmhuluuccs
Sume were the familiar "Fliy. oun
iug along J|auntilN through the holes
worn Ia the road surface boy the
wheels of gun carriages and the great
CiuipuA. Some were Hmhulauces ct
. larger and more discreet type. which
bore themselves with dignity stll
othets were plain trucks. an which
the men who had suffered mild in
iurics had piled themselves.
We were standing nj the door OF
the reception room, which In other
days had been the sale dc reception
OF TIE Marie OF the amy village. In
the room from which the mayor issued
ON 'etr days. silk halted and fruCk
coated. with a huge ~tri-coiurcd SCARF
disposed across his ample breast, sur
geuns were operating one ut them
iitAAt NNfHIfNA NAN % N''fANA'AAN 49, -
smoke "a cigarette. Il was his sub
stitutc for rest and sleep, ne said
An hour OF two before hc had eaten
breakfast:
one loses an count OF time. said
he. casually. - Thought IL was lunch.
what duy IS It. anyhow ''
/ asked him how long lac had been
az work without rest.
Twelve Hours with tiic knife.
Most ct as have been working
steadily Ton from |forty-two to forty
eight hours was his reply, Then he
added. still with that air OF dctach-
mcut. that We are getting organized
now The rush Is beginning 90 let up.
Tomorrow we will begin working
twelve hour shifts
Twelve hours az operating ''
1T is too much, said ne. we
think no man can give MS best II he
works mprG than ten hours without
| slecp-and these me deserve th" best
that any man can give them'
The Major Doctor nodded. lie Is ai
old regular army surgeon, who has
served a hard apprenticcship some
times, ne said. - can feel the tcurs
coming la my eyes when watch
these men, They're fine fellows
The orderlies were %heginniug 10 uu-
I load the amhulanccs, The Sitting
gases" and the walking wounded
were directed to the pine shack'
across the road long pine barracks
with four walt ana a roof ana dir
floors which are perfect for the rapit
disposal OF the lesser eases, Tn,
slretchers were carried an through IN,
door hy which We We're standing Mos
of the men upon them had closed thcil
eyes. from weakness or as a protec
ton against thc SUM- hot glare Som'
watched us a. they were carried past
Now ana then one smiled family, al
though to say that 1t is all RICH
with me- Others looked Jt us viii
Composurc Sometimes the greu
question appeared In q mani eyes.
Come over go the reception, sal,
the Major Doctor.
We crossed the road into the PIN
shack where the slightly wounde,
men had walked or had been carried
Through tine door, widely enough opei
Ia admit a wagon il need be, thcr,
came a CHATTER of voices. The ''sittlui
cases were all talking at once. The,
were an smoking az once, too, fo'
some Red Cross man had contribute,
cigarettes. They said thUt two prctt'
little French girls In some sort o
gray uniform had been stnndiup %.
the bend Of the road with cigarette
pilou in their %honnots,
Peaches, was the universal scr
'iNAH ~ ANNNhNfA W. ANhAH
We went by, Gee, ! wish / could tnll
French'"
II was = true reception Every one
was excited ana CHEEKY and ttlkhtiNe
Every ono had q story to tell OF ~,
fight he had gone through in the bend
Ut the river Marine. where Mczy had
been halt German fui q httlc time
and Fossoy had been German "ho
from which the Inchc had heci
elected. on this side of Mehy and
Fossoy there bad hccn ID new ~
Mans Land for % TIME. l"" Mh'l'
Americans chased Germans with q
sort OF joyoua anger They had
fought i'm this opou ground two mile'
square, perhaps and spotted here am
there with houses anu hedges uh,
trees and trenches aud everywhere
dotted with small holes for days.
Here's Casey half a dozen shout
cd.
Casey came in quietly. He was d
tall young fellow who carried himself