The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1918-09-27
LAUGH An WOUNDS
Americans Awaiting Surgeons hnite
LRhc mem at Social Gathering


~ Herbert Corey.
unstA The Americans, August zo:--
az, 80, 81, want to assist att soclai
. 90, ~ en- aaKad Tine major doctor q
~ 100, !. ,'nH nsrsI5al avant2,r
TTFT SUGGESTION sounded hEe mal-
wn ,sa Ma we're visiting a little plna
~1ranM hospital back Of tha INES. 0l
$1,000 was the bend cf tne hlxeL
Marra in which the Aln err 5l'll1. !. 7
rivision had taken all the Dvcl n'1
e =. 49,, give and then handed It DacK
- him full measure, pressed down
"a cumming over.
- n,un the dusty road came Inc
80 nT,,F,r1IanGas. Some were lne I'D
.,stra a.ar asf1TWT bouncing along iauntlAy
aaAaara~ rrp, %hn hnIAa worn iHl the road
. 80 1850 hw fha wheels Df Gum car
1lhla u 49, oraat carnfOns Some
1870 s ar,,5,,, Tls Of a larger and
more discreet type, which pore pn sa,'s
soeIves with dignity. Sttll others were :I
Main Trucks in which the men Mno !,
90 49, s,, \ cred. mild injuries had piled
lt ~, +a s,rUar
HrI. ryaTa standing at the door of
A4,, -ar \. ar Inn room. which in other
49, +l.- had Nan tEre sale de recep-
4t %%. ,,s 1' +ra MaIrie Df the tiny village
&c +1sa room rom which the major
si u. ~. 80 fata DAYS. sIlk-hatted and
ssss.s'. coa - with huge tricolored
a.S d;snoead across his ample
s,r .se surgeons were operating.
One II them had stepped out mo
49, 1880 tn smoke IA cigarette.
49, ~ a. A s 1,Ia substitute for rest and
NJ Ny A. IN, MN -a4d Ar, hnur AOr two before
N. E,.I a1 + $500 hraaIrfast.
AAs ..r 49, l@,s $500 all count Of time, said
Ya .as,a1lv .aT thought III was lunch.
[ ~ - ; dav III HI anyhow
I asked him how long he had been
al work without rest.
..Gost Of us have been working
steadily for from Az to AS hours, " was
his raIflv Then he added still with
tha+ afr wv detachment: wv are get
+inr organized now The rush is r.
r5rn r fn lat lru. Tomorrow W. will
1,DT-r1r Working l2-hour shifts
twelve hours AZ operating2'
WIZ IL tO0 much" said he. We
think no man can give his best II he
works more than 10 hours without
ataer,-ana these men deserve the
hest that any man can give them.
The Major Doctor nodded TIE il
an mn Regular Army surgeon, who
AaH snrved hard apprenticeship
saSnrna irnas.,r saiu he, tI can feet thu
NJ $500 rnn,Jnr in INV eyes when n
ra+ah thaae nen. They're fine fell
49, $3.50 !, -
= Tha or,,erlies were beginning to uri-
4oaa tSa h ambulances. The sitting
@~.s. ami fine s.walking wounded
w r.s1s firected to the pine shacks
acrnss MD Toa dong pine barracks,
-ith fnnr walls ana roof and dirt
Mnnra..wl,irslnN ara perfect Con the
.~arriH a5snnaal nF tfla laySer cases.
llS N s+ s,,ssN arq were carried in
+,rn,,ah the docr by which We were
s+andirYs Most Iii the men upon
s,,a,., 1,s,g cIosed their ewes. from
veal OF As protection against
+.ba snr,s hot glare. Some watched
~ q fhaS were carried past. Now
a.a thar nna smiled faintly. as
++r,,,p41r1 fn 4av a.Tt is All right with
r,r Ny ,I flfhn~H T0nrnd at ns with com
W r,na,,ra EnrnafTr1as the Ereat aries-
tfnn annaarad in a mans eyes.
come nvpr wv the reception" said
~ Major Doetor
We crossed the road into the pine
shack where the slightly wounded
man had walked or had been carried.
Throuph the door. widely enough
nnan MT admit 4. wagon IL need BE-,
there came cIatter Vii voices The
sitting cases were all talking AT once
They we're all smoking at once. too,
fcr some Red cross man had contri-
buted cigarettes. They said that two
pretty little French girls in some sort
Of gray uniform had been standing
at the berd df the road with cigarettes
piled in their bonnets.
Peaches was the universal YER.
dict. .aThey handed III cigarettes al
We went by. Gee. II wish could talk
French"
Tt was a true reception Every one
was excited and CHEEKY and laxative.
livery one had story Ed tell Of the
fight he had gone through in the bend
Of the River Marine, where Mezy had
been half German for little time, and