Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-05-02
MISS MARELH TELLS OF
LIFE N BASE HOSPITAL
Ferna Neriss Yi-itirr Nur-s = Nos
naar Arsy nuif 81 Gasp
Iasfcr
SANS GIRLS ARE sENT
To FRANCE
Fise e Re- Mates Neai Ahroaa tn
nay 50 Auisud-AH Are Il
rur Ter nrn rarn

Nv
rur fer nrn Turn
Mss Ccrunt MARLEY. Until ias
Wcck Mcxhos visiting uursc uho
nov "a Red CroS duty q Camp Gus
Ter, Raiile Crock Michigan b..
written ficnls here saurthinr Of hc
uiuatiea INTO army hospital lie;
Sc ays; Amer 4 arrived ny his
tog vas takcn in the ofScs vAeue
rrcscz,ed ny onasr ard I was tAci
asra H a &ornitcrN thrcugA shou.
c-s we nore cr icSs ~ ccrraior.
~ i-utop vss nn q girls snt
v vsu rrAscsn hcds oa cscA s3o
cN MI ssos' an arms learth froz
~ a.Az Hcu an ~ uirrsu.
p, uAss sn3 ~ Fscc 10 pet eur
SsAx rs IS iast toaN0zr q
S17sA nty are Ai3az nsw gusr-
W~ E- Is uhsA ~i1 - nore can-
,crtaSa
ue- Az ssrsN ksp from New.
No-A Texas Glfvra ard Orerca
bu; nost q Aen oorc froA CssaUN
80 Far, an Ae oa,y 80 f7oa Kan-
sSs. Nurses arr Ordered est tAc
same as the men TIE was uz-sss 4,
70 Fr&ncc-Hve lsn last uscAi-13
non-UR3 nu@os ~ transferred e
ether camps. an a uoa-zng szrsc
and may be changed 70 aaothsr sz-r
At any miuute. BY tAe way. I ksve
TO send ny kodak hSn-ro koSSks
are allowed q camp.
Il went % mess last r<At We en.
tered 4 large ness han and sat 5ovu
to oiL-eloth covered takes, ~ rap
kns. Of course sa5 Szrar ana cram
in enamel containers w:h he oshG
dishes Of the heaUoS; SORT W had
plenty % eaS bzt So-eAow IL dat
taste good. Ths girls laughed and
said, Oh youG come 70 Il" ard Of
course I VII Whawe have finished
We pile Up our dishes All tSks then
back % tho mess kitchen.
This morning. was told 70 report to
Ward IL whisA clean surgical
cases, Th5re Is ere other uurse be-
sides myself and IL chef Then there
are GAs= five boys n Khaki who
Do the heavy work and whatever the
uurses ask shaz Ia do There are
t~hirtyrvo OF tarTy-sx he6s n every
ward and theve srs thirty-six warts.
He have ahogt one thousand patients
BON Gns one hundred and SIX nurses.
There IS a Vctrola IN our ward
and i was going all morning. The
men who assist the nurses sre 50 Jolly
thzt No has much chance to be
~l0ues0s1e- This morning. the ward
master told ere q the o-onvaleseents
70 WASH off the table. One Of the pa
ue-ts said, He can't wash off 3 Ia
he' The eanvalescsnt-a chunky,
Jolly fellow, said, 'oh, l guess so. I'll
Just he gong back to my old Job as
szrtender. And 50 they keep it up.
Thsy make everyone wear a mask
ever his mouth and nose;that is, the
doctors and nurses, ara we hate them
SO that We let them hang around our
necks excep: when an officer comes
around. I keep shy Of the officers.
because haven't learned their differ
ent ranks yet. When we meet the Of
fcers in the corridor, they salute Us.
but we are not supposed to speak to
anyone below a second lieutenant
only when we are in the wards. We
never e any Of the other soldiers
unless we go out into the camp.
mean by that that only patients, med
zeal men and helpers are allowed in.
side the base hospital.
There is a liberty theater at. tn,
other end of the camp and if we wan
to go any time, we notify the offic,
and tie ambulance calls for us AM
brings Us home. We go in uniform
We do not wear our Red Cross pins
here, except on street clothes. w,
are army nurses now and wear tina.
pin.
Later: | have just come from
Church. We had it in the Y. NJ. C. A
and whistled hymns, laughed and talk.
ed, SO that it seemed like almost any.
thing but church. The Y. NJ. C. A
leader is a big fat jolly man and HI
led the service and introduced tn,
speaker. We enjoyed it so much
Tomorrow night they have moving
pictures at the Y. NJ. C. A., free.
Everyone goes.
The announcement has just beer
made that all surgical wards will b,
filled tomorrow with new operatives
Three hundred men in camp are Of
the waiting list for operations for
rupture, and | don't remember how
many appendicitis eases there are.
"The girls in the dormitory do no
discuss the war. except to wonder an
joke about when their turn will com
70 go. The fact that five girls wer
called out yesterday has not last an.
gloom over the rest Of the bunch"
VI. NJ. A. LOSES SECOND GAME
The ~ NJ A. base ball team los
the second game Of the two-game SC
ries with Kemper by the score Of