Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-12-19

igan avenue in Chicago and all sizes
of them from row boats dIp. Well, we
got on beard ON of them and it was
not long before we could see water ev
erywhere. Anyone WHO says there IS
not enough water in this world = is
very ssauch in the wrs0ng. All we had
to do for a few days was to eat, sleep
and look at the water. It all looked
the same. One afternoon we got sight
of Iaand and it sure did look good. 1T
Was Sunny France" but the next day
1t trained" ON handing we went to
a rest camp a short distance froza
tgywn. We all needed the rest but the
asor was so hard swe did not rest much
during the might and during the day
vie did not have time. / worked lin
Tire hospitaIlnost of the time Tas saT
the first camp. After several days
rest we boarasH a FIR tncsa GrEtgh1
Gtrain, we travelled in box cars, or as
vwe call them wagons ~ some Of them
aare about the size OF a lumber wagon
After a good lEz1any hours travel we
lunloaded and went outside OF faxe town
several miles sand pitched Our pup
tents. This was the first time had
lever slept in mine. We only stopped
aat this camp "a few days Ss81 then
loaded into some more box cars and
travelled just three times as many
hours as we die the first time, This
slime we unloadsed at a small French
village and found fine place no sleep,
lin some barracks. We had cots and
ID straw mattress. Up until this time
we had but one blanket, SO 1Aey is
sued each of us two more. | got some
zeal sleep then and was pretty warm.
Our meals were fine. We had plenty
Of hot biscuits anti soup for breakfast
several times. I:I3lS made the third
camp we stopped at. Were giveIl more
clothes there so we had plenty to
wear. The Red Cross remembered us
ali along; first with sweaters, socks,
knit helmet and sewing material also
a big pocket knife. Then while we
We're travelling they gaNe us hot coffee
and sandwiches several times. i $50
worked in the hospital at this camp.
/ saw quite number of the boys that
had come back from the front, also
some wounded German prisoners.
have seen quite a few German pris-
oners already. We were at khis camp
quite aong time. That was where
we first eegan to get mail from the
states. We have been in this camp
(the fourth a while now. We are
near where the old German line was
four years ago. / have seen q Jew
buildings which, [ presume. were eas-
sroyed either by shell fire or raids
agn on duty in the hospital again here
They have made ward master out
of me. OF course there is a ward
surgeon who giveg me all my orders.
When ! took charge the ward was full
of patients and now it is empty. Have
thirty beds. am getting. to be some
nurse to make that many men well in
about a week. Don't you think so?
Now all / have to do is sweep, keep
the fire going. eat and sleep. Tonight
one of the boys came over and we
made some candy, real home made
molasses candy. Wish that you could
have some of it. / have a fine place
to sleep here in my ward and don't
have far to go to work in the morn
ing. Yes it rains almost every day
here, guess it has only missed about
ten days in nearly two months.
It is not very cold, have only had
a couple of frosts. The flowers are
still in bloom. No, / don't care very
much about this country at least what
l have seen of it. The French people
do everything in an entirely different
way than we do in the States. They
drive their horses one ahead OF the
other. I have seen them driving three
hitched up that way on a two wheeled
cart. They use a great many oxen
yet also. The buildings are all stone;
the people living in one end and the
stock in the other. e[
Eggs are cheap at home compared
to here, ten cents each and then II
guess you are taking chance on their
age. Yes, Howard is over here also.
If I only knew what branch of the
service he was il could write to him.
He came here about the same time
that did, that is what Richard wrote.
had a letter from Annie L. B. at
Norfolk, Va, about two weeks ago and
she said that he was at Camp Stuart,
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