The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-22
Lieut.. L. S. Coin
Writes From France
Interesting Letter Received BY "heel'
ingite From Battle Ftelo OF
Franco.

Tho following interesting letter was
received Yesterday from FIRST Lieu"
,cnan, L. :. Coin. ~ r. g. from IN" 81
rho bsso hospitals IN France. 1t Is "S
follows:
Dear Friend: Your kind letter was
received Yesterday and assure w"
that I was deeply graiih"d I" ifh'
that | am sometimes thought OF IN ~"
,ary. Perhaps YOU would he int'rcS'ru
10 know something OF our eondlti"n'
here. The hospital has the E"nd 'o'
tune 70 he the most advanced IN an
base hospitals III IN" \. r.. t. we a.
in tn, zone Of tho advance. ABOUT t"'
tv-fvc miles from the lines. w" i"'''
tionaIn more as an evacuation nus
than as base hospital. many al ""'
patients coming /" us" Directly 't'"
bc lines We are housed In so-raIlr"
hunts. wooden barracks. lh9 feet hy ~:
mach hut containing about MT! pt"s
We have twenty such wards ana IN ao
dition we have seventy-iWo lnrGe nuts
adding another thousand beds I" "ur
capacity. Our staff consists nt 'h'Fl!
seven medical officers. ono hundr"d an"
nine nurses and two hundred and -lEht
! enlisted men. We ar" at present Rnoul
! half full with patients. W" hlm w
| keen tn" number OF patients on haP1
"a low rs possible. so TIM; Il there
should b" great action NJ any INN
,rr would hav. ihe most space p"SSlhle
To- receive them There nre six s""h
! hospitals grouped here together. win
"a total capacity IF ll.nn" h"ds
Giving Good Account.
! our men here are giving good ar
count 81 themselves Their morale. ~
ID Z n
trenches. and il seems 20 be arknowi-
| edged everywhere that they nrc man
. To- man greatly superior III III" Ter
mans In & recent action near mere
! this Story T have verified from ter
man rriS0ner) tho BnChrS sent annut
: ian ln"n. all picked stock troops. nail
tur whom wore veterans OF the RUSSIA"
guards, against our Non. kemcmnfF
, that our men Were the draft army
! while against them were mon said 10
I l.. the finest III tho German army. ''ur
BOYS simply ut Them In pieces. H.
J German prisoners oil hgrs- lhnt thea
/ san stand anything better than amer
+ ran artillery. tn" Mr.. sc which - S"''
to hc perfectly deadly. tn" n'NrAHe
| tim. -lnpSinE between lhc call Tor "a'-
-as. md irs beginning is usually wa
minutes In our artillery Ii - '..,r"n
seconds An !nraniry "tn"cr '"ld IN"
| that IN" Germans h"l"Ir Tim: w" nave
thrre-iuch machine gun. h''2aus" ~
| the WONDERFULLY rapid hre "f ihre"-'h'n
! guns don't know whether You sun
/ b.ar ;hc pcsSlmiSt:" stories 'ha' ""F'
| current when | l"ri III" stnrc or mol
! hu; il yuli la. don't h"H'r" mem.
| hay" r"r.n;li been NY :" IN" rr'o''
wl-r" | had some interesting "NI'''
! rn"cS.
In Air Raid.
, Ny GrSi night r. tn" ''a'"h''"n "''H
! pi,aI wh"rr ! was temporarily ga
! tiur.a vas IN u mn" nir raid. ~
about lI."n ut nigh; u fi""' 81 h''''''
&, h,,hor. ru,r.. oyer \: one" III" forts
u.arhv hogan S"uiInS M s'ar"h!sh'S'
. .rh,p /, Signui rn,.k". WAS fred anu rs
! -h.r. was pc response. ih"y pal MP II
Terrific n.ral harrng". tn" planes -
! nlicd with ma"hin" gums. .Eh"S" h""@
rs. incendjary bullets. "hirh NJ H'h ~
| make grra; flaming arss across IN" IN!
) TIL. rnier VI IL" anil-airrrH|i gHh>' ''''
tho hurs, shrapncl ard h:EH "AP!"S'' -
,r.r.. ,iaafniug Adi"G !" ihis. IN" Er."'
,,|,iI. beams Of !:Eh' S"sT"hfhG NV
.El m. ronS;an; bursts -? Ar" N"'''
,Lc shrll.. were exploding from '"""'?
"a thirty were III ;h' ~" ~ one NV
W.. flaming HrrS ilhh' ~ ''''' "'' 49,
hu,,.Is and III" r"'ul'H" 'r"h" 81
,:.rusu motors. mad" seen" never 80
! be- forgotten.
Bullets Fall Like Rain
r,,rrut after III" sh"" h' gan
+ shropneI and bullets hogan :" 'hi' l'"'
ihai1 all abnu; uS. and "" W"r" ""''I "
-, ,,,. ru sirI helmets aud COCK '"N'''
! ,f,cr ncrhups art""u minute" ~ LIZ
o,,n,ir,, ,hr planes w"r" driven OIL we :
-, rew minutes mnr" they cam" "a
,r1 his time succeeded III ''"pp,"h
ahr,u, ,w.niv bombs. which ~
,,,,,,. half MI" from IFS. "h"
n..I,. from killing IN" m"E' "'k"'"r
,,,,,,o Lo,rs and hrrnh'nG r." :"
windows did n" damage 7" ~
, I,,r., think That ;E"y arc -! '"s
h,,,h tho hospital. hu' ma; 'h'N
r,nr no:ghhnrtnE a"rdr"mr.
rreai many doctors niu NV
.oL :, tho srrvjr". and mop" wa
.-,se;on will respond VOL
sonoi,v wouldn't "" "''"N II. 20
".,,rc Kindly CIV" my r"SarnS
nu rho mon IN Rotary nnd ''''
,rsbns for yourself
Very truly yours.
LOWELL. :. coin
.Dr VIII Crsrraf' &c am
ross ,bn valley from ohr unit
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