Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-03-19
LIEUT.. MCCORMICK SHOWS
WHAT DE-LOUSiNG MEANS

Rush work in the de-lousing pro-
cess in France is graphically describ |
ed by Lieut.. John T. Mccormick of
Perkins avenue in a letter recently |
written here, just when he expected |
soon to be sailing for home from
France. The letter follows:
Camp of ETnbarkatien,
Bordeaux, France. :.
Well, we left Yvrac last Tuesday
and came to this camp with orders
TO prepare for embarkation to the
United States ION the first available
transport Talk about your quick
action. We received our orders Mon
dy night to move out the next morn
ing at seven. We arrived at the
Entrance Camp here about eleven and
at eleven thirty 1 had orders in my
hand stating that we would so
through the "Mill' at two that aft
ernoon. So we started out on the
two mile hike to the Permanent
Camp where this famous mill is To-
Gated. Promptly at two o'clock the
men lined up alphabetically and the
fun started.
1t is a great process. The men file
through a door where they are hand
ed clothing slip. Then they unroll
their packs and pass down the line
taking off their clothes as they go. All
soiled clothes are taken away and
new ones issued. They are handed
clean underclothes and even the rio
bon of their Identification tags is
taken away and new one issued.
From this building they so through
another where their names are
checked off on roster and they are
handed their service records. Then
| they pass down through row Of
| typewriters and the service records
are checked for correctness. Now
| they hit the real mill 1t is like
| big pit at first glance. The floor is
| lined with benches and it looks like
! a bowling mob from the outside, but
| in reality, it is the finest system I've
! ssen III the army. The men strip and
start down through a row of doctors
| who give them a preliminary eXamin-
/ alton. Then they go to the showers.
Next they pass into another room
| where another gang of medics give
! them a real examination. These
look for coolies, body Ice, head Ice
and al the fifty seven varieties Of
French vern.n, including tbs cele-
brated itch I could give you the
: whole category. for I've had them
alb. Other examinations follow and
+ # a man is found to have body lice
he is given safety razor, guaran-
teed not to cut anything, net even
-atr and he proceeds to shave m
off IFS great sight to see ant
t,n Of them nerfornnip fine orar..5 ION.
T4r, about sgo7v After t5,.f lev
ret into clean clothing reeve a
haircut from BARRIERS With one two
ar +155oa davs ,eyneriance and are
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af3a l..cn. II was The ,a.+n.t wing
d}v I've had since I hit France.
/ we were led ta believe that we
would leave for fine states within =
few, 87vs hut man IN nraftv GOOD
aI1-1.r,;5v I'D me- rrdav We wofIIdn't
gel AWAY from mere now in much
less than two weeks. All the ships
are used IN 50 ven have to wait
far n new hatch 10 come in. | doubt
if ya'u GET away even then. I'm fig
urfre on 9t least three weeks here
and ri he Dleasantlv SURPRISED il
we get away sooner The worst mart
of If is that we are practically held
/ prisoners here If is almost limos.
4 sibIe 10 get n mass to town and all o
b us have left any number Of thing.
j for the last minnie and now I'm afrai(
) that we sholI not get to do tn,
things we wanted to do before Ieav,
: ing.
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