Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-31
Dear Sister:

nave ii le" minutes to spare so
Will try and write YOU few lines to-
night. We have had some busy time
since we left Baccarat, the place
where we had our other hospital. We
/! received orders to move the 10th of
December, some work, too, for about
one hundred and sixty men to move a
twelve or fourteen hundred bed hos
pltal. l think we had about sixty
| carloads in all. We saw some beauti-
full country on our way here and this
is some place believe me.
| think there are about sixty five
thousand people here in Coblenz. so
YOU see it is quite a place. There
are thousand and one things to
write about here. nut l am going to
Try and write several letters tonight
so will have to make them all short.
! am back in the hospital working
now taking care of typhoid patients
and now ! begin to understand what
father had to DO when the boys were
sick. These are the first typhoid
patients l have had and of course |
have a lot to learn.
We are in some grand buildings
now. four stories high and nice bath
, houses. From any of the buildings
here we can see the large fort that
cverlooks both the Moselle and Rhine
rivers just a short distance.
We all had a fine Christmas dinner
yesterday and all OF us received n
] stocking of smokes and cand,. also
received a present from one of the
nurses. ! haven't received any mail
for a month or more and | haven't
sent any either because it is the hard
est thing for me to write now when
get time. | can't think of anything to
write, I'll bet that this is the tenth
letter | have started to write and
didn't get the chance to finish it. How
ere things at home? ! am very
anxious to hear how the folks are get
ting along. BE sure and write of all
the hunting news YOU kno when YOU
get the chance.
| wonder il Herbert Gray has ar
rived home yet? | heard that they
had been sent. Is Herbert Morang
over here or is he still in the States?
Well guess we will be home by spring
but we still have a great deal of
work to do yet.
Believe me. we had some time get :
ting here riding in box cars. We had
our kitchen in one car and we slept
in other cars. The nurses had pas
senger cars at the end of the train
At meal time the train would stop at
some siding and We would al get
ready for mess. Great sport when it
didn't rain.
oil ,yit \, 4
Tell the folks to be careful OF them
selves. Your brother.
PVT. PERCY f.. MORGAN.
Evacuation Hospital No. ..
Am. Eek. f.. Coblenz. Germany.
L. s. Third Army OF Occupation.
Evacuation Hospital, No. ..
Coblenz, Germany,
Dec. %, 1918.
Dear Mother and Dad:
Received your letter yesterday and
believe me it was some good to hear
direct from YOU both and today l re-
! ceived the box YOU sent and am now
writing With the pen Mabel sent
me, it is a dandy. Have just
finished writing letter to her.
the first letter this pen has writ
ten and this is the second.
gave some of the chocolate you sent
to my patients; they thought it was
great. OF course We have plenty of
smokes, but those tasted better.
Well, this is a great place but VIC
don't get much time to look around
Electric cars so right close to our
hospital hut they are not as large as
the ones in the States. 1t looks funny
to see women running them. Well, it
was great to spend Christmas watch
ing the Rhine. but l just as soon
watch the good old Kcnnobec river
I am crazy to hear how the hunting
has been this fall.
l expect to receive some papers in
few days. Tell Mary I guess she
thinks I am never going to answer
her letters. / think | have received
all of them and l will try to answer
them. | haven't received any mail
until yesterday for a long time. Got
zen letters yesterday and one let
ter and a card besides the box today.
The card was from Gladys and Lena
Flanders. | have forgotten their adj
dress or l would answer. but tell them
| got the card o. X, also thank them
for me.
| am eating some of that chocolate
now. we get candy here but not as
good as that. Gee. i didn't expect a
box. didn't think YOU could send one
without permit, but didn't think it
would seem so good to get anything
from home, everything you sent l
needed.
l wish YOU would thank Mrs.
Fowler and Ruth for those cards, tell
them l would answer but don't know
their address.
Well. it is getting late and l have got
to get ready for bed. Give my love to
all the people.
Your loving son.
PVT. PERCY f. MORGAN,
Evacuation Hospital. No. .,
Amer. Ex. f., Coblenz. Germany,