Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08

umn, feel that the following lei
ter, which was received by tn
lodge. this week from one of ou
faithful brothers, who is in tn
Philadelphia u. S. Naval Hospita
for treatment, will be of interes
to all Of our friends, and fellow
members, a great many of whom
added their signature to the carr
that was sent to T.. j.. Tease fror
Crystal Fount Lodge No. 10, I. o
o. F. annual banquet, given in tI
lodge hall on April "a The lettel
follows. ~ ,; ss.'f' = q
IR3hilssdellPhia; Pa. May /. 1912
Crystal Fount Lodge No. 10. 1. o. o. +
Milford, Delaware
Dear Brothers:-
I'm sorry I'm at a loss for words
but here goes anyhow. Pm just goinj
to say something no. telling what
The other day when | received tina
card from the members at the banque
! Just sat back in bed and let the greai
blg tears run. Since my near stroke'
hit me I've been very sentimental, hui
believe me, that yard of signatures
would have broken down the Admir-
als reserve; you know 124 of the ban.
quet attenders didn't need to sign un-
less they wanted to. and beside that
have received one OF the same kino
from kh'lkwood Encampment, and one
from the Sunshine Society at Millwood
and the Friendship Bible Glass wired
me, beautiful bouquet of cut flowers
and still have received over 100 wish
YOU well' cards. Boys, you know
frankly, lay all this beautiful ''trib-
ute" to having been so fortunate as To
have such a wonderful wife. People
irfcf anatlds,tf I,af af
II you'll stop to think-when they put
a foot deep blanket of flowers on top
Of your six feet of sod, what does he
care? Even If he knows, after all q
great deal of that is prompted by that
ate fboIsand times you see more eppIsSse fbose
wonderful Thoughts that have been
conveyed to me while there is still
life and hope.
Now enough raving about my own
thoughts. Maybe you'll like to hear
something about life in u. S. Naval
Hospital. Well to the best of my rec
objection. I've been here two weeks to-
day Give lost all track of time)-pur-
posely-and to date, / imagine the gov
eminent has spent. at least two hun
dred dollars in diagnosis of my case.
Each morning I go from laboratory to
laboratory. to X-ray, etc, and that has
been going on every day. and still
is. they have figured out by matricu-
lation what time Of the day / was born
and whether it was clear or cloudy.
One Of the things l am thankful for
is that to date they have found every
organ in perfect condition-just the
old Essential hyper tension" which
the doctors seem to think l have built
up on my own nervous energy-and,
until the time l was taken sick-I
didn't know / had a nervous system.
consider their diagnosis here quite a
to DR.. Fitchett-in spite Of
all they have done here, they have
come right back in circles to his orig
NAL diagnosis.
/, Well TO continue with the round of
duty AT 5:45 a. m. all the lights are
on and all those who are not
strictly bed patients. may shave and
take showers, and If you are able, and
ieel like 1t, you have ample time to
make your bed-provided you can do
t according to Navy regulatlons-and
/. happened to he able TO, and at 4 a.
~, chow, which Is served hot from a
'olling Kitchen This morning. bread,
lutter, coffee, cereal, scrambled eggs,
lacon aud orange. After chow rolling
ect all garbage. dishes, trays, etc, and
the medical corps men
beginners in hospital work) brush
Town the deck, and then swab them
With q wet swab, and finally with
Try one. About the time that is hn-
cilCQ 'lllG dOtNOIo NNJ HNdil OAA LiANh
morning rounds on each deck. Each
,atient's chart is placed on his rolling
able by the nurses on that deck (43
Datients to the deck, parallel decks
m a floor, and IL .floors) as the two
loctors go from bed to bed they go
ver you thoroughly temperature. |
lulse. eVacuations, etc.) having been |
lready entered by the nurses, and |
inter- remarks, requests for tests, to
e made, and pass on. You know you |
ont talk back to a naval doctor. He |
SKIS. questions and you make your
nswers short and snappy. There is a
tnior Lieutenant and a Lieutenant
assigned to each deck as
octors. and if you have to leave the
eek, for surgery" (Which | think !
m slated for) you rate anything from
fun Commander to a Captain. and
then he gets through taking you
part he sends you back to your old
lieutenant Commander All surgeons
re full Commanders or better. After
n your rounds OF labs and X-rays
/ ~. noon. chow again, which we
ist had as follows. Bread, butter, cOf-
se, creaTled beef on toast, mashed
spinach, cold slaw, and
ble 10 take It here, if you can't, they
ct you in shape so you can. After
now the same deck swab and then
ON D. m. to 2:30 ''rest hour" lights
ut and shades down. 3 p. M to p.
l., "Wednesday, Saturday and sun
ay. visiting hours. 4:30 p. M. chow.
fter night chow, anything you want
do, If you're allowed off the deck,
ntil %. m. Each bed rates a set OF
cad phones connecting to the control
station and If you want to
age show. Z to .. Last night we
id. the floor show from Columbus
afe. kind of snappy, If you know ,
hat ] mean: At Q p. m.,f taps, and all
lnds turn in.
There are no alarm bells here-ev- {
ything, doctors, nurses. telephone. 7
c., are. called by flash signals. MI Z
fferent sorts of cases are segregated;
is is a heart" ward. There are al {
ays plenty of attendants standing
ound waiting to see that no call goes l
lheeded. Each Friday we have gen
al Inspection. by a Captain and his |
Iicial staff-everything has to be in {
There is a U. $. postofIice. canteen, l
rber shop, tailor shop, and a recre-.
ion hail-all on the first deck and all ,
creation and entertainment is gratis
the courtesy of the U. 5. Navy. N
ne Red Cross trys to keep us in Gig, a
cites, and writing paper (this is not
mel plus the help of the veterans i
Now i suppose you're all tired, ! T
4, but before / close / want to say 4
at there isn't enough money to
uy" what the government has done
/ me up to now, and if my diagnosis
ally points to an operation, still
We that coming to. me--all because
the little bit l tried to do in the o
lr of 1917-18-so to you boys who il
We sons, about whom you are worry
Z, try to be conforted just little ,
the thought that inasfar as hu- q
lnly possible, your government is c
t going to let you down. 7
Now, good luck to each of you and
Decially do l feel that Brother Nc "
ul has been more than Instrumental
helping his and my friends to re- g
,mber me.
Affectionately and fraternally. a
Z /. J. TEASE b
st. Grand Patriarch
risdiction. of Delaware l.. o. o. +.
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