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May 8
AT A BASE HOSPITAL
SOME WHERE IN FRANCE
Extracts From Letters That Tell An Interesting Story, and
Give Some Valuable Facts.
Extracts from letters written by
Private Evan J. Miller, son of Her
men P. Miller, senate librarian at Har
risburg, Pa., who is the official X-ray
photographer for U. S. Base Hospital
No. 8, located somewhere in France,
follow. These letters were written just
previous to the big drive and tell the
story of how the hospitals are prepar
ed to take care of sick and wounded.
March 10, 1918.
Dear Dad:
The photo printing paper arrived
in good condition. Printing paper is
very scarce over here and what you
can buy is not half as good as the
American.
We have been having wonderful
weather the last few days—the kind
which makes you feel like getting
out in the country away from one’s
work. T intend to go out for a walk
this afternoon. There is one advan
tage of being located in such a small
town as this, that we can be right out
in the country as soon as we step out
of the hospital. Last night the clock
was set ahead an hour, so that we
would have missed out on an hour’s
sleep if this had not been Sunday
morning, when we can sleep as long as
we want if our wqrk does not inter
fere.
To Get New Hats.
In the near future we will give tip
our old style felt hats and will be is
sued the cloth fatigue caps, something
like the French wear only in khaki. I
sent Uncle Will a copy of the Ameri
can newspaper published over her*
called the "Stars and Stripes,” which
is issued once a week and in Paris.
One of our men left a couple of days
ago to become one of its editors.
If it Is not too much trouble you
might send me a box of Hershey bars
about once a month, for we can’t buy
any good chocolate over here now.
Dear Sister:
I have been very busy this past iveek.
We had over 200 X-ray cases, so that
we had some excuse for being busy.
In addition, we, had a visit from the
Secretary of War and Incidentally w*
had to see that .everything was look
ing -its best around the hospital. We
had quite a lot of generals, both French
and American who came along with
Secretary Baker. We were inspected
by General Pershing and the secretary
after which they went on a tour of in
spection of the hospital. Now we can
say, on very good authority', that we
have the best base hospital in France,
also the best bunch of men. We have
all kinds of patients here now', from
mumps to pneumonia and the fellows
who are minus a leg or arm. Here in
the X-ray laboratory, w'e see most
every kind of patient, from the wound
ed to those who have abscesses in their
teeth. W ehave quite a few patients
who have been up at the front and they
all seem anxious to get back there
where there is lots of excitement.
However, the majority' of the patients
we will get will not go back to the
front, but will go in an entirely dif
ferent direction, back to the good old
L T . S. A.
Dear Mother:
March 24, 1918.
A German Bayonet.
Three days ago 1 sent hame, ad-
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TRENCH AND CAME
dressed to Dad. a German bayonet
which I think was worn by a German
non-commissioned qfficer. I do not
know its history', but I secured it from
a French soldier, so that I suppose that
it was taken from some Boche by' a
French soldier.
We are now' living out In tents
(that is, part of ttye enlisted irftn).
The tents at first sight look like circus
tents. They are oblong, have red
poles, but a: as well made and com
fortable as any tents I have seen. Each
tent holds sixteen beds and in each
tent there are two electric lights. I
w’ould much rather be out in a tent
now than "warm weather is here, for
you can sleep better and you don’t
disturb anyone if you make a little
noise. The tents are British tropical
hospital tents. They have a fly. The
tent proper is made of red and yellow
canvas, red o’ tside, so that there is no
glare at all inside the tent. We have
about the same bunch in the tent as
was together in the squad room. We
have a victrola, board floors, and are
now all fixed to spend the summer out
here.
Plenty of Practice.
' This afetrnoon there was a ball
game between the Hospital team and a
team from the th Engineers, who
are located some miles from here. It
was a pretty good game, but the final
score was 10 to 6, in favor of the En
gineers. Our fellow’s get very little
time to practice, but we have a few
pretty good players so that we usually
make a fair showin"'
I now have an assistant with my
X-ray work. Our work has gradual
ly been increasing and we had to
have a fellow to take care of the
photographic work in case I got my
seven days’ leave. Consequently, 1
will now do more of the operating,
that is the taking of the pictures.
There is still considerable construc
tion work going on. Eventually the
railroad will run right up to the hos
pital, so that the paatients can be
taken directly from the trains to the
hospital. Lots of wards are being
built, but I don’t know exactly how
many thousands patients tiiey are
planning to accommodate.
We have patients of all kinds, some
who have been injured or "gased,” at
the front, some are taken care of in
the Psychopathic ward, familiarly
known as C-4. As for mumps, meas
les, scarlet fever, etc., W'e see them
come in at times and there are quite
a. few' cases needing treatment for the
eyes and ears. There is usually a sep
arate ward for each type of disease or
trouble, so that if it takes quite a few
men to take care of the wards, as ward
! masters and a doctor or surgeon as the
I head boss.
With love to all,
EVAN .1. MILLER.
MOTHER
And one face, above all others.
Must with peerless luster glow-
Yea, a sweeter, nobler vision
On this earth I ne’er shall know’
Round that face, like clustering jewels,
All bright memories are masked.
For my mother was the. princess of my
palace of the past.
17 I M ’ll
OUR DEFENSE
Our boys are defending
this country on the high seas
and on the land. Our own
defense against a common
enemy is to keep the system
clean by ridding the body of
the toxins, or poisons, which
are bred in the intestines.
When you feel tired, sleepy,
headachy, when your breath
is offensive, or pimples ap
pear on the face and neck,
it is time to recognize the
danger and protect your
bodily health by taking a
good laxative or liver medi
cine.
■, The machinery of the body
,needs to be oiled, kept in
good condition, just as the
guns or machinery of a ship.
■Why should a human person
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neglect his own machinery
more than that of his auto
mobile or his guns? Yet
most people do neglect them
' selves. Their tongue has a
’dark brown color, skin sal
low, breath bad, yet they fail
to see that their machinery
needs attention.
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pel
lets have been, known for
nearly half a century. They
are made of May-apple,
■ leaves of aloe and jalap,
i made into a tiny pellet ano
coated with sugar. They are
standard and efficacious. You
' can obtain them at any drug
i store in vials for twenty-five
: cents. Ask for Dr. Pierce’s
Pleasant Pellets—and get no 1
i other 1
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