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NEWBERG, YAMHILL COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. JANUARY 2, 1919
IN HOSPITAL WORK
Carrel .dressings tabs quite a
tims, to put
vacalln, strips on
the skin all about the wounds and
thsa to fit In the tubes, all with
forceps, not touch anything with
our fingers.
I hays one poor / follow, shot
through the lungs, who was getting
along wall. Our board decided to
send him horns. Lets one Right or­
dure same to sand about thirty to
the port for home.
He and two
others were missed in soma way.
Since he has been falling and is
much weaker. Pure boms sickness.
Tomorrow I am going to try and
have him seat to the port o f debar­
kation so ho ean soon gq,home.
As I want through the ward to­
night I found one o f the darkies
reading the Bible. One o f the hoys
•aid. ”1 was to have been evaporated
today hut did not got to go.” Our
evacuation of five hundred was de­
layed.
One o f the older nurses has be­
come quite smitten with one o f the
lien tenants.
He is quite a Joker
and learning o f this, ho has told her
about his wonderful
home
la
Bocrgls
Now ho wants to borrow
my pictures o f our home for a few
hours to show her his boms and
grounds. I hardly think I w ill help
him c a rry ; his Joke say farther.
She might be broken hearted when
she learns tbs truth.
mamen over charging tbs boys for
'fruit, men leaving whsel chairs out
la tbe rain and s thousand other
things to look after, I find the 'day
slips away.
Today came up the subject of
scrubbing floors. This grave ques­
tion of how to scrub a floor almost
disrupted the hospital.
The chief
nurse and her assistant had buckets
of water or the hoee turned on the
floors to clean them.
The tent
floors are on the ground. The wa­
ter runs through the cracks and
soaks ths ground and there results
groat dampness. Ths nurses, wear­
ing thin Shoos, get their feet wet
and
take cold.
The
adjutant
“ knows” that the way to scrub a
floor Is to wring out a mop and not
have It soaking with water. He or­
dered that method.
The chief
nuns, knowing a hundred times as
ranch shout house keeping as a
sun. Is going to have It dons her
way. I had to tell her I was boss
aad that tbe floors wars to be treat­
ed as I ordered. I then ordered a
sanitary officer to. prepare an order
an the best method and have It car­
ried out in every ward. So we are
still conducting the hospital. The
storm has passed.
Next the cook (mess sergeant)
claimed he could not keep the
kitchen elean with the few men he
had. I asked him how many men
ha, needed; he'said sevsnty-flvs. I
got ths records and showed him hs
had slghty-nlns and took away
fourtsen.
Think of It!
Taking
sevsnty-flvs men to cook the food
and wash ths dlshss for 3,360 of us.
It takss one man all day with a
machine to pare the potatoes. It is
quits a Job to fsad 9,300 three times
a Hay. I never before realised so
many were required.
Thdh I found rolling chairs had
been left out In ths rain to spoil,
and then had to send two autos to
Headquarters— those for which ws
have use every hour, and ths stove
smoked and tkrss convoys cams In,
fillin g our beds, and n Rad Cross
searcher wanted to know how one
got a new number for a man who
had lost his tag and forgotten his
number and a French woman over
charged a patient for grapes and
then gave the wrong change, mak­
ing a mistake In her favor of nine
franca. -
This was a part o f what occurred
today but I have a warm fire to­
night aad out there near Ulets hun­
dreds of ths boys have no shelter
from ths rain aad no surety about
tomorrow.
My pleasantest duty today was
to go about and give forty men a
doae o f medicine.
This consisted
la telling them we were sending
them home. They are visibly better
tonight. One (a Marine) said, “ I
have been over, the top seventeen
times.
I believe I deserve to go
home.” One has lost two Jags. Sev­
eral have lost one leg or one arm.
The majority have compound frac­
tures—•will keep their limbs but
w ill not he able to use them for a
year or more« Those we had to de­
cide to keep were of course greatly
disappointed.
the men wearing straw hats. I had
forgotten that there was anything
to wear but our miserable eaps.
Yesterday
after
our
work
do It in Europe. There Is nothing
to come to Europe to see unleee se
a student of art, o f history, o f arch-
Iteeture, or something o f that sort,
I rods on ths subway and the New
York subway far surpasses It.
I
had lunch In a restaurant and ths
New York restaurants are very
much better. In a few things this
city Is superior.
1. There are
trass on some of ths main basin ess
streets.
3. Ths streets are many
of them curved and not square cor-
nered.
Ths stores are not Oner, not as
fin e
I went through one o f the
groat department stores and It does
not compare with Field's. Because
no building is more than eight
stories high aad the sky 11ns Is even
aad the light not shut out, the geu-
oral appearance le perhaps more
beautiful. I was surprised to find
I
' Today is the 21st birthday o f a
boy who Is shot through the lung
and probably cannot live. W e 9 0 i
him some flowers and fruit and
have tried to make him happy. H i
suffers very much.
Tbs Red Cross manager hers has
a Ford and a sixteen-year-old boy
to drive It. This boy wrote horns
yesterday a glowing description of
this town and all its advantages
and then said. "80 you see that so
far as f am concerned, this war Is one o f these boys. Think o f having
is my sarvtoo SO at least o f the l i t
who really need two nurse* end a
I feel ashamed of myself that I quiet private room and there are
was so long asleep to what was go­ 22 in a tent— one, perhaps two. by
ing on la the world. I have no day and one nurse for 44 at night.
doubt now that for the pest thirty Ambulances and camions going by
or forty years the German Emperor tbe tent s hundred times s day. lets
has had in mind the ruling o f the o f people going through; milk only
world.
He may honestly believe for the very sickest; food unat­
he Is appointed by God for this mis­ tractively served; seeing others’ suf-
sion.
W ith great ability he has i ferlngs. , It Is ali the best that ean
planned a world conquest and this .be done probably. The men any it
war was a part of his plan. There Is Heaven to jrh a t they have had
are the two Ideals: First. Might hut It Is not what we could wish
makes R igh t Second, Right makes for. We have abundance o f dress­
Might. Our Ideal-1 b the seeond, his ings, cotton, medicines, splints, pus
the first.
basins, ward dressing carts aad all
We are very near the people of such things.
^
Alsace whom tbe Germans have
The Red Cross gets everything
dominated since 1170 and we come like that, but the wholeealeneas of
to know bow they have been trea* it is appalling.
I am often sur­
ed.
The people are as dogs, i t prised to see how splendidly some
sheep, of no. consequence. They ere are cared for who come in from the
to be fed and clothed well, educated first dressing station.
How they
in useful trades, encouraged to win have time is a wonder. I do hope
in every material way for the glory I w ill make no mistake and overlook
of the Empire. If one or a thou­ anything that I should do. I feel
sand are In the way o f "progress” my lack of ability In many oases
brush them aside
and I fe d the lack o f ability In
To us the idea Is Intolerable We others, for of course among all them
can no more believe that God has doctors there are many who are far
appointed the Prussian» over-lords short of
1 rfaction. Maay times I
I cannot write of facta I have ob­
served aad learned that make me
know riieee things.
With what patience ths Kaiser
has waited and prepared through
all these years for “ the day" when
he was to assume control of the
world. I did not realize It; I am
ashamed of myself to have known
so little of what was going on. I
•am now fully convinced that this
war is the deliberate design of the
Prussians and that the only safety
for the future Is in their extinction.
I believe the German army, the sol­
diers. If given a chance would
throw away their guns and give up.
I believe before long they w ill be
driven back and when they do start
back they win not stop.
When one sees this beautiful
country aad this splendid French
people who, If left alone, would be
happy and contented aad In useful
occupations, and realizes how the
war has made every home sad, only
one business left— W ar— he feels
that the men whose Ideas of God’s
appointed power caused It all.
should be removed from the world
past any .possibility o f repeating
their work.
PLAN TO ASSIST THE
been doiie better. In brain eases I
wish all could have Cashing, etc.
Probably on the whole the work is
good. It is terrible, the whale of it.
Nqw, as I writs, the misery and
suffering of this one hospital Is be­
yond description and yet the con­
ditions here are so much better then
up at the front. It has rained all
day; it is cold; the men are figh t­
ing up there; the wounded have no
bods, no nurses, perhaps for hours.
The gas Is “ coming over.”
The
shells are “ coming over.”
I never
realised what war meant. The real
picture is so much more than I had
Imagined.
One of the boys I have worked
the hardest with is a “ New York
Bowery Tough,” s typical East side
New York slugger. He says "de”
for the, conversation Is Just like
that of the vtlltan In the 19 cent
traveling theatre troupe. But this
fellow proved s good soldier st the
front and he had the whole back of
one leg shot sway. I got him about
the fifth day after he was wounded
and every time the wound was
dressed ths touching of the tibial
nerve gave him “ an ’lectrlc shock
down In hts foot that hurt like
hell.”
"Oh, Doctor, you halnt no
idea ’bout dat ’lectrlc shock. It’s
ting along quite well. The whole
hospital is Interested In him. He Is
such a little boy and ths Chaplain
and all like him and humor him.
The Chaplain gave one of my
boys s "chicken lunch" hs brought
out from “ The Chinese Umbrella."
When I went through In the even-
tag ths boy had a little pile o f
bones before him— not on* tat cell,
not one muscular fibre was left oa
any bone. He said to me, "When
ws have chicken st home I don’t
dean ths bones this clean.”
I
would like to have a picture of hit
grin as hs finished this, ths first
chicken hs had assn over here,
The supply room sent us s few
pads mads o f spagnnm, some kind
o f moss. They say they are anti-
septic, absorbent and do not stick,
Bo we tried them and each man I
pat them on I asked for a written
partmsnt of the U. 8. Government
! was formed with the following
'named gentlemen ss representatives
from their respective' communities:
J. Knight County Chairman. Clyde
Kelty for
McMinnville,
Georgs
Kelty for Newberg, R. V. Flier for
Dayton, A. M. Kendirek for L e -
Fayette, W. E. Kidder for Carlton,
F. W. Magoon for Yamklll,
Dr.
Andrew
Kershaw for Wlllamina,
H .A. Banister for Sheridan, John
Briedwoll for Amity, Randall Bros,
for Hopewell, and W. 8. Alien for
Dundee.
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The purpose of this organisation
Is to gather and to disseminata In­
formation a sto those desiring help
end to render assistance to return­
ing soldiers in the matte rof secur­
ing employment and furnishing de­
tailed Information to the vocational
school a t Camp Lewis for the. bene­
fit o f soldiers who may be In doubt
se ta where they w ill east their lots
when set free from army life.
The usefulness of the organ­
isation depends In a very large do-
took o ff the gauze dreasing tt hurt
very much. When I went in this
morn hi g he was smiling and said
the nurse wouldn’t gtve him paper
enough to write his report. H e had
slept well and it did not hart s bit
to take o ff the pad. I at once or­
dered a lot more of spagnum pads.
I fear that I may fail to do my
best. Most o f ths doctors share this
feeling.
Some do not.
Some are
here for experience. Some like to
have assistants do the work. I am
glad the great majority I have seen
give .themselves.
Yesterday occurred the death of
the first Iowa boy who has died in
this hospital. He was wounded in
‘this great battle.
1 have written
to his mother, sending her a ring
he wore, a lock of his hair and a
rose from some Walker and I got
for his casket. We had been spe-
claly interested in him.
He was
not In our wards hut when he came
In we called on him and then went
two or three times s day. and asked
all possible favors for him.
Last
Saturday he kept asking what time
It was. The nurse would say, 4,
4:30, 5, 4, 4:15, 6:30, then a smile
came on hts face and he said, ”1
ean see them all at home at supper
now ; ' father, mother and my two
sisters.”
Yesterday just before he
died he said. “ It Is dark; is Mother
here?” These were his last words.
I have been censoring mail. We
each have to read from 30 to 50 let­
ters each evening. Here are a few
quotations:
"V ery beet of treat­
ment." “ The Red Cross people are
wonders and the best doctors tn ths
land are here.”
“ Do all yon can
to help the Red Cross."
“ Devote
your time and money to the Red
Gross. “ Paris is really some town.
Have been there four times on the
way to ths front with ammunition.
Have seen quits a bit of it. Just
ths same there are no cities that I
have seen cither in England or
France that can compare with our
clUee In (he dear old U. 8. A.” " I
am sorry to be In s hospital. I feel
I want to ha hack again doing what
little I ean.
Now le the critical
time and I would like to be tn It.”
“ Cheer up. Mother, from the looks
o f things now It will not be long
until we are on our way horns”
A breakfast at boms is a greater
event than a banquet at the Cafe de
Parle. Our garden Is more beauti­
ful than the palace at Versailles.
Mulbeke, Belgium.
.
November
27. 1911.
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Dear Father— Last Sunday, was
“ Father’s Day,” when every son
was supposed to write his father a
letter but as we were on the move
1 was unable to do so and as I have
time today will write now, although
it Is a few days late for Christmas.
It is rather hard to tell where to
start a letter telling of the country,
people and the like. I w ill start
.with the country. The climate here
is nearly the same as in Oregon,
some cold, a little tog non and then
and a few showers. We have had
one fta l light snow which lasted for
a few hours. The weather seems to
be all in our favor this year.
The land here is sure fertile, some
of the richest soil I have ever seen.
The Germans have compelled the
people to plant nearly all their land
to turnips. I don’t know what they
ever figured on doing with so many.
You can walk for miles .and miles
and see nothing but turnips. There
is no need o f troops starving travel­
ing through Belgium. The “ Dough­
boys” call them “ road apples."
When we first arrived In Bel­
gium we landed at Ypres, or near
there. The whole Country is noth­
ing but one big battle field In that
section. Even the turnips did net
have a chance. We advanced from
this point nearly east. We were on
the lines when the armistice was
signed, about thirty miles from
Brussels, when the order came to
cease firing. It seemed as though
something had gone wrong to sleep
without hearing the big guns and
flying shells. The Belgium people
celebrated as no other people could.
The town we are la today at one
time had one of the largest llnnen
mills in Belgium.
The machinery
Is only slightly damaged so It will
be easy to resume operations again.
I had a real good feed this morn­
ing. We are staying with ¿a nice
since 1 left the States. We have a
real nice bed which helps s whole
•lot when one gets to use It.
We tparched twenty miles yester­
day and then pat in our switch­
board In this lady’s house. Got all
our lines hooked in about 1:31.
Our line to Brigade went out about
19:30. A Sergeant and I went out
on it and did not get to bed till
12:30.
We made up for it this
morning, though.
Talk about tourists.
We have
walked from one end of France to
the other and over the biggest part
o f Belgium. I f it wasn’t for the arm­
istice we would have had most o f
Germany by this time.
Cpl. Ross E. Wiley.
*
H. Q. Co.. 344th Inf., A. P. O. 776.
RED CROSS NURSE
Extracts from letters written to
Mr. and Mrs. John Dobbins' by their
daughter. Miss Ethel. Red Cross
nurse, now on duty in France:
On Board Ship.
November 18, 1918.
We went on board the transpoit
and lay In the harbor two nights
before sailing, and have been or.
the way twelve days. 1 am having
a wonderful time and haven’t been
sick a minute.
We are going to
lend tomorrow.
When we sighted
land this forenoon tt looked good,
hut the U. S. A. is the only place
after all. We have had very good
weather.
Were compelled to wear
our life belts through the danger
zone.
I am the only one of the
nurses from Oregon, but *on:e of
the enlisted men on board are from
that state.
Southampton. England,
November 23, 1918.
Arrived hers yesterday and are
awaiting sailing orders, so that
means we are going “ over th«;re.”
The Red Cross women meet the
trains over here with hot coffee end
sandwiches.
Mars 8ur. Aiders. France.
December 3. 1918
At last we have met the rest of
our unit. They are working in a
hospital, but we are to be moved so
don’t know where I’ ll work yet. It
la very cold and muddy, but we are
very comfortable. Had a very nice
Thanksgiving dinner st La Havre,
Prance. All the boys In the hospital
here are convalescing— no badly
wounded ones. Saw some wonder­
ful places In Paris, and In fact,
everywhere.
nr NEW YEAR
CHURCH WEDDING
At the Friends church at hlgfe
noon on New Year's day Miss Joyeio
George was married to Charles H.
H. Small, of Philadelphia, in t i e
presence of relatives and a number
of invited friends.
Mrs. Georgia Babcock sang, "B e ­
loved. It Is M om ." To the strain»
o f the wedding march played by
Miss Jessie .Britt came M t i m V ir­
ginia George bearing the ring in a
calla lily, followed by the flow er
gh-ls. Luclle George and L o u is»
Watt, carrying baskets' o f orange
blossoms, sent by W alter Hadley,
cousin of the bride, from Redlandi,
California.
The bride wore white crepe d »
chine with full veil and orange bMw-
soms, carrying an arm bouquet o f
Bride roses. She was attended b y
Miss Evah Hadley who were pink
and carried pink carnations.
The groom was attsadsd by Tissa
ard George, brother o f the bflde.
The ceremony was performed b y
Rev. Carl ¿Miller, o f 8pringbrook„
assisted by Jesse Edwards.
The altar was appropriately dee-
orated with two large flags.
The bride Is the youngest 'daugh­
ter or Mr. and Mrs. Marlon C.
Gperge, and a graduate nurse o f th e
Good 8amaritan Hospital. Though
for several years being sway from
her home town engaged In her spe­
cial line of work, her host o f Maude,
here realise that this event means
the parting o f a close companion
and a true friend in need.
The groom Is a produet o f Phila­
delphia, and apparently ha repre­
sents s high type o f mas hood when
it is measured in terms o f Chrle-
tisnlty and culture. Mr. Small earn
grea t-gra n lK lM r who came t o
America In company with W illiam
Penn. He has taken collegiate w w k
and pursued theological study I s
Temple University.
The prosident
of this institution is Russell H .
Con well.
A three course dinner was served
to the wedding party at the hom »
of E. L. Evans.
.
The* out of town guests werer
From Portland, Miss Ransom. Mrs.
H. Johnson. Mrs. E. P. Slovarp. M r.
end Mrs. Donald Watt, Mrs. Alma.
Hunt, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Georg*
and Edwin Thayer, and Raymond
Roach, of Newport.
The young couple took tne even­
ing train for Newport where tbe
groom is chief clerk in the right o f
way department of. the Spruce Di­
vision. Mr. Small expects to soon
be discharged from his army ser­
vice. when the couple will go to-
Philadelphia where they expect to
mdke their future home.
The best wishes of a host o f
friends will go with these two to
their new home.
JOHN T. B E LL DROPS D EAD
IN
SE ATTLE SU BU R B
On last Sunday Rev. George H.
Lee received a letter from a frieiM
in Seattle giving Information of the
death of John T. Bell, formerly edi­
tor and publisher of the Newberg
Enterprise, which occurred in a
Seattle suburb where he was run­
ning s small grocery store.
The
letter stated that tbe next day after
Christmas. Mr. Bell on stepping out
of a laundry fell dead.
Mr. Bell was a veteran of the
Civil War, he having enlisted at
the age of 18 years as a private in
Co. C. Second Iowa Infantry.
He
went through with Sherman in the
celebrated march to the sea and was
mustered out st the close of the
war with the rank of Lieutenant. *
For several years hs followed the
occupation of court reporter and
newspaper writer, being engaged In
newspaper work In Nashville. Chi­
cago. St. Louis and Omaha, and In
the interval before coming to New­
berg he was part owner of the En­
quirer at Oakland. California.
Mr. Bell was ijot well fitted for
the many details of country news­
paper work and his venture In New­
berg became irksome and disap­
pointing to him. He was s man o f
wide experience and the splendid
memory he possseeed made him an
excellent and most Interesting con­
versationalist.
His age was shout
77 years.
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