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i" Jf*{• 'i»; ' ••• ■' Communications that have been re ceived here from members of the de tachment of forty-five men who left this station in July for overseas duty; show that they have been broken up and scattered almost to the four winds in direction and kinds of work. Letters from two of them follow the former being Sgt. Cundiff to Sgt. Ijc C. O. V. Johnson: July Med. Replacement Draft Company No. 9. Dear Johnson; I am across at last and am now stationed in that most popular of all towns in France, namely “Some where.” I am having a great time tho’ and no cause for complaint at all. Talk about hospitality the people here are most hospitable than any others on earth, I believe and they certainly show it towards the American sol diers.-- I’d rather be a buck priv ate in France than a Colonel at Camp Greene. The old crowd is all split to pieces there are only four of us here, Torello, Estes, Leahy and myself. Haven’t seen or heard from any of the other . fel lows in quite sometime. By the way how is the dental clinic getting along now? We are in sort of a conveyence unit, looking after the transportation of the troops from one point to another in big detachments. Bring your leather “puts” for you can use them over here everybody is dolled up all the time off duty. This place is even better than you hear it is. Hope to see you soon. Remember me to the boys. Your friend, The other letter is from Pvt. Mc Mahon to. Pvt. Joe Lawlor: Dear Joe: Writing you a few lines to let you know that I am still alive and feel ing O. K. Micky and Torello were about the only seasick ones on the way over. We sure have been split up”some; Godly, Prince, M. P. Lape and Brush have all been sent to a base. M. J. Blake and a few of the others are in an ambulance company. Cundiff and Leahy ar^ assigned to a Sanitary train ing School, they take the troops from one camp to another. Korsun is a den tal assisstant in Paris. This life isn’t bid at all except I had a little rough time of it while I was a casual. How is the ball team coming? Sup pose you are knocking them all over the lot again. Remember me to the old- crowd. Buddy, Dewey and Mac- Nish and the rest of them. Well, Joe expect to see you in Bos ton New Years. Drop me a few lines when you are not busy or any of the other boys. Frank J. McMahon, 327 Field Hospital 307th Sanitary Train, Amer. Expt. Forces. P. S.—If not much trouble send the Oaduceus will send the price later. Pvt. Roberts has changed jobs again, this time he goes to the lab oratory to try hfe hand at that game. About a mile And a half Distant from the Base Hospital in a Westerly direction Is a little, old Countrj-' school-house. Nearby are a church And graveyard Equally old. A few days ago A detachment of Convalescent patients Prom the hospital Took a hike in the Direction of the school And - when they Had reached it fell out To rest under the trees • ' In the churchyard. The school -door was Open and some of The restless members Of the detachment Undertook to Investigate the Interior of the school. The house was empty Of scholars and on the Desks lay open Kindergarten books And on the Blackboard were Scribbled in Childish fashion A jumble of Words anad figures. One by one the soldiers Crowded in an deach one On entering sought out A book or pen or piece Of chalk and began to Play at schooldays Just like they did When they were children. Long-forgotten School jokes Were passed around Again; Teachers’ face drawn On the “board” And maps studied With youthful avidity. War and its concomitant Sickness were For the nonce Forgotten And soldiers In uniform were Children again for A while. Contrast the Treatment this Simple little school Wlould have received At the hands of A Hunnish mob And find the Spirit which Permeates the American soldier Of today. By Sgt. First Class PATRICK COSGROVE. EAST END CANTEEN “By the Barracks” G. 1. THOMASON Proprietor Cigars, Cigarettes, Candy. Ice Cold Tlrinl^s a Specialty We Serve YOU Right COME TO BIG Gtao«toii County AT GASTONIA, N. C. October 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and while here visit the Ice Cream Parlor of Sweetland’s Confectionery. A BID FOR YOUR WHISKERS Also Chiropodist and Manicurist. SHOWER BATHS Realty Barber Shop Basement Realty Building on the Square. TWO WARDS OPENED. Owing to the large number of pa tients that have been flowing in to the hospital recently it has been ne cessary to open two more of the wards, this time A-3 and A-8 being chosen. Both are being used as gen eral medical wards. The Charlotte Laundry Does Our Work WIio Does Yours?
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