MEDICAL DEPARTMENT 'NiiTTS -LETTim.
DEAR UNCLE SAMUEL:
Since we wrote last time so many tnings have hap
pened, or supposed to have happened, that we dont know where to
begin. The electricians got through this week and it might be
appropriate to express our appreciation both for the lights and
and the fact that they got through* They sure make a muss where
ever they go. Can anyone tell us the dope on the new pay ? Oh,
boy, the greatest of indoor sports, playing ping-pong with the
Army. Today we're Staff Sgts.,tomorrow we're something else.
Today we drew a decent salary,tomorrow we draw straws to see who
gets the job. 'Twill be awful to get thrown out on a cold, cruel
world; oh, for another war, or rumors of war. One thing is certain,
when they get through cutting the Army it will be. a good one,that* s
left, they will all be the real old soldiers the were before the
war. Things should pick up when Ft* i/Lscum gets here, and we hope
xl is soon, more men, more bizness, and bizness is rotten since
the "Flu ' flew. Not that we want it back, but we made a lot of
money feeding the boys soup. A ten cent can of soup and 3ix crack
ers a day leaves us quite a margin of profit, but we got one
patient ,that used to bake bread for us,in the sveet long ago,
* ' • who is .eating up *11 the profits,&nd as he isn't drawing
any pay, we can t send him a bill for board, v/hile wfe think about-.
it, it seems the boys in Haines got rather peeved over the article
that we wrote some time ago. ./e are acquainted with most of them,
and were under the impression that they were fairly good sports,'
but if they can't take a roasting now and then it's too bad#
However,we did not write from malice,and if our remarks were too
caustic,we will r etract, ,tho' we hate to. doe it,as it’s poor
sportsmanship. On looking over. CO."E” diary,it seems that all they
do is work, ./here do they work . .’hen it snows ? ^orh, accordin t#
v/ebsters, means "physical or intellectual effort directed to an
ebd and if,as they say,it has no end, why,they know not what it
means. Vork also means to ferment. So do Salts (work) . If you
want to know the real meaning of work cone up to the Hospital,
and we will acquaint you with the ^ord in it's full moaning,
even to fermenting and the salts. 'Snuff. Jhy should HqrsiCo.
wsrry abtut serving under Navy Officers,-a big percent •f hheir
•utfit are sailors? You sa«rl .2 it l« c*r.ai*tart thav
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j mu awe ui uui Bu;ju ior js.nuwj.uu^c, xi you are loosing
for intellect, in other words, "brains”., we have 'em. (sometimes
when we get a chance we pickle 'era in alchohol and send era to
Washington for observation, and as proof of our statements we
ask you take a look at one dog named "Jack",owner,(name with
held), and then deny the truth of our claims, The Hospital has
taken on a new appearance the last week,and another week and it
will be all slicksi up, and believe us,you better wipe your
feet before you coie in,if you don’t, when we get you in bed
ynu'rc finished, baoe ? You’ll be decorating the marble slab,
wrapped in a sheet. Goody bye and good luck, next week we hope
to be able to state definitely whether we draw 45 bucks or 72,
I'll say,we hope so. Like the eld man used to tell us, "be a
good boy"f
yours,
iHE PILL-hOLnERS.