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    "ocrText": "to\netc\n5\n-3-\nM\na\ncivilians and soldiers were recruited-given an overcoat, rifle,also a green and\nwhite ribbon. This was done openly in full view of the train occupied by\nGeneral Rosanoff's persona] entourage and guards.\nI\nBy noon Gaida had recruited 2,000 men against 1,500 for\nRosanoff At 2 P. M. there was a sharp burst of rifle firing, and at 2:20\nbhings were well under way. At once we prepared for the wounded and after\nestablishing a \"First Aid Station\" in the hospital we had just evacuated,\nthe patients were transferred to Morskoi where extra beds were rushed in, and\nactual war work started. The \"Front\" being right outside our door. It was\nterrible and will Inever forget the horrors and the suffering!\nGeneral Gaida was wounded and captured and given a few\ndays to leave the country. Many men who fought with him have been executed\nin the railway station-lined up on the big broad stairway, and the machine\nguns turned on them.\nI talked with General Rosanoff to-day and he has asked for\nfirteen hundred additional beds, mursing personnel, etc. Another Revolution\nis coming 1 fear.\nColonel Teusler is an idealist. Didyou hear him speak\nwhile he was in Washington? He tries hard to make himself believe just\nthe opposite from that which is really taking place.\nI neglected to teliyou the most important thing of all\nOne morning while going to duty, perched on top of the fance around our com-\npound which we had to climb in order to avoid a mile walk; I chanced to gaze\nout over the bay and there in her glory stood the \"U.S.S. Brooklyn.\". I rushed\ninto my office scribbled a note to the Fleet Surgeon andin a few hours in\nwalked Dr. Gill. Since then the Brooklyn has offered many, many pleasured\nto me and 1 have never felt so much at home in the Navy.\nIndeed, 1 have much to tell you about the work of\nthe Commission and have considered it a valuable experience.\nWith all best wishes for a Happy Yuletide.\nI am most S incerely yours,\n(signed) Mary H. Bethel\nH/LK.\n5\n6"
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