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when on duty, as the mud at this time of year is. more
than ankle deep. At present they have 240 nurses in
the two hospitals. Miss Parsons is being responsible
for her nurses, but reports to Miss Kelly. I visited
nearly all the wards, nurses quarters and the quar-
ters for sick nurses. I was surprised to find the
infirmary connected with Miss Parsons office and a
seriously ill nurse from the South in a small room
opening out of her office. The nurses seem to be
given excellent care and so far as I could judge were
well contented and satisfied. There seemed to be no
hope of the
ill almost recovery of the one nurse, A.N.C. who has Reserve. been
since her admission to the
They had a total of 3000 patients and bed capacity
for even more. The Red Cross had built a comfortable
A recreation house with a young dietitian in charge.
brick fire-place was being constructed at the time
of all that the Red Cross was doing for them. The
of my visit and the nurses seemed most appreciative
Nurses were called together into the recreation hut
where I spoke to them and told them of our apprecia-
tion of the splendid work they are doing. We then
went to a little sitting-room off the general recrea-
tion room and had tea. Miss Kelly assured me that
the nurses' mess was entirely satisfactory and that
The mess was conducted by the Commissary department
their food was wholesome and sufficient in quantity.
rather than as a separate mess, but this plan seemed
to work quite satisfactorily. I visited the kitchen
and found that they were to have for dessert that
night real American pie which looked excellent. The
pastry-cook, they said, was Greek rather then French.
They had no difficulty in securing ample French women
as servants and the wages were not excessive. I
heard from various quarters that Miss Kelly was not
particularly popular with the nurses, being a strict
disciplinarian but judging from the hospital and the
general appearance of the place, I am inclined to
believe that the criticisms were entirely unfounded.
She had be en having some trouble with her sinuses and
was having an X-Ray taken when I arrived.
Navy Base Hospital No. I I made complete rounds of
this tal hospital on Saturday morning ( Jan II) The hospi-
cares for the Army, the nurses are members of
the Navy Nurse Corps and are aid by the Marine Ser-
vice, rather a curious combination. Most of the
20 wards are converted dormitories holding from
where the patients can be moved in pleasant weather.
patients. All of the wards open on to verandahs
All at French people injured by Americans are cared for
this hospital. I saw one Frenchman who had been
run over by an Army truck and who had unfortunately
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