TRANSCRIBED FROM THE FAYETTEVILLE DAILY DEMOCRAT AUGUST 26, 1918 P. 3
My hours are from 6:15 in the morning until 8 o’clock in the evening. The day shift is the most strenuous of all. Beginning Sunday I am on the night shift for the next week. The staff consists of a ward surgeon, head nurse, two assistant nurses, and a ward master or orderly. Miss Kelly from St. Joseph’s is on night duty and Miss Covalt is head nurse. I knew her in St. Louis, so I am not working altogether among strangers.
We are working our heads off for the boys who have been fighting for us at the front, and we have 61 men in our ward. We have only lost two up to date. . . . We expect to be able to take care of 1000 patients in a very short length of time. . . . .
The winter will soon be here and I would like to have a couple of sweaters or anything you want to send.
Be sure to write to me as often as you can because it cheers me up.
NOTES: This partial letter was written by Roland Reed Reynolds to his uncle, Dr. C. H. Luther of Fayetteville, Arkansas. He was born on March 16, 1897 in Arkansas and died on April 25, 1951 in Yountville, California. He is buried in the Veterans Memorial Grove Cemetery in Yountville. His military headstone identifies him as a Missouri, Pfc Base Hosp. 28, during World War I. He enlisted on May 16, 1918 and was discharged on July 26, 1919.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT
My hours are from 6:15 in the morning until 8 o’clock in the evening. The day shift is the most strenuous of all. Beginning Sunday I am on the night shift for the next week. The staff consists of a ward surgeon, head nurse, two assistant nurses, and a ward master or orderly. Miss Kelly from St. Joseph’s is on night duty and Miss Covalt is head nurse. I knew her in St. Louis, so I am not working altogether among strangers.
We are working our heads off for the boys who have been fighting for us at the front, and we have 61 men in our ward. We have only lost two up to date. . . . We expect to be able to take care of 1000 patients in a very short length of time. . . . .
The winter will soon be here and I would like to have a couple of sweaters or anything you want to send.
Be sure to write to me as often as you can because it cheers me up.
NOTES: This partial letter was written by Roland Reed Reynolds to his uncle, Dr. C. H. Luther of Fayetteville, Arkansas. He was born on March 16, 1897 in Arkansas and died on April 25, 1951 in Yountville, California. He is buried in the Veterans Memorial Grove Cemetery in Yountville. His military headstone identifies him as a Missouri, Pfc Base Hosp. 28, during World War I. He enlisted on May 16, 1918 and was discharged on July 26, 1919.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT