Edward Gibbon's health.

1633 fierce, we used to go down to the morgue (which is just back of imy ward) anid look at the boys laid out in long rows. It beats any sight they ever had in Fralnce after a battle. An extra long barracks has been vacated for the use of the Morgue, anid it would imiake any imlain sit up and take notice to walk down the long lines of dead soldiers all dressed and laid out in double rows.We have no relief here, you get up in the miorninig at 5.30 and work steady till about 9.30 P.M., sleep, then go at it againi. Somiie of the ImienI of course have been here all the time, and they are TIRED. If this letter seemns to be somewhat disconnected ov2rlook it, for I have been called away from it a dozen times the last tiime just Inow by the Officer of the Day, who came in to tell mlle that thcy have not as yet found at any of the autopsies anly case beyond the Red Hep. stage. It kills themli before they get that far. I dont wish you any hard luck Old Man but I do wish you were here for a while at least. Its imiore coimifortable when onle has a friend about. The men here are all good fellows, but I get so damlined sick of Pneumonia that when I go to eat I want to find soImie fellow who will not "Talk Shop" but there aint IolIC nohow.We eat it live it, sleep it, and dream it, to say nothing of breathing it i6 hours a day. I would be very grateful indeed ifyou would drop me a line or two once in a while, and I will promise you that if you ever get into a fix like this, I will do the samlle for you. Each man here gets a ward with about i5o beds, (Mine has I68) and has an Asst. Chief to boss him, and you can imagine what the paper work alone is-fierce-and the Govt. demands that all paper work be kept up in good shape. I have four day nurses and five night nurses (female) a ward-master, and four orderlies. So you can see that we are busy. I write this in piecemeal fashion. It may be a long time before I can get another letter to you, but …