Letter, Henry Eglinton Montgomery Suckley to Robert Bowne Suckley, February 2, 1915

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THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL OF PARIS

SECTION FOR THE WOUNDED

Feb 14th 1915<p>

AMBULANCE:

LYCEE PASTEUR

Boulevard d'Inkermann

NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE

TELEPHONE

Wagram 42-40<P>

Dear Papa, 

Am quartered in a barn-like dormitory with some 30 other Americans here for at least three weeks before going to the front. The hospital section seems to be wonderfully managed + the men are so happy here that they hate to leave. The work we have in store for us will certainly be very hard as soon as the Spring campaign begins, - even now many of the men have been up continuously for 24 hours at a stretch. I am looking forward to getting out very much even though I would have to exchange good + sufficient nourishment, + comfortable sleeping quarters, for bare subsistance [sic] and a blanket out doors, at times at least. There will also be a good deal of waiting around in small towns near the front, as warfare has become such a matter of seige [sic] work that often there will be nothing doing for days at a time. At a lecture, or rather small talk by the head surgeon yesterday, we were again told that we would not be sent to the front but would probably only operate behind