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Show UIAH HtLO HOSPlf GOMES HOME Beehive State Soldieri Heroic Mercy Work y Second Army, Accompany OcCUpal Troops on Way to many to Mar le T0 . 0 " Bringing the glad news th.it r-five r-five members of the fitu organized in Salt Tke a? the r field hospital, will return l0 u , StPtca in June, Captain Geoi..r commi'nder of the unit, "reach.,' ycsteiday afternoon. Captain Roberta appliei in 7. an enrly discharge because of ! his family. Ho left France ,p arrival In New York ho k-ar-. baby boy had arrived In h!a(. Thirteenth East street, boni t'.. fore ho sailed. Inscribing the experiences ot field hospital while in Fraiv-Roberts Fraiv-Roberts said: "We sailed fIor -Canada on August 13. Arriv-England, Arriv-England, we traveled overla"' -ha:mel and crossed to La HaV lng the base port, we su.vet ,'. at La Gersche, Fiance. With Second Army, "There we learned that tb division, to which we wr;re ail made a depot division, and 0 for seeing- action were slim, v for transfer, and ir. Oelober'ov-''; tlon was attached to the S-"-Sixth army corr'H. On OctoU-went OctoU-went to Rosersen Hays, a ir kilometers behind the lines. stationed there in anlicipaiion ( wounded who would come trV drive on Metz which ihe Anv was then contemplating. Under Frequent Shelling "While In this billet we were-under were-under bombardment anil air rci nightly occurrence. When tb came huge masses of troops we:-behind we:-behind the line to start the dr. tilities had not ceascrl when few more hours would have restart re-start of the heaviest drive m the American forces. "When the army of occui:it. Its march into Germany we ; : them as far as Mar le Tour, mous m the war of 1S70, and ib-a ib-a permanent station. The :: over an old French civilian r a capacity of 250 boos, and we handled returning prisons German camps. These men faint with hunger, with few f no shoes. Ad nationalities v-sonted. v-sonted. We pave them first and a few square meals iu.4 , back to csmps. In the pe-.k-i armistice to December Is, 7-. 3200 cases. Cared for Sick. "When the prisoners cessei ; : devoted our time to caring W.-tho W.-tho army of occupation. Tt of care was given to these f the beys of the Utah unit, 7,: gentle as women. Influenza hp; havoc among the advancine : our hos-pital was filled with tho Utah men, however, th serious illnesses and we did:., single man. The hospital my-for my-for a low death rate among t?-Much t?-Much of the credit is duo Cv-F. Cv-F. Chamberlain of Price, Uui.. in charge of the medical t.r-hospital t.r-hospital was inspected tho ds; left by Colonel Fred HeyncM. geon of the Second army, i.c! tho hcspital was the hzsl lie:' the A. E. F. Will Sail in June. "On April 13, when I left thr tion, I turned commanu over ' W. D. Rolf of California A: ' the Second army was be!r? or.-shipment or.-shipment heme. The loUi T" leave Mar le Tour for the 1 May 15. They should be on t:.: June ."i at le;:st. "Utah men made a splendid :t sea a. Ninety per cent of i! from Utah, members of the r tachment that left Salt barber, bar-ber, 1917. Several from The bulance unit have been trans?-;-organization. The 111 arft -all greatly improved mentalij, and morallv by their anv.y c Thev are the cleanest ana b the A. E. F." |