Letter No. 13&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;France&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Thursday Au 29th, 1918<br>
My dear Family,<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Alice's letter of July 24th arrived today also one from Alfred. &nbsp;He evidently had not received the one I sent to his company. &nbsp;Wouldn't be surprised if mine from Blois No. 3 and 4 went down on the White Star boat. &nbsp;Received another from Post this week from Mrs. Pearce and two magazines from Uncle Harry.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It has been much cooler since our rain last Friday and Saturday. &nbsp;Sunday afternoon Miss Reid and I took a long bicycle ride 10 or 12 miles. &nbsp;It is such fun to have them. &nbsp;They are English bicycles, free wheels with brakes on the handlebars and very easy to manage if you remember to use the brakes. &nbsp;We have had one accident, the dietician fell spraining both ankles. &nbsp;Tuesday during my hours off I rode to V------ to do a little shopping, mostly thins for the ward. &nbsp;One of our convalescents is a good carpenter and we are making good use of him.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Two more Red Cross trains have been in this week but most of the patients were &nbsp;convalescents and went to the other units here. &nbsp;We are not busy in the ward I am in.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;So Tom McDonald is married! &nbsp;I sent William two copies of the Stars and Stripes this morning. &nbsp;Thought you would be interested in the official organ of the A E F. &nbsp;Have heard nothing about the mail we write being limited. &nbsp;If they have such difficulty getting ballast for our boats on the return journey should not think they would object to mail. &nbsp;They are more likely to limit that sent to us.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The nurses have good meals since one of the chefs from Minneapolis is in our kitchen. &nbsp;Have just had lunch-soup, stew of meat and potato, canned peas, white bread, canned cherries, and raspberry jam.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A YMCA worker is visiting us. &nbsp;Don't know just what her line is-recreation I have heard.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our hospital equipment has arrived and is being unpacked. &nbsp;Hope to have a day off soon and ride to Beaune ten miles NE of here. &nbsp;I hope tomorrow brings a big US mail.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Love to all, &nbsp;Jane<br>
PS You will notice that our address and our modes of addressing our envelopes to you change frequently.<br>
Emily J Mosford A N C<br>
US Base Hospital No. 26<br>
A P O 785 via NY<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Received in CL Sept 22nd<br>
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