So the smells disappeared and the town engineer was
furious, saying he would "Put all right" when we left.
Luckily one of the chief men in the town had lived in America and knew
the value of cleanliness. Mr. Berry was offered an honorary Colonelcy;
but he refused, saying he would prefer to be made sanitary officer for
the town.
[Illustration: IN-PATIENTS.]
The spring came, bringing with it no fighting. A great offensive was
expected, had been ordered, in fact, but we heard later that the army
refused to advance. The work was very much lighter. Very few men were
entirely helpless. The hospitals, which were still emptying themselves
and whose men were coming to us, sent the survival of the fittest. Most
of the beds were carried out under the trees after the morning
dressings were done, and the men lay gossiping and smoking when they
could get tobacco. Outside visitors were rare. The Serbian ladies do not
go round the hospitals with cigarettes and sweets, and to find a Serbian
woman nursing is an anomaly.
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