DIVISIONAL BATHS AND LAUNDRY.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VI, Issue 354, 14 February 1917, Page 2

DIVISIONAL BATHS AND LAUNDRY.

I Mr. E. A. Westt 1 man. of llastinns has received the folloxving letter fiom PrivaJc J. McGurk, who xvas irt the employ of AA’eslerman and Co. prior to leaxinu for the front : - | •• France. Dec. 12. 1916. [ “Dear Air. AVesterman,- —AVe arc j inaking preparations for spendin.ii ! Christmas in as homelike a mannei as is possible under the circumstances. Did Buck tell you that 0111 eompanx’ is running a division.! Faths and laundry ’ 1 fancy I men . tinned it in one of mv letters to him ■ AA e have been in this since our hie 1 advance, anil now there are rumour! 'of our changing with one of tin ; other ambulances. AVe have beer , iiretty < omfortable here, and it ha> 1 been 1 great thmg to lie able to get , a hot bath and W chance as often a? '" <■ caved 10. A word about these Imtlis. Everything is worked bx J svstem. Batches of 50 men arc al- ' lower! in io undress at a time. Each man nasses bis coat, and trouser? through a winclow into the pressing room, xvbere eight- French women disinfect and press them. His valuables and boots arc passed in the next window, where he shows a disc which he has received at the first xviridoxv. The valuables are placed in cul.-ieles cr.rresrionding xxith each man's mnnhei- an bis disc. He next passes into the bathroom with towel and underclothes only, anel bier© tubs of hot water are waiting for him. After bail,lng be nasses out another door and hands in In’s dirty vnderclof , ’es and get clean in exchange. He nasses out on the onpo-sit-e side of the valuables ami pressing room, and on showing his disc receives his, own uniform and goods back. All dirty clothes are taken to the laurdr!'.where a staff of over inn wnimm <]n was l, G>g. This is all s';nervisml by the ni’l’tnrv. Through this svstem iLo-o igoo men can be put through dailv.”