1 5th Canadian Gen. Hospital Salonika M.E.F. May 25th ‘16 Dear Fr. Provincial, P.C. (Pax Christi) Your Reverence will be glad
for a breath of the peaceful air of Salonika amidst
the stress of battle in Dublin. We get a bundle
of English papers about once a week or once in
ten days here & from the last batch that came
I was very glad to see that things are
becoming quiet & settled in Dublin. I heard
on Wednesday that Dr. Walters & Fr Stafford were
both killed. We had a conference yesterday of
all the R.C. chaplains in Salonika district. About
19 turned up out of 21. Two S.J. of the English
Province Fr. H. Day and Fr. Luck, an Irish Franciscan
Fr. Dore & Irish Seculars Fr. Morrissey (Waterford) Fr O’Connor 2 Clonfert & Fr. Farrell (Ardagh). This was the first we had
but they are to take place once a month in future. Monsignor Cavendish
announced that the dispensing with ordinary altar stone for chaplains
who have to travel distances on horseback is under consideration
& something like Agnus Dei with relics to be placed on altar to
be used instead. We had over 1100 in hospital here about
ten days ago & will shall have about the same number in
the coming week as it is our receiving week ie the four
Gen. hospitals take week in turn to receive all cases of the
region that are likely to require treatment for anything over a
week the milder cases giving to Casualty stations & Sta-
tionary hospitals. The big numbers in hospital are the
after effects of the cold and privations of the winter brought
to the surface by a wetting, extra long march etc. A great
many are 10th division who are about ten miles off.
One section has a splendid priest seeing after them. Fr. O'
Connor of Clonfert not unlike our Fr. Claffey. I have
hardly found one in hospital here belonging to his Sec-
tion who had not made his Easter duty. I hope all
are keeping well at home. I must now conclude. With best wishes
I remain
rde Ral Servus in Xto

Servant in Christ J.C. O’Mahony, C. F.