The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-18
English and American Help


1t would astonish Mr. Wilson and
Mr.. Bryan to know how many patri-
otic Americans are helping France and
what they are doing in Red Cross and
other work. l was surprised to meet
a former member of the New York
Stock Exchange in . hhaki uniform.
said, - Are you still an American cit
izen?' He Responded promptly, ~ Ger
tainly l am, but would not the boys
On the floor of the Stock Exchange be
astonished to see me in this uniform -
| I said, Were not there men enough
| here TO do this work?''
| He responded, Possibly, but quick
! organization was wanted and | volun-
teered and have held the job, and he
was off in his high-powered automobile
for a run down behind the firing line
to one of the channel ports.
AS the casualties of the French have
been ten times those of the English.
American and English sympathizers
with the cause of the allies have turn
cd to France to see if they might . do
something An English lady with
small feet and delicate hands. respond
ed to the spirit of the hour and lef+
her English home with her servants and
went to the hospital front in France
She wrote home, - am not only help,
ing to dress the wounds. but to wash
dishes. My soft hands are par-boiled
but hardening; my feet are sore; and
my legs are swollen. | lie down thor
oughly exhausted every night, but
am doing something and am happy
Mrs. w. /. Wvllie. wife of the IA
nous marine etcher on the south Eng
lish coast, looked out upon the channe
war scenes, and took ship for France
She found the center and south of the
country one vast hospital. At Limoge;
alone she found more than 1900
: wounded. and 80 600 wounded had pass
ed through that city. She found tn,
hospital in need of special bandages
and cross bandages for multiple wound.
and back she flew to England for
bales Of -baBdages. For weeks she wa,
crossing and resrossing the Englisl
channel. Soldiers have recovered from
rs many as 20 and 30 bullet wounds
, in the flesh.
An American lady assisting in tn,
English Red Cross work told me sh,
saw 1000 wounded a day for II dav
arriving at Boulogne.
About the middle of December
learned that orders had been given t,
clear the 'Boulogne hospital base an'
: prepare for a large number of wound
ed. Relief days for the troops at tn
front were shortened and it was init
mated to me in good quarters that tn
Germans would enjoy no Christmas il
their trenches.
! do not believe, however. that an,
1 great forward movement can be mad
e on either side for or against thes
1 trenches in the winter time In GOO
e strategy and diplomacy, the breakup
I of Germany should come from othe
:. quarters.
There is considerable typhoid arisin
4 from the trench work but | heard dis
e cussion in medical circles that the Sci
Y Wan troops, with their milder climate
had found new way of healin
l. wounds Not having the hospital has
1 and equipment Of other countries the
: heal their wounds in the open air wit
I the result that there IS no tetanus O
S block jaw. In Switzerland they are no,
e curing human tuberculosis by exposin
l. the chest directly over the affection
Y to the full rays of the sun.
o The casualties Of this war have bee
/ tremendous for France. No lists @
t her dead or wounded are published;
k was at first a life and death strueol,
X While the total casualties of killed an
e wounded, missing and prisoners wer
estimated in the press reports and b
e the people as 100000, I happen t
P know that they were more than 1000