The Cordova daily times., 1916-09-09
' l J N | ENGLISH GIRL VISITS
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1 the french army, Is Kathleen Burke, the same English girl who on her tour early this year, on behalf of the Scot tish Women's Hospitals in the eastern states and Canada. collected so much [ money that on returning she was hailed as the thousand dollars a day girl"
 A mere slip of girl of the type that might be afraid of the report of a rifle, Miss Burke stood calmly by the side of the officers at Verdun, and while big shells were dropping about watched the direction of a counter attack that repulsed the enemy.
 AS a special mark of appreciation of the splendid devotion of the body of workers she represents and of her own zeal in raising more than a mil | lion francs in support of hospitals | treating wounded French soldiers, she was entertained by three great gen erals. Her hosts were General Petain, the original defender of Verdun; Gen eral Nivelle, now in command of the | army of Verdun, and General Dubois. in command of Verdun itself Miss Burke was also received by General JOffre. At a dinner in the vaults of the Citadel of Verdun toasts to the success of the allies and to the visit or's health were proposed to the ac- compartment of the boom of the big guns.
 Under the care of the cOmmandant, Jean de Pulligny. of the ministry of munitions, and recently chief of the French engineering commission to the United States, in an automobile placed at her disposition by the French gov ernment, Miss Burke visited practi- cally the entire front, paying particu- lar attention to the work of the hos pitals. She remained in France about a month. Ten days after my arrival assisted at the opening of a new ward of 100 beds in the hospital of the Scottish women at Royaumont," she said "The ward is called Can ada because it was paid for by the Canadian money, The money was given to me by five Canadian cities during my hurried visit--Ottawa, Mon treal Toronto. Hamilton and London, Ontario. The Red Cross made me splendid gift of $1O.OO0.
 Everywhere | was tremendously impressed by the work of the hospi- tals. their remarkable systems where by the wounded are so promptly given the best attention, and I was glad ac- tually to witness the wonderful work of the American ambulance sections. saw several and they were much closer to the firing line than anyone would imagine. the young men being constantly in the greatest peril, but seeming to forget in their zeal all about their personal safety"
 Although she knew it in a vague way, Miss Burke says that she did not realize the great danger sine was In at Verdun as she stood out near the top of the Citadel and watched the battle. Men were falling within few hundred yards of her. Tt was a bit thrilling" she said respectfully to see the big shells, rough words" from Krupps, as the officers referred to them, falling on various sides. do not retain impressions of any of them individually. but one burst some 200 wards away from where we stood. It was a big one. We did indeed feel much safer when we were in the com fortable and protected vaults under the Citadel. think it must have been the perfect ease and lack of the slightest trace of anxiety among the officers that set me so much at my own ease during the terrific cannon ade of the big guns"
 For her efforts in behalf of the Ser bians. Miss Burke has been made a knight of St Sava in Serbia, the youngest on the roll. Her 0rganiza- tion had four hospitals in Serbia and transferred their work after the Ger man occupation to Saloniki and Cor sica, where they have the medical care of 6000 Serbian refugees. Another unit is leaving shortly for Russia. and a unit which left last month for Sa- lonik to join the Serbian army is called the American Unit" as it was paid for with funds subscribed in Am 1 erica.
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