The evening herald., 1918-03-26
RED CROSS WORKERS
HIGHLY EULOG|ZEO
BY GOOD SPEAKERS
Capacity House at High School
Auditorium Listens to Burning
Words from Mrs Sexton and
Robert G. Frazer.

The Red Cross work re-. clycd t Eca-
uine boost las, night. when ZAP. 10.
house was uddr,ssv ar m" h.-u
school auditorium by Mrs sexton ut
Haitian, a nurs, vi hu has seen much
active service t1 Europe and YOUNG
Robert e.. Frazer who w,- t member
o9 tho American ambulance corps uu
the French front fu4ng line liv was
largely engaged Oh the sector between
Bhc.ms and Nerdun.
The young people Uttered a. Ft'z'r
related his experiences iu reaching
and while there iu iur,ncr trimming i"t
;hc front The night he arrived .a|
Paris u was as dark as III, hu.' t1
the traditional Esy piLin night 'uIt
was H9' ,t ton and sult cpu stH o. .N.a.
Al fins his bTvIhla9t NI- uti W'I.
aud Vhicury Tor coffee without suE DO
or cream Ter either. IL. skipped
few morHluE, but FINALLY decided tha
u w.ts not $50 bad.
lie finally got lodging iu a nis
house, where benjamin Franklin ilN,i
when he was the American minister 90
I France, pu the front The ambulance
with which he served. dtd their Wutk
/ al night lie gave some of hls 'Npr-
/ T,cncos.
one time e squad ot German ."l-
| diers had been captured and brought
! to an old building Will" they v"r"
! lined UP and being searched q GtImJu
| shell exploded, wrecklng the building,
| killing few people and kGuckns
! every body down
lie felt men trampling ou his body
[ arms ana legs ~ th"y scrambled iut
/ The dugouts This seemed tn revive
| him and he Jumped up and beat ih'lu
| 10 it getting to cover first.
The French medical service know
| no iayurtism. Il is governed by
| "cGpsevl" entirely The victim who l,
! IN greatest distress ana ueares' death
/ g.ctS first attention. no matter who Dee
I Is or what his nationality may be- In
! thc excitement referred To-, som" "t
/ the German prisoners were seriously
] wounded and the French doyturH gave
! them the first attention.
lie sought 20 emphasize the imper2-
! tive need cot R-G cross supplies at the
front The cold Was intense. The
trenches contained water, ice and
muck the rains and winds chilled q"
| the bone. In one Instance hc 81 A.
! four French soldiers rght over th"
possession Of little square piece of
cloth. They were desporit" Tho
wanted IL 90 put around their feet Boo
their shoes. 50 as 10 keep from Is" -
ting frosted feet
lie said that al the soldiers though.
of was thc folks at home. People l
America should write often tp rcld-
tiyes and friends az the frunt Another
thing. Americans should not AL ihr
time be wishing tor the war tu cease.
They should exert every eurrg} 'u
make IL end as America and the allie
haN" determined that 70 must end. Tho
soldiers want 10 10 end, hut not uuih
the kaiser Is pui out ut business
Mrs Sexton is happy speaker with
"A mcssaE" In heart language, out n.
her own experience. She was greeted
with repeated rounds ut appllu."
She went 90 the corps Of the prlctI..
lted Cross work and the ahuormT
and sudden demands Frequently MAD,
upon It's altulstic services Ia hei
experience she had personally Nnowr
OF hospitals that wor. called 90 car,
for more than three times the number
~ patients than then normal capacity
Co serve.
some men were inflicted with mor,
ihan 90 bodily wounds. from nur-'Iit5
fhrapuol. These aud AN the lees BE-.
number # wounds must be- dressed
least once . day aud often az man, 400
four times a. dt3, depending upou
their nature. II Red Cross worker.
out here in quiet Sew Mexico could
| only know the grateful feelings Of th,
! poor men who use the licd 'rus.
products. they would wor. h1rupf t..
newer murmur.
Men an, sometimes brought 'u hH.
; pitfalls almost naked all shuf iu pieces
, manglcd. hlrcdirg. almost dying rh.,
are hathrd. their wounds an" drcs~' ,
they are supplied with ME" "ics
pa aiamag and given slight -'ccpin-
: potion This service often saves the
; lives
Tine Red cross simply must have
supplies ahead Think OF the preset
emergencies az the western 'front.'
shall Wounded men die from lack n
handdges or freeze for lack cf cloth
ing or pvCessities' They are uffrrIn-
their all their lives shall We n"
stand hack 90 them with an we ha'.
and are?
There viii ~ speaking nraIr tuu'en
NJ the high school auditorium az
o'clock.