The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-09-01
RED
CROSS WORKERS
AID ITALIANS

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ahclls md tear rcu bombs, ,ono OF
these men IA now Ia Milan. being treat
od fof 3 serious condition ~ the eye.
due ta the gam. This hodlcai post
became ho dangerous during their
work thcrc that Ii had 20 ba Abandoned
hu; ihcv continued TO carry wounded.
gathering thcm from the road. And
this Hsk was continued and accom-
pnshel hy them day and night during
the entire offensive.
on lilo night ~ tho i7th two Of thr
new volunteers. WHO had jusi Joined
lhe cotton. distinguished themselves
waiter Fcdor ~ Cincinnati, ohio. /
nud iuhort 9. Corey 81 Ncwerk n. J., I
wam ~ a front post whore fighting
WIS NtIy fierce. and wore stopped by "a /
colonel who told item n was lnpossi 4
bio in inocecd. At this very moment
ihe colonel was struck and seriously
injured BY piece Of shell They emf
ficd Lin Immediately 70 a surgical
station on their return they wero stop
urd a. 4 bridge By military police. who
said u WIS fatal 20 30 further, but
ticking advantage Of q moments mat (
teni.0. on the part OF the guards they
went on IN spite Of this warning. and
sncetcdcd IN carrying a Frcnt number
uf wounded from this area
Not long after the first ambulance
moved American Rcd Cross canteens
pnue up al favorable sites just be-
mind tho lines. Ten cautccns had been
n Operations under the department Of
( military affairs FOR months. seven
more we're added Immediately. The
emer1cncy group We're placed. equip
pad ana directed by u. Harvey Carroll,
American consul at Venice out Of a
hong experience In Red Cross relief ln
that bcseigcd city. MI, Carroll WAS able
In "A hours 20 gather and ship through
! tho iocming zone 81 operations enough
coffee. cigarettes mud chocolate 10
supnly stations where the daily aver
lge Of men served was sometimes as
hlrh AK 5000. Each post was directed
IS two American He'd Cross men FOR
TINT purpose.
Earv Ia tho offensive a death oc-
eurrrd in tho American Rod Cross
forc,a Lieut. Edward NJ. Mickey Of
/ New York city, who had taken the
; Hrsi american cantecn 10 tho italian
frant last winter ana who had lately
moved 20 q site on the piave front TO"
ha1lrdQus TO be entrusted To younger
man was instantly killed. by shell on
. liyc morning OF June II. Lieut.. Mickey
was buried the nest day. his grave be-
ing marked by plain wooden cross.
Inscribed with his name ana rank like
s ihn rows of Italian dead beside him. y
smaR American flag had been placed
hCsidc the cross and throughout The
battle his Italian ffcnds kept fresh
flowers on the grave
besides those cnnicens IN the very
center III the busiest fire. there wor,
other and equally busy Red Cross rest
= houses at the railway stations in the
rear AZ those functions tired columns
~ m.P on theii way TO q short iims
roposc encountered fresh troops march
ing toward The battle. AZ one imppr.
TINT Junction, whore the troops of ths
three allied armies emerged and sept
rated for their various sectors, "a
American Rcd Cross canteon had beer
hastily 9.'rched under "A spreading tree
opposite the station entrance. luosinl
for al the world like Youngsters
lemonade stand on a circes day. Here
an American woman volunteer worked
day and night
TIM most difficult moments of that
job were the times of passage OF hos
riial rains when stcaminE cauldroas
we're transported TO the station plat
form ana cups OF NOT tbiI'f i'ih 20 iNt
bps Of mon too seriously hurt to move
Otherwise the daily and nightly VISIT
thnio. III elsewhere was one long sue
ceSsion OF dust covered columns, BROW
faces and hungry mouths.
ON the shoulders of the officials al
headqunit,rs IN Rome rested chicfls
tho problem OF transportation sup
plies mat had been stotcd ~ some dis
lance from the hines had 70 hc move,
to the front. and tho vacancies fille'
from below.
Already northern italy had been coy
cred wrh a network of stores at STRAIT
cric points. and emergency commune
cations marked out When the atiscl
eanv. within three hours after th'
carly news reached Rome. the cmer
senoy mechaniam WAS al work lii
railroad. by automobile occassionall,
hy boat and frequently as the hand
hagmge Of Rcd Cross officers hurry
ioe % the front supplies moved fui
werd procession OF l1den camipn
started from centcfs IN northern Italy
Thus every department Of the kc'
Cluss worked as "a unit during thcs
disf Of excessive stress. each Amcri
ram working IN harmony with his ital
ian comradc towards the victory whic
Wus uppermost Ia the hearts OF all.
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