The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-08-05

RELIEF force rom Arras was o>aYsiens,
with the doctor and nurses from Nesle.
Inc relief star from Ham, Nesle, and
Grecourt, with the Society OF Friends.
was In Montdidier. small stock OF
supplies. hastily sent from Noyon was
az Lassigny. Noyon itself had come
unoer the guns and was I'm the centre
OF teverish activity. Here, as every
"nere else, passenger-cars and motor
trucks were evacuating civilians and
their goods under the general direc-
ton or British officers and the French
Sous-Prefer OF the Department OF the
oise- Between the third and fourth
days OF the battle, Montdidier. Las
signy and Noyon had 10 be evacuated.
and on the fifth day Amiens came
within range OF the guns and more
than hfty thousand people left the city
and poured out on to the roads.
The American Red Cross during this
| time had served civilians chiefly. nj.
though more than one of its trucks.
with mattresses placed at the bottom
to prevent too much jolting. had gone
back and forth, time AMI again, haul
ing out wounded Tommies and wound
ed Americans. A portable kitchen. In
stalled on the exact spot al Compiegne
where Joan OF Arc was captured. pro-
vided tea, coffee and other sefresh-
| ments to ten thousand soldiers and
civilians daily. At the Red Cross
headquarters chocolate. figs and meat
were served to hungry soldiers on pass
ing conveys.
A temporary in6rmary was Installed
in the buffet OF the railroad station at
Compiegne to take care of persons
| wounded by bombs and other cases OF
wounded men, soldiers or civilians,
while they were waiting TO be sent TO
a regular hospital. -Four American
doctors remained at their post until
| the last patient had been removed.
Then. with assistance, In conjunction
| with the French, they established an
other hospital In a secure place. In
| two days this hospital contained two
hundred and fifty beds and all neces-
sary equipment
More than once a canton brought In
Its last load of helpless old people
from village where the advancing
columns were 50 near that shots from
the machine guns were already patfer-
ing In the deserted streets. at Mort
to four hundred people who had been
without food for six hours.
The American Red Cross at Annel
was evacuated with the aid OF the hos
pital barge. and Its patients were TAX.
en- to a place Of safety. The DAILY
Unit, working under the Service del
Sante OF the French Army, evacnatcd,
its patients from hospital near Com
piegne and then offered its personnel
for soldier canteen service. Al Reau-
vais a refugee hospital was opened I'm
metiately. with American doctors In
charge. lodgings were provided for
several hundred fngifiyes. md The In
cessant land ferry service. which han
been inaugurated al Croix-Molignanx
on the first day OF the battle. was con.
tinued In the west.
Little Lost by Red Cross.
The Red Cross stores al Ham. Nesie
and I.assigny had been lavishiy used
for the benefit OF British and French
troops. When the warehouses were
finally given up there remained In
them only few heavy things. such NJ
stoves, that could not he carried or or
used on the spot, and some si,,aI
STOCKS Oh NlNllidu 81 's'''"'-
and cents, or In pounds and tons, Tie
American Red Cross lost little In Ito
evacuation.
In closing his report the Chief Of the
Bureau of Reconstruction and Relief,
Acting Field Commander OF the An,sri-
can Red Cross In the War Zone. whose
work Of nine months had been swept
away, said with absolute confidence
and optimism:
The same old needs OF shelter. food.
clothing, tools. medicines. and The
friendly fellowship which have been
the blood and hone OF our work In Tie
Devastated RESPONSIVENESS remain.
The voice OF America has been heard
in France. II is being heard more
loudly and more clearly every day. In
must be heard until we win the vic-
tory. and along with the voices OF The
fighting men the voices OF the builders
must be heard-the men OF the plough
and pruning hook and saw and ham,
mer and lathe side by side with the
men of the sword"