The sun., 1918-07-14
MISS LANSING TELLS
OF WAR ZONE WORK
Writes of Last German Often
sivc and Of HerOism of
Soldiers.
REFUSED TO QUIT POST
Sister of Secretary Of State
Says She Was Scared, but
Stayed at Front.

realed in a letter to the Secretary OF
state from his sister. Miss Katherine
Ten Eyck Lansing. who. with Miss
Emma Sterling Lansing. another sister,
has been engaged In canteen work with
the American Red Cross in France since
September, 1917. The letter follows:
FRANCE, Thursday. juno Z, 1913.
Long before you receive this you
will have received the cablegram We
hope reached you through the Ambassa-
dor and have been relieved of your
anxiety about us. We have been living
through thrilling days. and l am still
tired enough to be afraid that I will
not write very clear letter. This Is
the first chance either of us has had 10
write, for we have been tremendously
busy.
"Of course the first news we had CT
the big German attack came week ago
Monday. We knew that 1t was all along
the line near US. but felt no anxiety
about our own situation. although two
of the ladies had decided to go to Paris
that day for the day, but decided not to.
as they were afraid there might be some
difficulty about getting back to -
Ca place about twelve miles from the
front) on account Of the movement OF
troopa The troops passed all day and
we knew they were taken to the differ
ent points Of attack.
Advised to Go to Paris.
TUESDAY morning there was some ex-
element in the hall while ! was still in
bed. got up to see and found Miss
E (head of the canteen) had re-
ceived a letter from an English friend,
couched in very ambiguous terms, but
nv reading between the lines wa made
out that he tho,,eht we should all go at
once TO Paris while the going was still
good, as he put it. After consultation
WI .le iiIil'sIy au,loIies We ue r..n
day the ambulances kept going by with
the wounded, and Tuesday night Miss
= took one person and went to see
II there was anything to be done at the
Evacuation Hospital. We did not all 20,
as she was not willing. About 10 o'clock
she came hack for 1--WE more people.
Emma could not 20, as she was on
niRht duty in the canteen. but 1 went
with four. others. and never spent
euch a strange night. As soon as [
reached the hospital I was asked IL I
would 20 into one of the barracks where
tba mora LIGHTLY wounded were and in
ter,ret between the French doctors and
che English
..rhe hosp;tal "a a huge Mace with
wooden shacks for the dtfferent wards
and snreads over n rreat deal NJ ground
I was taken into ono Of these barracks
crowded with neonle hecoming more
crowded al the night went on. There
were both English and French. and
,xa. asked to fake the names of all the
,npI,sb their re9iments eDlistments
and So IN and find ont where they were
r,o,,nded vas told what IN do. then
1est alone and there I was all night. the
room crowded with French. Algerlans,
hlacks and English.
Air Raid at Night.
a.. a., ,uh, NAV. ~, Eva roor
,aid down as thew could on the floors
,,nd.r tha t,h,es ana on the tahla.
49,, hanaaaas oil aro,,nd h,a nsde
49,, ~, tba EngIish nan.ra nv ho,,t Q .ao
o,o,noL 7, tba rnidst ~ n ahou. /
o,oipct u,a had an air raid and 7 can
al, ,,o,, the hoynbs never sounded 90 ,oud
~, dia o,,t ,hars oil aIona uitb
those sounded mon In the midst OF II
Sahr; ana thnss Who wera ahle left the
shack and went to the abri
II went out to see how II was, and
found many of them standing outside. as
the abri was full. About o'clock 1t be-
gan to be light and I wondered whether
the others had gone home, but as I was
alone with all those men l did not like to
leave. A little late- some of the officials
came in, and then began the task Of fit
ting the papers 10 the men and getting
them off in the train. They wanted me
TO STAY to read the names. as they were
difficult TO pronunce. / made another
Ust Of r,en who had to go off on stretch
srs told the doctors in French where
they were wounded, and SO on. and did
not get back to the house until noon,
n mas rather a long stretch from 10
o,c,ock tho night before especially as
had nothinp 70 drink or eat
"yn the afternoon 7 went to the cam
,aar Soma ~ the neonIe in = were
ta.,rni,g to leave and the inhabitants
,'asn au .athered In KNOTS around the
49,. rSa ,,,,,itarv ,novament through
r. tou,, nos soma,binS amazing. O,
.n,rso oxcStemant ran high We spen,
1919, a.. "a nights-,tu, SATURDAY.
s,-.t tba hosritaI with only two
s,o ia,t NJ mo canteen
~.. ,u..,n. such H.ro,.m.
81 can't tell you anything ABOUT II
pnly with the most vivid Inauguration.
DO not think any one can dream or sucn
suffering. such patience, such herolsm OF
such terrible human wreckage' ana unit
one has seen 1t they cannot know VIVA
war means. We found more than W.
eould do even with our lack OF knowl
edge, giving the men water. washing
their bloody faces. interpreting betweei