The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-17
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Interesting Description Of Rea creaa
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JOY it.
/. was a most intersstina
here, only as wc did poe
l1.45 We came through eaaI
of interesting country hy warHs
| am crazy about thr tan. over
they are so comfortable hefsa
train was even better than eItr-I e.
the other two. The only troahle
every time have travelled bT tHn
have been so sleepy and tired : ua
likely to miss some OF the scenery
We had practically all day to
the town where we landed. usnf
out to walk after lunch with one oi
the girls and had the good fortune to
see a large number Of our boys march
up the street. Then walking along
afterward we kept meeting some of
our men. Several stopped TO tals
with us. One who is in a French
hospital where Mrs. Henry Van Dyke
is at the head of the Red Cross work
asked US if we did not want to go up
to the hospital to see the few Ameri-
can boys there. We went back u
the hotel and got three more girl
and went up. 1t was magnificent
place and we thoroughly enjoyed talk
ing with the boys. Mrs. Van Dyke
asked me to talk with a Dakota boy
as she had not time, and his was az
especially sad case.
On our arrival in Paris, we were
met by two representatives of thu
| Red Cross and brought oour hotels
in three big U. S. A. motor lorries
Imagine riding through the streets O.
Paris at 1890 a. m. in such style
England was beautiful but l thinl
France has it beaten. Sometimes
looking out of the car window, on
might think himself in New England
again it was entirely new. 1t is
fascinating country. Paris is wonder
full in every way, the trees alone ar
enough to rave about.
On our way yesterday evening, W
met a train Of German prisoners a
one station. They were exceedingl
young looking, but none of that sta1
we'd, undcrfed men talk for me. The
looked fat and stupid as usual.
l am ass: gned as secretary to Nj
Pugh, Deputy chief of the informed
late zone He is also the head Of tn
"searcher work" in his zone. The gil
! lwho has held this position is oblige
to return to America as early in Ser
tember as possible.
can't imagine anything muc
, more interesting than the "searcher
work" Army authorities do practi
, cally nothing in locating the missing
That is left to the Red Cross. Ever
, day we are wired the list of missing
> We visit the hospitals to which W
are assigned to see if such a man ha
come in of if we can find any ma
,, from his company who knows an.
thing about him. When Red Gro:
;. OF hospital trains leave the front, tt
y army does not, can not, keep track {
the hospital to which every man
o sent, hence the list of missing ofte
y is greater than it should be.
o The locating Of missing men
q only one phase. AS the men come il
to the hospital we make brief I,
!, port on each case as quickly as poss
: BILE as to the nature and severity
wound, OF whatever it may be, al
=. this report is forwarded by the Par
. Office Immediately to Washington
" they may have some definite inform
f ton to give the family who invaria
A ly inquire of them for particulars
: soon as notified by the war depal
ment of the casualty. Not only {
we send one report but we keep sen
v ing them for days on the same cas-
Often by the time the war departme
Is has reported the case and the fami
N wires the Red Cross in Washingt,
= they have had several reports fro
Il us.
Al In case the man is too sick or /
" wound is Of such nature that he c;
rs not write we write for him direct
to his family.
y When a man dies in our hospit
Is we write the family. 1t has to
= brief, but we try to tell such thin
V as whether he was conscious, sufft
1fi ed, etc., and we send some lit
w thing of his belongings, if possible,
ID a flower from his grave. We alwa
y describe his funeral. A corps
w photographers is being organized w
If are to take a picture of every maj
IN grave from this time on, and as ma
of those previously made as possib
These are taken so as to show t
name on the little cross.
Then there are always the be
who haven't hoard from homo for