The Glenwood post., 1918-04-20
Gives Out Much Practical |nforma-
tion of War Conditions and Red
Cross Work on Foreign Fields
PRAISES THE FRENCH PEOPLE

On Monday at the Odeon theater the
people of Glenwood Springs had the
opportunity of listening to what was
perhaps the best presentation of the
war situation that we have yet hal
the privilege to hear. The people ap-
parently appreciated the opportunity
for not only was every seat occupied,
but all available standing room at the
bacq and the. aisles were taken.
Those on the platform were the
speaker of the evening, Lieut.. +. r..
Nance, G. H. Bell, chairman of the
who presided at the meeting, Senator
B. T. Napier, Acting First Sergeant
Frank H. French and Ben White OF
Eagle.
AS Lieutenant Nance rose to his feat
he was greeted by round of applause
and he at once plunged into his sub
ject. His first words being 'There
were three things that impressed them
selves upon me during my stay among
the French people. First, the great
determination to win this war at any
cost. "They shall not pass.' That was
the slogan of Gen. Joffre when the Ger
mans made their first drive toward
Paris. This is typical of the spirit of
the whole French people today.
Second, their patience under suffer-
ing and privation. Loaded into Ford
ambuances three tiers deep, driven
over roads torn with shells, through
mud waist deep in some places and yet
no word of complaint was ever heard.
Lieutenant Nance related how he had
helped to perform ma or operation
upon a French soldier without the aid
tieth operation the man had undergone.
He had gritted mis- teeth during other
operations until they were worn down
almost to the nerves. During this OPP
Grafton they placed a piece of oak
wood between his teeth, but in his suf
fering the man bit it in two. He
clinched his hands until the nails drew
blood from the palms of them, but
when the operation was finished he
just smiled and said "Thank you' to
the doctors and nurses.
Third, their splendid cooperation
with the government in all of its UNI
dertakings. Everyone and everything
was on war basis. The women do
the men S work cheerfully, the men do
anything that is asked of them and
the children are imbued with the same
spirit.
The lieutenant said "We are Just
getting into this war; He then spoke
Of the size of the undertaking and said
that it has brought us face to face
with three groups Of problems. One of
these groups are the industrial prob
lens. He mentioned some ship build
ers at an Atlantic seaport who went
out on strike few days ago. They
were receiving $l10 week and wanted
more.
The speaker sympathized with the
farmers in their desire for better
prices, but urged them to continue to
grow the biggest crops they could. He
blamed the middle men for many of tho
farmers price troubles and stated that
the government was getting ready 10
handle this problem. He also stated
that others beside the farmers had
grievances and sighted the case of
/ United States army officers who are
compelled to pay fifty per cent more
for their clothing than civilian would
have to pay for the same quality Of
goods, but who would be court mar
tailed If they wrote their congressman
about the matter. He said, however,
that patriotic officers would continue
to do their duty and patriotic farmers