The Wahpeton times., 1918-03-21
itude of France for their sacrifice.

ltuue OF france Tor their Sacrlhce.
Hundreds Of them come into
Paris from the great base hospit-
ais, seeking in some new work, the
livelihood they must make. Many.
particularly the legless ones who
have been farmers or field labor
ers, believe that their usefulness
as such is at an end and that the
wo, kshop alone is left to them.
Therefore they seek out the larger
cities-Paris, by preference-fo.'
employment which will provide IA
chair or bench in Il workroom
where new trade may be learned
and life be begun over again.
1t is to these unfoftunates,
these 'grands blesses,'' now no
longer of moment in the bitter
struggle at the front and. even
sent back by their German cap.
tors as useless and burdensomc.
that the American Red Cross has
devoted one of the most import.
ant of its many services that OF
providing these MANNED soldiers
with the best type Of artificial leg
that American ingenuity Of lie.
sogn can produce. And already
more than six hundred mutilated
Frenchmen have been equipped
But, more, even tina ntbat, the
American Red Cross has estab.
lished at Saint Maurice, lr'ar Par.
is.a factory where American arti-
! fetal legs arc manufactured and
supplied to th,. French Govern
ment for isSu, to the mutilcs CT
the army. The present equipment
of the plant is for the completion
of fifty legs q month, but the out
put is to he increased as rapidly
as possible.
This VOL: has been undertaken
for two fundamental and equally
important reasons.
The first is scientific. Tt has
been found that if q im.s period
elapSes between the a1uputatiun of
a leg and the employment of a
proper. weight -bearil;. device
which approaches the struc tie of
the normal leg. the muscles in
volved in The operation become
atrophicd and the hlbi.ofbalaucc
and of walking become; n'arketlly
changed. This ilterfar's in con.
siderable deg"c' with the pfl'rc-
tiven">s of a subsequently, supplied
'%e of ade ;lla5e ,lesigu and mech
ar>m.
The second Fundamental is psv.
Geological. When man loses his
leg he naturally feels that his lif"
ii> come d"yi, IN ruin. In some
natures this hrj,-s a man ~ tho
point of givng up everything in
despair at the future and what is
to become Of him. I'm other per-
sonalitie> il cryslai' IS into the be
lief that as he has given the br,,
of himself to the service of the
State. the Sat owes han. Il Wing
Both OF these are bad paths FOR
to 90 stumbling along in his New
life The French Gcverln,cn'
knows this full we'll, for il looks
fol ward to the day When after
peace has come to the lan,!. all her
an-power. all her mar-Spirit. all
the heart pf Trance viii! be need
ed in the task of setting her house
in order.
So the Frech Governhment and
the Aemrican Red Cross are now
working together to aid the ''mu-
tile to take his place in the great
work of the future, if possible at
the trade which once occupied
him. and to make him feel that he
has not been trust aside Ky those
more fortunate but no more de-
| serving.
TO this end. ii thorough inves-
tigation of the manufacture Of ar
titicial limbs, in America, France
and England was made and the
professional advice of such skilled
orthopaedic surgeons as Major
Osgood and Major Allison. of the
United States Army; Professor
! Amar, of Paris and Sir Robert
Jones Of London. was sought, and
the establishment Of the Aemrican
Red Cross manufactory at Saint
Maurice was the result. The
limbs turned out there are con-
structed upon the best principle,
of all available models and are
held to be as close all approach
to a human member as mechanical
skill and provision can produce.
In the American Red Cross
Headquarters in Paris. there is a
bureau Of the Military Affairs
Department which devotes itself
entirely to the equipment of the
| ..mutilpS' with American .rt;6