The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-06-13
Van Keurens
See Tragedies of
Great War
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ii would do the most good. AS NJ
Lsmy had feared, there was a food
shortage. and the A. r. C. food was
all .hat prevented terrific suffering,
and in some cases actual starvation.
/ was also able to secure another ton
OF cereals. and about two tons OF CON
densed milk which l purchased from
n local dealer who was anxious to sell
out fairly cheap. Our two nurses as
sisted at the refugee shelters. DR..
baldwin was in Nesle helping to evac-
nate safely the children in the Red
Cross hospital there. The rest of
the A. II C. staf-American and
French-began the distribution of
about zoe, 1000 francs worth of relief
clothing which we had been holding
in our Ariens warehouse for just
this emergency. During the after
noon, the A. r. c. men from Arras
came in by auto, reporting that the
town was being blown completely to
pieces. The bombardment of Arras,
had begun at five A NJ. the Gay be-
fore Over 500 large shells had
dropped irto the town during the day.
MAIN SHOW
BEGAN FRIDAY
That night-Friday. the 22nd-the
main show in Amiens began with
curtain-raiser air raid C several
hours. destroying some builo- lgs and
knocking things up a bit, bu uild
enough compared with what came
later. From that time relief work be-
gan ir earnest. Thousands of refu-
gees pouring into and out of the city
by train and wagon road. walking or
any other way of getting on. II was
like trying to pou- water into an al
ready filled glass All kinds and
types, with carloads of household
furniture. with baby carriages loaded
with bundles, or with only bundles on
their backs. Many slept in the
streets. Believe me, from that time
on there were no Saturday half-holi-
days for our Red Cross bunch, nor aft
ernoons off for golf Il am facetious-
Daylight Saving Scheme" skinned TO
a frazzle. SO far as getting in extra
hours of work were concerned. and
the only thing that took vacation
was the time-clock. And speaking of
light housekeeping. to save dish-wash-
ing and to eliminate the servant prob
lem. try the simple expedient of
breakfasting. lunching and dining at
assorted hours on cheese and choco-
late. or by way of variation. choco-
late and cheese. 1t helps you to keep
the meatless aud wheatless days. and
it also cuts down wear and tear on
dining-room chairs Besides. you
don't notice an uncomfortable bed if
you never use one AT all. For eight
days we didn't take off our clothes.
There was another raid during Sat
urday morning, and | had the inter
esting experience of seeing a fight
between a French and Boche plane
overhead. But l was cautious, as a
small piece of spent shrapnel had al
ready hit my leather puttee. Mrs.
Van Keuren is keeping it as souve-
mir. 5000 refugees are said to have
arrived in Amiens on Saturday alone.
All day Sunday. which did not know
until afterwards was Palm Sunday,
every available worker was on the
men were drifting in from towns
from which they had been driven out
by the Boche advance Before we
got through we had a group of about
ton, although most of these did not
arrive until Monday or Tuesday Sun
day afternoon We moved about so
beds, mattresses, sheets, blankets
etc. into two houses and fitted up
temporary relief hospitals. DIR. Bald
win came in with some sick and in
jured children from the Nesle hospit
al (Which was at that time burned
DOWN.. He had been driven from Nes-
lie to Roye, and from Roye to Mont
didier, in each case being about the
last to leave, and helping in the
evacuation of the population at each
place We opened one of our hospit-
ais Sunday night leaving the nurse
in charge. with some Red Cross men
10 assist her. DIR. BALDWIN went back
to montdidier in his ambulance to as
sist in the evacuation there.
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