The Nenana daily news., 1918-08-13
MISS LANSING WRITES
 OF WORK AT FRONT
Daughters of Secretary of State have thrilling experience on
 Western front during Germon offensive

The heroism of American wome2 in canteen and hospitals in Franf { is revealed in letter to the secre- tary of state from his sister, Miss Katherine Ten Eyck Lansing, who with Miss Emma Sterling Lansing, another sister, has been engaged in canten work with the American Red Cross in France since September, 1917. The letter, which appeared in recent issue of the Official Bulletin, follows:
 France, Thursday, June 6, 1918
 ''Long before you recive this you will have received the cablegram we hope reached you through the ann bassador and have been relieved of your anxiety about us. We have been living through thrilling days and I am still tired enough to be afraid that I won't write a very clear letter. This is the first chance either of us has had to write, for we have been tremendously busy.
 "Of course, the first news we had of the big German attack came a week ago Monday. We knew that it was all along the line near us, but felt no anxiety about our own situ- ation, although two of the ladies had decided to go to Paris that day for the day but decided no to, as they were afraid there might be some difficulty about getting back to -, Ga place about 12 miles from the front, on account of the movement of troops. The troops passed all day, and we knew they were being taken to the different points of attack
 Tuesday morning there was some excitement in the hall while I was still in bed. I got up to see and found Miss E. (head of the can teen) had received letter from an English friend, couched in very am biguous terms, but by reading be- tween the lines we made out that he thought we should all go at once to Paris while the going was still good as he put it. After consulta- tion with the military authorities we decided there was no immediate danger. Tuesday the ambulances kept going by with the wounded, and Tuesday night Miss E. took one person and went to see if there was anything to be done at the evacuation hospital. We did not all go, as she was not willing. About 10 she came back for five more people. Emma could not go, as she was on night duty in the canteen, but I went with four others, and I never spent such a strange night. As soon as 1 reached the hospital I was asked if I would go into the barracks where the more lightly wounded were, and interpret be- tween the French doctors and Eng fish. @
 'The hospital is huge place with wooden shacks for the different wards and spreads over great deal of ground. I was taken into one of these barracks croweded with people, becoming more crowed as the night went on. There were both English and French, and I was asked to take the names of all the English, their regiments, enlistments, and so on, and find out where they were wound ed. I was told what to do, then left alone, and there I was all night, the room crowded with French AL gerians, blacks, and English.
 ''As the night wore on the poor things laid down as they could on the floors, under the tables, and on the tables, bloody bandages all around. I had made out all the Eng fish papers by half past two. In the midst of it, about one, we had an air raid, and l can tell you the bombs never sounded so loud as they did out there, all alone with all