Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-10-24

a snort time In New York before joining
!he army, 1t was mostly slang. The
iusslan with his head cracked, who
Knew NJ French or English. wanted to
shake hands.
SO she shook hands and he felt better.
Want. anytkins?" she said. He
ulontu understand. 81 she went through
ner bag and showed him tooth paste,
snaVlng sticks. combs. brushes, cigar
cts. and ne took the latter. He was
happy.
Sort Of Regular Sister.
How do o feel ,oday?" shs asked
the Frenchmap III his own tongue, and
gave him a few words. Everywhere
sne seemed to have plenty Of. time to
visit. and h went up close to the men
on tho cots when she spoke to them,
like a sister to q brother. No long
distance charity this.
Yet with all her visits she went
through the ward in very few mo-
ments, cheering up the negro dough-
boys as well al the whites. and treat
ing everyone with equa, attention.
Forgot your toothbrush. did you?"
know better than that. When you
como to a hospital you can forget your
pass or anything else, but never your
toothbrush. Here's another, I'll give
you. and don't so anywhere without
In two short hours she had made the
rounds Of a dozen wards. visiting
every patient. giving some little bags
win soap. wash cloths. tooth brushes
and other necessaries in them, chat
ing with an, and promising 20 get Gig
arets. writing paper, pencils or what
not for numbers of them.
my job?" h repeated and
then replied to he uestioner. oh, I'm
q Red Cross searcher. This isn't my
regular work. Going through the wards
like that is only a side line. The Red
Cross n me supplies, though, and
IT'S lots of fun to visit those chaps in
there, and they seem to like It,"
The Boys Like Her.
The chaps in there" did, and you
could tell it by their faces as she
passed through as well as one Of them,
an English Tommy, did with words
Just after she left him. He leaned
toward q bunkie and said In unwritable
cookery, SAY. she's a peach isn't she.
Just like q ray OF sunshine when you're
n the trenches up to our neck in
mud on a rainy day"
Wish. and I'll explain what a Red
Cross searcher u.s." she answered to
another question.
It was a little wooden office, neat
inside as only a woman could make it,
with flowers around, and pictures on
the wall, pictures that had nothing to
dc with the war. There were cushions
on the seats and chairs. and maya
zines on h table. It looked like a
den in somebody's summer home.
It's part of the game to have a nice
office" she said. smiling" We want
the boys to like to come around Any
way, I like to have a neat office and
these war time SURROUNDINGS.
List Of Missing.
See these lists. They're sent out by
the Red Cross office in Paris, from the
home n hospital service branch.
These are men who have been report
ed missing. The army is too busy
fighting Germans to investigate any
further about them. n sends in this
report.
But the mothers and fathers and
sisters md brothers back home are
not satisfied with the word missing.
They want to know more, and we are
out here to try to find out about the
missing boys. They're all classified
according to their organizations, you
see.
when a new bunch of wounded or
sick comes in lieye, I compare this
list with their organizations. Possibly
III lind someone in the same company
as one OF these missing boys. Then I'll
go ana talk to hm anu see II he knows
anytnlhB apCcs tho missing lad. May
be Its ectr 90 little, but I'll send 1t in
and maybe some other sealcher in
some other hospital will find the rest
OF the story from another soldier. and
we can put the two together to ac-
count for the missing.
My first day out here I found a
BOY who old mo Of half a dozen miss
ing men I had on my list. Thew went
out together. five privates and a
sergeant. The man I talked to thought
the five p1!vates were captured. but
he doubted the sergeant lived. He
hesitated when I asked him why, and
It was with great urging that / got
him to say. You see. they went out
together. and next day we found a
hand with only three fingers on it.
and the sergeant was the only man in
the company who lad Just three fin
gers, so l don't think he's living.
Mann
Report is Verified.
Il turned in tie report and several
weeks later it was certified by a re-
port 10 the Red Cross through the
Spanish legation in Germany. ~ con-
stantly getting the boys to tell stories
OF their comrades, we can piece the
stories of the missing men together,
and II they are safe, notify the par
ents. II they are killed we try to get
tho story Of it. and let their folks
know by letter. The army doesn't have
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