The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1919-02-18
SALVATION army I,
LASSIES BRAVE !
BATTLE PER|LS
Heroic Women Carry Doughnuts
and Pie Where Bombs Are
Smashing.
PROUD RECORD OF SERVICE
Earn Admiration and Gratitude OF
Armies They serve-Day AfteS
Day They Stuck to Theirs
Posts, Mlnisterino to ths
Boys In Front.


Boys In Front.
Paris.-Tales Of bravery ana ex-
traordinary courage shown by women
working with the American and Brit
ish armies continue to interest us at
every turn over here.
Day after day and month after
month, women stuck to their posts In
hospitals, In advanced dressing sta
lions, in work Of ministerlng to the
boys behind the lines, without the
slightest show Of fear or hysteria,
while falling shell and bursting bomb
tore up the earth about them.
These women have earned the ad-
miration and gratitude OF the armies
they served. Among this big number
of courageous women are two young
members Of the Salvation Army, Capt.
Louise Young and Lieut.. Stella
Young Of New York city. They shared
the hardships and dangers of the
American doughboy In the battle
zones of France and are now continu-
ing their work Of sewing on his but
tons, mending his clothes, baking pies
and doughnuts. writing letters home
and being q sister In service with the
First American army division, now on
German soil.
Their record Of work is remark
able one not alone for the wonderful
assistance they were able to give but
because Of the opportunity they had
by reason Of the confidence placed In
them by the military authorities for
service In the furthest advanced POSI-
tions permitted to women.
Born into Salvation Army.
These two young women were
virtually born into Salvation Army
work, for their parents for years
were working members OF this great
peace army. They went to France
last February. The following notes
| of their work, jotted down In diary
form, gives in part the interesting
story Of work done by these two
plucky American girls:
| February - At last we are II
Francel We have quaint old house
for our canteen, and where do yor
suppose we sleep7 In a dugout undel
the house next door. I say sleep
but for several nights after we ar
rived here we didn't sleep much. Thu
village Is bombed almost every night
1.-TWO days after we arrived W.
had our first introduction to real war
fare. We had just finished cleaning
up the canteen preparatory to open
ing for business the next morning
We used up a scrubbing brush ant
several pieces Of soap and lot O.
washing powder, but the place shows
1t. Ny arms feel 1t.
eve have gone to our dugout. Their
Is something about this accommoda
ton reminds one Of wild animal
encrouched In hillside holes. Thi
comparison suggested itself to me a
recalled the thousands Of men In tn
armies In France who live like mole
in the earth, in trenches, in dugouts
In shell holes and rife pits.
Thankful Ter Cots.
\ But we have army cots an
blankets and a wooden box for
dressing table. with supply OF wa
candles. The candles and the cot
mark the dividing line between civil
sation and the early covenants state
aHow thankful we are for thes
cots. How tired We are! We fee
quite luxurious lying here wrappe
In blankets. Hundreds Of soldier
passed through here today. wonde
where they are now and what the
n are doing?
y .What IL that dreadful noise?
| never heard anything like it In a
my life except once in the THUNDER
OF ing crashes of tornado out Wei
: when was q girl Of ten. I lit tn
4 candle and dressed. Perhaps bonn
had killed some Of our people. / HUI
ried upstairs. where all was Quie
It il cold and damp outside, but tn
: moon il bright. / walked over to II
canteen. I lit the candle In the frol
room. All was peaceful there, so
: went through the next room and I'M
the kitchen.
II could have cried with the sigl
saw. The kitchen was. or had bee
covered with glass. A bomb had bes
dropped on that glass and our kitche
!. which we had scrubbed to almo
: snowy Wilderness. was now a mass
broken glass and splintered wood.
1.-THE day after we are promised
. canvas roof for our kitchen. The d
bris il cleared away. Two of o.
: men have arrived with \ truckload
supplies. At last we are at our re
work Of baking pies and doughnu'
!. The men have carried gallons Of W
ter from a nearby well and ha
y helped us to prepare the coffee.
IT have seen enough things
wheels today to encircle the glot
They all pass through here on the
way to the front. Huge, lumberi
: wagons, carrying tons and tons
II ammunition, others carrying tons
4. food and other supplies; scores
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