Helping France; the Red cross in the devastated area . of Lorraine), the Renaissance des 68 Helping France Foyers (the Rebirth of the Homes), theVillage Reconstitue (the Village Rebuilt), theAisne Devastee (the Devastated Aisne), theSecours dUrgence (Emergency Relief). Atthe head of them all, in point of age and ofprestige, are the Secours aux Blesses Mili-taires, the Union des Femmes de France andthe Association des Dames de France, thethree societies which make up the FrenchRed Cross. All loosely federated under aliaison officer between the Ministry of Warand the Ministry of the Interior, it
Helping France; the Red cross in the devastated area . of Lorraine), the Renaissance des 68 Helping France Foyers (the Rebirth of the Homes), theVillage Reconstitue (the Village Rebuilt), theAisne Devastee (the Devastated Aisne), theSecours dUrgence (Emergency Relief). Atthe head of them all, in point of age and ofprestige, are the Secours aux Blesses Mili-taires, the Union des Femmes de France andthe Association des Dames de France, thethree societies which make up the FrenchRed Cross. All loosely federated under aliaison officer between the Ministry of Warand the Ministry of the Interior, it remainedfor these societies to work out their individualcooperation in accordance with the kind ofhelp with which the one could supplement theother. Take, for instance, the history of one of theFrench societies represented in the districtassigned to the Red Cross delegate in theOise, that known as the Comite de village of Babceuf was destroyed by theGermans, and with it, the Chateau belongingto its chief councilor. His wife had a friend. Ruins of Contalmaison, Somme. The Plan: Cooperation 69 in Paris, a member of the Secours aux BlessesMilitaires of the French Red Cross. Sheinterested her in Baboeuf. This was the be-ginning of the small ceuvre which was latertaken under the patronage of the Secours auxBlesses Militaires. Its plan of operation wassimple. The first report reads: Some nursesof the S. S. B. M. came to Babceuf in May,1917, to be the bond of union between the soci-eties of mercy at a distance and the unfor-tunate populations In the beginning, lackingmeans of transport, the establishment atBaboeuf could act only in a very limitedsector. Colonel Barry, of the British RedCross, then placed at their disposal a smalltruck and a driver. From this beginning,their dependent villages grew. Their fur-niture was donated to them for distributionby the Bon Gite from its central reservoir inParis. Twelve other societies, representingfive nationalities and three religi
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