. A story of the war and family war service record, 1914-1919. While the American Red Cross accomplishedwonders in Europe, the most important part of thework of that great organization was done in Amer-ica, and great credit for the work of the OverseasOrganization belongs to the people who stayed athome. It would not have been possible for theAmerican Red Cross in France to establish a hos-pital of two thousand beds forty-six miles awayfrom Paris in twentj^-four hours, nor to establish ahospital of five thousand beds in twenty-five days,were it not for the unstinted partriotic efforts of thepe
. A story of the war and family war service record, 1914-1919. While the American Red Cross accomplishedwonders in Europe, the most important part of thework of that great organization was done in Amer-ica, and great credit for the work of the OverseasOrganization belongs to the people who stayed athome. It would not have been possible for theAmerican Red Cross in France to establish a hos-pital of two thousand beds forty-six miles awayfrom Paris in twentj^-four hours, nor to establish ahospital of five thousand beds in twenty-five days,were it not for the unstinted partriotic efforts of thepeople who remained at home. It would have beenimpossible to take care of five hundred thousandrefugees at one time and four hundred thousandat another, and to send supplies to more than sixthousand hospitals, to establish and maintain agreat canteen service, or any other of the manyhelpful services for soldiers and civilians in the war-torn sections of Central Europe, were it not for thepeople at home. This was the manifestation of thegreat love and loyalty a
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