. A story of the war and family war service record, 1914-1919. s of them walked all or part of the way. As an illustration of the canteen service of theAmerican Red Cross, ministering to these refugees,attention may be called to one particular train of1,208 passengers; it had been on the road a littlemore than 24 hours, during which time there hadbeen no opportunity to get either food or water onthe train. Ten hours of the twenty-four the trainhad been under shell fire, and had been struck threetimes. There were cases of diphtheria and scarletfever, tuberculosis and typhoid, and many minorphys
. A story of the war and family war service record, 1914-1919. s of them walked all or part of the way. As an illustration of the canteen service of theAmerican Red Cross, ministering to these refugees,attention may be called to one particular train of1,208 passengers; it had been on the road a littlemore than 24 hours, during which time there hadbeen no opportunity to get either food or water onthe train. Ten hours of the twenty-four the trainhad been under shell fire, and had been struck threetimes. There were cases of diphtheria and scarletfever, tuberculosis and typhoid, and many minorphysical ills, feeble-minded and insane, woundedand convalescent soldiers; men, women and chil-dren died, and babies were born on the train. Thesepeople were received in the American Red Crosscanteen, which had been established in one cornerof the freight depot. Here they received foodclothing and medical attention, after which theywere taken to another place for temporary careuntil special trains could be provided, which took \\^ VOrX %t>% American Red Cross. them out of Paris into the south and west of France,where homes had been estabhshed for these refu-gees. They were given a few supplies, every effortwas made to find remunerative employment forthem, and as the days and weeks went by, all werecared for in a substantial manner by the AmericanRed Cross. The canteen which has just been mentioned iswhat is called a metropolitan canteen; another kindof canteen is called the line of communication can-teen. These canteens were located all over France,leading from the Atlantic coast, along the lines ofcommunication up to the western front. Groupsof American women in these canteens served mealsand provided comfort to the soldiers of the Amer-ican army. The canteens of the American RedCross in Europe are established in any kind of abuilding which will serve the purpose, and thesebuildings vary from small dugouts on the fightingline to beautiful old country chateaux along thegreat riv
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