The boys made stretcher poles, knitting needles, packing cases, and many, many other useful articles in their manual training classes.
All the children stopped wasting food.
Many gave up some foods, of which they were very fond, in order to save them for the army.
Indeed, one could talk all day about what the children did.
They helped by sending to the Red Cross what they made and what they saved, to be used in the work of the Red Cross.
THE RED CROSS IN WAR
This work is:
First.—To care for and nurse the wounded among our own soldiers and sailors, and even the wounded of the enemy who fall into the hands of the Red Cross.
Second.—To care for the families of the soldiers and sailors who have given their services to their country.