"The little hospital was able to save many, many lives. We have sent away most of our wounded to-day, and are now waiting in suspense for what may come next—but we are ready to do our best, whatever comes.
"We do not dare keep the seriously wounded now for any length of time, for no one knows when the Huns may fight their way through. We know what the 'front line' really means. No one goes in or out except by military or Red Cross camion. No private telegrams can be sent, and to our joy, we do not have to bother with food-ration cards, for a while at least. Boches are over our heads all day, and cannons booming. I am so used to it now that I don't mind it.
"I am so homesick to see you all, but I will not leave my work until the end of this horrible war, if God will give me health and strength. Don't worry. I intend to stick to my post to the end, and if the Huns come down upon us, the Red Cross will get us out."
Nor are these all of the ways in which the Red Cross shows the God in man. From the beginning of the war until March, 1918, over $36,000,000 of American money alone was spent in the following ways:
France, $30,936,103.
Established rest stations along all routes followed by the American troops in France.
Built canteens for use of French and American soldiers at the front, also at railroad junctions and in Paris.
Supplied American troops with comfort kits and sent them Christmas gifts.
Established a hospital-distributing service that supplies 3423 French military hospitals, and a surgical dressing service that supplies 2000.
Provided an artificial-limb factory and special plants for the manufacture of splints and nitrous oxide gas.