TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF FRANCE
WHO AMID INEXPRESSIBLE SORROWS
AND INFINITE CARES EXTENDED A
GRACIOUS WELCOME TO THE AMERICAN
INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION AND
TO THE AUTHOR THIS BOOK IS
GRATEFULLY DEDICATED


CONTENTS

[CHAPTER I]
Origin of the Purpose of the Trip.
[CHAPTER II]
Crossing the Atlantic.
[CHAPTER III]
Bordeaux and Paris.
[CHAPTER IV]
Meeting England's Premier.
[CHAPTER V]
The Birthplace of Lafayette.
[CHAPTER VI]
A Great Munitions Plant.
[CHAPTER VII]
Art and Architecture of Aries.
[CHAPTER VIII]
Along the Mediterranean.
[CHAPTER IX]
Towns in Southern France.
[CHAPTER X]
The Creusot Gun Works.
[CHAPTER XI]
Approaching the Front.
[CHAPTER XII]
Within Sound of the Guns.
[CHAPTER XIII]
The Story of Gerbeviller.
[CHAPTER XIV]
On the Main Front.
[CHAPTER XV]
Reims and the Trenches.
[CHAPTER XVI]
Back to Paris.
[CHAPTER XVII]
On the Way Home—England.
[CHAPTER XVIII]
On the Broad Atlantic.
[CHAPTER XIX]
The French Steel Industry in War Time.
[CHAPTER XX]
Where War Has Raged.
[CHAPTER XXI]
General Joffre.
[CHAPTER XXII]
The Work of Reconstruction.
[CHAPTER XXIII]
French Business Organizations.
[CHAPTER XXIV]
The Carrel Method of Treating Wounds.
[CHAPTER XXV]
A City in an Army's Path.
[CHAPTER XXVI]
Some impressions of France and the French.

ILLUSTRATIONS

Most of the illustrations listed, which may be seen in the scanned book at the Bibliotéque nationale de France site (http://gallica.bnf.fr/), are not of adequate quality and have not been included in this transcription.
(note of transcriber.)
Typical French Soldier in Uniform
Photograph of Commissioners, Taken on Train Leaving Paris for Limoges
The Author's Passport
[Autograph Signatures of the Commission]
Grand Theatre, Bordeaux. Closed Until the War Ends
[Miniature French Flag Carried by the Author Through France. The Waving of This Flag by an American Aroused Much Enthusiasm]
Lloyd George, Who Says "England is Fighting a Battle for Civilization"
Miss Winifred Holt, "Keeper of the Light House of France"
Ancient Bridge at Limoges—Built by the Romans Two Thousand Years Ago and Still in Use
Tapestry Workers at Aubusson
Lafayette's Deathbed, With Commission's Flag and Flowers
Monastery of St. Michael, at le Puy
Silk Tapestry Menu Used at Dinner to the Commission at St. Etienne Col. Rimailho With 155-mm. Gun (upper) and Famous 75-mm. Gun (lower) Perfected by Him
Women Employed in Munitions Factories
Arlesiennes—Types of Southern France
Old Roman Arena at Aries—Still Used for Bull Fights and Other Amusements
Shore of the Mediterranean Near Marseilles. In the distance Chateau D'If, Made Famous by Dumas
Types From the French Provinces
Monastery of Chartreuse
New 520-mm. Gun, Carrying Projectile Seven Feet in Length and Weighing 3,100 lbs., Seen at Creusot Works
German Prisoners Passing Through the Village of St. Etienne
The Lion of Belfort
Battlefield of La Chipotte, Showing Monument and Markers on Graves
Ruins of Gerbeviller
Sister Julie
Cathedral at Nancy
German Trenches Captured by the French
The Reims Cathedral Before its Destruction
Ruins at Reims. Upper and Lower Plates—The Cathedral. Middle Plate—The Archbishop's Palace
Key of Archbishop's Palace at Reims and Bone From Twelfth Century Tombs Opened by German Shells
Trenches Visited by the Commission
[King Albert's Address to the Belgians]
Photograph of King Albert of Belgium, with the Royal Autograph
French Marines Operating 75-mm. Gun on Shipboard
Nancy—Place Stanislas
Ruins of Village—St. Die
The Prefecture at Reims After Bombardment
Portrait in Tapestry—General Joffre
Ruins at Nancy
Trenches Occupied by French Soldiers
Proclamation Posted in Reims Just Before the French Fell Back to the Marne
Arrival of Wounded Soldiers at Chalons, on the Marne
Proclamation by the Mayor of Reims, Issued on the day the Germans Entered that City, September 4, 1914
First Order From the Invaders
Second German Proclamation
Citizens Warned of Danger
Citizens Warned that Hostages May be Hanged
Postal-card Painted by Artist Soldier in French Trenches

FOREWORD