Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 339, 14 December 1918 — Page 11

THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM WEEKLY SECTION OF RICHMOND PALLADIUM RICHMOND, IND, SATURDAY, DECEMBER, 14. 1918

French Children Are Held Prisoners M. H. L. LeRoy, the man who played the clarinet bo well In the French Army Band, Bald In an Interview with the editor of the "Junior," that he was glad to see the children at the concert in the afternoon. "I heard they acted terribly," slowly said the Junior Editor. . "Oh, well," he said, "they are children. They are happy. - We were glad to see them happy. They are so lively, that is like the American children the children of France, they have to study very hard." Then he spoke more slowly and such a sad look came into his eyes. "My children are prisoners. I have not seen them for four years. Perhaps they are dead, 1 do not know." M. H. L. LeRoy was too fond of children and far too polite to say anything but nice things about the children of Richmond. But it is a sorry fact that the children at the concert Thursday afternoon, acted in a way that was a dishonor to Richmond and showed a lack of appreciation of the splendid music that they were given the rare opportunity of hearing and a lack of courtesy to those brave Frenchmen who have suffered so very mnch both from the horror of the battlefields and tho breaking up of their homes. Remember, Juniors, those Frenchmen only saw the Richmond children that one afternoon and they will not know that they were unusually noisy. They will think that the children always act like that at concerts where music far above the ordinary is being played. The Juniors, from the youngest to the oldest have showed a splendid spirit in helping in every sort of war work. Let us show as fine a spirit wherever and whenever good music is being played.

Our Leisure Hours Dear Friends: At this time of the year the older girls spend much of their time making Christmas presents for those near and dear to them. Although we cannot give them much we try to give them some little token to Bhow our lore. We have swings, teeters and giant strides for outdoor amusements. When the weather is too bad to be out we play house, have doll parties, play games, read and do fancy work. Thus fall when mother and father were busy making sorghum molasses we spent a good bit of our time watching them. Last year a pond was dug in a woods near the home. In the summertime we have much pleasure there. We have good times in winter as well, coasting, skating and snowballing. I will close hoping Santa will not forget any of yon. RUTH KUHN. RICHMOND SCOUTS EARN MONEY The Boy Scouts of Troop 3. Richmond, Indiana, have many different ways of making their Victory Boys' money. Some found work during the "flu" ban, while others work before and after school hours. Among the different places In which the' boys are making their subscriptions are: The Starr, Atlas, Western Union, Casket Factory, Pennsylvania railroad, stores, groeeries, "Pal" and Item carriers and many others. The Scoutmaster finds small jobs for the boys who do not have regular employment. At the rate they are now making money, it will not be long till the pledge will all be paid. N. F. H. THE GOLDEN STAR The Golden Star Oh, how sad! And yet it makes me glad To think of onr soldiers brave, Who fought onr freedom to save. God bless the soldier boy! For his brave deds We sing for joy; For them we wear a star. For us they wear a crown. Long may Old Glory wave! It stands for the true and the brave. Martha Ellen MulL

WOUNDED U. S. BOYS WELL CARED FOR DURING THE JOURNEY TO THEIR HOMES

Two glimpses of Debarkation Hospital No. 3 in New York which receives some of returned wounded and crippled U. S. soldiers en route home. This hospital was installed in space formerly occupied by two large mercantile establishments. It contains room for 4,000 men. It occupies eighteen city lots.

How are the sick and wounded soldiers, coming back to America in increasing but happily not very large numbers, being cared for in that trying period between their arrival on transports and their distribution among our widely scattered reconstruction hospitals? A great majority of the soldiers sailing to war passed through the port of New York, and through this port, whether well or disabled, will a great majority return. The New York port of embarkation and debarkation really includes all the coast from Baltimore to Canada, but Its work is directed from Hoboken. The surgeon of the port, who has charge of the reception and care of invalided troops, is Col. James M. Kennedy, medical corps, U. S. A. He is the sanitary adviser of the commanding general of the port, William V. Judson. Ships Well Equipped. Sick and wounded soldiers are brought from Europe on army transports having every hospital facility. Each transport has normally a good sized hospital, which may be expanded to accommodate any number of men. Every patient has more than enough room. One of the great liners converted Into a troopship may have carried 10,000 men to France, but as a hospital ship it brings back only a thousand or so. The medical attendance for the returning soldiers has been uniformly satisfactory. The transport arrives off Quarantine. It Is boarded there by two medical officers detailed for this purpose by the port surgeon. They ascertain the number and classes of the sick, the pier and hour at which the ship will dock. One of them stays aboard, arranging for debarkation. The other returns to the Quarantine station and telephones his information to the office of the surgeon of the port in Hoboken. The surgeon then sends a harbor boat with a party of medical officers and men to the designated pier. He also notifies the Red Cross, which

turns up at the pier with all the supplies, food and drink needed by the soldiers about to land, and something to spare for emergencies. Debarkation continues without interruption until completed unless it extends into the night The patients are transferred without delay to the designated debarkation hospital, the Red Cross attendants remaining on the pier or transport and dispensing refreshments as required. In the hospital the sick or wounded men are classified rapidly, as to the nature of their disabilities, the reconstruction hospital to which they are to be sent and their home address. As soon as the classification is completed at the debarkation hospital a report of the numbers in each class and the reconstruction hospitals to which transfer is recommended is wired to Washington. Authority being received, transportation is arranged for. The Red Cross canteen service furnishes food and drink during the transfer from hospital to train and until the train leaves. So far as practicable the patients are carried from the port to the distant hospital on especially fitted hospital trains which have hospital beds, a mess kitchen, an operating car, offices and other conveniences. If the number of men is too great for a hospital train standard Pullmans or Pullman sleepers are used. "When the patients are transported on these cars," says Colonel Kennedy, "feeding them becomes a more complex problem than on hospital trams. To meet this problem of special organization of medical personnel is in operation whose training is directed specifically along those lines. "No patients are allowed to travel without proper medical attendance and none who are unable to stand the travel. The medical officer is accompanied by such help as may be required. He is furnished with such medical supplies as may he needed, cooked food and

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money to buy food as required. "Arrangement is made with the Red Crass canteen service for assistance all along the route. Two days before the movement is begun full information is given to the canteen headquarters of the Red Cross in New York. It sends notice to its canteen stations, so each knows just when the train is due, the number of patients, the number of ambulant and litter cases and of those unable to leave the car. "In this manner complete cooperation is provided between the medical and the Red Cross services from the time the patients leave the hospital at the port until they are transferred to the designated reconstruction hospital." THE VOICE OF THE RED CROSS SPIRIT Wherever War with its red woes, Or flood, or Are or famine goes There too go I; If earth in any quarter quakes. Or pestilence its ravage makes, Thither I fly. I kneel behind the soldier's trench. I walk mid shambles' smear and stench, The dead I mourn. I bear the stretcher and I bend O'er Fritz and Pierre and Jack to mend What shells have torn. I go wherever men may dare, I go wherever woman's care And love can live; Wherever strength and skill can bring Surcease to human suffering. Or solace give. The cross which on my arm I wear. The flag which o'er my breast I bear. Is but the sign Of what you'd sacrifice for him Who suffers on the hellish rim Of war's red line. Sent In by Wilbur Caleb Williams.

When I Went to Dmthgtcn, Vertzsdt I am going to tell all of the readers of the Junior Palladium of my trip from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Bur Ungton, Vermont; from Barttngton to New York; from Hew York to Washington, D. C. from there to Greensboro, North Carolina, where I, the writer of this story, am to make my home I hope that the readers will find the story an interesting one. - To begin with, my home was in CindnBati, Ohio. I was getting ready for a trip. In several days, school would close and I was to go to Burlington, alone. I was going, to visit my Grandma and Aunt. At last the day came and I j was to

leave in the morning, about eleven o'clock. Mother and father were down at the station to bid me goodbye and at last my train was polling out of the station to make my long trip shorter. 1 felt sorry that I was to go alone. I was riding all day and as it was growing ' dusk, when I arrived in Cleveland. O., I saw some wonderful sights. I saw the steamships and battle- . ships. I had ten or fifteen minutes, so I looked around the station. When-1 was on the train once more I was bound for Syracuse, New York. It would take too long to describe my ride, so I will make a long story short. , I arrived in Syracuse about eight o'clock, and took the next train for Rochester, N. Y but they had said that we wouldn't get In Rochester until the next morning. I was riding with just a few people on the train. It was now dark, and I was surprised to hear the conductor call out Rochester, as I thought . that we weren't going to arrive in Rochester that night I found the train for Albany was in, so it did not take me long to get on and we started. Seven-thirty the next morning found me in Albany. I had several hours' stay in Albany, so I walked up street 'and went through several stores, and at last returned to the station. I bad but ten minutes to wait, so I thought I might buy a postcard to send to my Grandma Dille, telling her where I was. After I had written a few lines and put a stamp on it and dropped it in the mail box, my train was in. I got on it to stay a while, for I was to arrive, in Burlington at 1:30 and I was glad of it. I will skip a few hours on the train, when I didn't find anything else to do but eat and eat, for I was hnnry. At last, 1:30 rolled around and I was pulling in Burl ington. My Aunt was there and after the greetings were over we went home and my Grandma was there. They had a new bungalow. My mother and father were to come up in several days and spend the summer. I saw all of my cousins and friends. I will continue my trip later. Harrison Dille. A Junior is an Honor Guest Louise Bietry, a little French girl who lives in Richmond now, was a guest at the dinner party given at the home of Mr. Walter Vaughn Thursday evening. Trhee of the members of the French army band were also guests at the dinner, Joseph Cluytens, of Paris, Joamnes Rochut of Paris and Frantz Brand! bas of Nancy, France. M. Cluytens has three little children in Paris and M. Rochut has two. a little boy and a little girt, whose pictures they exhibited with great pride. And if pictures can tell the story they are an very attractive children. Of course, like every one else in Paris, these children went into their cellars, many, many times to seek shelter during the air raids and the bombardment on Paris. One of the men told about a terrible air raid that took place over Stuttgart, where a circus was being held. Two hundred people who were at the circus were killed as a result of this raid. As the men left the house, one of them stooped over and kissed Louise gocd bye which must have pleased Louise very much. We expect that there are some little children in Paris who would have liked to have been where Louise was that evening.