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Edward Hungerford. With the Doughboy in France: A Few Chapters of an American Effort
With the Doughboy in France: A Few Chapters of an American Effort
Table of Contents
PREFACE
ILLUSTRATIONS
WITH THE DOUGHBOY IN FRANCE
CHAPTER I
AMERICA AWAKENS
CHAPTER II
OUR RED CROSS GOES TO WAR
CHAPTER III
ORGANIZING FOR WORK
CHAPTER IV
THE PROBLEM OF TRANSPORT
CHAPTER V
THE AMERICAN RED CROSS AS A DEPARTMENT STORE
CHAPTER VI
THE DOUGHBOY MOVES TOWARD THE FRONT
CHAPTER VII
THE RED CROSS ON THE FIELD OF HONOR
CHAPTER VIII
OUR RED CROSS PERFORMS ITS SUPREME MISSION
CHAPTER IX
THE RED CROSS IN THE HOSPITALS OF THE A. E. F
CHAPTER X
"PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES IN YOUR OLD KIT BAG"
CHAPTER XI
WHEN JOHNNY CAME MARCHING HOME
CHAPTER XII
THE GIRL WHO WENT TO WAR
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Edward Hungerford
Published by Good Press, 2019
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For a short time after the arrival of the first Commission from America, the possibility of affiliating the American Red Cross with the Clearing House was seriously considered. It became quite evident, however, that this would not be a feasible plan, but that the American Red Cross, just beginning to come into the fullness of its strength as a war-time organization, in order to attain its fullness of efficiency, would have to become the dominating factor of relief in France. This meant that the short but useful career of the American Relief Clearing House would have to be ended and its identity lost in that of the larger and older organization. This was done. The plant and the equipment and personnel as well of the Clearing House were formally turned over to the Red Cross Commission and its first headquarters offices established there in the Rue François Premier, while Mr. Beatty's title changed from Director-General of the Clearing House to that of Chief Executive Officer of the American Red Cross in France.
The offices in the Rue François Premier almost immediately were found too small for the greatly enlarged activities of the Red Cross, and so the large building on the corner of the Place de la Concorde and the Rue Royale, known as No. 4 Place de la Concorde, was engaged as headquarters. These premises were rented through Ralph Preston for $25,000 a year and, although it was not so known at the time, this rental was paid by Mr. Preston out of his own pocket as his personal contribution to the work of the American Red Cross. Seemingly the new quarters were large indeed; yet what a task awaited the secretary when he was compelled to install a force of three hundred people in eighty-six rooms! The executive of modern business demands his flat-top desk, his push buttons, his letter files, his stenographer, his telephone, and "Number Four" was a club building—originally a palace with crystal chandeliers and red carpets and high ceilings and all the things that go ordinarily to promote luxury and comfort, but do not go very far toward promoting business efficiency.
