She hears this word: "I don't want him to be taken
from me. You are not going to bury him at once!" I explain
softly that no one is thinking of such a thing; that on the
contrary I am going to take her to those who will let her see
her boy. We go then to the office, and I hurry away to
commence the funeral of another.
I learn on my return that they have seen their son, such as
death has made him, and that on hearing the cries of the
mother, three other women, already agitated by the visit to
their own wounded and by the funeral preparations, have fallen
in a faint.
One day last Fall President Poincare, accompanied by M. Viviani and
General Gallieni, was received at the American Hospital by Mr. Herrick,
the American Ambassador, and by the members of the Hospital Committee.
Abbe Klein has words of praise not only for Mr. Herrick, but also for
his predecessor, Mr. Bacon, and for his successor, Mr. Sharp. His
admiration for the devoted American women who are serving as nurses in
the hospital is expressed frequently in his pages. He says the labors of
the American nurses and those of the French nurses complement each other
admirably.
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