CHRISTIAN SCIENCE IN THE WAR
supplied large quantities of Monitors to the camps and all the Y. M. C. A. huts were well taken care of and were glad to have our literature. The hospitals in the area likewise were most appreciative of reading matter.
Our Worker received calls for help from boys in all the outlying camps. One aviator flew from Issoudun for treatment and then flew back in his machine. Another soldier walked twenty miles each way to attend a Sunday service.
In work for the refugees our representative was also active and was appointed to serve on a Committee, consisting of the Mayor of Romorantin and several business men, to investigate and recommend action on refugee cases.
Almost immediately after the signing of the armistice, demobilization began and by January 1 it was deemed advisable to close our work at this Depot. Although active only three months, the Depot filled a need. As our Worker says in his final report:
“Many soldiers found rest, help and comfort during a period when they were working under the greatest strain and the Committee can be satisfied that it has made a valuable contribution to the A. E. F. in its time of urgent need.”
PARIS
Work at the Paris headquarters at 3 Avenue de l'Opéra, differed somewhat from that of the various rooms in other parts of France. The offices were selected, furnished and opened under the direction of the manager of the War Relief Committee who was then in France. With him was an experienced Camp Welfare Worker who had spent several months
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