A nation at bay, what an American woman saw and did in suffering Serbia (1918) (14759079666)

Identifier: nationatbaywhata00farn (find matches)
Title: A nation at bay, what an American woman saw and did in suffering Serbia
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Farnam, Ruth Mrs., (Stanley), 1873- (from old catalog)
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merril company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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INTRODUCTION TO WAR IS hospital was of the crudest description. The bedson which the fevered soldiers lay were simply theiron frames with three pieces of board laid across.On this comfortless foundation were placed largesacks filled with straw. Smaller sacks formed thehard pillows. There was no bed linen and no clean cloth-ing. In the city there was a college, in whichyoung orphan girls from every part of Serbia were being trained as teachers. So we sentup there and to the extent of our funds, we gotsheets and pillow cases, of coarse cotton, andshirts and drawers for the men. These garments served a double purpose sincethey could be used first as hospital clothing andlater when a man left the hospital he had only toadd the heavy socks and untanned leather sandals,a home-spun waistcoat and wide girdle to be com-pletely clad in the peasant manner. One day a large bag was brought into the*Gymnasium, one of the wards, and its contentsdumped on the floor. There were about a dozengarments in