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Show AMERICANS ARE WELL CARED FOR PARIS. April 26 (By mail ) Nothing impresses French of British visitors to the American tront more than the unusual care and attention given Trooper Yank. In fact, be Is so well looked after that old-time war horses declare that ht- is he ins pampered. pam-pered. But the troopers deserve every ev-ery comfort that comes their way. The latest innovation has been put into effect in the hospitals. Every wounded or sick soldier is visited as soon as he is able to walk by one of a number of matrons If he has an messages to send home these matrons who arc trailed by stenographers, see 'that his messages are taken down. I typed, signed by the patient and sent off to America to the patient's relatives. rela-tives. In the event of a soldier's death the details of his last hours are carefully j noted, his final messages are taken down and his last wishes carefully executed. ex-ecuted. The newh established photographic photo-graphic department of the Red Cross will have as part of its duties the tak-Ing tak-Ing of photographs of the burial ceremonies cere-monies for each soldier who dies in hospital and also of the graves after they have been properly marked lienry J Allen of Kansas has been placed in charge of the many natrons, photographers and stenographers, -who will be assigned to this work. |