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way there.
Great activity is already being shown in preparing to receive wounded
soldiers from the front, and all the ambulance and nursing societies are
working hand in hand.
The women of Paris are being enrolled in special schools where they
will be taught the art of nursing, and thousands of young women and
girls in the provinces have promised to help their country by making
uniforms and bandages. Others will look after the children of widowers
who have gone to the front, and in various other ways the women of
France are justifying their reputation for cheerful self-abnegation.
[Illustration: Photo. H.C. Ellis, Paris American Ambulance Hospital at
Neuilly. Ambulance train of motor-cars ready to start out to get the
wounded.]
The Medical Board of the American Hospital held another meeting at

the hospital in Neuilly, to consider further the organization of the
hospital for wounded soldiers, with an ambulance service, which it is
proposed to offer as an American contribution to France in her hour of
trouble.
Just how extensive this medical service will be depends upon the
amount of money that will be obtained from Americans. The enterprise
was given its first impulse at a meeting of the Board of Governors and
the Medical Board of the American Hospital held on Monday at the
request of Ambassador Herrick.
It is intended to establish at first a hospital of one hundred or two
hundred beds, fully equipped to care for wounded French soldiers.
Several places are under consideration, but at present no information of
a definite character can be given on this subject. Later, if Americans are
sufficiently generous in their contributions, it is proposed to obtain
from the French Government the use of the Lycée Pasteur in Neuilly,
not far from the American Hospital. In this building a thousand beds
could be placed, and it is hoped that funds will be available to
undertake this larger ambulance service.
Meanwhile the American Hospital at Neuilly is not to be affected in
any way by this emergency undertaking, but it will continue its work
for Americans in need of medical attention. The special hospital for
soldiers is to be an American offering under the auspices of the
American Hospital and under the direction of the Medical Board of that
institution.
The Medical Board of the American Hospital consists of Doctor Robert
Turner, chairman; Doctor Magnier, who is well known as the founder
of the hospital; Doctor Debuchet, Doctor Gros, Doctor Koenig and
Doctor Whitman.
Mrs. Herrick, Mrs. Potter Palmer, Mrs. Carolan, and other prominent
American women have applied for service with the Red Cross.

Wednesday, August 5.
Fourth day of mobilization. Cloudy weather with southwesterly wind,
temperature at five P.M. 21 degrees centigrade.
Looking out of the window this morning I noticed British flags waving
beside French flags on several balconies and shops. England's
declaration of war against Germany arouses tremendous enthusiasm.
The heroic defense made by the Belgians against three German army
corps advancing on the almost impregnable fortress of Liége--a second
Port Arthur--is a magnificent encouragement for the French. At some
of the houses in Paris one now sees occasionally assembled the flags of
France, Russia, Great Britain, Belgium, and Servia.
Paris is beginning to settle down more or less to the abnormal state of
things prevailing in the city since the departure of the reservists. Those
who remain behind are showing an admirable spirit. Nowhere are
complaints voiced in regard to the complete disorganization of the
public services. M. Hennion, chief of police, has devised an excellent
means of clearing the streets of dangerous individuals. He has arranged
for half a dozen auto-busses containing a dozen policemen to circulate
in the different quarters at night. The auto-busses stop now and then,
and the police make a silent search for marauders. Any one found with
a revolver or a knife is arrested, put in handcuffs, and placed in the
auto-bus and carried to the police station.
Sophie at last got her permis de séjour this evening. The expelled
Germans will be sent to a remote station near the Spanish frontier. The
undesirable Austro-Hungarians will be relegated to Brittany, where
perhaps they may be utilized in harvesting the wheat crop. Germans in
the domestic service of French citizens are allowed to remain in Paris.
The French Institute is participating in the campaign reservist
mobilization. M. Etienne Lamy, Perpetual Secretary of the French
Academy, is a major in the territorial army and is about to take the field.
M. Pierre Loti, who is a captain in the navy, will be provided with a
suitable command. M. Marcel Prévost, graduate of the Polytechnic
School, is a major of artillery, and will command a battery in one of the

forts near Paris.
Among American ladies added to the list of those who have
volunteered for