A SOLDIER’S MOTHER
IN FRANCE
By
RHETA CHILDE DORR
Author of Inside the Russian Revolution
INDIANAPOLIS
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright 1918
The Bobbs-Merrill Company
PRESS OF
BRAUNWORTH & CO.
BOOK MANUFACTURERS
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
To the other mothers;
I dedicate this book.
Rheta Childe Dorr.
September, 1918
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | WHERE THE LONG TRAIL LED | 1 |
| II. | I ADOPT THE AMERICAN ARMY | 8 |
| III. | SEEING AMERICA OVER THERE | 16 |
| IV. | PIONEERS, OH, PIONEERS | 25 |
| V. | WE FINISH WHAT CÆSAR BEGAN | 33 |
| VI. | GOING TO SCHOOL IN THE ARMY | 41 |
| VII. | OUR BOYS DISCOVER THE PAST | 49 |
| VIII. | THE MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY | 57 |
| IX. | OUR FOREIGN LEGION | 66 |
| X. | THE GENERAL HIMSELF | 74 |
| XI. | GENERAL ALLAIRE’S FINEST | 82 |
| XII. | INTO THE TRENCHES | 89 |
| XIII. | WRITE TO HIM OFTEN--BUT | 100 |
| XIV. | WHEN THEY WIN WOUND STRIPES | 108 |
| XV. | FIGHTING WOUND SHOCK | 116 |
| XVI. | HOW THE WAR AGAINST TRENCH FEVER WAS WON | 125 |