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This train of 30 Russian box-cars with 150 sick Russian soldiers has been from place to place in Russia since May 10, 4 months. The men were in a dreadful condition suffering from Typhus, spotted fever or dysentary. At Nickolsk the American Red Cross came to rescue, washed, fed and treated the men and cleaned and disinfected the train. Nurse came to the door of the hospital and the soldiers were called to enter
This train of 30 Russian box cars with 150 sick Russian soldiers has been from place to place in Russia since May 10, 4 months. The men were in a dreadful condition suffering from Typhus, spotted fever or dysentary. At Nickolsk the American Red Cross came to rescue, washed, fed and treated the men and cleaned and disinfected the train. Some of the weaker ones were carried on Red Cross stretchers
This train of 30 Russian box-cars with 150 sick Russian soldiers has been from place to place in Russia since May 10, 4 months. The men were in a dreadful condition suffering from Typhus, spotted fever or dysentary. At Nickolsk the American Red Cross came to rescue, washed, fed and treated the men and cleaned and disinfected the train. There was one pair of hair-clippers on the train. 150 men were shorn of hair and long, matted beards during the afternoon
This train of 30 Russian box-cars with 150 sick Russian soldiers has been from place to place in Russia since May 10, 4 months. The men were in a dreadful condition suffering from Typhus, spotted fever or dysentary. At Nickolsk the American Red Cross came to rescue, washed, fed and treated the men and cleaned and disinfected the train. A squad of the strongest sanitare was organized, and with a Russian girl nurse, began to get the heavy sick from the train for an emergency bath
Two girls from a nearby village volunteered to help, and, putting aprons over their frocks, worked for six hours without pause, washing the weak and indescribably dirty men. This train of 30 Russian box-cars with 150 sick Russian soldiers has been from place to place in Russia since May 10, 4 months. The men were in a dreadful condition suffering from Typhus, spotted fever or dysentary. At Nickolsk the American Red Cross came to rescue, washed, fed and treated the men and cleaned and disinfected the train
This train of 30 Russian box-cars with 150 sick Russian soldiers has been from place to place in Russia since May 10, 4 months. The men were in a dreadful condition suffering from Typhus, spotted fever or dysentary. At Nickolsk the American Red Cross came to rescue, washed, fed and treated the men and cleaned and disinfected the train. Supplied with Red Cross underwear and blankets, they were strong with hope as well as with relief
This train of 30 Russian box-cars with 150 sick Russian soldiers has been from place to place in Russia since May 10, 4 months. The men were in a dreadful condition suffering from Typhus, spotted fever or dysentary. At Nickolsk the American Red Cross came to rescue, washed, fed and treated the men and cleaned and disinfected the train. Many of those too ill to walk two days before, now washed and well-fed, were able to cover the quarter mile to the hospital on foot
Russian peasants receiving American pajamas as pay for work performed at the American Red Cross transfer station at Holoby, Wolhynia, where relief supplies are transferred from the standard guage Polish railroad to the wider guage Russian tracks. The Russians use the pajams as underwear, and during the summer months, many used, them as outside garments. There are so many kinds of money in this part of Eastern Europe that the people have reverted to ancient financial methods, accepting nothing but material goods in exchange for services
This train of 30 Russian box-cars with 150 sick Russian soldiers has been from place to place in Russia since May 10, 4 months. The men were in a dreadful condition suffering from Typhus, spotted fever or dysentary. At Nickolsk the American Red Cross came to rescue, washed, fed and treated the men and cleaned and disinfected the train. In box-cars like this 200 ill Russian soldiers started from Perm-one quarter, died on the 5000 mile journey
A caravan of ox and horse carts bringing ammunition to the Volunteer Army who are making their push into Kiev. The railroads being for the most part demolished, it is necessary for the volunteer officers to make use of what transportation the country affords. The peasants render every service within their power and receive no money. The two necessities for the Russia army are ammunition for infantry rifles which are furnished by the British, and medical supplies, which are furnished by the American Red Cross
Summary
Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: A.R.C. Paris Office.
Group title: General, Russia.
On caption card: (59)
Used in: Ex. Tech. Trade & Cl. Jr.
Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952.
General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.anrc
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american red cross
russia
kiev
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ammunition
volunteer army
volunteer officers
russia army
horse carts
two necessities
infantry rifles
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high resolution
wwi
europe
russian revolution
russian civil war
world war i
library of congress
Date
01/01/1919
Location
Kiev
Source
Library of Congress
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