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Serge Castel (left) and Marcel Aubert (right) are the two "Stars and Stripes" boys in the Refugee Colony from Nancy which has been installed for the summer on the sea shore of Normandy. These boys sing "The Star Spangled Banner", La Banniere Etoiles, as few schools of American boys can sing it, but then they know from their own experience what "the rocket's red glare" means, what "perilous nights" really are, and what bombs can do when they "burst in the air". Serge and Marcel are the "filleuls" of the ship "Nancy", launched in Portland, Oregon, and of an American Captain, and they are envied by all the rest of the school. The AMERICAN RED CROSS administers the funds for the maintanence of all the children adopted by the American troops
Serge Castel (left) and Marcel (right) are the two "Stars and Stripes" boys in the Refugee colony from Nancy which has been installed for the summer on the seashore of Normandy. These boys sing the Star Spangled Banner. La Bannierre Etoilee as few schools of American boys can sing it, but then they know from their own experience what "the rocket's red glare" means, what "perilous nights" really are, and what bombs can do when they "burst in the air". Serge and Marcel are the "filleuls" of the ship Nancy launched in Portland, Oregon, and of an American Captain, and they are envied by all the funds for the maintenance of all the children adopted by the American troops
Serge Castle and Marcel Aubert are orphans of the war and are refugees from Nancy. Marcel has been adopted by the ship Nancy, built by the Foundation Shipbuilding Company of Portland, Oregon. He is eleven years old, shows a special liking for mechanics and is studying English. Serge is eight and is the ward of an American Captain stationed in Paris. The boys were evacuated from their homes six months ago and are living in a sea shore colony of other boys from the same district. As they come from war stricken Lorraine, they know a great deal more about playiing war than do the summer resort children and the fisher boy, who are watching them "dig themselves in" in the sand at Riva Beilla. The A.R.C. adminsters the funds for the maintence of all the children adopted by the American Troops
At Riva Bella on the seashore near Caen. A colony of 60 refugee children has been established here under the direction of the Prefet Mirman. The picture shows the children in front of their school barracks decorated in honor of the 5th of July when the children learned to sing the "Star Spangled Banner." Among these children are three "Stars and Strips" children, French wards of Amer. Soldiers the funds for whose maintenance are administered by the ARC
These are all "Stars and Stripes" Children little French war orphans, adopted by American soldiers and sailors. They are proud of their lucky chance to be the wards of the Americans and if they are old enough to go to school they work specially so that their godfathers may be well satisfied with them. If they are too small to go to school, they keep busy "mascotting" as hard as they can for their "good godfathers." This photo shows the group of the "Stars and Stripesers" in the refugee colony at Caen. There, in an old Chateau built originally by William the Conqueror, they live in barracks like little soldiers, go to school, march and sing the soldier songs of fair Lorraine which is in their home. The Director of the Colony, M. Eugene Schmidt, who is standing in the center of the group, is himself from Lorraine. He has given his own son to France and he loves these fatherless children almost as if they were his own. He says: "tell those American men who have taken an interest in these little waifs of the great war that every heart in France is grateful to them." The A.R.C. administers the funds for the maintanence of all the children adopted by the American troops
These are all "Stars and Stripes" Children, little French war-orphans, adopted by American soldiers and sailors. They are proud of their lucky chance to be the wards of the Americans and if they are old enough to go to school they work especially hard so that their grandfathers may be well satisfied with them. If they are too small to go to school, they keep busy "mascotting" as hard as they can for their "good God-fathers". This photo shows the group of the "Stars and Stripesers" in the refugee colony at Caen. There, in an old chateau built originally by William the Conqueror, they live in barracks like little soldiers, go to school, march and sing the soldier songs of fair Lorraine which is their home. The Director of the Colonym M. Eugene Schmidt, who is standing in the center of the group, is himself from Lorraine. He has given his only son to France and he loves these fatherless children almost as if they were his own. He says: "tell those American men who have taken an interest in these little waifs of the great war that every heart in France is grateful to them. The AMERICAN RED CROSS administers the funds for the maintanence of all the children adopted by the American troops
Saint Lunaire. After their rather severe drill on the beach "Les Petits Soldats" make a rush en masse into the sea for a swim. These are the older ones in a colony of about 500 refugee boys from Nancy now established under the care of their French teachers at St. Lunaire. The AMERICAN RED CROSS has undertaken the medical care of these children and sends doctors and nurses to them as well as food and clothing. The father of every one of "Les Petits Soldats" has been killed in the war and they wish to prepare for military service
Saint Lunaire. "Les Petits Soldats" drilling on the beach at St. Lunaire. These are the older ones in a colony of about 500 refugee boys from Nancy now established under the care of their French teachers at St. Lunaire. The AMERICAN RED CROSS has undertaken the medical care of these children and sends doctors and nurses to them as well as food and clothing. The father of every one of "Les Petits Soldats" has been killed in the war and they wish to prepare for military service. The picture shows one of their exercises, running on all fours. They are very strong and agile
[Army and Navy Chaplains who will officiate at the burial of An Unknown American Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, November 11th, 1921. Left to right: Chaplain John T. Axton, D.S.M, Chief of Chaplains, U.S.A.; Dr. Norris S. Lazaron, Chaplain at Large, U.S.A. Right Reverend Charles H. Brent, D.S.M., Senior Chaplain American Expeditionary Forces; and Chaplain John B. Frazier, Supervisor Chaplains Corps, U.S.N.]
Serge Castle (left) and Marcel Aubert (right) are two "Stars and Stripes" boys been installed for the summer on the sea shore of Normandy. These boys sing "The Star Spangled Banner," La Banniere Etoiles, as few schools of American boiys sing it but then they know from their own experience what "the rocket's red glare" mean, what "perilous nights" really are, and what bombs can do when they "burst in the air." Serge and Marcel are the "filleuls" of the ship "Nancy" launched in Portland, Oregon, and of an American Captain and they are envied by all the rest of the school The A.R.C. administers the funds for the maintenance of all children adopted by the American troops
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On caption card: Data: Woman's Mag. 10/18 (exclusive)
Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: A.R.C. Comm. to France.
Group title: Children refugees, France.
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
Temp note: Batch 5
American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) encountered a multitude of orphaned children when they joined the war in 1917. Grassroots orphans’ relief efforts sprang up in France as early as 1914. A 1916 advertisement in The New York Times stated that in August of 1914, a group of drafted factory workers demanded that an organization should be formed to care for their potentially parent-less children. This first charity was founded by M. Vilta, the head of the Paris Université Populaire. It was known as the Association Les Orphelins de la Guerre, War Orphans’ Association. In 1915, the CNSA (National Relief and Food Committee) created the Oeuvre nationale des orphelins de guerre (National war orphans charity) in order to help children who had lost their parents due to the war. This section was created with the support of the very active Commission For Relief in Belgium (CRB). Across the Atlantic ocean, they were supported by a broad network of charitable donors and private citizens including philanthropist William D. Guthrie, Catholic Archbishop John Cardinal Farley, US Supreme Court Chief Justice Howard Douglass White, and French ambassador William H. Sharp, the American Society for the Relief of French War Orphans, which solicited funds from Yale University. In August of 1914, a group of New York-based philanthropists, and several former French residents including August F. Jaccacci, Mrs. Cooper Hewitt and Frederick René Coudert Jr. began the most wide-reaching orphans’ relief organizations, the Franco-American Committee for the Protection of Children of the Frontier. The Committee was assisted by the Service de Transport France-Amerique, a shipping service for transferring goods across the ocean to help the French. The Committee spread and advertisements printed in publications like the Chicago Tribune. Funds collected from the solicitation on the orphans’ behalf by the American public through the advertisements paid for ophan’s care and education that reportedly cost “16 cents a day.” In addition to relief agencies’ fundraising campaigns, the US Red Cross hosted several large-scale Child Welfare Expositions in Saint Etienne, Lyons, and Marseilles in 1917. By December 1, 1917, the Franco-American Committee for the Protection of Children of the Frontier recorded that they had aided 1,365 children. Despite the war environment, most of the children in American Red Cross photographs appear to be calm and well-fed despite their uprooting and the horrors that they may have witnessed. On April 12, 1918 Stars and Stripes newspaper reported that 38 children were adopted by Infantry companies. The Great War resulted in six million orphans across Europe.