Raymond Ares (left) and Pierre Lang (right) are refugees from Nancy who have been adopted as mascots by the A.E.F. Raymond by the Aero Squadron, and Pierre by the Machine Gun Battalion. Raymond wrote to his godfathers that he loves to run and jump and wrestle. He is by his own profession, "very intelligent but a little lazy" and his teachers call him "bon petit diable." Happily, not even the war and the loss of his soldier father could take the "pep" out of him. He is a god son that any A.E.F. organization can be proud of. The A.R.C. administers the funds for the maintenance of all the children adopted by the American troops

Raymond Ares (left) and Pierre Lang (right) are refugees from Nancy who have been adopted as mascots by the A.E.F., Raymond by the 656th Aero Squadron, and Pierre by the 101st Machine Gun Battalion. Raymond wrote to his god-fathers that he loves to run and jump and wrestle. He is, by his own profession "very intelligent but a little lazy" and his teaachers call him a "bon petit diable". Happily, not even the war and the loss of his home, and the death of his soldier father could take the "pep" out of him. He is a god son that any A.E.F. organization can be proud of. The AMERICAN RED CROSS administers the funds for the maintanence of all the children adopted by the American troops

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

Renee Grouyer, "the adopted daughter of the Intelligence Section of the Army Field Clerks, can't play ball very well, but she is one of the best little mascots in France. A testimonial to her abilities may be obtained easily from any member of her godfathers' section. She has big blues and dimples and is as brown as a hazelnut because she plays out of doors all day long. She is a refugee child from the Meurthe et Moselle and lives now, with 300 other little refugee children at the Caserne du Chateau in Caen. The American Red Cross administers the funds for the maintenance of all children adopted by the American troops

Renee Grouyer, "the adopted daughter" of the Intelligence Section of the Army Field Clerks, 2nd Section, GHQ, cant's play ball very well, but she is one of the best little mascots in France. A testimonial to her abilities may be obtained easily from any member of her godfathers' section. She has big blue eyes and dimples and is as brown as a hazelnut because she plays out of doors all day long. She is a refugee child from the Meurthe et Moselle and lives now, with 300 other little refugee children at the Caserne du Chateau in Caen. The AMERICAN RED CROSS administers the funds for the maintanence of all the children adopted by the American troops

Raymond Ares (left) and Pierre Lang (right) are refugees from Nancy who have been adopted as mascots by the A.E.F. Raymond by the Aero Squadron, and Pierre by the Machine Gun Battalion. Raymond wrote to his godfathers that he loves to run and jump and wrestle. He is by his own profession, "very intelligent but a little lazy" and his teachers call him "bon petit diable." Happily, not even the war and the loss of his soldier father could take the "pep" out of him. He is a god son that any A.E.F. organization can be proud of. The A.R.C. administers the funds for the maintenance of all the children adopted by the American troops

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Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card for similar image: LC-A6195-530-Bx.
Photographer name or source of original: A.R.C. Comm. to France.
Group title: Adopted children. France.
Used in: Woman's Mag. (Exclusive)
October 1918 [date received]
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

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01/01/1918

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