19173 A Red Cross Hero 



I immediately took the matter up with Miss L , the Red 

 Cross nurse who had been closely associated with him, and asked 

 her if possible to bring the elder child to us when she came home. 

 ... At the last moment the plan failed. We then decided to 

 try to support and educate her there, and some of Harold's 

 friends arranged to raise a fund with which to provide for the 

 care and education of the younger sister as a little memorial. 

 This last required considerable time, but there is sufficient 

 money in sight to provide for her for five years. 



I gave Madame Grouitch, wife of the Serbian minister, some 

 of Harold's official reports of his work in western Serbia, with 

 an account of the conditions and the relief furnished by the 

 Red Cross, also some of his letters with fine descriptions of the 

 country. She became quite interested and proposed getting out 

 a book containing a brief sketch of the boy's life, his service 

 with the Red Cross, together with the general work of that 

 organization, besides some of his descriptive letters and reports. 



In the first place, she said, they have no written accounts of 

 the conditions in the outlying sections of their country such as 

 are found in his papers. Furthermore, the national spirit was 

 kept up during hundreds of years of oppression and discourage- 

 ment by teaching the young people that the greatest honor 

 which could come to them was to serve their country and, if 

 need be, to die for it. She wanted to place before them the story 

 of this lad who left his own land to serve theirs and gave his 

 life for them. Finally she wanted them to have the story for its 

 effect in perpetuating a feeling of gratitude toward the people 

 of this country and a friendly relationship in the years to come. 



The two members of the Stanford faculty who fell 

 in battle were Professors Pellissier and Beaseley. 

 Pellissier, a brilliant student and accomplished 

 gentleman, came from the University of Paris. 

 >( Letters from a Chasseur a Pied," published by his 

 sister, show literary skill and the noble spirit of a 

 man who goes through duties repugnant to all his 

 instincts without repining and without hate. 



Dr. Shadworth O. Beaseley, assistant professor of 

 Obstetrics, entered the army as a surgeon with the 



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