Photograph by H. T. Ellis, Pans 

 A Tribute to a Sleeping Hero: In the National Geographic Society Wards 



National Geographic Society Wards in the American Military Hospital No. 1, 



Neuilly, France 



Picture: to yourself the feeling of one of our fellow-members or his boy 

 upon being brought into this hospital and placed in a comfortable bed 

 provided for him by his own friends. Can you imagine a better tonic or a 

 more comforting thought to a sick or wounded man than the realization that he is 

 almost at home ? 



Thousands of members of the National Geographic Society and the sons of 

 a great many more have answered our country's call to arms. Numbers have 

 already gone to France, and others will follow shortly to place the Stars and 

 Stripes side by side with the battle standards of our allies in this titanic struggle 

 for freedom and everlasting peace. 



There will be no overhead expense in the handling of the National Geographic 

 Society's fund, and every dollar zvill be expended for equipment and maintenance 

 of the ward. 



No matter how small or how large your subscription, it will be welcome 

 and proper acknowledgment made. For particulars read "A Day in the Geo- 

 graphic Wards," by Carol Corey, in the July issue of the Geographic. 



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Gilbert Grosvenor, 



Chairman, National Geographic Society Ward Fund, 



16th and M Streets N. W. , Washington, D. C. 



I enclose $ toward the National Geographic Society Wards (twelve beds each) in 



the American Military Hospital No. 1, Neuilly, France. Two wards have already been established. 



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