[Illustration: Typical French Soldier in Uniform.]
A Journey Through France in War Time
By JOSEPH G. BUTLER, JR.
Member of The American Industrial Commission to France.
THE PENTON PRESS CLEVELAND 1917
[Illustration: inscription by author.]
Copyright, 1917, by Joseph G. Butler, Jr., Youngstown, O. One hundred copies of this edition have been printed of which this is number 39
_Second Edition_
TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF FRANCE WHO AMID INEXPRESSIBLE SORROWS AND INFINITE CARES EXTENDED A GRACIOUS WELCOME TO THE AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION AND TO THE AUTHOR THIS BOOK IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I Origin of the Purpose of the Trip.
CHAPTER II Crossing the Atlantic.
CHAPTER III Bordeaux and Paris.
CHAPTER IV Meeting England's Premier.
CHAPTER V The Birthplace of Lafayette.
CHAPTER VI A Great Munitions Plant.
CHAPTER VII Art and Architecture of Aries.
CHAPTER VIII Along the Mediterranean.
CHAPTER IX Towns in Southern France.
CHAPTER X The Creusot Gun Works.
CHAPTER XI Approaching the Front.
CHAPTER XII Within Sound of the Guns.
CHAPTER XIII The Story of Gerbeviller.
CHAPTER XIV On the Main Front.
CHAPTER XV Reims and the Trenches.
CHAPTER XVI Back to Paris.
CHAPTER XVII On the Way Home--England.
CHAPTER XVIII On the Broad Atlantic.
CHAPTER XIX The French Steel Industry in War Time.
CHAPTER XX Where War Has Raged.
CHAPTER XXI General Joffre.
CHAPTER XXII The Work of Reconstruction.
CHAPTER XXIII French Business Organizations.
CHAPTER XXIV The Carrel Method of Treating Wounds.
CHAPTER XXV A City in an Army's Path.
CHAPTER XXVI Some impressions of France and the French.
ILLUSTRATIONS
Typical French Soldier in Uniform
Photograph of Commissioners, Taken on Train Leaving Paris for Limoges
Table of contents (by pages)
- 1: A Journey Through France in War Time by Butler
- 2: On the MarneProclamation by the Mayor of Reims
- 3: Delegate of the Creusot Factory
- 4: Adjount du Conseil d'Administration Allis Chalmers Mfg
- 5: Secretaire American Manufacturers' Export Association
- 6: Transmission and Textile Machinery
- 7: President of the Lackawanna Steel Company
- 8: The departure of the Lafayette was a stirring affair
- 9: Had lived a number of years in France
- 10: Subsequently the booklet was produced in Paris
- 11: Douglass as well as to the chairman
- 12: That the name of Governor Herrick was a household word
- 13: BORDEAUX AND PARIS Upon going ashore
- 14: We met the general of the Gironde and the marine official
- 15: President of the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce
- 16: He was succeeded by Monsieur Benet
- 17: General Gosselin is an important personage
- 18: Illustration Miss Winifred Holt
- 19: In a brand new Palais d'Orsay Hotel
- 20: We visited the celebrated Haviland plant at Limoges
- 21: I had a most interesting talk with Consul Belisle
- 22: Illustration Tapestry Workers at Aubusson
- 23: We arrived at Bourboule and had dinner at the Palace Hotel
- 24: We left Clermont Farrand early on Monday
- 25: Although Lafayette died in Paris
- 26: Leaving LePuy we arrived at St
- 27: A GREAT MUNITIONS PLANT Wednesday
- 28: Which was formerly the Lyons fair
- 29: All of the soldiers are innoculated against typhoid
- 30: The French are also using guns of very large caliber
- 31: Trophime in a town called Arles in France
- 32: Arles contains convalescent hospitals
- 33: We saw also in this church the tomb of Montcalm
- 34: Our next destination was Marseilles
- 35: Marseilles may be somewhat ignored
- 36: In our travels through Marseilles
- 37: Marseilles has a number of convalescent hospitals
- 38: We left Grenoble for the French Alps
- 39: We then visited the Chateau Vizille
- 40: Illustration Monastery of Chartreuse
- 41: That is tattooed with powder marks
- 42: The dynasty of the Schneiders continued for four generations
- 43: There are three classes of workmen
- 44: The next stop on our itinerary was Besancon
- 45: And this Besancon banquet seemed to be the proper place
- 46: Visited the United States in 1824
- 47: We arrived at Beaucort at midnight
- 48: We stopped for luncheon at Remiremont
- 49: Illustration Battlefield of La Chipotte
- 50: Our next stop was Rambevillers
- 51: Expecting to get around in the rear of the chasseurs
- 52: Including the wounded chasseurs
- 53: We visited the villages of Luneville and Vitrimont
- 54: We met here Madam Mirman and her two daughters
- 55: The distance from Nancy to Chalons on the Marne is 108 miles
- 56: From this time until we entered Reims
- 57: Tautot represented his superior
- 58: We were taken to the city hospital at Reims
- 59: We were taken to the famous wine cellars of Heidsick Co
- 60: We visited Consul Thackara and arranged about our passports
- 61: The Belgian Chamber of Commerce
- 62: Consul Carr delivered a very forceful address
- 63: I had a very interesting talk with Captain Sayles
- 64: The warning will be communicated
- 65: But it was the battle of Trafalgar
- 66: These munition factories employ one million men and women
- 67: The good old Philadelphia docked at 9 A
- 68: Chairman American Industrial Commission to France
- 69: And I think that many new plants
- 70: Employment of women in steel and munition plants has
- 71: The Kaiser and the Prussian Military circle
- 72: The increase in the income tax is all right
- 73: We have inhumed our poor victims
- 74: Chambre Des Deputes Commission du Budget
- 75: The metal workers are taught more slowly
- 76: Were producing chiefly Basic Bessemer pig iron and steel
- 77: Thanking you deeply for your considerate attention
- 78: At Belfort we saw signs of bombardment
- 79: In their retreat they destroyed
- 80: Illustration The Prefecture at Reims after Bombardment
- 81: Illustration Portrait in Tapestry General Joffre
- 82: Since Joffre has become famous
- 83: France is full of the sayings of Joffre
- 84: Where chambers of commerce are purely local organizations
- 85: Part of the expense of each chamber
- 86: Serve to show the importance of the Carrel treatment
- 87: The Carrel solution is applied
- 88: Carrel has gone a long way to eliminate this danger
- 89: The Carrel Treatment of Wounds
- 90: And careful bacteriological observation
- 91: 45% it is not active enough and above 0
- 92: Translationappeal to the population of reims
- 93: The French met them between Mons and Verdun
- 94: But Von Kluck must have suspected
- 95: On September 4th the Germans entered Reims
- 96: Notice posted in Reims by order of the Mayor
- 97: Both armies surged backward and forward over Reims twice
- 98: Our policy will prove to be wise
- 99: In France the individual has disappeared
- 100: Excepting only the convent schools