No doubt the German nursing sisters who were brought here tried at first, with their German love for orderliness, to keep the interior reasonably tidy; but they had been swamped by more important tasks.

For two weeks now the wounded had been passing through by the thousands and the tens of thousands daily.

So between trains the women dropped into chairs or down upon cots and took their rest in snatches.

But their fingers didn't reSt.Always their hands were busy with the making of bandages and the fluffing of lint.
By bits I learned something about three of the women who served on the so-called day shift, which meant that they worked from early morning until long after midnight.

One was a titled woman who had volunteered for this duty.