Word: indians
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Recreation centers for the soldiers are now a military necessity," declared Mr. Edward Clark Carter '00, in the Trophy Room of the Union last night. "When we first applied for permission to accompany the Indian troops to Flanders, we were firmly refused. However, we went to Bombay to be on hand when the transports were sailing. A division of troops, who had been flooded out of their regular quarters, had sought temporary shelter in a dock shed in most unsanitary, immoral conditions. The men were getting sick. The commandant wired headquarters for advice. Back came the laconic message: "Consult...
...describing the actual work of the Y. M. C. A. among the soldiers, Mr. Carter emphasized the importance of letter writing, between one and two million sheets of writing paper being distributed among the men every day. Nor is paper alone supplied. Many of the Indian troops are illiterate and people to write letters in all Indian dialects have been provided. Nor is the work alone among the men on the firing line. There are over 5,000,000 men in hospitals today. These men sleep but little and the association has done great things in ministering to their wants...
...this morning, will speak in the Assembly Room of the Union tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock on the work in the army "huts" in Europe, Asia, and Africa. King George of England has recently decorated him with the Kaisar-i-hind medal for his distinguished service with the Indian troops, among whom he has been working for over a year and a half...
...give the final lecture in his series of illustrated lectures on "The Development of Chinese Art," in the large lecture room of the Fogg Art Museum this afternoon at 4.30 o'clock. The subject of this afternoon's lecture, which is open to the public, is "Cambodian Sculpture--An Indian Departure...
...Lectures on "The Development of Chinese Art." X. "Cambodian Sculpture--An Indian Departure," by Mr. Warner, in Fogg Art Museum...