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 Scientists and these received the same attention as the others.

The demands were not always to locate wounded men—they were as multifarious as human needs. One which was constantly recurring was to get word to boys overseas that their families were writing regularly, or to send word to the same boys that no letters had been received. An interesting example of the former was a request sent us by a lady in Texas to inform her brother in England, who had been abroad some five months without news from home, that his family were all well and were writing regularly. This letter was forwarded to our English Committee and of the result the boy's own letter will speak:

“Dear Mother and all: I heard from home today. It was not through a letter but through a lady who approached me on the street in Liverpool. She asked me my name and said she had a message for me from home and told me you were all well. She said she was a Christian Scientist. It sure made me feel happy.”

One other service rendered to the men should be mentioned—that of delivering money through our overseas offices. Friends in this country deposited money at a War Relief office in this country and our Paris office delivered the amount requested to the boy in France. Sometimes the many moves made by the men over there made it very difficult to reach them. Again the man was very promptly located. For example, $50 was sent to the Boston office on September 25, 1918, to be cabled to a boy then in France. A letter from our Paris office dated October 22 stated that the check had been received and acknowledged by the boy in question. In several instances, also, our