Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Under Three Flags: With the Red Cross in Belgium, France and Serbia
All places of amusement were closed most lines of the underground railway and tramways stopped running, and the Government requisitioned nearly all the auto-taxis and horse-carriages. This necessitated long and weary tramps across the city, but no word of complaint was heard.
There were no mobs tramping the street and shouting, save occasional troops of children, boys and girls of twelve or fifteen years, whose elders were too much occupied to notice them. These youngsters marched about the streets in the vicinity of the station, chanting Un fusil, dix-huit ans! Until the police checked their patriotism and sent them home.
A notice was posted to remind cab drivers that their honour as Frenchmen was at stake in the matter of over charging, and after that such a thing as an exorbitant charge for cab-fare was unheard of.
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