90
Bacon K. 500 2 fr. 80
Lard K. 250 2 fr. 30
Green Coffee K. 250 1 fr. 70
Crystallized Sugar K. 150 0 fr. 90
Salt K. 200 0 fr. 10
Soap (hard) K. 250 1 fr. 00
In addition to these articles each inhabitant of the commune
which we visited, also received on the day of our visit a small
quantity of carrot seed to plant in the small plot of ground
which each was permitted to retain out of his own land by the
German authorities.
The unfortunate people who received this allowance looked very
poor and very hungry and very miserable. Many of them spoke to
me, not only here but also in Charleville, and expressed their
great gratitude to the American people for what was being done
for them. Those in Charleville said that they had heard that I
was in their town because of trouble pending between America
and Germany. They said they hoped that there would be no war
between the two countries because if war came they did not know
what would become of them and that, in the confusion of war,
they would surely be left to starve.
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