English Translation

22a - 40 - What the Czech women in America have done for our legionions is best known to our legions. They send wipes, clothes, cigarettes and all kinds of things to the front, so that only our boys are prepared for the militar life. It has yet to be announced that already in the year l9l4, which was never mentioned so far, a major relief expedition from New York to the seabed war site went and that dor amerikani che Miliionär Frothingham, our friend, they financed, On this expedition were Czech doctors and granch nurses, In January 19l6 the ship "3rindisi" was sent off again, which had more than 4O0 volunteers tuf deck and carried a lot of supplies for the Chechnya G:fange- 'nen and for the Serb soldiers on the Serbian front. Diase's ship, on which our courier Franz Synáček sailed, was torpedoed by an Austrian warship, which was commissioned by a Czech officer. Except for some P-rsons, all passengers may have drowned. I gloat that about 450 Monschen perished, among them also dia Czechan nurses. So there were also moments in the relief action, which could be talked about a lot and about which one will certainly be afraid; for it is our duty against the miners, who have worked for the Uisere Revolution and have perished, with Franz Synáček artrank also Miss Hampl, who:n Eltarn as a result of her vision fell into madness; thus tragedy about tragedy. I believe that the Czechs and Slovaks in America in the time of our revolution have fully fulfilled their duty, If now in America there is a certain depression in our people, and if the American Czechs or Slovaks are no longer as they were, diase tired-it and good-will towards what is going on here are due to the insufficient intensification of the forces and the