spoke as follows:

Mlle. Rosnet, Marie, sister of the order of St. Vincent de
Paul, Mother Superior of the Hospice at Clermont-en-Argonne,
remained alone in the village and showed during the German
occupation an energy and coolness beyond all praise. Having
received a promise from the enemy that they would respect
the town in exchange for the care the sisters gave their
wounded, she protested to the German commander against the
burning of the town with the observation that "the word of a
German officer is not worth that of a French officer." Thus
she obtained the help of a company of sappers who fought the
flames. She gave the most devoted care to the wounded,
German as well as French....

Mlle. Constance, Mother Superior of the Hospice at
Badonvillers, during the three successive German occupations
in 1914, assisted the sisters and remained bravely at her
post night and day, in spite of all danger, and was busy
everywhere with a devotion truly admirable....

Mlle. Brasseur, Sister Etienne, Mother Superior of the
Sisters of St. Vincent de Paul in the Hospital at Compiegne,
from the war's beginning at the head of a staff whose
tireless devotion has deserved all praise, has given the
most intelligent and enlightened care to numerous wounded
men. During the time of the German occupation, her coolness
and energetic attitude assured the safety of the
establishment she directed. Her brave initiative allowed
several French soldiers to escape from captivity.

The modest postmistress and telegraph operator was a Frenchwoman and a
fighter, who, in the little village of Houpelines, in the north of the
country, deserved this citation in the orders of the day, of which
thousands of soldiers would be proud:

Refusing to obey the order that was given her to leave her
post, she remained in spite of the danger. On the first of
October the Germans entered her office, smashed her
apparatus and threatened her with death. Mlle. Deletete, who
had put her valuables and accounts in safe-keeping, gave
evidence of the greatest calmness. From the seventeenth on
she endured the bombardment. Her office having been damaged
severely by the enemy's fire, she took refuge in the civil
hospice, where four persons were killed at her side. She
resumed her duties on the t