Figure 1.-- Most of the children assisted by the Comite Franco-American pour la Protection des Enfants de la Frontiere. were French children, but there also were some Belgia children, who apparently kept apart. Some 30 Belgian boys were cared for in the Comite's colony at Rosay. Some 30 refuge boys were put under the care of Catholic nuns there (August 1915). They received schooling as well as pracgtical gardening. A report reveals that over three hours a day, three days a week the boys gardened to raise food. A photograph shows four of the boys who are repordedly "very proud of their recent accomplishment in transforming a neglected field into a potato patch, from which the colony will later benefit."

Most of the children assisted by the Comite Franco-American pour la Protection des Enfants de la Frontiere. were French children, but there also were some Belgia children, who apparently kept apart. Some 30 Belgian boys were cared for in the Comite's colony at Rosay. We are not sure where Rosay was located, but suspect it was in northeaster France, but a safe distance souttyh of the trench line that constituted the Western Front. From the background, Roday seems a small village without importabt structures in a rural area. The villagers could not have supported the children. This was done by the Comite and eventually Anerican relief aid probided through the American Red Cross. Some 30 refuge boys were put under the care of Catholic nuns there (August 1915). They received schooling as well as practical gardening. A report reveals that over three hours a day, three days a week the boys gardened to raise food. A photograph shows four of the boys who are repordedly "very proud of their recent accomplishment in transforming a neglected field into a potato patch, from which the colony will later benefit." [Comite Franco-American pour la Protection des Enfants de la Frontiere.]

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Comite Franco-American pour la Protection des Enfants de la Frontiere.

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