In recognition of the services of M. De Valence, representative of
the French Red Cross in Morocco, the President of the French Republic
has conferred upon him the cross of Knight of the Legion of Honor.
The Society has granted diplomas to 3,294 women, who have received
instructions in nursing at its dispensary schools. At the Chateau of
Amboise, now the Hospital of Enghien and Orleans, fifteen beds for
convalescent soldiers and sailors have been placed at the disposition of
the Society by the Duke de Chartres.