The Archive · 1915

A Place of Refuge

The college is looked upon as a place of-refuge by all classes case any trouble arises in the city. British, French, German, The Government here is fully prepared to have a hostile fleet occupy the city. They have prepared things for a resistance and are determined that in any case the city shall have nothing of value to fall into the hands of the enemy. This makes the people nervous, for no one likes to be in a bombard.

The college is very favour-ated for protection, on a on the sea shore. Our property touches the shore.

In coco of trouble, marines will be landed at once from the North Carolina on to the college grounds. We Americans are appointed puty marshals to act on the campus. We have carefully planned and assigned the in our building: prepared to take care of a large lerowd of refugees

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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