Show FORD CHASSIS IS' IS ONLY ONE USED FOR AMBULANCES ON BATTLEFIELD C Camp at Allentown Pa Is Established for the Training Train Train- in i ing g of of Ambulance Corps s Th The United States amb ambulance lanee corps v I Is a new organization which has absorbed absorbed absorbed ab- ab all the R Red Cross units twits an and its medical mi mission is is' isto to work close behind tho t trenches enches in in- in inthe the first zone of opera opera- The men for this work besides requiring a high courage and resource resource- resourcefulness must have some ome medical and anda a tail fan amount of mechanical knowledge One of the objects in consolidating tho the Red Cross units was to provide Identical Identical Iden Iden- training and equipment to al allen alPen- eng en g ged in the work The camp was established at the fair fairgrounds fairgrounds grounds at Allentown Pa early In June Since that time men have been undergoing intensified training At this time there are about four foul thousand men menat menat menat at the encampment the other 1000 having having having hav hav- ing completed their course of instruction instruction instructions tion The camp is unusually w well ll situated for tor the work because it mak makes s use of the race track on the fair grounds for forthe forthe forthe the instruction of the men in the op oper operation operation op- op er tion and repair of ot the motor vehicles ve vehicles vehicles ve- ve of the organization On this track the driver gets his first instruction instruction tion ti n under tinder good road conditions so that he can more more easily master the rudiments of motor truck driving re repairing repairing repairing re- re pairing and maintenance according to Tine The Automobile This work Is later s supplemented d by experience secured on hikes throughout the surrounding territory where road and other conditions conditions conditions condi condi- similar to those to be met Iwi with within with within h hin in France are encountered PERMANENT BARR BARRACKS Some of the men in the camp camp are quartered in the grandstand facing the therace therace race rac track Others are In tents and still I others in the permanent wood or brick structures formerly used by the the- fair to display their goods goods- Permanent steam heated barracks similar r to th those se erected at the national arm army cantonments will soon be started so that the Instruction work worl can be carried on on during the winter months with the me greatest degree of comfort for the men The space space- space beneath beneath the seats of the grandstand is utilized as an encampment encampment encamp encamp- ment mess hall han It will seat 2500 at one time and has a permanent concrete floor which is washed at regul regular r in intervals intervals intervals in- in and kept spotlessly clean The vehicular equipment of the new organization is entirely motorized the ambulances of which are exclusively Fords with with the new stand standard rd type of United States army body which winch is su superior u- u to any types heretofore used abroad on tho the same type of chassis I T The e ambulances which were presented presented presented pre pre- to various of the old Red Cross units by philanthropic organizations I of or by popular subscriptions have been shipped to Allentown but have bave not been I taken over by the government because of its d determination w U o employ none I but the tho Ford chassis with its new lIew j I standard tand ud t type pe of body for ambulance work work wore The Tho other ambulances if it taken taleen over at all will not be e used by the units to which they th y wor wore were presented but will willbe be employed etl further behind the lines UNIVERSITY UNITS NITS The men mon who came Caine to to Allentown i with the ambulances ambulances' comprise units from the tho tho universities of Columbia I II I Jenns Pennsylvania Cornell Princeton Princeton SUSqUehanna Sus Sus- Indiana California Leland 1 Stanford Stanford Virginia Purdue-Virginia Purdue Virginia Washington and Lee Fordham Michigan Harvard Johns Hopkins and others At the I present time tine each of these various uni un- groups is is working in the i is as s originally formed formel although It is s s not I certain that it wl will l be sent to France rance I as such Two examples which give con concrete ete proof of tl U e highly efficient manner in which the camp Is run may be had luid from flom the manner In In which Fords shipped knocked down are assembled and in the manner In which the n mess ess hall is run A recent shipment of twenty Fords which came knocked knocked- II down in wooden crates each holding two complete vehicles was aM unpacked d j assembled and equipped In Il less s than I nine hours On September h k th there rc ha had J Q n. n ambulance sections S author authorized ed by hy the government Each section consists of forty five men and twenty-six twenty motor v vehicles The Tho vehicular consists or oC twenty Fort ambulances two Packard one and ton one trucks one Ford supply truck one Ford passenger car ar for the officers one motorcycle and side car and one roller kitchen hauled by one of the ono one and ton one The two Packard Packards ar are arc used to carry carryall all of the food and bagg baggage ge for the section together with the spare parts for the vehicles cles The rhe roller toller kitchen has just b been en accepted accEpt d by the government It is mounted on a Trail- Trail mobile a a. wheeled four-wheeled trailer made to Sechler Sech er Co of Cincinnati Ohio BODY DETAILS DIFFER The new Ford ambulance body differs dif dif- cUff differs f fers rs from all rill previous types used on the theFord theFord theFord Ford chassis in its length which is one foot shorter than all previous designs The difficulty encountered with previous previous pre pre- Ford Jord ambulance bodies to accommodate accommodate accommodate the standard length stretcher was occasioned by the extreme overhang overhang over- over hang tiang of the body aft of the rear axle This This' gave gae the vehicle very poor riding rd- rd ing inS qualities and oftentimes caused very yr seriously woun wounded men ing pain when driving over rough roads The new American Ford American Ford ambulance body is six inches shorter than the standard which it carries This has been effected by the Introduction introduction tion lion of four canvas covered holes in the rear end into which the rear ends of the stretchers extend Three Thre of these holes are arc in the lower half of the the tail tailgate tail tail- gate which folds down to form a step stepto to assist the men in putting the stretchers in the body Two stretch stretchers are carried carrle 1 on the floor of the bod body the outside stretcher ends each extending ex ex extending tending into the holes on all the outside and the two adjacent ends in the center center cen cen- ter hole which is twice the size of those on the sides Three TI-iret 0 stretchers are carried in the body one at the center at about the of the body Similar holes with canvas pockets are provided in inthe inthe the the upper pp r half of If- If the rear real hinged door to provide for t the e t extending end ends ends' of at j i the upper r stretcher The canvas vas pockets prevent the stretchers from slipping out while the vehicle is in motion Fold d dd slot type seats are are provided on each ach side of ot the body to accommodate seating patients if it the stretchers are n not t employed |