Show MERCY WORKERS IN WAR DOING GREAT SERVICES AM all countries striving to improve conditions surrounding wounded WORK hm OF AMERICANS LAUDED motor ambulance service does invaluable work in transporting wounded d soldiers french people touched by volunteer work of americans Amerl Ameri pana lans bridon lon doii to no oue otio nil in this war belongs exclusively the ark of mercy france russia germany slid austria have each striven hard to improve tho the conditions surrounding lh the wounded lit in their in the ottoman lied crescent a ala boin equivalent of tho the red lied cross croba even tire turks a corps of mercy workers to render uld to those injured in battle hut but oot kot only tire belligerent nations are in the field of mercy toward fallen fighters america with all the cheerful lam which characterizes tier her people bus baa worked vigorously tv 0 alleviate tire tho sufferings Buffe rings of tire tho soldiers in francc distant abyssinia too got was ono one rf of lie jio first neutral to esta establish blIgh a place of succor fox the injured near the firing line tire the angie nt Fro prevent vent provided with funda ilir piled by tire abys stun lan crown all grent great service early in tire war jupen representing tho the fur far enst also sent n wonderfully equipped corps which hus ills since occupied tho ilia hotel antorin Astor ln ibrus dalgity dulity women and intellectual men inan given their time and their services ii gorly tit in tire cause of hu inanity kian lly the of tile tho russian court elf lit in the extreme have bearl trained tor for hospital work lit in tire held they have performed duties nt wu adi trien might shudder and they have ave performed them thein well so it Is in prance france ail mid england and in the other countries both in and out of tho the that tile the majority or of ilia ho workers havo have been volunteers Is to the credit of civilization civell mercy so BO oft often ell beaten on under in the astuni conflict of tile tho b belligerents illg tins lins survived gloriously among those whose function tins lias been to relieve where possible the victims of liot ahot and shelf shelly automobile great help like tire aero aeroplane platie lie automobile la is a now departure n very important oue otic in warfare sines since august 1014 1914 it tins lins played ninny parts armored ears cars transport lorrien nil and other oilier vehicles directly and indirectly contributing to the success of 0 tho the different arm kus IM in tire the held field have established a fresh reputation for tho ilia motor industry hut but it Is largely owing to tho the ambulance that tire noble work of mercy tins lins been possible so fur far us ns groot great britain la Is concerned lie he motor ambulance service owes its existence and its triumph to lord derbys brother lion flon arthur startle stanley y it 11 11 ch chairman nirman of the british re lied cross croas society anil ana niso to the royal automobile club suon soon after tho the outbreak of war lit in september 1014 sir mr stanley quick to see sc tho the possibilities of the he motor was given a permit to solid send ono one or two out to tile tho front by the into lord kitchener tho the actual permit peri said mr air stanley wim waa in lord Kitch HItch eners own haud handwriting writing on half a sheet of note nolo paper it Is now one of the roost most treasured possessions if not tire most treasured in the archives of the red cross society ono one of the first things I 1 old did on receiving tire iho necessary permission continued mr stanley ana was to get together halt a n dozen volunteer motorists nil all members of tho the royal automobile club to drive the ambulance curs cars which alch wo were cro to france our position wits Cori curious olis tire tho motor ambulance wits then practically tin an un on known quantity so far ns as actual warfare went ond and tho the military ties tied stipulated that our drivers were not to wear uniform nor under tiny to go near the filing line there ans to bo be no red lied cros on wo tho cars care truly the ilia mission of tire motor ambulance ans tobe to bo extremely limited they were simply to lo go eo about far the firing line and pick up wounded rounded men 0 who o could not be curried carried to tile the field hospitals men for foi who lind had crawled for safet into abandoned cottages und mid barns proves its worth with tho the possible exception of the american cars at neuilly ours were tile tho first motor ambulances U faed aed lit in france li ronce hut but the value of it rapid service tor for the transport of wounded soldiers was quickly lecog tilled end and now of course wherever there to Is figh fighting tIna there are maior ambulances bu lancea lances here la Is a typical instance as told by mr stanley how the tha motor albu lanco proved its worth in the tha early days of tile the war var lote ono evening one of our dinces crept up close to tho the firing line ney tilt nt on an ef licer who alio turned them back 1 as aa ho he said it Is lie BO ak tt it Is no uso use going further 1 they went back io to a farmhouse and ip bed in the middle of tho the night am were by the same om who told file them that hint a wounded soldier shot through both logs legs was lying almost in fit tile tho german lines it wits was so dangerous a Illi mission Aslon that hint tile the officer order tho the ambulance to go I 1 ho just 01 ol them where tile tho man mail was alid left them thein to decide they went they crawled without lt lights along tin nn unknown rond road in tile iho darkness go got t almost within tile the ger mail lines where they found tire annn and brought brou glit him buck back to safety that wounded soldier had lain inin there for days and would most certainly have die died had find lie ho not been rescued that night in thip modest and voluntary way the motor ambulance entire into its ha own without one penny of cost to tile the government I 1 today went on mr air stanley there aro are about 1000 1600 motor ambulances and cars at the french front alone another 1000 are scattered about with ilia troops in agypt mesopotamia SR sa malta last east africa etc wo we have three ambulance convoys each one consisting of somo some sixty cars and a radio graphing convoy working lit in italy wo we have a number of cars in Petro petrograd grad and on the western russian front while wo we recently sent n small convoy ns as a present to irand grand duke nicholas in n tile tho these motors and VS es have been provided and their ep maintained entirely by volunteer subscriptions up to tho the present said mr air stanley wo we lieve collected over for the red lied ore sm and lit bt johns ambulance society the mone money y comes in at tire rate of about every cury six months montha this shows allows tile public appreciation of the work our support comes from all sections of society As an ail instance of tire tho diversity of our work it may bo be interesting to note that wo we arranged tire the other day to send motor boots boats to mesopotamia and charlie chaplin nims altus to malta this latter for tile amusement of tile the convalescent vale scent ono of the outstanding features of our organization tins has been the splendid work lone dono by the women mr stanley mentioned by the way tile tho excellent artificial limbs for nin maimed lined soldiers produced by amerl annn both in the iho united states and espe especially chilly at a factory established near london where ninny disabled men tire nio themselves employed tire the women of rill all nations nt at war have been working courageously in ili nit aid of their men american women also have como come out brilliantly in tile tho labor of mercy at tile commencement of tho the war a group of american wornell women nearly nil all married to englishmen met together to consider how they might best render assistance to the soldiers of the king tire the result was waft tho the birth of tho the american comans womans war nellet bellef fund of which lady aaget became president with mrs airs jolin john astor as vice president tire duchess of ns no chairman and lady lowther and mrs harcourt ris ri honorary secretary other women closely identified with tho the work were lady Rn randolph ridolph churchill mrs whitelaw hold and lion mrs jon john ward work of american women tho the american war relief fund began by sending n motor einbu lanco out to the front friends in boston subscribed for another therIt mo it wits iia actually the seventh which was duty duly presented to tire tho war office in london down in devonshire at daighton ton neair torquay Tor quay thero there Is tin nn american wor homans womans nans war bo hospital SpItal where here thousands of wounded soldiers have been nursed back to health not cun coot tinted tented with these activities tile tho amer ican woolen in III question liae have opened lu in various parts of tile tha british capital to enable girls thrown ut it ot of work to learn other tri trades ldes and 0 11 to become self belt supporting tn tit spite of tho the war nr americans aiudi icam tire are busy helping in prance ns 09 well cla ns as in england and the american bellef clearing house in burls purls to Is tin nn institution of very considerable latue and importance it represents tile the american red lied ow and its distributing committee has already apportioned morn more than parcels front from bales of cotton clothes for men women and children shoes hospital accessories surgical instruments and countless other useful things no less esa then than 2000 hospitals in franco france hav been from the american Vwe rican relief clearing house which hns has joseph 11 choate for its president modeled somewhat bot on tho the lines of tj organization over which mr stanley presides to la tho thi american voltia teer motor ambulance corps yet another body of mercy workers in ili september tern ber 1014 1914 prof arof Ill ItI chim chiard norton of harvard university saw for himself hlin the lie plight of tire tho wounded french soldiers mho ho suffered suffered additionally through inadequate means of aruns por tation consequently with tile the co op ration of some of ills friends lie ho started tire the american volunteer am corps which quickly widened its field from two cars to seventy alva originally composed of american and british me members tabers tire the corps corpa has while always working in conjunction the french army been placed under the helth red cross owing to questions of american neutrality the volunteers of tho the american ala tor ambulance corps have given thell time and their services ly to the attainment of tin an excellent object under tire tho chairmanship of tire the late henry james the novelist who directed matters from london ninny many young college graduates freely entered tire tho corps to work strenuous ily without pay or professor norton ridgely carter clr ir john wolfe berry jordan L boft john dalion morrison Morr lson and ninny many other oilier well known men are members of the london counell council mr air norton and several of the men have been awarded the croix ele de guerre and the croix dAr darace dArm mee ce tile the former ranking high in ili the honors of warring and republican france working ing close up tip to the firing line the american motor ambulance nien men have brought brou glit relief to many anny thousands of wounded and tick sick soldiers some times dashing about in country exposed to german artillery ire fire tire tho clarg have not infrequently come through a liall hall of bursting shells but so fur far without tho iho loss lops of it a single life the only member of tire the corps to die la Is A U D louey loney who returning from u brief visit to america was drowned in tho the sinking of tho the I 1 the american motor ambulance corps lias has been mentioned for lit ith discipline as well us as for tho the lilli high strind ard of its members generally col leonard robinson in the following words narrates in a report to mr air stanley some experiences ho he tins had find with the american volunteers immediately med lately after our return from lizy sur states the colonel we called from the service do saute sante for an ambulance to proceed to to bring buck back general snow who had been seriously injured starting with an ambulance and a pilot car anil and accompanied compa nied by dr du do bouchet and surgeon major langle of the ho french army we loft left parts at about 8 5 p in reaching Coulom lers tow toward arill 8 p in the tha town had been but recently evacuated by tile enemy nod and as tire lie general was not in a condition to be moved we spent the night there the follo morning no au early start was milde and general snow was brought safely to neuilly Neu llly where he remained tor for sev boy arall weeks with tile trip to Coulom lers tho the period luring during which the service rondo made expeditions to the tha front for or the he purpose of brin bringing gilig wounded back to the entrenched camp paris came to n close and a new phase of duty was en ell upon alle hl le the wits was absent nt at jazy sur a cill call came from the british authorities asking that ambulances ambulance be sent to their clearing station i at villeneuve to bring wounded vou nd taken from rom their sanitary trains to paris no ambulance being adall able tit it tile the time nn in emergency column of touring cars headed by doctor davenport was sent out bringing in a number ot of cases and inaugurating a service which occupied all our utne time for several weeks the american volunteer motor am bult ilice corps has certainly done dona immense service in creating a favorable impression on the people of franco france people beyond nil all others capable of appreciating kindness and sympathy luit but it tins not been alone in thi this 9 respect the tha american ambulance nt lit neuilly known before tire the war as aa the american hospital tins has also tic ac quiren tho the reputation of performing miracles for the wounded 1 have visitor visited most of tho the war hof in france said a society wom nil all who hns has gone through hirough tho the war n an a of ct tho the french red lied cross and I 1 have never seen such wonderful work many of tire tho case casca aro are simply terrible worse than anywhere else ris as that performed at tbt ills american ambulance neuilly Neu llly ther they treat dally daily tho the most critical surgical cases somo soma of the wounded men poor po fellows heern almost blown so little remains for or treatment |