The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-18
AMERICANS IN PARIS SAVING LIVES OF SOLDIER WOUNDED
Appeal for Funds to Continue Splendid
Results Which Have Opened Eyes
of Medical Profession Abroad

tsry hospital That official promptly
said
Gentlemen. you will sec moro 'han
can tell YOU " you will 30 n '-s
American Ambulance
This quite justifies what the fcrmr,
American Ambassador to France. r..
ert Bacon. has just written from raus
The American Ambulance has rls-. . i.,
itholf within the last two weeks an ,,.
traordinary international reputation r.
IL gratefully acknowledged by tie
French and English military and pro.
fessional authorities TO be doing spler.
did work. perhaps the best in pari.
This II no exnsgeration. one hundred
more beds will soon lie ready for French
English OF German wounded. The work
IL capable Of far greater expansion and
development. II In limited only by lack
Of funds know Of no work of this
kind which IL Of so great internationA
importance. This is also tho convic''or
Of Ambassador Herrick."
Apart from the technical fscilitie.
like N-ray apparatus. model kitchens
great magnets for the extraction o.
steel or iron fragments of shell from the
wounds and the very beat of other eur
gical instruments. American ability Is
lending It's aid in a more direct mechsn
lea form The transport service of the
American Ambulance Hospital consists
Of q squadron of Ford automobiles and
each OF these. driven by staff physi.
clan, with an aid, IL kept busy going to
the railway stations for its share of the
incoming wounded Here IL a chance
for American motor manufacturers 70
I give substantial evidence OF their sym.
patty and desire 10 aid in this srea,
work Some American forms OF self.
propelled trucks would lend themselves
/ with especial fitness 70 just this kind
of transport.
The American Ambulance illustrates
| forcibly the levelling effects OF warfare
| The patients range all the way from
/ Generals 10 the battle loving Tlrcoe
Among the wounded there are only q
few Germans at Neuilly. and these are
men that have been desperately hurt
and need tho highest skill TO save them
The reason for this seeming discrmi.
nation should be explained lest there
be misundersts nding and the hssty con.
clusion invited that preference IL being
shown for the allies
Unfortunately, even though wounded
the German ls an enemy IN the eyes NJ
the military authorities, and despite his
wounds mus, he kept under guard, This
| means. in the case of the American
| Ambulance, that tho soldiers doirE
} guard duty must h. quartered upon tho
| institution and. TO that extent. It's re-.
sources are sepped where they can ~
be spared. In rhe case Of the other
nationals. the wounded need no, he
kept under surveillance and accord
inglv there is no economic restriction
upon their number save the limitations
already described
| II n IL In your power to give. no
matter how little. tho following quota
don will show the circumstances uude-
which your contribution viii he dis
bursed: Tho members Of the commit
tee In appealing to you for your Cor'r'.
button TO the American Ambulance Hoe
pital believe that every American will
be proud Of the work OF humanity that
IL being done by their compatrlors and
Will wish TO aid. Whatever You send
will be gratefully received. Mail Your
contributions to j. I. Morgan & Co. %
Wall street New York city, who W.T.
remit the money by cable to Paris This
fund Is being collected with no admin
istrative expense. with no llsr Of sal.
aired officers! With no paid secretaries
and clerks! All the money You give.
within few hours after It Is received,
is relieving actual distress on the bat
tlefeld or In the hospital"