The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-06

bout an enterprise which sets them
above and apart from others in this
great undertaking OF aiding injured
men OF other lands. At the instance
OF leading students, among them
George b.. McClary of Chicago-whose
father formerly was president-general
of the National Society. sons Of the
American Revolution-the Dartmouth
lads held a mass meeting, talked over
the situation and voted unanimously
to go ahead and do their share.
The student governing body, Pale
opitus, held deliberative sessions n
appointed a student committee to work
with a committee of faculty advisers.
The headquarters in New York were
communicated with, the offer of two
ambulances inc fou men to run them
was accepted at once by Mr.. Here
ford. n the undergraduates up there
in Hanover started in to raise $4,000;
of which $4,000 was to pay for the
two cars and the rest to meet ex-
penses Of the lads going over with
them.
The students who could afford to
give o did so. Others served in
clerical and like capacities. A large
number commenced rehearsal Of The
White Feather" and within one week
IL was given in the college theatre,
while arrangements were made to re-
peat the performance in Concord n
in Northampton, Mass, should more
funds be needed. Freshmen, sopho-
mores, juniors. seniors and special
students alike declined to ask aid OF
anybody. This was their own UNDER
taking-they proposed to put 1t into
execution without appealing for help.
And they have succeeded completely.
George McClary Is on the way to the
front and Phil Smith. who lives In
New York, and other lads from other
localities.
Great care is used in accepting
student volunteers even after the cars
are purchased. Only those can go
who are in full health and strength.
and then they must be immunized
against typhoid faver. Furthermore,
the stretcher carrier as we'll as the
man at the wheel must be IN expert
driver. ready to take the steering
wheel should the regular driver be-
come incapacitated or exhausted. And
owing to the nature OF the work, the
fact that quick transportation Of men
wounded in battle is literally a matter
of life n death, II Is especially de-
sirable hat lads fiuently speaking
French be chosen. Above all, steadi-
ness Of character is a requirement.
THE fellow who wants to go over
from sheer love Of adventure" re-
marks Mr.. Hereford. "is just the kind
OF young man We do not accept. There
is plenty of hard work. o. responsible
ity, Of downright toll; but our college
volunteers seldom get into an area or
real danger-near enough to the firing
line, / mean, to give them a taste OF
what warfare excitement really 49,"
1t does happen sometimes, however.
hat an American ambulance stan gets
more excitement than 1t counted on.
Fol example. some time ago the
American ambulance section at Dun
kirk was commanded by Robert Mac
Clay, from Columbia University. Sud
denly a fleet Of German aeroplanes
swooped out of the skies and com-
menced a raid on the town. dropping
bombs which exploded with terrific
force. Every one who could do so
sought protection of bombproof shell
tiers, including the ambulance corps OF
the army defending Dunkirk; but
many civilians, men, ONE and chill
dren, were on the streets when the
deadly missiles commenced to drop
around them.
Punctuating the crashing roar Of ex-
ploding bombs came piercing shrieks
and screams of unfortunates taken UNI
awares and instantly mutilated. Down
they dropped IN the streets here and
there, hut Bob MacClay and his asso-
ciates saw them and heard them.
"Out of shelter and into your ma
chimes" he shouted, and himself set
the example by leaplng to the steering
wheel Of the nearest car.
To the everlasting credit of those
twenty-five American college lads be
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