Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-19
One OF the Days Best Cartoons.

ago. was German territory. ana then.
down ZGzag road through a serins
OF picturesque little towns TO va,ious
hospitals at Moosch. ST.. Amarin and
kruth. where the wounded arrivc ~
hand carts or on mule back from, tho
surrounding heights Hart,nanns Weller.
kopf and Guebweiler. often after ,,jns
OF seven. eight or ten hours. through
trenches and mountain paths. in re-
Slons where there arc no roads
The following account from one OF
our men in this section gives a yood
idea OF the daily work
The service OF section T. which &C.,
the military designation OF tho section
attached TO tho army OF the Vosscs is
the fetching Of wounded from Tho
evacuation hospitals in the rccnptured
province OF Alsacc to the rail- head
hospitals on the French side over
picturesque and difficult pass The
American cars are parked with n
twehty-hve car section Of French am
bulances. and arc under the authority
OF the French lieutenant commanding
there. Tho drivers are subject TO tho
same discipline as that governing inc
soldiers. eat the regular army ration
that Is issued daily. and are billeted on
the townspeoplc. Every morning at
half past some Of our cars 20 over
the pass and report for duty at tho
main evacuation hospital. This place
Is in VALLEY. just behind the high
summit commanding tho valley Ma
upper Rhine, where tho ferccst
ms IN the east mas taken plac. anu is
stu going on. The sound OF artillery
nshhng echoes almost continuously
from the guns IN Hartsnauns Weller
konf, for which, as the papers have
daily stated. the contest is unremittinE.
the French holding. the Germans ut I
lacking. The majority OF our wounded
come from this battle front. They are
~
the journey often taking a whole day.
~ the intrcnchcd line, OF course, they
receive frst aid and the attention OF
the battalion surgeons.
The cars are all capable OF carrying
three stretchcr cases and ono seated
beside the driver. or four seated. and
the experience has been tina, the
unique spring suspension and light
body construction makes our cars by
far the most comfortable for the
wounded OF all the types in service.
The daily routine includes an after
noon service OF our cars 10 the same
hospitals. After a Vigorous action.
section may be rolling back and forth
over the pass through the night.
Usually this work Is from another
evacuation hospital TO the north es-
tablished in a big German cotton mill.
where the wounded stragSlc in all
busy. brown bloused surgeons. in a
big store room lighted by acetylene
light"
a general description Of day and
night trips to Montauville may be of,
interest. "On receipt OF orders the
through the streets OF Pont-a- Mousson
sometimes in itself an exciting eX-
perience, the town being subject TO
intermittent shell fire At all times),
crosses the railway and. threading lis
way through conveys of supply wagons
or bodies OF troops. comes after three
kilometers 10 Montauville. This is a
village struggling along the road. with
orchards gardens and little woods on
either side; on the right hand. outward
journey, can be seen the French third
line of trenches crossing a hillside
Topped with wood-the beginnings of
Bots lie Pretre. In all the houses sol
diers arc quartered. There four
Postes de Secours and from one of
these the ambulance takes the wound
ed who are waiting. Clos Bos lies
farther along the road. halfway up
the hillside with a French battery hid
den in the trees nearby; there is no
village, farm building serving as
dressing station. All night the same
route is followed, but as no lights are
carried il is sometimes not easy TO
keep to the road We have found ii
each driver on night trips for help in
case of accident. and on very dark
nights. to go ahead and show the way.
During an attack this nightwork is
an experience not to be forgotten. The
air is full of the growl of cannon revcr-
berating between the hills and from
time to time a CHASTITY glare Is thrown
over the scene by phosphorus bombs
held suspended by Darachutes which
are sent UP to give light for hayonet
charges. All the time the darkness
is made visible by the flashes of guns
and exploding shells"
This section last week carried 1850
wounded. and in no week since their
arrival in the east have they carried
less than 1000
Such. told briefly and in glimpses,
are some OF the sevces that our Amer
lean youths are rendering to-day in
appreciated by the French people. One
of the most distinguished men in
France wrote the other day:
Il cannot tell you how deeply CRATE
full we are, with all our compatriots,
for what Americans are doing, for this
sympathy, their warm heartedness.
their help of every kind moral. fnan-
cial. medical. and even in our Foreign
Legion. military. May good luck at
tend you and all you undertake. and
please tell all the Americans with
whom you may be I'm contact what our
feeling is and what an important thing
they are doing in sealing again and
In rejuvcnating, so that il may live
forever, the old friendship that was
established in the days of tho Way or,
Independence. 49,
A. -PIATT ANDREW. =
Paris, June S, 1915.