The sun., 1916-11-05
"ERIENDS OF FRANCE" TELLS
OF AMERICANS UNDER FIRE
Members of the American Ambulance Record Their
Experiences in the Great War-Twenty-eight
of Them Get the War Cross.

~, tntfed states Of America hdre
not forgotten hat the hrsf pdge Of the
history VI their indep'ndcnc. Tds Trit-
ten uih a bt Of French bioOd--Gen.
jOrrC.
with this testimonial to tncir Nalur
tud courage IN caring Cor the French
wounded on the bdttleiields of the great
var a. an inspiration, Of the
Field Service Of the American Ambu-
lance have told some of their experiences
IN a volume entitled Friends of tfance."
just published by lloughton Miniin
Company. The book IL dedicated to Mr..
and Mrs. Robert bacon in appreciation
OF their efforts here in behalf Of the
American Ambulance. A.. riatt Andrew.
head OF the Field Service. in an introduce
ton pays high tribute to the bravery.
cheerfulnesS and Willingness OF the band
OF American ambulance drivers who have
ri-ked their lives IN tho work Of mercy
that has helped France to penetrate Of
fetal r"ticcncc and rcdisCu> set Americas
surviving soul"
Lover NIX mn. VITO COMMANDED the
section stationed in Alsace aud later III
Lorraine. the first to he officially rccus-
nizcd 10y the French army staff. aud
wa" has recently sailed for Salunica with
II new section tor the Macedonian front
is'Wa'' ' 'fliSbblA 'tllil'tiltltF 81 tn'
section in Lorraine ,Vcrlun uCion),
aud ". i. Townsend. commander Of the
section in Flanders and the hisne region.
contribute an appreciation of the work
OF v Itatt Andrew. starting with 4
small band OF American volunteers and
An equipment Of ten Ford cars, with
bodies made out OF packing boxes. Mr..
Andrew has developed an urganiz ition
that II not only recognized 10y n. French
army ar n most valuable auxiliary bur
L. beloved 10y the French soldier a. a
band "f brothers. TIL. li.ht american
cars solved three separate tidnSpor,a-
iion problems they triumph.d over the
mud ~ Flanders In Iorrainc th.y sim
rIii"d the harding II the wounded and
IN tn" N"scs they replaced the mule. up
To that tim" ia" only effective d%rpcnda-
III, motive r"wcr on the mountain rDuls
rwr"', -cia h, Wen Decorated.
since It's organization t'cr. hay. been
Ia IN" field service American cullry,
men divided AZ follows: Harvard. ~:
Yale. 20 Princeton. ~ University nr
Pennsylvania. \: Dartmouth. Column
hta. 6: University of Michigan. I: TINT
NersitN of Virginia, 4 II AMERICAN
Rhodes scholars fruIu DNfprd. aud rci-
r"S"ntdti,'> Of more thiu tnrn u,h,r
'"'"tN -''-h'
rron'h ,, wv" '""'''" INC
tt" chapters OF The Friends Of
France are
: rn' rigani<a;icn of the service.
II NJ tia. H.,k NJ ,bn Fem, ,n,h I"'"'''
aud >pres ...... iienry = Innr H.rri.nu
III rae section Ia AlSa"' lirconIlise.
a ,., n. TT on 49,, NN"'"
V I've section In I.,fr,n,
lau'- Il Mcconnell
""" '' '"t.'i. ION "' T''"I'."
st $40 american \rI,t,.., ., Gin,
Ne,luu Ntta.k ...... Frank ~. ,t|rr
~, ~ S.'.ll .. ' Jun h"n'2 ~'ransu
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N Th' Beginning, # , New SECTION
gorge Rockwell.
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NAH. p..-,.
MI TN' In-p' tor. Letter ~
'h"lhs "N'"fpi~ '"m diaries and %.et'er~
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Extracts ,ro,r ,,,,.,, T., ,
f. NJ, uru,I vi,, ,,,,I nr ~ 80
y,r.ni, ,nri,. iL, American ,nh,I.,..
- called mon ia unJ,r,nLr a., u'I,..
f. frnui ,f fnu, mr. ay,. lo, ,n,,
h"',"s - Red cross Tag is hung Thc-r
wounded ana bnud,ped ,r, yj,.m ,o ,h,
HmhllHutsS An American ,.r j. h,.L.J
nm I'm front nf n, aud ia. Li,olt ~
driver is In. rentr. Of in,er.., for ~,
yrouu Of snlii,rs Som, IA. k,o,s al
and n, i r,r,yfry on .bn..,,t 49,
v.rsatinu II il surn,isiuc ,yb,, ,,,n
L,, uf lsr,n,h s,lI,.,- ,..L L,.I..h. .
and thrr. If. huud,.J. t. .
in Eup,,nd ANA tho s,,t,. g., .n.
even American ci,iz,r. uI,, 49,. =.
,lrn,d ia ,iuht for l., h,l,o E,.n", mai.
mnthcr country. have mo, u,i,.r.
from IN, ,'nf. Inf,yc,,o ,h,,. fr.n,
Eifih ny.uuc hotels mon ub, ,,,L..I -,
Sew York and ,'hicnpn hanks in ,,n,n-
mi,,i,u h,,..s ,h, -, ~, ~
West. ana SON, win, had ,,kcr m, ,h,tr
residence i'm American citi.e IA 1.-Two a.,
their incomes A. s,,n,s y.ry ru,ny ,n
Lc greeted with .'II,llo ,h.r. oll
y,nut - by French so,di,rs "
"W,l when aha Won conn. ,yo,,, all,
the driver
"In August Bceu hr,nyh ,h, ,h,,o
Thing
"Wherc wore Won i'm ,ho S,,,,.,.
New York and an, oat,, h.,
when ia over ia, =, ho,, ~
'ouu Soc yn, ,.,or" ~ '
Transporting Wounded At Might.
IA American cars ,,o,.li, ,n,.., ,n.
roads in m, d,y rbo, h,. n Wv
rnIIs ,n ,hc pns,cs rc,Hrn frn,n 'r"'H "''
tinus and keen on hus, ,r,.ino a,,
rcl,r,tc tho uo,,, mo, .'e
nigh, imagine th,t , whole dI,isInn hna,,