The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-04-07
Going TO The Front.

/ Mr.. William Buehler Seabrook, son
OF States Attorney Seabrook, will sail
on next Saturday. OH the Liner LES
payne, from New York. for France,
where he will join the American Am
bulance Hospital Corps. A recent is
sue of the Atlanta Journal under the
portrait of Mr.. Seabrook, says:
wv. Is. SeabrOok, well-known adver-
Using and publicity expert of Atlanta,
has received an appointment for field
service with the American Ambulance
Hospital IN France, and will leave for
the front about April 10Th, to be gone
until Fall.
/ Mr.. SeabroOk will retain his part
nership in the firm of LeWis-Seabrook
Company, and the business will be
conducted under the firm name by the
senior partner, Fred Lewis, until Mr..
| Seabrook returns.
( In volunteering for service with the
Allies Mr.. Seabrook sought the Ameri-
can Ambulance service. believing that
in this capacity he Will not only see
more Of the war. but will be of no
little help to the American Hospital
force, as he is an accomplished French
and Italian linguist and familiar with
large portion Of France. His appoint
ment was granted on application for
the position of ambulance driver.
Whether he will be assigned to such a
post or not he will not know definitely
until he reaches Paris. He expects to
be sent out from Paris somewhere
along the allied front.
Some years ago Mr.. Seabrook travel
u nf
American newspapers, took a walking
tour through Europe, in the course of
which he passed through regions
which are now SCARED with trenches
and are the battle-ground of hostile
forces He walked from Cherbourg to
Paris and from Paris to Mar
settles There he took boat
to Naples, walked through Italy,
visiting Rome Florence and Milan. He
crossed the Alps into switzerland
through the st. Bernard Pass, return
ing via Paris ana Havre. He is thus
familiar with much of the territory
which he may nave TO cross again III
the service Of the ambulance corps.
This walking trip lasted about a
year. Mr. SeaDrook's account of his
experiences. written III special articles
for papers in Atlanta. Augusta and
other cities were interesting features
in the news of that day.
He is d newspaper man of long and
versatile experience. At one time he
was city editor of the Augusta ChrOn-
icle and on mis- return from Europe
was member OF the local staff OF the
Journal for some years, leaving the
paper to taxi a partnership with Mr.
Lewis in their publicity firm.
Mr.. SeabrOok is a member OF the
Atlanta Rotary Club, the Capital City
Club. the Atlanta Athletic Association
and several other local organizations.
IL will retain his membership in these
and will be the only Atlanta Rotarian
and possibly the only American RO-
tartan in the European war. Mr.. Sea-
brook goes TO the front alone, but it
is possible that Mrs. SeabroOk will join
her husband later in France, TO en-
gage in volunteer Red Cross work dur
ing the latter part of the summer.
/ Friends of Mr.. SeabrOOk, and he has
hundreds here, wish him the best Of
luck and safe return.
! The American Ambulance Hospital
in France was endowed shortly after
! the beginning OF the war by American
milliOnaires and philanthrOpists. 1t
has won brilliant communication from
both the French and American govern
ment Out Of the last twelve men who
have been appointed in recent months
as ambulance drivers there are gradu
ates from Harvard, Yale, Princeton,
Columbia and other American Iniver-
sites, and among them are Rhodes
graduates. Several Of them have won
the French military cross of the Leg
ion of Honor They are all men. &C
tuated by the same spirit Of humanity
that has prompted Mr.. SeabrOOk to
seek the appointment 1t is not a
money making job for any of them.
Like Mr.. SaabrOOk, all pay their own
travelling expenses to and from their
homes in America, to Paris and return.
While i'll the service, no one connected
with the ambulance gets anything save
his expenses, from scrub women to
chief surgeon. In a letter to his father,
Mr.. Seabrook says Il feel that the
French are fighting not merely for
themselves but for humanity and civ
ilization. Ever since the war started
have felt that | would like to do my
part, and | am going to help as best |
can" Mr.. Seabrook further writes Ser
vice in the American Ambulance is one
of the few purposes for which the U. S.
Bureau of Citizenship willingly grants
a passport and have mine, regular
wartime passport, giving me the right
to 60 anywhere and return to my own
country when l please.
Mr. Seabrook spent a few hours
with his father and grandfather on
Tuesday evening, en- route to New
York.