El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-12

They met an officer who turned them
back because Is he said. it is so dark,
il is no use going further
They went back to farm house and
to bed In the middle of the night
they were awakened by that same Off
Ger. who told them that a wounded SOL
der. shot through both legs, was ly-
ing almost in the German lines. Il
was SO dangerous a mission that the
officer wouldn't order the am bulance
to go He Just told them where the
man was and left them TO decide. They
went They crawled. without lights,
along an unknown road in the dark
ness. they got almost within the Ger
man lines. where they found the man
and brought him back TO safety That
wounded soldier had lain there for
days and would most certainly have
died had he not been rescued that night
IN his modest and voluntary way
the motor ambulance came into its own
without one penny Of cost TO the gov
eminent.
Many Thousands Now Used.
To-day went on Mr.. Stanley there
are about 1900 motor ambulances and
cars at the French front alone An
other 1000 are scattered about with the
troops in Egypt. Mesopotamia. SaIo-
nika. East Africa. etc. We have three
mbulance conyOys-each one consist
ing Of some SO cars and a radio-raph-
ing convoy working in Italy. We hav,.
q number Of cars in Petrograd ana on
the western Russian front. while va
recently sent a small convoy as a ms
fent to the grand duke Nicholas in the
Surely this is a wonderful examine Of
Wnat voluntary organization and pa
triotism can do. These motors ard
ambulances have been provided ana
LEI LII upheep maintained, entirely by
voluntary subscriptions Although
they are outside the official Red Cross
society, they have placed Themselves
under It's control and have worked i'm
ON .
official society
Up to the present. said Mr. stan
LeS' We nave collected over $50 GOO coo
Tor the Red Cross and St Johns Ambu-
.i-ilce ociety- Inc money comes in a
me T@te OF ABOUT $4,000 every sfx
months This shows the public a1pre-
cation of the work our s1Irno~+
comes from all sections of society
- d typical instance of this Mr.
'9iaiieH mentioned that the coal owners
ana miners are supporting berv-ean
tiein several ambulance convovs at the .
front The coal owners contribute so
Hlueh weekly out Of their profits. while
the miners have a voluntary voeIei,-
levy on their wages.
$4,000 Daily for Supplies.
never expected when we started
ar Stanley stated with some r~tTa
20 De spending on stores and per
sohheI sum over $4,000 daily as W.
are now doing
&
our work, 1T may be interesting to note
that We arranged the other dav to send I
motor boats to MOsOpOtamia and
tnarhe Chaplin films to Malta this
Ia tier for the amusement Of the con-
Valescent soldiers"
Mr. Stanley mentioned. by the way. {
the excellent artificial limbs Tor
manned soldiers produced by American /
manufacturers. both in the United !
States. and especially at a factory es- !
IA bllshed near London. where many
disabled man are themselves employed. !
J was conducted round this factory /
explained Mr. Staniev. and fore !
man directed my attention, particu /
iarly- 10 certain cOntrivances being !
turned out in the American shops /
When I had finished my inspection OF (
the first shop. the foreman suddenly
left me and went to the other end of ]
the room Then quite without warning !
he approached me running at great /
speed Pulling up right in front Of /,
Leg l confessed that I didn't know I
Re had one In truth. it was only after /,
Re had repeated the run that 7 did !
detect slight stiffness in some Of his 1
movements.
Work of American Women.
W lille the women Of all nations at l
war have been working coura geOuslv
in aid of their men. American women /
also have come out brilliantly in the
Il Dor of mercy. At the commence
ment of the war a group of American
women, nearly all married TO English
men. met together to consider how thew
might best render assistance to the
soldiers of the king The result was
the birth of the American Women's
War Relief fund. of which LADY Paget
became president, with Mrs. John Astor