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dangerous a mission that the officer
wouldn't order the ambulance TO go
He just told them where the man was
and left them To decide. They won't
They crawled. without lights. along an
unknown road in the darkness: got al
most within the German lines, where
they found the man and brought him
back to safety. That wounded soldier
had lain there for days. and most GER
tainly would have died had he not been
rescued that night.
I'm this modest aud voluntary way.
the motor ambulance came into it's own
without ono penny of cost to the gov
eminent"
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 Mesopotamta.
saloniki. Malta, East Africa, etc. We
have three ambulance conveys. each
one consisting OF some sixty cars. and
q radiographing convoy, working in
italy, We have a number Of cars I'm
Petroerad and on tho Western Rus
sian front. while we recently sent 4
small convoy as present to the Grand
Duke Nicholas in the Caucasus.
AnBULANCEs MAINTAINED
ny VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS
Surely this is wonderful example
Of what voluntary organization ana
petrio,isn can do. These motors and
smhulances have been provided, and
their unkeep maintained. entirely by
voluntary subscriptions Although
they are outside the official Red Cross
= nils themselves
under lite control. and have worked in
.o,,nlcte unity and harmony with the
official society.
I'm to the present said MIR. stan
ley. I'VE have collected over s2o.o00o0O
for the Red Gross and 81. Johns Ambu-
lance Society. The money comes In NJ
ths rate Of about 100000 every SIX
months. This shows the public appre-
citation Of the work. Our support comes
from all sections OF society.
IT never expected when We started
10 be spending on stores and personnel
sum Of over $1,000 daily, as we are
now doins.
LAS an instance OF the diversity Of
our work. il may be interesting 10 note
that We arranged the other day to
send motor boats To Mesopotamia ana
Charlie Chaplin films TO Malta, this
latter for the amusement OF the con-
valcscen, soldiers.
..One OF the outstanding features Of
our orsauization has been the SPLEEN
did work done by the women. There
arc n, present over 10000 women rep
resentinE all classes. who are rolun-
,arily working for the Red Cross. the
Voluntary Aid Division tthe V. y. ID
and other organizations, most Of whom
have had certain amount OF training
In ambulance work In peace time
hS- ha W
IN. excellent artificial limbs for MAIN
ed soldiers produced by American man
ufacturers. both In the United states.
and especially at a factory established
near London, where many disabled
men are themselves employed
While The women OF all nations at
war have been working courageous!y
in aid OF their men. American women
also have come out brilliantly in the
labor OF mercy. At the commencement
~ the war a group OF American WON
en-, nearly all married to Englishmen
met together to consider how they
might best render assistance 10 the SOL
diers OF the King The result was the
birth OF the .tmericam women's war
relief fund OF which Lady FACET he
came president. with Mrs. John Astor
as vice pre- sident, the Duchess Of Mari
borough as chairman. and Lady Low
Their As honorary secretary. Other
women closely Identified with the work
were Lady Randolph Churchill. Mrs.
W'hitclaw Reid and the Hon. Mrs. John
ward.
The American womenE war relief
fund began 10y sending a motor amhu
lance out TO the front. Friends in
Rofton" subscribed for another--it was
actually the seNenth--which was duly
presented to the War Office in London.
Down in pevonshire. al Paishton. near
Torouay, there is All American WON
.n'f war hospital, where thousands OF
wounded soldiers have heen nursed
hack TO health. Not contented with
these activities the American worren
IN question have opened worFrocms
in various parts OF the British capital
10 enable girls thrown out of Wort, to
learn other trades. and so To become
self-Supnortine. Ia spite OF The var
Queen Mary. herself. recognizing the
"x,renfe use fulness Of the American
woneus war fund charities has
thanked the different women rcsuon-
sihle for their admirable and successful
efforts
tut Americans are busy heIpirc IN
france, as we'll As in England. and the
American Relief ClrarinE-Housc. in
Paris, rs also an institution O! consid-
"rshle value and Importance II rcprr
ssnts IN American RAd Cross. and lis