Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-09-02

GER who told them that wounded
soldier, shot through both legs, was
lying almost in the German lines. 1t
was so dangerous 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 went. They crawled, without
lights, along an unknown road in the
darkness; 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 this modest and voluntary way
the motor ambulance came into its
own without one penny of cost to the
government
To-day" went on Mr. Stanley, there
are about 600 motor ambulances and
cars at the French front alone. An
other 1000 are scattered about with
the troops in Egypt, Mesopotamia, Sa-
loniki, Malta East Africa. etc We
have three ambulance convOys-each
one consisting of some sixty cars and
radiographiug convoy working in
Italy We have number of cars in
PeT0grad and on the western Russian
front, while we recently sent a small
convoy as a present to Grand Duke
Nicholas in the Caucasus"
These motors and ambulances have
been provided, and their upkeep main
tanned. entirely by volunteer subscrip-
tons.
Up to the present" said Mr.. Stan
| ley, I'VE have collected over $50, 100000
for the Red Cross and st. Johns Am
bulance society. The money comes in
at the rate of about 100000 every
six months This shows the public
appreciation of the work. Our support
comes from al sections of society"
"As an instance of the diversity of
| our work it may be interesting to note
that we arranged the other day to send
motor boats to Mesopotamia and
Charlie Chaplin films to Malta, this
latter for the amusement of the con
valescent soldiers
zone of the outstanding features of
our organization has been the splendid
! work done by the women"
Mr. Stanley mentioned, by the way.
the excellent artificial limbs for
MANNED soldiers produced by Ameri-
man manufacturers, both in the Unit
ed 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 courageously
| in aid of their men, American women
| also have come out brilliantly In the
! labor of mercy At the commencement
| of the war a group Of American w0m-
en-. nearly all married to Englishmen,
met together to consider how they
might best render assistance to the
! soldiers of the king. The result was
/ the birth of the American W0man's
/ War Relief fund, of which Lady Puget
| became president with Mrs. John As
/ tor as yice-presideut, the duchess Of
! Marlborough as chairman and Lady
| Lowther and Mrs. Harcourt as honor
| airy secretary. other women closely
/ identified with the work were Lady
Randolph Churchill Mrs. WhiteIaw
Reid and Hon. Mrs. John Ward.
Work Of American Women.
The American Women's War Relief
fund began by sending motor ambu-
lance out to the front. Friends in
Boston" subscribed for another-it
was actually the seventh-which WIS
/ duly presented TO the war office in
| London. Down in Deyonshire, at
/ Paighton. near TOrquay. there is an
American woman's war hospital where
/ thousands of wounded soldiers have
/ been nursed back to health. Not con
tented with these activities the Amer
/ lean women in question have opened
workrooms in various parts OF the
British capital TO enable girls thrown
out of work to learn other trades. and
SO 10 become self-supporting, In spite
Of the war.
Americans are busy helping In
France as well as IN England, and the
American Relief Clearing house, in
Paris. is also an institution Of very
considerable value and importance. 1t
represents the American Red Cross,
/ AND IFS distributing committee has al
ready apportioned more than 100000
parcels. from bales OF cotton. clothes
for men. women and chiidren-shoes.
! hospital accessories, surgical instru-
inentS and countless other useful
/ things No less than 1900 hospitals
in France have been fitted from the
American Relief Clearing house. which
has Joseph II. Choate for It's presi-
/ dent.
Modelled somewhat on the lines Of
/ the organization over witch Mr.. stan
les presides is the American Yoiun-