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


= ONDON. Eng. Aug. ITO no one
race in this war belongs oxclu-
sively the work of mercy France.
Russia. England, Germany and Austria
have each striven hard to improve the
conditions surrounding the wounded in
their armies
In the Ottoman Red Crescent, a Ma
hommedan equivalent of the Red Cross.
even the Turks have a corps Of mercy
workers. 10 render aid TO those in .ured
in battle But not only the belli=erent
nations are occupied in the field OF
mercy toward fallen fighters. America
with all the cheerful optimism which
characterizes ner people. has worked
vigorously to alleviate the sufferings
Of the wounded soldiers in France.
Distant Abyssinia, too. wa one Of
the first neutral countries TO estab-
lish a place of succor for the injured
near the firing line. Indeed, the
AnglO-EthiOpian hospital al Prevent
provided with funds supplied by the
Abyssiuian crown prince, did great SER
vice early in the war Japan, repre-
senting the Far East, also sent Won
derfully equipped ambulance corps
which has since occupied the Hotel
Astoria. Paris. Dainty women and in
tellectual men have given their time
OF humanity
The women Of the Russian court.
sacrificing in the extreme, have
been trained for hospital work in the
field. They have performed duties at
which men might shudder and they
have performed them well So it Is in
France and England and in the other
countries both in and out of the war
That the majority OF the workers have
been volunteers is to the credit OF civ
50 Mercy
in the actual conflict Of the belliger-
ents. has survived gloriously among
those whose function has been to re-
lieVe. where possible, the victims Of
shot and of she'll
Is New Departure
Like the airplane. the automobile Is
n new departure, a very important one
in warfare. Since August. 1914. it has
played many parts Armored cars,
transport lorries, and other vehicles
directly and indirectly contributed TO
the success of the different armies IN
the field, have established a fresh rep
II IS largely owing to the motor 3mhu-
lance that the noble work of mercy has
been possible
So far as Great Britain is concerned,
the motor ambulance service owes its
existence and its triumph to lord Der
by's brother, Arthur Stanley. NJ p,
chairman Of the British Red Cross So
ciety. and also OF the Royal Aufomo-
pile club. soon dfter the outbreak OF
war in September, 1914. MIR. Stanley
quick 10 see the possibilities Of the
motor ambulance. was given permit
to send one or two out to the front,
by the late lord Kitchener
1.-THE actual permit" said Mr.. stan
lev during an interview. was in lord
Kitchener's own handwritins-on half
a sheet of nOtepaper. 1t is now one Of
the most treasured possessions # not
the most treasured, in the archives OF
the Red Cross society
cone of the first things I did on re-
ceiving the necessary permission con-
tinued Mr.. Stanley, was to get to-
gether half dozen volunteer motorists
all members Of the Royal Automobile
club. TO drive the ambulance cars which
we were sending TO France
With the possible exception Of the
American ambulance cars at Neuilly.
ours We're the first motor ambulances
used in France But the value OF
rapid service for the transport of the
wounded soldiers was quickly recog-
nized. and now. of course, where ever
there is fighting there are motor am
balances"
Quickly Proves It's worth.
Here is a typical instance. as told by
Mr. Stanley. how the motor ambulance
proved its worth in the early days OF
the war
Late one evening one of our ambu-
-aucfG C-Crt I'd c.osc 10 the firing line.