Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-09-08
ali Countries Striving to improve
Conditions Surrounding
Wounded.
WORK OF AMERICANS LAUDE3
Motor Ambulance Service Ooes Inval.
liable Work In Transporting Wound.
ed soldiers--frcnch Peopis
Touched BY Volunteer
Work Of Americans.

belongs exclusively the work OF mercy
frnnce Russia England Germap.
and Austria hnvs zach Btiyen hard q
improve the conditions surrounding
the wounded 10 their armies.
In the Ottoman Red Crescent. a Ma
hommedan equivalent Of The Red
Cross. even tie Turks have a corps Of
mercy workers 10 render aid 10 those
fniufc0 ia battle. Buf not only the
belllgercnt nations are occupied Ia the
Sold OF mercy toward fallen fighters.
America. with al The cheerful optim-
Ism which characterIzes her people,
has worked vigorously - alleviate the
suiferlngs OF the wouose O soldiers In
Frnncs.
Disinnt Abgssinin, too. was one OF
ne tirst neutral coussries to estnbllsh
a place Of suceor fcr he Injured near
the firing line Ipdeed the Anglo
Ethiopian hospital II Prevent pro-
vidcd With funds supplied by the Abys-
sian crown pr,ore ~ great service
early IN The whr. Japan. representing
the far East. Giso sent wonderfully
equipped au7tnnce corps which has
since occupied the Hotel Astoria.
Paris Dainty women and lntelieciu-
81 men h,rt given their time and their
services 'ngcrIy In the cause Of hui
aauify.
The .sdiss OF the Russian court.
self osrlnclng Ia the extreme. have
brep trained for hospital work In the
r.l4 Thou f.... f,..rfar,t,.4 t,sff...4 az
which men might shudder aud they
hxve performed them wen. So Il Is in
France and England and Ia the other
countries. both IN and out OF the war.
That the majority n the workers have
been volunteers ~ 10 the credit Of civ
sli2ation Mercy SO often beaten un-
der Ia she actual conflict OF the bellig-
ersnts has survived giouously among
those whose function has been to re
iieve where possible. the Victims OF
shot ana shell.
Automobile Great Help
like the acceptance. the automobile
Is new departure. very important
ose. ia warfare. Since August. 1914.
4 has played many parts Armored
cars. transport lorfe1 and other yehi-
clos directly and Indirectly contribute
inE "a the spcecss OF the different arm
les Ia the field have established a
fresh reputation FOR the motor indus
Try. nut q u largely owing TO the
motor ambulance that the noble work
of mercy has bcen possible.
SO far IA Great Britain IS concerned.
fhr motor ambulance service owes ms
existence and It's triumph TO Lord
narby's brother. Hon, Arthur Stanley.
~ r. chairman OF the British Red
Cross society, and also 10 the Royal
Automobile club. soon after the out
break Of war, 10 September. 1914. Mr..
stanley. quick 20 see the possibilities
~ the motor ambulance. was given
permit 20 send one or two out 10 the
front By the late Lord Kitchener
The actual permit said Mr., Stan.
ry. was IN Lord Kitchener's own
isadWritinc half sheet OF note
oapcr II is now one OF the most.
measured possessions II not the most
treasured. Ia the archives Of the Red
ross society.
zone Of the arst things did on re-
'eiving the necessary periuission."
continued sir stanley. 'wus TO get to- q
either half a dozen volunteer motor I
Us. al members OF the Royal Auto
Mobile club. % drive the ambulance
AIRS which We were sending to France
,ur position was curious The motor
was then practically an I'm (
nown quantity 81 Far as actual war q
are went. and the military auyhori. L
les STIPULATED thar our drivers were ~
% % wear uniform. nor. under any q
TO 70 near the flring {.
ne. There was 10 81 90 RED Cross 4
q the ears Truly. the mission OF the 4
,otor ambulance was 70 be extremely q
nlied. They were stElply 10 20 about p
" hshlHd the firing line and pick ~ q
eanded men who could no. be rar Z,
80 70 shs Geld hospitals; men. fui y
snmple. who had cruwled sor safets &
10 abandoned cottages aud turDs
Proves It's Worth.
with the possible exception Of the VI
inerican nnibulnnce cnrs al segilly
IL VIZ Wv tff"H Lt'ARl AtfiNA'tfA't"
sd Ia France. nni the value OF IA A
ipld service Tor the transport OF T.
oundrd soldiers VAS quickly recog &,
Izel. Bnd now. 81 course. wherever "a
lers Is fghslug there are motor rm. al
s'snces" %
Here Is A typical Instance. as told ..
! sir. STANLEY how the motor embu- =
nee proved It's worth 10 the early hs
sys Of the war: NJ
Late one evening one Of our ambu III
noes crept up close 10 the firing liae IN
hey met an ofsesr. who turned them A
tck because. as be said. II is 80 hi
sxk. II Is 40 use going further q,
They went back to farmhouse and
} bed 10 the middle OF the nighf III
- we're awakened By the sams OH ! ls