New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-16
Bv ARTHUR II. GLEASON.

1. GLEASON.
the front These boys never take tneir eyes
from the road and the car.
ave expected to be kept rolling al nisne'
IT. "keop rolling" is their phrase for driving
the car. -. ai,,;dod
1Tbe next sixty hours were not diViden
80 do,,s Tor us. We ran steadily, not stop
nire. for meals or sleep except during ,he
kr;ef names in the stream OF wounded. h%
cor, for one memorable and enormous Drean
tost NJ the end Of the first twenty-four nouis'
ote while driving, steering with one manu-
J. Gliding bread and cheese in the otner' ~
At nioh. lull slept an hour ana nan
bo second night there was no lull, ana
arovo until went 20 sleep several times d,
10 wheel Then I took three hours rest ana
vent on. Gasolene, oil and carbide ran 10"
We used all our spare tires. one OF our NJ
ran into a ditch with three seriously "Ou"uGu
soldiers and upset. Another man orose n.s
rear axle. During the two and one-hai uayS
Of the attack over $50 wounded were nov"
BY our fifteen cars distance OF ioI'y N"'
metres. r.h,o,
holt does not facilitate starting an amou-
LARGE that has been standing out ell night
Almost every morning it takes about hiteen
minutes 70 start each car with the aid OF not
water" -
Ambulance work depends on the supply OF
oasolene. OIL carbide and spare parts, soHd
rotions and sleep Success rests IN patching
tires. scraping carbon and changing springs
Hall of Dartmouth, who later met MS dea1"
here, wrote; -o
"Tbe driver Of the car eight months ago
was in charge Of cattle rancn IN ,he
Argentine. He is on his back Tightening
hollis underneath his car. A hole IN the Iei1
colo If his projecting shoes tells OF hours
with the low speed jammed on
Hard, Unpicturesque Work.
ANY idea of ambulance work is off the
mark that thinks it q succession OF San Juan
charges. 1t is hard, unpicturesque "orA' WIN
an occasional fifteen minutes OF tension:
"Car No. TO has carried meat ana Dtea1
for the section, and even coal. Sne mas ru,,
through miles Of snowstorm to bring relisi
70 those who were suffering from toothache'
scarletina or mumps. She has patiently
borne permissonaries from hospital to rai-
road But the shrek of shot and shell as
become entirely unfamiliar TO her ears
This from the son Of DR.. Rainsiord' the
former rector of st. Georges, New YORK.
A stretcher makes serviceable bed, ana
warmly wrapped in blankets one can steep
very comfortably in an ambulance.
"A climb of 500 metres in less than ten
kilometres involves mechanical stress
"The UNIQUE spring suspension and light
body construction make our cars the mos
comfortable for the wounded of all the types
in service -,
mechanical detail-but il is in these bits
Of ingenious mechanical adaptation TO human
needs that the American contribution mas
been made II isn't half enough IN ~
machine-made war to be dashing and pct
uresoue; you must fight destructive ma
chinery with still cleverer engines OF relief
The inventive brain must operate as well as
the kind heart and the spirit of fearlessness
Il is in the combination OF courage ana
mechanical versatility that the best OF the
American quality hes been revealed.
Flashes Of the soldier life are given by the
bovs Canned beef is called by the poilu
SINCE or monkey meat. Alpine chasseurs
70 by "whistling their famous Sidl-Brahim
march"
GRAY horses are dyed brown, and groups
Of roadbuilders in an exposed place carry
like the army that went against Macbeth,
umbrellas OF branches
Military punctuality is obtained from the
American section by the penalty of washing
the dirtest car in the square.
C'est Ia Guerre.
"All that is impossible is explained by
simple 'c'est la guerre.' Why else bllnciy
scrape ones way past creaSing truck OF
shells. testing twenty horses, two abreast,
steamine in their own cloud of sweaty vapor
Whv else descend slopes with every brake
afre. with three human bodies as cargo
where a broken drive shaft leaves but one
instantaneous twist Of the wheel for saliva
ton. a thrust straight into the bank smash
ing the car but saving its load? 'C'est la
guerre.'"
There was no going back against the tide
Of what was battle bound
Close to the front line, and within easy
range of the shells, one driver notes that the
old man still digs in his garden, the girl
still gossips at the door" These lads who
year ago were grinding out thin, tempera-
mental daily themes have suddenly found
something to write about, a something Of
close packed reality.
1--WE stepped into the long wooden cabin
where they waited--the German wounded
and they struggled up to salute-a more
pitiful, understood, Neak-chested and Woe
begone set of human derelcts | hope never
to see again in uniform; and as we stood.
among them in our strong, warm clothes it'
was showing outslde), all OF US over SIX leel
tall, l felt suddenly uncomfortable and
ashamed"
"Chasseurs Alpins: 8 short dark blue
jacket, gray trousers, with spiral puttees and
the jaunty soft hat 'berets. These are the
famous blue DEVILS"
Il found the cafe full Of customers who
had not been served The woman of the
house was upstairs giving her 'Ambulancier
American cup of that great Vosges
remedy, linden tea"
Il, who came for four months and have
been working eight, can assure any one who
is considering joining the American Ambu
lance that he will go home with feeling Of
great satisfaction at having been able TO help
out little nation that appreciates it, and
that is bearing the brunt of the fighting on
the Western front"
Our volunteers believe in the French and
n bafr trar That : fhQi~