The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-08

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Ger, who told them that wounded
soldier, shot through both legs, was
lying almost in the German lines. II
was so dangerous a mission that the
officer wouldn't order the ambulance
to gOl 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 1,6OO motor ambulances and
cars at the French front alone. An
other 1000 are scattered about with
the troops in Egypt, MesopOtamia, Sa-
lonih, Malta, East Africa, etc. We
have three ambulance convoys-each
one consisting Of some sixty cars and
a radlographing convoy working In
Italy. We have a number of cars In
Petrograd and on the western Russian
front, while we recently sent a small
convoy as present to Grand Duke
Nicholas in the Caucasus"
These motors and ambulances have
been provided, and their upkeep main
tained, entirely by volunteer subscrip-
tions.
up to the present" said Mr.. STAN
ley, 1--WE have collected over S20,000,O0O
for the Red Cross and st. Johns Am
bulance society. The money comes in
at the rate of about S5,OO0OO0 every
six months. This shows the public
of the work. Our support
comes from all 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 factory
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 |
abor of mercy. At the commencement |
Of the war a group of American wOm- |
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 Woman's |
War Relief fund, of which Lady Paget |
became president, with Mrs. John AS |
.or as vlce-president, the duchess Of |
as chairman and Lady |
Lowther and Mrs. Harcourt as honor
lry secretary. Other women closely |
Identified with the work were Lady
Randolph Churchill, Mrs. Whltelaw
Reid and Hon. Mrs. John Ward.
Work of American Women.
The American Women's War Relief
fund began by sending a motor ambu-
ance out to the front. Friends in
Boston" subscribed for another-it |
was actually the seventh-which was
luly presented to the war office In
london. Down In DevonShlre, 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
can women in question have opened
in various parts Of the
British capital to enable girls thrown
)ut Of work to learn other trades, and
so to become self-supporting, in spite
IF 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
value and Importance. 1t
the American Red Cross,
md its distributing committee has al
'eady apportioned more than 100000
from bales of cotton, clothes
for men, women and children-shOes,
hospital accessories, surgical instru-
nents and countless other useful
.hings. No less than 1000 hospitals
n France have been fitted from the
American Relief Clearing house, which
las Joseph II. Choate for its presi-
lent.
Modelled somewhat on the lines of
he organization over which Mr.. Stan
ey presides, is the American Volun-
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