The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-24
CORPS SEEKS MEN HERE
 FOR WAR SERVICE
Need for Volunteers Sends Worker Into State for
 Recruits.

Hartford, July 24-Pau1 Ney of Pennington, has received letter from James B. Thomas, of the Ameri- can ambulance headquarters in New York. asking him to, act as organ izer for local movement to secure men for ambulance service at the European front. The letter was sent in accordance with. a cable recently received by Mr. Thomas from A. Platt Andrew ,inspector-genera1 of the American ambulance field service in France, which read as follows:
 Please organize movement secure field service ambulanciers six months' enlistment
 MT. Thomas states in his letter that he has been instructed from New York headquarters to go ahead with the matter. According to MT. Thom-
 as. high-class men are wanted at once ,and MT. Ney is asked to act as district manager, and do what he can to secure one or more men for the service. He is at liberty to use whatever methods he may deem most effective and necessary.
 In order to qualify. as volunteer drivers for the American Ambulance hospital in France men must be na- tive born American citizens. They must be able to refer to five or six persons of standing, Isuch as physi- clans, lawyers, clergymen; bankers and professors who will vouch for their American citizenship, their re- liability, sobriety, industry, and amen ability to discipline. Volunteers must have clean records at college and af- 'terward, and only men who are in sympathy with the allies and wish to help them are wanted. It is empha- sized that the service is no place for sight-seers or Rdventurers. Although the term of service is for six months. preference is given to men who are able and willing to remain in the service for lonae period. The ex- penses of six months service are roughly about $500. and $400 for year, as indicated by such items as transportation from New York to Paris, $75; return transportation. $75; uniform and equipment, $50. and in cideptals computed at $15 a month. Board and lodging are furnished free of charge from the time of arrival in Paris. Expenses coming under the head of incidentals include such items as tobacco and laundry. and the Opportunity to spend money is small
 A reduction in transportation of twenty-five per cent. is allowed by the French lines to volunteers. and no uniforms are purchased until Paris is reached, the cost for the uni form, cap and overcoat being about $50.
 In regard to their equipment VOL unteers are urged to travel as light as they can. Two pairs of good leather driving mittens and two pairs of heavy high-grade shoes are essen- tial. and they must be watertight. A medium weight sweater or T-sh1rt is needed, and also two dozen copies
 of the 1-2 by 1-2 inch photo graph that is attached to the volun- teer's passport. These are for per mits, licenses and Identification cards. If the money taken on the trip is Of small amount it should be in cash, and of French gold or paper, and if large in a draft or letter of credit
 preferably on Morgan, Harjes & Co., of Munroe, Paris.
 All volunteers should be vaccinated before leaving, and they must be in oculated for typhoid. When appli- cants are accepted they should take with them to Paris the doctors cer- tificate showing that the regular pre- scribed inoculation has been given. Application for a passport should be made to the clerk of the federal court in the district in which the applicant resides, and the state de- partment requires a letter from the headquarters of the American ambu- lance stating that the applicant Is engaged for service. The letter will be sent after a preliminary corres- pondence The need of men for the service is urgent and candidates are asked to lose no timeNn sending in their applications Final acceptance must rest with the New York conn mittee after personal interview with