The Keota news., 1916-01-07
RIDES EIGHT LONG NILES N
DARK WITH LUNATG SOLDIERS
American AUTO Ambulance Driver Dodges Vehicles Con9ested
French Read Wt1e 1renchcrazed Man Grabs at Steering
Whed WAen ut Fighting hate--1hank You vefy Much =. =
for TIE mde~ Says Maniac at the End of the Journey.

P1r1A-A cfSr1oDo011f Ct the Nev
York Sun has seeefv01 ths following
Letter from . member q ne A0er1ean
ambulance cnsps ut Tie hont:
L uas - duty hse Suo1ay II g..
. typGeaB 1yunch l1pat eov1 just BE-
hind &Ae vesAD n which Do& OF the
exhtng q IL section II carried o.
There tie two ambulancss On the
vatcA were Hnsd up IN the ssuai place
q, Tie taSepAnae bureau aIooG the SIDE
Of the soeA mast psoeected against
sotdes sAea1ne4 bomhardnents. shrsc
mel i4ens expsodiag into the street
usually 1aeA tle4r cnAtents into the
side a aha street. faet1g the German
lines.
An vas quse In the trenches: only
An eecaGioaAi cfsek OF . rihe. the
sharp Aeeooafion Of = grenade nov
and thea and . constant far away
booming denottng An attack IN dis
tant 'see9eW'
Dsineas had settled without any
vo1D4a1 being brought IL This wAs
unusual The 'poste secoufS' Of the
various SegfDents along the street
we're eDpey save for . few sick soa-
dieFS being bed over until the hGAt
Of tie early morning. Al ugly rain
had 80 IN. making di6cuit the run Of
eleven kiJomete9s IN toeAi blackness
without even the gvsAADce Of feeble
oil lamp among the never ending
vaenoS and eontrfvsnees OF the road.
II appeared unnecessarily long 70 Tie
mes n The vehicles. Who were those
not needing attention ~ the hesrttals
hack.
0esossoa . lt<1ts osesp.
We turned into the TELEPHONE ~
reau 20 ct Whist sleep Ne oousA. usfnS
seFeeehess IRON our ears The blankse
rolls unfoiesd over these. maktng beds
soe haIf baAL Before resirtas the men
take OF their shoes. le8gzAoD ana
~oa4a
To fDesssa1t rumble Of wagon
wheels and he Pas9js ana cifak a
chains outside we're beginning TO blend
With the distant booming IN the other
'sscteur' - ] drovssd Wkcn vas
svakeoed BY the telephone bell. 'Bra1-
cardierS' It B. . dressing station
about . kiIometer On The other side Of
town 1t the edge Of The woods. we're
calling for IN ambulance.
-'C'est urgent said The operator.
and then rang Of. They had replied
that II vss pressing
After Q quarter Of IN hours driving
arrived At he post. Il was neces-
SAY TO 90 exceedingly slow and stop
frequently to avoid running into
something In the biackness. Al the
post two 'brancasdiers' cane out TO
NEST me.
"A door opened % the side away
from the trenches. throwing enough |.
light On the road TO turn the car round. |
] walked toward the door to 80 u |
the wounded were inside. o. still On [
the road down. ~ 10 oftea the case.
Before had gone far the attendants |
came up and solemnly placed their |
fingers over their lips.
-Oravs? ! asked.
Svsprtsed BY the wounded"
They repiiec yes. and pointed !,
through the door. inside wers two
soldiers sitting on Q beach facing %. |
That was all. A. We came In one OF |
the soldier said bon soir' and smileA |
The 'bfancasdisss' then told me
the men were vioasosiy insane and
they were under orders TO send them
10 the rear Immediately. They had
bsen rendered mad BY the fire OF the
day. they sst1. and were no, to bs
trusted to be IN the same party with