The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-09-08
III Countries Striving to improve
Conditions Surrounding
Wounded.
WORK OF AMERICANS lAUDED
Motor Ambulance seFviss Does lsvai-
sable Work In Transporting Wound
cd Soidlers--FreucA People
Touched by Volunteer
Work VI Americans

Lo0don.---.To no one race In this war
beloags exclusively the work Of mercy.
Erance. Russia, England, Germany
and Austria have each striven hard to
Improve the coniitiGas surrounding
the wounded In their armies.
In the Ottoman Red CresceUt, a Ma
hommedan equivalent Of the Red
Cross, even the Turks have corps Of
hercy workers, To render aid tc those
injured In battle. hut not only the
belllgerent nations are occupied la the
field OF mercy toward fallen nghtsrs.
America, with an the cheerful optim-
Ism which eharactefizes her people,
has worked vigorously to alleviate the
Kafferings Of the wounded soldiers 10
France.
Distant Abyssinin, too, was enc OF
the firN neutral countries 60 establish
o place Of succor for the injured near
the firing .hHe. iadeed, the Anglo
Ethiopian hospital ut Freyeat, pro-
vided with funds supplied By the Abys-
slan crown prince, did great service
early In the war, japan, representing
the far East also sent q wonderfully
equipped ambulance corps whlch has
since occupied the Hotel Astoria,
Paris. Dainty women md lnteiiectu'
III men have given their time and their
services eagerly In the cause Of hui
manity.
The ladies OF the Russian court,
self-sacriticing In the extreme, have
been trained for hospital work 10 the
field. They have performed dsties at
which men might shudder aud they
have performed them well, No II rs In
France and England and In the other
countries, both In and out OF the war.
That the majority OF the workers have
been volunteers IL to the credit Of CIV
ilixatton. Mercy no often beaten I'M
der In the actual conflict Of the bellig-
erents, has survived gloriously among
those whose function has beea To re-
lieve, where possible. the victims OF
shot aud shell.
Automobile Great Help.
Like the aeroplane. the autonebile
is a new departure, a very important
one, In warfare. Since August. 1914,
II has played many parts Armored
cars, transport tories and other vehi.
eics directly and indirectly contribut'
ing to the success Ut the difyerent arm
les In the field. have established q
fresh reputation for the motor Indus
cry. But II In largely owing 10 the
NJ mercy has been possible.
SO far as Great Britain IL concerned,
thu motor ambulance service ewes It's
existence and i,s triumph 10 Lord
Derby's brother, Hon. Arthur Stanley,
N. T.. chairman Of the British Red
Cross society. and also 10 the Royal
Automobile club, Soon after the out
break VI war. In September, ial4, Mr..
ktnnlcy quick to see the possibilities
OF the motor ambulance. was given o
twrniit 10 send ,.ss,e or TWO @st ~. the
front by the late Lord Kitchener,
The actual permit" said Mr., Stan
hey. was In Lord kitcheners own
handwriting on half sheet ef note-
payer. II IL now one OF taae NEST.
treasured possessions II not the most
treasured. In the archives Vt the Red
Cross society.
'Wne of the urst things | did on re-
reiving the necessary permissiua,
continued MIR. Stanley. was Ia get to-
grthcr half dozen yolunleW motor
lists, all members OF the Royal Auto.
nabllc club, 10 drive the ambulance
ears which We were sending "a France.
Our positioa was curious The motor
ambulance Was then practically an IN.
kRown quantity ~ far ~ actual war
fare went. and the military authori-
Ties stipulated that our drivers werr
mot 20 wear nalfurm nor, under any
~irvumstauccS 20 ~ near the hrIng
line. There WAS 10 h. 40 Red Cross
on the cars. Truly. the mission 81 the
iaotor ambulance Was 10 be extremely
limited, They we're simply 70 80 about
far behind the firing line and pick M
wounded men who could not be ear.
ri~d a. the beid hospitals; mea, for
example, who had crawici for safety
into abandoned cottages and barns,
Proves Its Worth.
With the possible exception Of the
American ambulance cars at Seuilly,
ours were the fiw motor amhuunces
ussSi ia France. Hut the value Of a
rnpli seryice for the transport Of
wouu,led soldiers was quickly rccoS-
nired And now of course. wherever
there is aghttns there are motor am
tulapccs,"
Here Is 4 typical instance as told
Nv Mir Stanley how the motor ambu
lance proved It's worth IN the early
days Of the war
Late one evening one NJ our amhu'
tsnccS crept W close 10 the firing line.
They met an Officer, who turned thc'u
hack 'tecsasc. ~ he said. ii Is ~
dark. II Is no use going further,
They went back 10 farmhouse and
10 bed. In the middle OF the night
49, vsura awakened BIZ the same ON.