Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-13
HIGH PRAISE DUE
MERCY WORKERS
. OF ALL NATIONS
Efforts Made to Improve
Conditions Surrounding
Wounded in Armies.
AMERICAN WOMEN ACTIVE
IN LABOR OF MERCY
Form War Relief Fund in Lon
don and Send Motor Am
balances to Front.
CLEA RING-HOUSE IN PARIS
Distributing Committee Already Has
AppOrtioneu More Than
100000 Parcels.
AMERICAN WOMEN ACTIVE
IN LABOR OF MERCY
CLEARINGHOUSE IN PARIS
Distributing Committee Already Has
Apportloncd More Than
100000 Parcels.
ny w. ORION TE,ysoS.

BN w. ORTOS TE,NSON.
LONDON. August Ito no one race
IN TINS war belongs exclusively the
work OF mercy. France. Russia, Eng.
land Germany and Austria each have
striven hard to improve the conditions
surrounding the wounded in their
armies.
In the Ottoman Red Crescent, a
Mohammedan equivalent of the Red
Cross. even the Turks havo n corps OF
mercy-workers. 10 render aid to those
injured In battle. But not only the
heliiGerent nations arc occupied in tho
field Of mercy toward fallen fighters.
America. with all the cheerful optimism
| which characteriZes her people, has
worked vigorously to alleviate tho sur
ferings OF the wounded soldiers In
France.
Distant Abyssinia, too, was one Of
the first neutral countries to establish
place of succor for the injured near
the firing line, Indeed. the Anglo
Ethiopian Hospital at Prevent, pro-
vided with funds supplied by the
Abyssinian Crown Prince, did great
service early in the war. Japan, repre-
scnting the Far East. also sent a won
derfully equipped ambulance corps
which since has occupied the Hotel
Astoria, Paris. Dainty women and In
teuectual men have given their time
ana their services eagerly in the cause
| OF humanity
The women OF the Russian court, self
sacrlhcine in the extreme. have been
trained Tor hospital work in the field.
| They have performed duties at wfhtcb
men might shudder. and they have nor
| formed them we'll. So 1t is in France
anu England and In the other countriea
ooth III and out of the war. That the
majority or the workers have been
volunteers is to the credit OF oIvIIiaa-
| ZION Mercy. so often beaten under In
! mo actual conflict Of the belIfgerents.
mas survived gloriously among those 8
whose function has been to relieve.
| where possible, the victims of shot
and of she'll =. X
Like the aeroplane, the automobsIe js
new deparSare, a very important ona
in warfare. Since August, 1914 a. b..f
played many parts. Armored cars.
transport lorries and other vehicles. di-#
rectiy and indirectly contributing to-
| the success OF the different armies In
the Held. have established a fresh repu
ta'ton for the motor industry. But 1T
is largely owing TO the motor ambu Is
lance that the noble work Of mercy
has been possible s
| So far AS Great Britain is ooncerned
the Motor Ambulance Service owes its
existence and its triumph to Lord
Derbys brother. the Hon. Arthur Stan
| ley, NJ. T., chairman of the British Red
cross society and also OF the Royal
Automobile Club Soon after the out
break OF war. In September, 1914. Mr..
Stanley. quick to see the possibilities
of the motor ambulance, was given
permit TO send one or two out to the
| front by the late Lord Kitchener
|
Is TREASURED POSSESSION
THE actual permit" said Mr.. Stan
! ley. during an interview with the Lon
don correspondent OF the International
/ News Service, was In Lord Kitchener's
own handwriting-on half sheet of
note paper. 1t Is now one OF tho most
! treasured possessions, IL not the most
treasured, in the archives OF the Red
| Cross Society"
one Of the first things I did on
receiving the necessary permission"
| continued Mr.. Stanley was TO Ge; to-
( scther half IL dozen volunteer motorists
all members of the Royal Automobile
I Club, to drive the ambulance cars which
! we were sending to France. our posi-
ton was curious. The motor ambu-
F! lance then was practically an unknown
/ quantity. far as actual warfare
! went. and the military authorities slip
ulatcd that our drivers were not TO
wear uniforms nor, under any circum-
stances. TO go near the firing line
There was to be no Red Cross on the s
/ cars Truly. the mission OF tho motor
/ ambulance was TO he extremely limited
/ They were simply to so about far be-
/ hind the firing line and pick up
wounded men who could not be car (
rled to the field hospitals; men. for eS,
ample. who had crawled for safety into
/ abandoned cottages and barns.
/ With the possible exception OF tho
| American ambulance cars at Neuliiy'
ours were the first motor ambulances
used in France. But the value OF a
I rupid service for the transport o.
wounded soldiers was quickly rscog-
uizcd and now. OF course. wherever
! there is iighting there are motor amou-
I lanccs.'
/ Here is typical instance. as told
Ebv Mir STANLEY. how the motor am
! hui,nc. proved it's worth in the early (
DAYS of the war ga
late one evening one of our am Il
bulanccS crept Mp close TO tho firing
! lire Thcy met officer. who turned Z
them back. because az he said. II is q
so dark 1t is :,o use going further
They went hack to a farmhouse and z
TO bed. In the middle OF the night thoyts
were awakened by that same officarss$
who told them that n wounded soldier
shot through both legs. was lying al 4,
most in the German lines. 1t was 10 &
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