Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-14
WORK DONE BY AMERICAN AMBULANCE
CORPS IS TOLD BY RETURNED MEMBER
Wealthy Pittsburgh Now in Honolulu Gives Interesting Ac
count of His Experiences While Giving Aid to Wounded at
Front and in Paris Where He Saw 10 Months of Service

{ six days we never left our machines
" nile waiting for the trains of wound
ed to come in we would catch an hour
or two, of sleep on the bloody stretch.
or juA vacated by some disabled sol.
der. No lights are allowed at nights
IN Paris, so We had to pick our way
rhGut the streets. AboiIt the goth OF
he month Capt. G. II. Kipling, in
charge of the American ambulances,
suddenly discovered that we might
set a record and he urged US to meet
every train and to keep going on high
gear until the end of the month. We
did, and won. but I'VE were covered
with lice, sick. sunken-eyed and in
fact all in when the month was up. ;"
Enrolled In the French Army
b All ambulance drivers are enrolled
as priyates in the French army with
pay of 5 cents a day in the 23d French
Artillery. Most of the American boys
turn this back into the general fund.
Lire the French soldiers they have a
vacation Of eight days every four
months. s...<..' -. :.....
Jennings was in Section o. which al
ternated with two weeks at the 'front.'
and two weeks in Paris. II is here
that many interesting little sidelights
come in of which Jennings tells.
For instance. the Americans can
get only two drinks "a day-anything
they want-if they are caught taking
more. they may get rugged"
The French have not as much love
for the Belgians as might be supposed
for the very simple reason that the
whole Belgian army Of about 10000
men Is now guarding Paris and have
lovely time doing it, loafing around
stealing the sweethearts of French.
men who are fighting at tile front;
Englishmen and Americans do not mix
at all in Paris. There is one lar where
an American seldom goes and another
where an ,Enghshman's life would
hardly be safe with the Yankee habi-
tues; the Englishmen speak of the
Americans, as The damn. Yankees;
about every other house in Paris is
q hosuital; eggs are, scarce; Ameri-
cans have given up their own quarters
and eat at the Dolice station that the
wounded NAV be comfortable; fight
ing men lust before a charge get a
good drink that Is IS Der cent Wits
key aifd. & sper. cent -ether-it makes
them fight like lions:
jernins Saws Hs Mas -possy
The JENNINGS party has been,in Ho.
moulin about three weeks and will re.
turn on the Great Northern. At home
the former ambulance man will solicit
funds lfnr the ambulance work but viii
not go hack He saws the Frenchnaen
think.the world Of the Americans and
shes affection Is. mutual. He brought
homes trunkfui Of war souvenirs
which win be Invaluable after the war.
but lfeatressures highest a button he
INT srofa the Uniform Of a wounded
2errRans.whe died In his ambulance.
Many Americans have been decorat-
ed by the Fl eneh government and all
'-t''nnce men will be presented with
a beautiful badge OF honor after the
war. Although Jennings attained the
rank, of corporal. when asked II he
had been decorated he showed no
signs Of regret when he laughed and
said;
mp. was lucky. You have to be
wounded first"