The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-09-06
RED CROSS MEN WIN FAME FOR HEROLSM ABROAD

were In dire straits.
Elliston volunteered for the work.
During the heaviest part of the bonn.
bardment, while the enemy guns
were still showerlng high explosive
shells on the newly won territory, he
drove his machine over the rough.
shell'pitted ground. Instead of the
sign Of the Red Cross divertIng the
Bulgarian fire, 1t seemed rather to
attract II. Shrapnel and tear-com-
pelling shells burst all around the
young American, but under the most
terrific fire he thrice made the Jour.
ney In safety and carried 10 the base
hospital every dangerously wounded
case.
Lose SO Ambulance Chassis.
Charles NJ. Ashton Of Philadelphia
was on duty at n relief post follow
Ing up the French advance in the
Champagne and also awaiting the call
to drive his machine TO the front.
The Germans were vigorously she'll
ing the entire district when n shrnp-
mel shell burst within twenty feet OF
the young mans ambulance. Two OF
the balls struck him, one in the alb
domen, the other In the arm, while n
piece Of the shell inflicted n nasty
wound on his leg. Thanks TO the
prompt action of the surgeons, he
Will recover, but will probably be
invalided out Of the service.
Despite the loss Of fifty ambulance
chassis when the steamer Orleans, the
first American ship to run the Ger
man submarine blockade. was tor
pedoed about month ago, the
American field service succeeded in
placing three new ambulance sections
In the field last week and two addl-
tional transport sections.
One Of the ambulance sections, No.
30, Is composed entirely of Harvard
men, with Ralph Il. Richmond OF
Milton, Mass, as section commander.
Transport section No. 242 has also a
number Of Harvard men in its ranks,
Its commander being n Harvard boy.
Thomas II. Dougherty of Phlladel.
phia. Transport section l. is COM
manded by George G. Struby Of Den
ser, Colo, Yale graduate, who has
already won glo-y and the war cross
for bravery In action, while the other
two ambulance sections, No. 60 and
No. 40, are commanded by Charles
A. Butler Of New York, graduate
of Columbia, and Arthur j. Putnam
of Deposit, n. Y, Cornell man, re.
spectlvely.
Altogether, the field service now
has forty sections actually in service
mt various parts of the French front,
of which twenty-nine are ambulance
sections, for transporting the wound
ed, and eleven transport sections, for
the handling of munitions and sup
plies. This represents n personnel Of
close to $500 volunteers, for the most
part young Americans from the best
families in the United States.
American avlators flying with the
French forces came in for their share
of mishaps during the past week.
Lawrence ScanlOn Of Cedarhurst, l..
l., otherwise known ms "Red" Scan
Ion, had one of the narrowest escapes
on record when his machine, getting
out Of control, fell from height OF
800 feet and crashed onto the roof
of an army bakery at Avord, the
French training camp for aviators.
Scanlon was making n trial flight
in Nleuport and had circled around
In the most approved professional
and had started to descend.
OF sudden his motor stopped. Never
before having had experience with a
'panne de- motour," the young avia-
tor decided the best course was to get
to the earth with the least possible
loss Of time. He aimed for the avia-
tion field, but an error in judgment
or stray gust of wind drove him
too far, and he came down upon the
bakery roof with force that drove
the nose of the Nieuport clear
through.
Unhurt, but Slightly stunned. Scan
on scrambled out of the debris and |
climbed down off the roof by means |
IF ladder that had been left propped
lgainsu the wall. Just as he started
IF TO report the captain of the camp
anne rushing up, and seeing Scanlon
,oing away from the scene Of the ac-
'ident, ordered him back to assist In
he removal of the supposedly dead
nan, or to go call doctor II 1t was
discovered he was seriously wounded.
Scanlon saluted the captain, saying;
He's all right, captain"
How do you know? Who was II
hat fell?" demanded the captain.
Twas I, captain" replied the
oung American, saluting again.
"Well, you have had the most re-
escape have ever wit
essed," declared the captain. "Young
IAN, you were never made to be In
lred by fall from an airplane."
The speed with which 1t fell was
uch that the nose was completely
uried inside the bakery, leaving only
* feet of the tail protruding through
lie outside of the roof.