Evening star., 1918-01-13

Christmas eve, 1915. He went out alone
on the slopes of the mountain and
came back with wounded poilus. On
his second trip, a two-hour journey
through a snow-filled path swept by
enemy fire stray she'll hit the ambu-
lance and killed him. The next car
on the road picked up his body from the
wreckage. and he was buried with mill
tary honors. The roll of honor of the
American Field Service, compiled a few
days ago, contains the names of six
teen men, and follows:
Richard Neville Hall, 1880 Hill street.
Ann Harbor, Mich, of Dartmouth Col
lege, killed by she'll at Hartmannswel-
lerkopf. Christmas, 1915.
Edward Carter Sortwell, So State
street, Boston, of Harvard University,
killed in motor accident at Salonlkl,
November l., 1916.
Edward Joseph Kelly. 1918 Girard
avenue Philadelphia, killed by shell at
Marre Verdun sector, September %,
1916.
Howard E. Lines. Dartmouth Col
lege. died of pneumonia. at the front.
Henry NJ. Suckley, Rhinebeck, N. Y,
Harvard. killed by German aeroplane
bomb at koritza, Albania, March 20,
1917.
Harmon Bushnell Craig, "a East sth
street, New York. Harvard. killed by
shell at Dombasle, Verdun sector. July
il. 1917.
Paul Cody Bentley. 1850 Kenwood
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shell near the Chemin des Danes, Sep
tember. Is. 1917.
Perley Raymond Hamilton. 80 East
street. Clinton, Mass, killed by shell
1917.
James Wilson Galley. New Park, Pa,
Princeton, killed by shell near Chemin
des Danes, July 20. 1917.
John Nerplanck Newlin. Whlteford.
Pa. Princeton. killed by shell at Mont
Zeville, August 6, 1914.
Paul Gannett Osborn, New York city,
Dartmouth. ki'1ea by shell on road to-
ward Moronvilliers, June %, 1917.
George Frederick Norton. Goshen, N.
isi7' Isl A'''e' "S '''''"'e ''''''' '''s
Addison Leech Bliss 400 Common
wealth avenue. Boston, Harvard, died
OF pneumonia, February %, 1917.
Albert Augustus Porter. Niagara
Falls, \. V, Cornell, died of pneumonia,
April %. 1917.
Benjamin r. Woodwork. San Maurice
apartments. San Francisco, killed by
airplane bomb, June Is, 1917.
Henry Harrison Cummings, APPS Regent
street. Philadelphia, University of
Pennsylvania, drowned on transport
Antilles. returning to the United States
to enter another service.
one hundred aud one colleges and
universities of the United States were
represented by the two thousand men.
If the ambulance ser:ice meant
drinking of the drcgs of the world dis
aster, it also gave these thousands of
spirited American boys enough of the
wine of war. the intoxicating adventure,
the fight against daily dangers, the
contact with the little of drama that
has remained of the battlefields. The
cannon drivers had no recompense. but
the satisfaction of knowing that they
We're serving France vitally. They
knew nothing but work. They bruised
and bloodied themselves with rolls of
barbed wire that came undone: they
drove through nights and days in mud
and rain. twenty-five hours at stretch
frequently, until they lost human SEM
hlance they took the five sous a day of
the French soldiers, ate soldiers fare,
and never had Il day of rest And yet
some Of them saw poetry in the thing.
The Field Service Bulletin is full of
their efforts.
The canlion men saw all of the battle
of Chemin des Danes, and sometimes.
like the ambulance drivers, they could
get close to the danger zones, and they
suffered casualties. Section 133, all
Princeton. received an army citation
for it's work under shell fire, and Bob
La Monte, who lost one hand. and Henry
Thompson. who was injured. were cit
ed individually and received the Croix
de Guerre.
The section had worked closer to the
front than any other and all the men
stayed by the trucks under extremely
hot fire. 1t was a situation into which
an officer would hesitate to put soldiers,
but these volunteer Americans offered
to do this service, too. Rees T. Scully,
chief of the section, later sent "A letter
to the French captain in command of
transportation.
II arrived opposite the excavation at
X at 1l:15 p.m.," he wrote. II de-
cided then to unload the camions under