The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-09-10

Italy during the Austrian defeat Of
June l4,24 win never be written. Some
Of II lies in the experience Of young
American volunteers hn eanteens az
advanced posts who cooked for every
eombatant who Rppsafed until ordered
to fall back ont of fire. More Is the
memories Of. Red Cross ambulance men
who for ten days and nights drove
their freight through continuous shell.
fire and occasional machine gun attack.
Fhe remainder lie hurled in eSlnmns of
figures az headquarters an Rome from
which, within a,few hours of Che first
warning, supplies we're poured along
every road to the front. 81 4 q
Before dawn on the night Of June IL,
the hrst Austrian shock came, Behind
the waiting Italian army. were four
SECTIONS Of American Rcd Cross ambu-
lanees. Many Of the Americans On duty
were new 20 Italy and to war. The
others were veteran drivers from the
Frcnch front, some of whom began
their service long before the United
States declared var The curious fact
Is that between the records of the vet
Grams and the amateurs there stands
today little difference. Coolheadedness
under fire Is soon learned If il can be
learned at all; and to balance the vet
Grams experience the new man is fire.
quently the more eager, in a career in
which the value Of eagerness runs
Ia close second to dexterity and common
Returns 70 Duty
A report made to the Italian suprcn
command by the commander of Ameri-
can Red Cross, Ambulance Section No.
2, the largest Of the four sections, takes
special Ho.ice of the acts of a volun-
tier, .GOldpbwaite II. borr, of Nutley,
NJ j., on the night Of June IA. He was
on duty at an advanced post which was
hit by an enemy shell, which demolish-
cd part of the house, and completely
covered his ambulance. Returning to
the headquarters of the section,g he
there took charge of another ambplanee
and returned TO the field of battle in
order that he might continue his work
Of pity ,...,. Il
,The report Of Section No. 2 is fun of
similar instances Of bravery. John WGl-
, ter Miller, Jr., of Kcnora, Ontario, Can
ada, and Frederic J. Agate Of Scars
dale, New York, we're ordered to a
front post: Arriving Rtsa cross road
they found it covered with barbcd wire
, obstacles and two machine guns in
place. With the help of the machine
gun operators, they tore down and open
cd the barbcd wire, and advanced 300
meters further, and reached a hour Q
where the wounded were being cared
! for while bullets Of the two armies weI 9
raining all around them. Having loaded
their automobile with wounded, they
! returned to the stations where the in
mred received st-aid treatment.
Pace Tear-0as ov. , "l,
] At three clock on the morning of
June Is, the commander of the section
judged by the intensity Of the bonn
bardmcnt that q certain advanced
post required a reinforcement. Of amhm-
| lanccs. Four volunteers were detailed
for this duty. They were Clarence +
Roe of Chicago, Illinois, Dudley F.
Wolfe of Irvington on Hudson, New
York, Lucius H. Davidson Of Great
! Village, Nova Scotia, and John A. Cor
don, Of Barre, Vermont. They advanced
to this post, in spite of a violent en-
envy bombardmcnt of shells and tear
gas bombs. Zone of these men Is now
in Milan, being treated for serious
condition of the eyes due TO gas). This
medical post became so dangerous dur
ling their work there that it had to b'
abandoned but they continued to carry
wounded, gathering them from the road
And this task Was continued and accom-
Iplished by them day and night during
the entire offensive.
On the night of June II two of tn,
new volunteers who had Just joined thu
section distinguished themselves. Wal
ter j. FEEDER of Cincinnati, Ohio, an
Robert G. Cory, of Newark, N. j., wen
to front post whore fighting was yer,
fierce, and were stopped by coloncI
| who told them it was impossible to pro
coed. At this very moment, the Colone
!, was struck and seriously injured by
piece of shell They carried him i'm
mediately to a Surgical Station. d
thcir return they were stopped at
bridge Of military police, who said
was fatal togo further; but taking at
vantage of a moment's inattcntion o
the part Of the guards, they went on /
spite of this warning, and succeeded i
carrying a great number of wounde
from this area.
Canteens Spring Up
Not long after the first ambulance
moved, American Red Cross cRnteen
sprang up at favorable sites just bt
hind the lines. Ten. cantcens had bee
in operation under the Department
Military Affairs for, months; seNe
more were added Immediately. IN
emergency group were placed, equippe
and directed by B. Harvey Carol
American consul in Venice. Out of
long experience in Red Cross relic
in that besieged city, Mr.. Carroll wS
able within twenty-four hours to gait
er and ship through the teeming zon
of operations enough coffee, cigarette
and chocolate to supply stations wheI
the daily average of men served WI
sometimes as high as 5000. Fac
post was directed by two America
Rcd Cross men for that purpose.
Early IN the offensive, q death o.
Cured in the American Red Cro'
forces. Lieutenant, Edward NJ. M
. hey Of New York City, who had take
!, the first American canteen to the l'a
! ian front last winter and who ha
lately moved to a site on the PiaN
front too hazardous to be entrusted
younger men, was instantly killed b
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