Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-30
AMBULA ANCE DRIVER
RELATES EXPERIENCES
Lieut.. Truslow Addressed Red
Cross Meeting at New Century
Club This Morning.

| Az n meeting Of the Delaware Chapter
| ~ the Rcd Cross, held ~ the New Century
! club this morning. under the auspices Of
| tho Bureau ot Development. ot which
| Miss Emily Z l}lsscll IS thurman
| Lieutenant Neal Truslow told his
experiences as driver of ono of the Red
Cross amlulanccS ~ France IN 1918 and
at Ncrduu during The grcat battle Of
ncqd Mans !Iill and Hill 3Oi
Three years ago the sinking Of the
Iusrtauia scut Lieutenant Ircslow to
France. Tor he rcalrgcd then. rs dld so
many other Young \mcrcnns, that war
with Germany was inevitable Na
correspondent Tor New York papcra.
he hoped to get to the front. lw- soon
found that the personally conducted tours
TO whlch the groups of correspondents
wrro treated would not give hlm the
first hand information he dcelrcd nder
thc advice of MIR lIarJcs Of Norran~
lIarIcs, hc applied for service rs an
ambulance driver. and anon found hm-
self approaching the front ~ the classic
manner n cattle chr marked rs horses
iN mon
Ills first trip TO the front FOR wounded
md tho experiences ~ new w-comCr
under tire were dcsculrd with feeling
VI ouHdcd men were hclug treated IN
fostc dc Sccours. " from; lInc dressing
station IN an old barn whore two bright
lights ovCr two strp' chcrs ma.i, the
operating room From hcrc The mon
wcrc taken back to tic fold hospitals ~
rapid, rs tho rough rnad- would permit
During tho battle 81 \criun thc call
wont ont At ono timc fo' amtmancc- ~
remove wounded from church, then
Hscd rs q dressing sfatluu. which Was
bong SHIELDED and ~ iangcr 1T capturr
) she'll striking the corner nf the buld-
ing. kIllcd 6O oi the wounded anJ tho
rest were removed with ,htl cHltN through
Tho windows
Lieutenant rruSlrv brought with him
several interesting vatcr-cnlor sketches
Of life 1T the front. and also showed two
helmets ono hclonglrg ~ = French
cha>>cril and the other to German. Who
was brought - the hcid hospital IN an
amhuiancc covering the helmet with
his arm in fear that # rccoeuigrd ~
An enemy hc would not hc cared tor
Tho Rcd Gross gives rNtttiv hc Same
treatment 10 the German wounded AIS to
those ~ the ltCnch or BRITISH ar Nucr,-
can armies IN striking contrast ~ the
German treatment of the wounded aS
cyld"ucrd ~ the ShrIlIng of hospitals
and hospital ships
Lieutenant lruslow modcstly told nf /
the manner III which hc won the Crolv |
dc tuorrc. awarded to hm for Drawer, /
under fire when hc went 20 search for an /
ambulance sent for wounded officers. /
which failed 70 return lie found the /
ambulance which had hccn hat h7 shell. /
and thc driver severely wounded and /
following ont the orucrs gwen to tins
irrvcr hc was ahlc to bring n the wound
ri French colonel and auot her o.hccr. as
Rcll rs the ambulance driver
In closlnc the speaker emphasized
he Importance Of the work "l the Rod
ross IN caring for the wounded. and
Irgcd that everyone should fcc the need
IT writing 20 the mon IN France and
,ceplng them IN good splrts through
'hocrful and interesting news from home
md tho people known to them
There will lac meeting tins afternoon