Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-01
RED CROSS PLAYS
BIG ROLE IN ITALY
Develops Many American
Heroes as Austrians Are
Put to Rout.

! Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
| ITALIAN FRONT, July 1.-THE full
| story of the work of the American
Red Cross in Italy during the Austrian
defeat of June 14-24 will never be
3, written. Some of it lies in the expert
ence of young American volunteers
in canteens at advanced posts who
cooked for every combatant who APP
peared until ordered to fall back out
of fire. More is in the memories OF
Red Cross ambulance men who for ten
| days and nights drove their freight
! through continuous shellfire and oc-
casional machine gun attack. The re-
| mainder is buried in columns Of hg-
! ures at headquarters in Rome, from
| which. within few hours OF the
| first warning, supplies were poured
| along every road to the front.
| Before dawn on the night of June
IA the first Austrian shock came. Be-
hind the waiting Italian army were
| four sections of American Red cross
ambulances. Many of the Americans
on duty were new to Italy and TO
| war. The others were veteran drivers
| from the French front, some OF whom
began their service long before the
United States declared war.
One of Many Heroic Deeds.
| A report made to the Italian supreme
command by the commander OF
American Red Cross Ambulance Sec
ton No. 2, the largest of the four
sections, takes special notice of the
acts of a volunteer, Goldphwaite II.
Dorr. of Nutley, N. j., on the night OF
June IA. He was on duty at an ad"
yanced post, which was hit by an
! enemy shell, which demolished part
| of the house and completely covered
his ambulance Returning to the mead
quarters of the section. he there TOOK
| charge of another ambulance ana re-
| turned to the field of battle In ofoer
that he might continue MS "ofh VI
pity. 3. ,,n
of similar instances of bravery. Jonn
Walter Miller, jr., of kenora: ontario.
Canada, and Frederic ]. Agate OF
| Scarsdale. n. Y, were ordered to a
| front post Arriving at crossroad
they found it covered with barnea
! wire obstacles and two machine guns
in place With the help OF the ma
| chine gun operators. they tore down
| and opened the barbed wire, ana al
yanced 900 meters further. and reach-
| ed a house where the wounded were
| being cared for while bullets OF the
| two armies were al oi SN-N
| them. Having loaded their automo-
| bile with wounded. they returned 10
| the stations. where the injured re-
| ceived first-aid treatment.
At o'clock on the morning OF tne
| 18th the commander of the seceson
| Judged by the intensity OF the bora
| bardment that certain advanced
most required reinforcement OF
| ambulances Four volunteers were
detailed for this duty They were
| of (hic3 CO. HI. DUO
lev F. Wolfe of Irvington- on HUG
| son, n. Y; Lucius II. Davidson or
| Great Village Nova Scotia, and Jonn
A. Gordon of Barre, Vt. Ihey 40
| violent enemy bombardment of shelis
and tear-gas bombs. This post be-
| came so dangerous during their WORK
there that it had to be abandoned, put
they continued to carry Ioun noe
| plished by them, day and night our
ing the entire offensive.
Newcomers Gain Distinction.
On the night of the 18th two of the
new volunteers who had just joined
the section distinguished themselves.
| Walter ]. FEEDER of Cincinnati, ONO
and Robert G Cory of Newark. n. j..
went to a front post where fighting
was very HtTce, anu NtiS sN'fP~N ~
| a colonel, who told them it was i'm
possible to proceed. At TINS very
| moment the colonel was struck ana
| seriously injured by shell.
| They carried him Immediately to
| surgical station; on their return they
| were stopped at d bridge by military
| notice who said it was fatal to go
| further: but. taking advantage OF
moments inattention on the part OF
| the guards, they went on, in spite OF
this warning and succeeded in carry
ing a great number of wounded from
| this area.
Not long after the first ambulance
moved American Red Cross canteens
| sprang UP at favorable sites just be-
| hind the lines. Ten canteens had
| been in operation under the depart
ment of military affairs for months;
The emergency group were placed.
equipped and directed by B. Harvey
Carroll, American consul in Venice.
Mr.. Carroll was able within twenty
four hours to gather and ship through
the teeming zone of operations
enough coffee. cigarettes and choco-
late to supply stations where the
daily average of men served was
sometimes as high as 5000. Each
Red cross men for that purpose.
Early in the offensive death oe-
Cured in the American Red Cross
forces. Lieut. Edward NJ. Mickey Of
New York city, who had taken the
first American canteen to the Italian
front last winter and who had lately
moved to a site on the Piave front.
too hazardous to be intrusted to
Younger men. was instantly killed by
a shell on the morning OF June IL.
Lieut. Mickey was buried the next
day, his grave marked by a plain
wooden cross. inscribed with his
name and rank. A small American
flag has been placed beside the cross,
and throughout the battle his Italian
friends kept fresh flowers on the
grave.
Besides these canteens in the very
center of the busiest fire, there were
| other and equally busy Red Cross
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