The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-28
Work Of Red
Gross In Italy

Italian Front, Aug. 2S.-The f,
story Of the American Red Cross j
Italy during the Austrian defeat
June 14-24 will never be written
Some of it lies in the experience {
young American volunteers in car
teens at advanced posts who cooke
for every cOmbatant who appear vi
til ordered to fall back out of fire
More is in the memories of Red Cros
ambulance men who for ten days an
nights drove their freight throug
continuous shell-fire and occasiona
machine gun attack. The remainder
buried in columns of figures at head
quarters in Rome from which, within
a few hours of the first warning, sup
plies were poured along every roa,
to the front.
Before dawn on the night of Jun,
IA, the first Austrian shock came. Be
hind the waiting Italian army were
four sections of American Red Gross
ambulances. Many of the Americans
on duty were new to Italy, and to
war. The others were veteran driv-
ers from the French front, some OF
whom began their service long before
the United States declared war The
curious fact is that between the rec
Ords of the veterans and the amateurs
there stands today little difference.
Coolheadedness underline Is soon
learned if it can be learned at all;
and to balance the veterans expert
ence the new man is frequently the
more eager, in career in which the
value of eagerness runs close sec.
ond to dexterity and common sense.
A report made to the Italian Su-
preme Command by the Commander
of American Red Cross Ambulance
Section No. 2, the largest of the four
sections, takes special notice of the
acts OF a volunteer, Goldphwaite H.
Dorr, Of Nutley N. j., on the night
OF June a. He was on duty at an
advanced post which was hit by an
enemy shell, which demolished part
Of the house, and completely covered
his ambulance. Returning to the
headquarters of the section, he took
charge of another ambulance and re-
turned to the field of battle in order
that he might continue his work of
pity.
The report of Section No. 2 is full
OF similar instances of bravery. ohm
Walter Miller, Jr., of Kenora, On
tario, Canada and Frederic J. Agate
OF Scarsdale, New York, were ordered
to front post. Arriving at cross
road they found it covered with
barbed wire obstacles and two ma
chine guns in place. With the help of
the machine gun operators, they tore
down and opened the barbed wire, and
advanced 300 meters further. and
reached house where the wounded
were being cared for while bullets of
the two armies were raining all
around them. Having loaded their
automobile with wounded, they re-
turned to the stations where the in
1ured received first-aid treatment.
AT o'clock on the morning of the
18th, the commander of the section
judged by the intensity of the BON,
bardment that certain advanced post
required a reinforcement of ambu
lances. Four volunteers were de-
tailed for this duty: They were Clar-
ence F. Roe, of Chicago, H.; Dudley
+. Wolfe, of 1rvington-o Hudson, N,
T.; Lucius H. Davidson of Great VIII
lage, Nova Scotia, and John A. Cor
Ion, of Barre, Vermont. They adj
'anced to this post, in spite of a VIC ,
ent enemy bombardment of shells :
md tear-gas bombs. Zone of these
men is now in Milan, being treated !
or serious condition of the eyes due :
o gas.) This medical post became so {
dangerous during their work there 7
hat 1t had to be abandoned but they
continued to carry wounded, gather.
ng them from the road. And this e
ask was continued and accomplished G
" them day and night during the en- t
ire offensive.
On the night of the 18th, two of the 4
lew volunteers who had just Joined L
he section, distinguished themselves. I
Walter ]. FEEDER, of Cincinnati Ohio, {
nd Rnhnrt n rorv ~ u,,,l, NJ T