Evening star., 1920-03-14

listed the b'G ial place of every Amer
ican soldie z sailor and marine who
died in France. Germany or Luxem-
burg. anrl has a complete record
available fCr the inspection of rela-
tlves ands friends who go abroad to
visit the 3graves of the fallen heroes
The hste are so highly detailed that
they en;l,le the officials to give COM
plete ilF ormation in regard to the
war seUvice OF the soldiers. sailors
and m y'ines. and in many cases the
clrcuTS tanceS attending their deaths
They are able also to give advice as,
to thts best way to reach the various
ceme6eries. Every possible care has
been. taken to prevent errors IN
names both in this city and in PaHs.
In practically every case the iden tify
OF the dead man was eStablishedSby
his Identification disc.
Flying Ambulnnces for Airmeh.
To meet the urgent needs OF the
Army air servicc, four d. II. As at
Kelly Field. near San AntoniA Tex
are being converted into hospital am
bulance airplaneS on plans devised
by Col T. HI. Bane. chief of .-the air
plane engineering division. and A. w
Nerville. aeronautical enginse ser Each
for plot and two patients /set in ship
horizontally on stokes Navy litters
Primarily the service Dequirements
for this type have bee7l strikingly
apparent from experience gained dur
ing the world war. and fnore recently
during our bo1der patpol work The
initial useful function of this craft
lies IN responding to emergency calls.
such as accidents be falling aviators
who wreck IN distant fields not i'm
mediately HccessibI, to field motor
aH1oulanceI Opportunity for first
medical oficer accompanying ship and
also in assisting ambulance pilot to
put injured men on Stretchers and
into machine. II two men are injured
the medical officer remains at the
scene off accident until another avia-
tor arrives to pick him up In case
one man is injured he rides back
| with the pilot and injured man to the
neapest medical base. During the
tunes OF war this would probably be
lhs immediate line base, where, after
Agnosis and proper dressing Of
POUNDS. the injured could be con-
Eeniently transported from there to
1he base hospital and there be oper-
gated upon and given proper treatment
during the period of convalescence
These machines could be used for
permanent committing purposes be-
tween hospital bases for transfer of
patients who could not withstand rig
ors of long travel and also for con-
ven1ence In cutting the time element
| for transport Medical service insie-
MIA will be painted on the rudder,
Red Cross insignia on either side of
the fuselage, with medical insignia in
the center. On the top side of up
per wings Red Cross insignia in cen
Ter VIII be painted thereon. There
| is no doubt that this will work the
advent of the use of such craft in
| numbers in the future as a basic part
or the equipmen1 for committing and
rescue work and designed to carry
two or more patients.
bringing Rack fthe Polish LEGION.
Twelve thousand Americans of Pol
lSn descent who went to Europe to
fight for the democracy of the world
are TO be brought back to the United
states on Amy transports at the
expense or this government. These
men were recruited in various parts
OF the orfted States. through the eff
iorts io or Paderewski and other prom
inent PAes, and given military train
ing and instruction in northern New
YORK fand other places They were
takeE abroad on British transports
and were incorporated into the
Trehch army as the Polish Legion.
Trey took an active part in the gem
eJal advance on the German lines
Preceding the signing of the armi-
lEstlce and gave a good account of
them mselves. With the cessation Of
hostilities. the Polish Legion was
transferred to Poland and took part
| in campaigns against the bolshevist
| in Russia. Recently they were de-
mobilized as military organization,
| and now desire to return to their
! homes and families in the United
States. Those not already natural
! lied have indicated their purpose of
taking out citizenship papers imme-
| diately on their return. There being
| no other way for them to get back
within a reasonable time, Legislative
! Army transports to Danzig for them
| in the early spring. Congress has ap-
| propriated $150.000 to defray the ex-
penses of their transportation to the
| United States and the War Depart
| ment is arranging for the movement.
Flight Across Pacific Planned.
Tu,n pjant SeaplaneS twice nuw =