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Friends of France The Field Service of the American Ambulance Described by its Members

Friends of France The Field Service of the American Ambulance Described by its Members

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FRIENDS
OF FRANCE
The Field Service
of the
American Ambulance
described by its members.

Boston and New York
Houghton Mifflin Company,
The Riverside Press—Cambridge

COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Dedication
TO
MR. & MRS. ROBERT BACON
In appreciation
of all that their effort
in America
has accomplished for this
Service in France

CONTENTS

Introduction A. Piatt Andrew xvii
Letters from Section Leaders   xix
I. The Organization of the Service Stephen Galatti 1
II. At the Back of the Front: Dunkirk and Ypres Henry Sydnor Harrison 6
III. The Section in Alsace Reconquise Preston Lockwood 21
IV. Last Days in Alsace Everett Jackson 51
V. The Section in Lorraine James R. McConnell 61
With an introduction by Theodore Roosevelt
VI. An American Ambulance in the Verdun Attack Frank Hoyt Gailor 89
VII. One of the Sections at Verdun Henry Sheahan 109
VIII. The Section in Flanders Joshua G. B. Campbell 117
IX. The Beginnings of a New Section George Rockwell 131
X. Un Blessé À Montauville Emery Pottle 136
XI. Christmas Eve, 1915 Waldo Peirce 139
XII. The Inspector's Letter Box 148
Our ambulances—How the cars reach Paris—En route for the front—First impressions—The daily programme—Handling the wounded—The wounded—Night duty—Fitting into the life—Paysages de guerre—Soldier life—July 22 at Pont-à-Mousson—Incidents of a driver's life—Three Croix de Guerre—From day to day—From another diary—Further pages—A night trip—An attack—Poilu hardships—Winter in Alsace—Weeks of quiet—Night—Morning—Stray thoughts—A gallant blessé—Perils of a blizzard—Poignant impressions—In the hospital—New quarters—The poetry of war.
Champagne, 1914-1915 227
XIII. Four Letters from Verdun 232
Tributes and Citations 252
Members of the Field Service 337

THE MEMBERS OF THE FIELD SERVICE
DESIRE TO EXPRESS SINCERE GRATITUDE
TO
M. CHARLES HUARD
AND TO
M. BERNARD NAUDIN
FOR
THE INTEREST WHICH
THEIR DISTINGUISHED TALENT
HAS ADDED TO THIS BOOK

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