Q. G. le 4 Août 1916
P. O. le Directeur du Service de Santé
EXTRACT FROM ORDER NO. 80
In carrying out the prescribed regulations the Director of the Sanitary Service of the 6th Army Corps "mentions" in the orders of the day of that service
The American Automobile Sanitary Section No. 8, for the reason following:—
"Under the direction of Lieutenant Robert Charles Paroissien and of the American Deputy-Commandant Austin Blake Mason, the American Sanitary Section No. 8, composed entirely of volunteers, has been wonderfully efficient in the daily service of removing the wounded, going very long distances to fetch them, despite a bombardment sometimes of great intensity.
"It especially distinguished itself on June 23, by passing through the sheet of poisonous gas again and again, without respite, under a sustained fire, for many hours, bringing the men prostrated by the gas to the ambulances as speedily as possible."
Headquarters, 4 August, 1916
P.O. The Director of the Sanitary Service