Friends of France

by Various

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—Incidentsof a driver's life—Three Croix deGuerre—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]

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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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ILLUSTRATIONS

La France Guerrière	[Frontispiece]
Dunkirk, May, 1915	[6]
An American Ambulance in Flanders	[10]
An American Ambulance in Ypres	[12]
Soldiers marching by American Ambulances in a Flemish Town	[14]
Americans in their Gas-Masks	[16]
The Col de Bussang—the Gate to Alsace Reconquise	[22]
Supplies for the Soldiers being carried on Mules over the Vosges Mountains	[24]
At a Valley "Poste" (Mittlach)	[24]
American Drivers in Alsace	[28]
A "Poste de Secours" in the Valley of the Fecht	[30]
Sharing Meals at a "Poste"	[30]
La Terre Promise	[36]
The Harvard Club of Alsace Reconquise	[42]
Winter Days in Alsace	[54]
Effect of German Shells in Alsace (Thann)	[58]
On the Road to Hartmannsweilerkopf, December, 1915	[58]
Shells breaking on the Côte-de-Mousson	[70]
Watching an Aeroplane Duel in Pont-à-Mousson	[70]
In Front of a "Poste de Secours"	[74]
An American Ambulance Driver	[74]
On the Road to Bois-le-Prêtre	[78]
Fontaine du Père Hilarion, Bois-le-Prêtre	[78]
Loading the Ambulance	[94]
At a "Poste" at the Very Front	[104]
Soldiers of France	[110]
Americans in their Gas-Masks in front of the Bomb-proof Shelter outside of the Headquarters	[118]
A "Poste de Secours" in Flanders	[122]
Waiting at a "Poste de Secours"	[122]
A Winter Day in Flanders	[124]
A Group of American Drivers in Northern France	[128]
The Cathedral in Nieuport, July, 1915	[128]
Some of the Members of Section IV	[132]
Approaching the High-Water Mark	[134]
"Poilus" and Americans sharing their Lunch	[134]
Richard Hall	[144]
Richard Hall's Grave	[146]
An Inspection Trip in Alsace	[152]
Within Sight of the German Trenches	[154]
Stretchers slung between Two Wheels on their Way from the Trenches	[156]
Evacuating a Hospital	[158]
Transferring the Wounded to the Train	[158]
The End of an Ambulance	[166]
Decoration of Carey and Hale	[178]
A Winter Morning	[182]
Alsatian Woods in Winter	[182]
The "Poste de Secours" near Hartmannsweilerkopf	[186]
Winter in Alsace	[194]
What Night Trips without Lights sometimes mean	[212]
The Dangers of the Road	[212]
Mule Convoy in Alsace	[214]
The "Poste" near Hartmannsweilerkopf after a Bombardment	[214]
One of our Cars in Trouble	[216]
Coffins in Courtyard of Base Hospital in Alsace	[216]
Richard Hall's Car after Shell landed under it	[218]
A "Poste de Secours" at Montauville	[222]
Saucisse above Verdun	[232]
At a Dressing-Station near Verdun	[236]
American Ambulance in Verdun	[242]
American Ambulance at a Dressing-Station near Verdun	[246]
A Corner of Verdun, July, 1916	[250]
Headquarters of the American Ambulance Field Service, 21 Rue Raynouard, Paris	[276]
Some of the Men of the American Ambulance Field Service at their Headquarters, 21 Rue Raynouard, Paris	[278]
The "Croix de Guerre"	[278]
The "Médaille Militaire"	[330]
"Vive la France!"	[346]

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