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The parc at Billancourt is closed and another landmark of the old Field Service has passed into tradition. It rightly claims to have been the oldest landmark, for long before "21" had been thought of, the cars for Section 8 were delivered, and soon after, Section 9, one early morning, rolled out from its gates to Alsace via Versailles. From then on, its business was to meet the demands of rue Raynouard and car after car was delivered to be sent to the front or formed into new sections. At the same time spare parts were received, sorted and sent out to meet the incessant orders from the front.
For those --- and there are many of us --- who came into close contact with the parc, there are remembrances which go deeper than the 980 cars repaired and set up or than the many thousands of dollars worth of spare parts issued. What original member of Section 8 will ever forget those days at the newly established parc where he worked as a carpenter, mechanic and painter! ----A good training for the work that was ahead. How many of those who volunteered later to help in the equipping will forget that the French army insists that tires must be numbered and recorded accurately! Some of them were section leaders later, and perhaps the training helped them. What section leader and mechanic has not felt the parc was an intimate part of his daily work, looking on it either as a friend or as an enemy, depending on the way his cars were running that day. The parc stood for him as something to be telegraphed to or telegraphed at, always something which he knew the success of his section depended upon.
To a few of us ---those to whom all of its details were in the day's work --- there are many incidents which made that part of the work alive with remembrances. There was the first summer when things were easy, when chassis were driven from the ports on wonderful summer days, and spare parts for the few sections were easy to obtain. Then quickly the change when transportation was tied up, and parts which foresight had ordered from America, were lost among the millions of cases in Bordeaux and picked out months later among those cases and brought. up. Then came the period when chassis for which no gasoline could be spared had to be brought by rail in space which could not be gotten, but which was gotten. Then came the triumph of being able to supply Section 3 on forty eight hour notice with the huge new equipment which its adventure to the Orient required. Then again the routine of the winter, broken by the unexpected early frost which froze the radiators of all the reserve cars showing that the parc was human after all. Then finally the days of the next spring, days of terrific pressure when section after section must leave and at the same time parts and cars must be sent to the old ones. Pressure which reached its height during the month of May when five new sections of cars were delivered at rue Raynouard!
The parc's two years was a full page in the history of the service, a fuller page than most members of the service could realize because its work like its founding, and like its close last week, was done without fuss but with always the day's work accomplished. Perhaps in reading this the men of the old service will look back again on their days at the front and recall that good days and bad days were judged by how their cars were running and perhaps they will find that the good days were more frequent than the bad days and that the latter were often due to their own negligence. If they do they will realize what part of their success they owed to the parc and what was accomplished by Robert Moss and those who helped him in those two years of work which had no excitement or adventure but which had their reward in work well done.
S. G.
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OLD F. S. COAT Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Au revoir, old F. S. uniform Yet I somehow hate to part with you I paid a goodly sum for you So you've done your duty ever since All winter you did stoutly keep Yet somehow I can't figure why Au revoir --- and yet in parting S. S. U. 18 |
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O TEMPORA ! O MORES! The shades of night were falling fast Around the corner madly dashed The camion, dented, wheel and hood "This must be stopped", declared the boss, The Big Blat, Feb. 1918. |
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MIRAGE My pain of wandering and these lonely days How oft beyond the roaring and the fire The loss of comrades and the weary nights Ray G. Gauger. |
Old Section 17 (now S. S. U. 635) received the following Corps d'Armee citation on April 24th, 1918.
« La Section Sanitaire Automobile Américaine 635, sous les ordres du lieutenant De Joly et du lieutenant Neftel:
« Pendant tout le cours des opérations, et plus particulièrement pendant les journées des quatre et cinq avril 1918 a, de nuit et de jour, assuré sous le feu, avec un dévouement infatigable et un mépris absolu du danger, le transport et l'évacuation des blessés des premières lignes. »
« Guynemer disait autrefois qu'un chasseur aérien ne se forme pas. D'après lui on naît avec les qualités d'un as et l'aviateur qui n'abat pas un Boche après un mois d'escadrille de chasse devait céder la place à un autre.
« Cette théorie tout d'une tranche s'applique du bon côté pour l'as américain, le sergent Baylies, dont les exploits remarquables valent une mention spéciale.
« Il vient de détruire son 8e avion ennemi.
« Sa première victoire remonte au 10 février.»
Le Matin, 14 Mai 1918.
Nine for Sgt. Baylies.
Sergeant Baylies the United States pilot, has scored another victory, says the Matin, thus bringing his total up to nine, of which four have been scored this month.
Daily Mail, May 15 1918.
Lieut. W. J. Losh (S. S.U. 10) has received the Croix de Guerre.
Will Hood (T.M.U. 184) has received a commission as 2nd. Lieut in Q. M. C.
Arthur C. Kimber (S.S.U. 14) 1st lieut. U. S. A. A. S. ; Andrew K. Henry (T.M.U. 397) American Records Office ; Vernon McClellan (S.S.U. 68) Ord. Dept. N. A. ; William A. Lowrie (S.S.U. 67) U. S. A. A. S. ; W. R. Hees, Jr. (S.S.U. 67) U. S. A. A. S.; Dalton V. Garsten (S.S.U. 67) U. S. A. A. S.; E. C. Lawrence (S.S.U. 13) U. S. A. A. S. : Carl W. Vail (S.S. U. 19) U. S. A. A. S. ; Robert A. Cunningham (S.S.U. 66) A. R. C. Rome, Italy; Philip T. Sprague (S.S.U. 8) Gas Service Laboratory; Lansing Warren (S.S.U. 70 and 18) U. S. A. A. S.; Burnet Wohlford (S.S.U. 10 and 18) U. S. A. A. S. ; Jos. T. Walker, Jr. (T.M.U. 133 and 526) 5 bis, Brigade Ecole Militaire, Fontainebleau ; Larry Walsh (S.S.U. 68) A. P. O. 735 A. E. F. ; Louis G. Caldwell (S. S. U. 65) 90e Brigade Ecole d'Artillerie, Fontainebleau ; Edmund R. Purves (S.S.U. 4) U. S. A. A. S. C. A. Whitbeck (S.S.U. 9) U. S. A. A. S. ; Charles W. Love (S.S.U. 30) U. S. A. A. S. ; Edward L. Pelham (T.M.U. 184) Y. M. C. A. ; J. G. Crafts (T.M.U. 133) Aviation ; Walter Emory Powers (S.S.U. 16) U. S. A. A. S. Richard B. Varnum (S.S.U. 3) U. S. Aviation ; Charles A. Amsdem (S.S.U. 3) U. S. Aviation ; H. W. Patterson (T.M.U. 133) 90e brigade Ecole Militaire Fontainebleau ; T. F. McAllister (S.S.U. 69) 5e Brigade, Fontainebleau ; Parker K. Ellis (S.S.U. 9) 90e Brigade, Fontainebleau ; James M. White (S.S.U. 1) Gas Service; William Ford Moreland (T.M.U. 526) 97e Brigade, Fontainebleau ; John F. Howe (T.M.U. 133), 5e Brigade Ecole Militaire, Fontainebleau ; J. M. Parmelee (S.S.U. 27) 90e Brigade Ecole Militaire, Fontainebleau ; Edward J. M. Diemer (S.S.U. 2) U. S A. A. S. ; Andrew Jack (S.S.U. 70) U. S. A. A. S. ; Alton C. Ingraham (S.S.U. 70 and 16) U. S. A. A. S. ; Russell Davy Greene (S. S.U. 68) Air Service ; J. R. Van Cleve (S.S.U. 29) ; J. R. Steers Jr. (S.S.U. 29) ; Fenton G. Elwell (S.S.U. 66) 5e Brigade, Fontainebleau ; John W. Ames, Jr. (S.S.U. 2) 45e Brigade, Fontainebleau ; William M. Barber (S.S.U. 3) 5e Brigade, Fontainebleau ; Robert Buell (S.S.U. 15), Fontainebleau.
During the past week many of the old A. F. S. men who joined the Red Cross Ambulance service in Italy have dropped in at "21" their six months engagement there being terminated.
The Whitsuntide holiday caused an overflow at meal hours at rue Raynouard which brought back memories of olden days.
There was a large sprinkling of blue uniforms.

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Contributions are invited from all of the "littérateurs" and artistic geniuses of the old Field Service for the Special Fourth of July Number which will be made up of poems, drawings and articles appropriate to the great American holiday.
For the Best Poem, embodying the spirit of the day, a prize of Frs. 25.
For the Best Reminiscence of any previous Fourth of July celebration in any Field Service section a prize of Frs 25.
For the Best Design for a cover for this special number, a prize of Frs. 25.
All contributions should be in the hands o[ the Editor on or before Julie 20th.
| F. Darius Benham | T.M.U. 397 | 45e Brigade, Ecole Militaire, Fontainebleau. |
| Roger Terry Bacon | S.S.U. 9 | Pvt. Fifth Field Artillery, A.E.F. |
| Blake Everett Clark | S.S.U. 12 | Pvt. 301st F. A. D. Battery Camp Devens. |
| Henry Howard Houston | S.S.U. 12, T.M.U. 133 | 1st Lieut. 53rd F. A Brigade Camp Hancock. |
| Clarence William Lindeman | T.M.U. 133 | Pvt. Battery E, 15th F. A. A. E. F. |
| Charles Bernard Nordhoff | Vosges Det. | 2nd Lieut. Aviation Escadrille N. 99, S. P. 185. |
| Roger Nutt | S.S.U. 17 | Cadet Aviation, U. S. A. |
| Warren Lee Pierson | T.M.U. 133 | 1st Lieut. Air Service, A. S. S. C. U. S. R. |
| Thomas B. Pope | S.S.U. 26 | Pvt. Artillery, Camp Grant. |
| James Key Saunders | S.S.U. 8 | 1st Lieut. 29th Machine Gun Brigade. |
| Gustave B. Schurmeier | T.M.U. 133 | Student Officer Aviation, U.S.A. |
| George W. Scribner | S.S.U. 26 | Expediting Dept. Construction Div. U. S. Government. |
| John S. Spaulding | T.M.U. 526 | U. S. Air Service A. E. F. |
| Edward La Nauze Strater | S.S.U. 1 | Field Artillery 3rd G. T. S. |
| Alan McEwen Thompson | S.S.U. 66 | Applied for Naval Aviation U.S.A. |
| Norman William Van Ausdall | T.M.U. 184 | Cadet, Aviation U. S. A. |
| Howard True Wheeler | T.M.U. 133 | Flying Cadet, Aviation U.S.A. |
| Lester Clark Whitten | S.S.U. 26 | Pvt. 1st cl. Aviation Section S. E. R. C. U. S. A. |
| Harold B. Whipp | S.S.U. 13 | 1st Lieut. R. O. T. C. U. S. A. |
| Charles Oscar Wilson | S.S.U. 69 | Buck private---rear rank R. O. T. C. U. S. A. |
| Harold Curtis Wiswall | S.S.U. 30 | 2nd Lieut. Ordonnance Reserve, Motor Section, U. S. A. |
| Charles Fitch McQuistor | T.M.U. 133 | Artillery, U. S. A. Dobbs Ferry. |
| H. Weir Cook | S.S.U. 16 | 1st Lieut. Aviation Section Signal R. C. |
| Archie Perry Wilks | T.M.U. 526 | Driver, American Red Cross. |
| Robert Ridenour Lester | S.S..U. 10 | Student Flight Officer U. S. and Naval Air Service, U.S.A. |
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THE BOYS WHO NEVER GREW UP If the bowl be of gold and the liquor of flame, Blind with the blindness of Youth, but with all of it Under the Tri-color, long khaki files of them, If the bowl be of gold and the liquor of flame, Charles LAW WATKINS. - |
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A SUMMER CONVOI The last brancard is shoved into its place A hasty cup of jus, a piece of bread, Trying to teach me French, a hard job that! But just before we turned the corner there, The country here is rolling, and the road And wasn't I a fool to choose the rear? And verdant fields, and now a shaded road A military band blares as we turn That once those cars were blue? Well, now we're through. Arthur U. CROSBY. |
Paul-B. Kurtz, aged 24, who in 1915-1916 served for many months as a driver in section 1 and who in 1917 was for a few months the commanding officer of Section 18 and subsequently entered the American aviation service was killed in action on May 16th. While flying over the German lines his machine came down in flames. Mr. Kurtz was a graduate of Harvard University and his home was in Philadelphia. He was a popular member of this service and will be deeply regretted by all of his old comrades.
Roger-Marie-Louis Balbiani who was a member of section 1 during the first year of its history and served during the latter months of 1915 as commanding officer of that section, has also been killed in action in the aviation service. Mr. Balbiani was the first member of the American Field Service to he decorated with the Croix de guerre with palm, having received a citation à l'ordre de l'armée in November 1915.
Au P. C., le 17 mai 1918.
Dans les durs combats qui livrent en ce moment, le Personnel Américain de la S.S.U. 65 fait, comme par le passé, l'admiration des officiers et soldats de la 121e D.I.)
Toujours prêts à se porter d'eux-mêmes en avant dans les zones les plus battues par le feu ennemi, les Américains s'exposent volontairement pour sauver et évacuer nos blessés.
Dignes Fils dc leur grande Patrie, ils montrent l'initiative, l'audace, le calme courage de leur Race.
Au nom de leurs frères d'Armes français, le Général Commandant la Division, les remercie et les félicite.
The Commanding Officier of S.S.U. 628 (old Section 8) states that the following Field Service men have received the Croix de guerre
Emerson Low, Pvt.
John M. Keogh, Pvt. 1 cl.
Arthur J. Bennett, Sgt.
Ellis H. Denny, Pvt. 1 cl.
Archibald E. Lewine, Pvt. 1 cl.
William H. McNaughton, Pvt. i cl.
At the American Church, rue de Berri, the marriage of Mr. Kenneth Gaston (S.S.U. 30) and Mlle Germaine Pire was solemnized yesterday morning, the pastor, Dr. Goodrich, officiating. Mr. Gaston is under instruction at the artillery school at Fontainebleau and will shortly complete his stage there.
News has been received that Thomas B. Buffum (S.S.U. 8 and 3) who was reported as missing since May 9th is a prisoner of war and unhurt. Buffum joined the American Field Service in May 1916 and left for the front with Section 8 the same month. He was transferred to Section 3 on the departure of that Section for the Orient in October 1916 where he served until June first, 1917, returning to join the French aviation.
F. A. Ogilvie former Chef of S.S.U. 2 has just called at the Bulletin office which he styled the Clearing House of Information on the A.F.S. members, and is on the way to England to spend a month's leave of convalescence, having been gassed. He had recently met le Père Cleret, formerly aumonier of S.S.U. 2, now a réformé at Poitiers, who was very much interested to get news from the old section.
Word has been received from Hilton W. Long (S.S.U. 18) who entered American Aviation stating that he has received his brevet as Pilote with the American Expeditionary Forces in Italy.
A. C. Philipps (S.S.U. 13) called in to leave his new address, so as to have the Bulletin sent to him "Somewhere in America ".
Fifty of the non-coms and twenty officers finished the training at the Officers School at Meaux on May 23rd. Among the old Field Service men who attended were :
1st. Serg. James W. D. Seymour (S.S.U. 17) ; W. G. Rice, 1st. Lt. (S.S.U. 66) ; Robert J. McClintock (T.M.U. 133) ; Bertrand E. Tremblay (T.M.U. 526) ; Harwood B. Day (S.S.U. 1) ; Russell des Cognets Cpl. (S.S.U. 30).
To the Editor of the "Bulletin" ;
I am anxious to find out the way to figure out the A. F. S number from the U. S. A. A. S. section number and vice-versa. In other words, I want to know, whenever I see the U. S. A. A. S. number designated on an ambulance how to find out what was the former Field Service number.
Paris, December 24th, 1899. Old Philadelphia Lady.
To the Old Philadelphia Lady
Dear Old Lady,
Why the last old number of the Ambulance Sections should have been taken for the first new number goodness knows, but such is the case, making 68 No. 621. There was probably some good reason for that as well as skipping back to 6 for the next making it No. 622. Then 66 and 67 come along making 623 and 624. Next from 1 we get number 625, from 2 we get 626, from 4 we get, 627, from S we get 628 and from 9 we get 629.
Beginning with Section 12 there is a method in these changes and by adding to 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19, six hundred and eighteen, we get respectively 630, 631, 632, 633, 634, 635, 636 and 637.
However, it is necessary to add six hundred and twelve to numbers 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33 in order to get the new numbers for these sections which are 638, 639, 640, 641, 642, 643, 644, and 645.
Observant Citizen.
To the Old Philadelphia Lady
For conversion to actual, section number at present time, use any one of the several excellent formulas already published in the "Bulletin".
Arthur U. CROSBY,
S.S.U. 13/631.
Ambulance Service ; William H. H. Childs (S.S.U. 67) U. S. A. A. S. ; William Rudkin (S.S.U. 26) American Red Cross ;.J. M. Grierson (S.S.U. 13) U. S. A. A. S. ; L. E. Ball (T.M.U. 184) Lieut. Aviation Headquarters ; J. O. Beebe (S.S.U. 30) U. S. A. A. S. ; Charles G. Curtiss (T.M.U. 526) Lieut. Q. M. R. C. ; John Craig, Jr. (S.S.U. 2) 45e brigade d'artillerie, Fontainebleau ; Samuel Chamberlain (S.S.U. 14) U. S. A. A. S. ; Russell des Cognets (S.S.U. 30) U. S. A. A. S.; J. H. Lewis (S.S.U. 16) U. S. A. A. S. ; R. G. Young (S.S.U. 15) U. S. A. A. S.; W. D. Clark (S.S.U. 15) U. S. A. A. S. ; J. M. Nazel (S.S.U. 17) U. S. A.A. S.; Duncan O. Welty Jr. (T.M.U. 526) Italian Ambulance ; Bartlett E. Wicks (S.S.U. 67) U. S. A. A. S. ; J. E. Stiles, Red Cross San Francisco ; Hugh J. Kelleher (S.S.U. 4) U. S. A. A. S. Lansing Warren (S.S.U. 18) U. S. A. A. S. ; Burnet C. Wohlford (S.S.U. 18) U. S. A. A. S. ; Arthur J. Mason (T.M.U. 526) 5th F. A. ; A. Victor Lyman (S.S.U. 9) U. S. Air Service; H. K. Sturdy Jr. (T.M.U. Ambulance Service Italy ; Bennett Wells (T.M.U. 526) 1st Lieut. U. S. Air Service ; T. J. Bollmeyer (T.M.U. 526) A. R. C. Italian Service ; A. L. G. Jansen (T.M.U. 133) A. R. C. Italian Service ; Albert E. Flamand (S.S.U. 9) U. S. Naval Forces, France.
Don't forget to contribute something for the Fourth of July number and in the words of the prophet --- DO IT NOW.

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Statue of Liberty,
Goat's Island, N. Y., U.S.A.
Dear Liberty
I am writing to ask if I can get a date with you some time in the near future. It would do me worlds of good just to get one look at you again. Don't misunderstand me --- my intentions are entirely honorable.
Perhaps you have forgotten me --- I hope not. But you'll recall that I was standing near the stern, and you waved your blowtorch at me and I winked back --- 'member? I said not to worry, that I'd get matters straightened out, and that I'd be right back. And you stood very still and watched me out of sight. How brave you were, dear lady!
Well, I've been over in your native land for some time now, and let me say I like it fine. I can see now where you get your liberal notions ---about dress and things. And they have not forgotten about you. Ask any Frenchman --- he knows what Liberty is.
Ï saw Sisters Equality and Fraternity while I was in Paris. They send regards. Also I looked up Humanity, but I haven't been able to do much for her yet. But we Americans haven't seen as much of your relatives as we should have liked. They are kind of shy of our officers, and there are too many orders floating around to allow much chance to go calling.
Perhaps after all the notoriety you've been getting lately you won't want to be going around with a common fellow like me. We've been hearing a lot about you and your enterprises and we've seen your photo pretty often. Hope your motor is coming along o.k. and your Loans. I was one of your first creditors when I subscribed (remember?) 'lest you perish. Trust your investments are proving satisfactory, but anyway, don't you worry --- it will be all right about that fifty bucks.
There's one thing you do want to be careful about, though, little girl ; and that's how you let strangers use your name. It's been flying around pretty promiscuous of late, it seems to me. Of course, it's all right for President Wilson and old friends like that, but, honestly, it looks kind of cheap to see your name on pickle jars and rubber tires. And your army beans are rotten. I think they must be some of the crimes committed in your name that Madame What-you-call-it once referred to. If I was you I wouldn't authorize 'em, but you know best.
And another thing. They tell us America is going dry, but you won't let that happen, will you, because all of us have planned a blow-out when we get back home.
Well, I hear the bugle blowing for assembly, and so you and I have got to part company. Don't forget our date, because there are several thousand other fellows here who'll want to cut me out. But I'm like Patrick Henry and I say give me you or give me death.
P-S. --- Regards to Uncle Sam.
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WAR ANNOYANCES The annoyances of soldiers are supposed, in civil life, It's good old men who send him books of firm and helpful hints, (He sends this warlike message from his office swivel chair!) They're nothing new, these pesterers of honest soldier folk, All, all are here --- they're mobilized "to help to win
the war", The soldier has two enemies --- one front of him, one rear
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May 31, 1918.
Dear Editor
I want to thank some body for having sent to me two copies of the Field Service Bulletin, also the letter inviting all of us old men back to 21, rue Raynouard --- to make it our home when we 're in Paris. But I don't know now to whom to write unless it be to you.
I did n't realize how much the " Bulletin " meant to me until I read these two copies after having left the Service some months ago. I'm now in Heavy Artillery but I shall never love any work more than that which I did with my ambulance, and it did me a world of good to receive a word from "21, rue Raynouard" and know that we're not entirely forgotten and that there is still a connection between us and the Old Service.
The Bulletins are great. I'm enclosing five francs hoping your new issues will follow me around until they find me.
May I thank you again for news from "Twenty-one" and may the Service ever continue as it was before we entered the struggle.
Sincerely,
Harry C. ROTH.
(Formerly S. S. U. 14).
S. S. U. 627 (Erstwhile 4).
Dear Ed :---
Never had the pleasure of meeting you, Old Man, but I'm going to ask you a favor. In several of the recent issues of the Bulletin you've had contributions from one P. C. Doolittle, S. S. U. 627. There is no such name on our muster roll, and there's no one in the section who will admit the pseudonym. Because I locked a journalistic skeleton up in the closet a year ago and became a "Friend of France" I am getting the blame --- or credit, depending on one's literary taste --- for Friend Doolittle's genius. Therefore, Ed, the favor I ask is that you re-establish my reputation for me ; and, if P. C. has another name, let its know what latent l. l. (literary light) burns among us and we will do homage to his flickerings.
As to Section Once-was 4, Now is 627, we are alive and kicking in the customary way. There are a few châteaux as yet unvisited but we expect to remedy that soon. Seeing so many men in uniform about we are convinced that the war is still having a successful run up here, but they seem to have the S. R. O. sign out ; --- and did you ever hear of an ambulancier who would stand up when he might be able to sit down elsewhere? We do a bit of evacuation work now and then.
We had a baseball game yesterday between the Stay-at-Homes and the Gad-abouts. N, B. The Gad-abouts did the rolling of yesterday. The Gad-abouts won 16 to 7, mainly because the Stay-at-Homes couldn't field or hit --- a very good reason. The game was called at the end of the seventh on account of dinner. Otherwise there's nothing to report except progress.
Once again, Ed. please let me implore you to clear up the mystery because when I write anything I always sign myself,
Dick WESTWOOD.
Editor's foot-note. We have just received a letter from the author of "The Death Fires" in Bulletin No 43'and of "A lost Art" in No 44 who has very just cause for complaint as he states that we have given him a nom-de-plume and concealed his section number. Kindly note the correct signature is S. C. Doolittle, S.S.U. 621/68, and we will not do it again.
To the Editor of the Bulletin
I am sending you a line about the Field Service detachment in the Boston Liberty Loan Parade.
There were just fifty nine old Field Service men in line. Many of them belonged to the Harvard R. O. T. C., Naval Reserve, or other branches of service, but were only too eager to be released from marching with their respective organizations in order to join the Field Service group. Although all applications for positions in the parade had closed the previous Saturday, our boys were given a place in the first division. They were led by Mr. Richard Lawrence, one of the older men in the Service (S.S.U 3)
From where we started in upper Back Bay, all the way down Arlington Street and Beacon Street and back to Park Square, the biggest crowd that Boston ever saw was lined ten deep along the curb. We came right behind the British tank and the ambulance section of the Home Guard ; right in the heart of things, as it were. We got an enthusiastic reception --- only the Civil War veterans, they told us, got a better. But I believe that the crowd hardly realized what a queer set of paraders they were seeing.
To begin with, we didn't know how to march. Many knew the Infantry Drill Regulations ; but some were quite ignorant of them. We lined up, fifty-nine of us. Every time the column turned a corner, we thought it would get mixed up in the crowd. If our fashion of marching wasn't individual enough, our uniforms were. There were the early nondescripts of 1915, the English officers' outfits of 1916, and the plain American tunics of last summer. Some had helmets, some fatigue caps, some plain caps, some French kepis. There were gas masks and canes and musettes---and a number of Croix de Guerre. One fellow annexed a French flag and carried it as proudly as if he were the standard bearer of a division of chasseurs.
The day was much too hot for comfort, and the longlegged men in the front ranks marched too quickly for the shorter heroes in the rear. However, after an hour's strain we reached the end in safety. The other eighty thousand in the parade --- the unimportant part of it --- were still marching at nine o'clock that night. We didn't stay to watch them, however. About half of the fellows went back to 40 State Street. The rest split up into little groups and held miniature reunions all over the city. Almost anywhere in Boston that night you could hear talk about pinard and marmites and briquets and how to get back over.
Yours very truly,
Malcolm COWLEY,
(T.M.U. 526).
| Gordon Allen T.M.U. 397 Stanley Birch T.M.U. 184 Claflin Davis S.S.U. 4 Malcolm Cowley T.M.U. 526 Robert Cunningham S.S.U. 66 Harry Cox T.M.U. 526 Charles Conway S.S.U. 19 Charles Eaton T.M.U. 397 Guernsey Frost T.M.U. 184 A. B. Frenning S.S.U. 30 Harold Alberts T.M.U. 184 Rev. E. G. Guthrie A.F.S. Headquarters Oliver Hagan S.S.U. 18 Stephen Hall S.S.U. 8 Chester Hull T.M.U 184 Cedric Haskell T.M.U. 526 Thomas Hinchliffe S.S.U. 19 Ray Higgins T.M.U. 397 Leo Hayes T.M.U. 184 J. B. Hitchins T.M.U. 537 J. Holmes T.M.U. 537 Robert T. Knowles S.S.U. 13. Frederic Perkins S.S.U. 13 Harold Whipp S.S.U. 13 Lester King T.M.U. 397 Francis P. Kendall S.S.U. 10 and 12 |
Richard Lawrence S.S.U. 3 Francis Lord S.S.U. 29 J. B. Mabon Jr. S.S.U. 65 J. R. Milne S.S.U. 28 Sumner B MacDonald S.S.U. 10 and 12 Herbert Miller T.M.U. 184 Edward O'Connell S.S.U. 1 Herbert Pollock T.M.U. 184 Harry Pierce S.S.U. 18 C. H. Rogers T.M.U. 23 C. U. Shreve S.S.U. 4 Philip D. Orcutt S.S.U. 31 Theodore Stewart S.S.U. 18 Robert Savory S.S.U. 18 H. W. Shepard S.S.U. 30 William T. Thompson (Boston Office) Frank M. Wendell Jr. S,S.U. 20 Durbin Rowland S.S.U. 66 Percy Wanamaker S.S.U. 27 Harvey Williams S.S.U. 26 Ira J. Williams T.M.U. 184 Sherman Whipple, Jr T.M.U. 184 W. H. C. Walker S.S.U. 2 Berkeley Wheeler S.S.U. 27 Joseph Weeks T.M.U. 133 |
Frank L. Baylies, formerly of S. S. U. 1 and S. S. U. 3, now the "ace" of American "aces" since Lufbery is gone, has been cited for a first-lieutenancy in the French army and for the Legion of Honor. He is officially credited with having shot down eleven enemy machines, in addition to which he has scored several "unofficial " victories.
Frank Baylies already wears the Médaille Militaire and the Croix de Guerre with two palms and is at present in Paris on short leave.
Trained at the Avord Camp, on a Blériot, he went to the front in November, 1917. He bagged his first enemy aeroplane last February.
A. E. Bluethenthal (S.S.U. 3), French Aviation ; Paul Tison (S.S.U. 1 and T. M. U. 526) A. R. C. Italian Service ; Robert H. Roland (T.M.U. 184), A. R. C., Italian Service ; John H. Chipman (T.M.U. 184), A. R. C. Italian Service ; L. H. Tenney (S.S.U. 12 and 3) Cpl. 5th F. A. ; George E. Dresser (T.M.U. 526), A. R. C. Italian Service ; Rowland W. Dodson (T.M.U. 184) A. R. C. Italian Service ; Frank I. Cary (T.M.U. 526), Aviation; G. H. Condell (S.S.U. 66), French Army Y. M. C. A. ; Don Asa Bigelow (S.S.U. 17) 1st Lieut. American Air Service ; W. F. Anderson (S.S.U. 8) Cpl. U. S. A. A. S. ; Kenneth C. Wesley (S.S.U. 69) American Red Cross ; Harry D. Wood (S.S.U. 69) Pvt. American Red Cross ; Lloyd E. Walsh (S.S.U. 68) Sgt. American Red Cross ; Joseph Bixby (S.S.U. 2) U. S. A. A. S. ; James C. Prosser (T.M.U. 397) ; B. Emmet Hartnett (T.M.U. 397) A. R. C. [...]

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Rose-white the dreamy days of spring burst, forth At night the young delighted crescent moon But wind and cloud, you cannot touch the spirit Paul M. FULCHER, |
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THE POILUS They aren't so much to look at in their clothes of faded blue, Oh the Poilus, the Poilus, with their guns upon their back. When Joffre said, " We'll hold the Marne, " they.
gave the Germans hell, Oh the Poilus, the Poilus, with their guns upon their back,
In Belgium or in Alsace, or down along the Aisne, Oh the Poilus, the Poilus, with their guns upon their back, R. A. DONALDSON |
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AMERICAN NEGRO AND SENEGALESE They stare at one another, have forgot Their race speaks for them, black replies to black. Paul M. FULCHER, |
News has been received that William B. Hagen has recently died from scarlet fever at Toronto, where he was serving in the Royal Flying Corps. Hagan was 22 years old. He entered the American Field Service in May 26, 1917, was a member of S. S. U. 12 until October 31, 1917. His home was at Brookline, Massachusetts.
We have just learned that Percy L. Avard died of pneumonia at the Naval Hospital, Charleston, S. C.
Avard, whose home was in New York City, was thirty two years old. He entered the Field Service on July 31st, 1915, and was at one time in 5. S. U. 12 but spent the most of his service in the Paris Squad. He left the Field Service on July 15th, 1916.
| Herbert Knapp Sturdy, Jr. | T. M.U. 397 | Pvt. American Rd Cross Italian Ambulance Service. |
| Robert Randolph Ball | S.S.U. 69 | Eleve Aspirant, 52e Brigade, Ecole militaire d'Artillerie, Fontainebleau, |
| Louis G. Caldwell | S.S.U. 65 | Eleve Aspirant, Ecole militaire d'Artillerie, Fontainebleau. |
| George E. Dresser | T.M.U. 526 | U. S. Tank Service. |
| Raymond A. Neynaber | S.S.U. 69 | U. S. Tank Service. |
| John Nichols | S.S.U. 10 | U. S. Tank Service. |
| Alfred. P. Crease | S.S.U. 27 | 1st. Light Tank Corps, A. E. F. |
| Beecher H. Fonda | S.S.U. 27 | 1st. Light Tank Corps, A. E. F. |
| Samuel A. Clark | S.S.U. 27 | 1st. Light Tank Corps, A.E.F. |
| William E. Phelps | S.S.U. 27 | 1st. Light Tank Corps, A.E.F. |
| Robert W. Scott | S.S.U. 27 | 1st. Light Tank Corps, A. E. F. |
| Robert R. Jewett | S.S.U. 27 | French Auto. School at Meaux. |
| William P. Smith, Jr. | S.S.U. 27 | Field Artillery School. |
| Carl A. Randau | S.S.U. 10 | Officers School at Meaux. |
| Albert Magnus | S.S.U. 31 | Officers School at Meaux. |
| T. S. Bosworth | Post Office | Officers School at Meaux. |
| Edward H. Page | S.S.U. 2 | Course in Field Artillery at Army Candidate's School for Officers. |
| Benj. F. Etter | S.S.U. 2 | Course in Field Artillery at Army Candidate's School for Officers. |
| Edward L. Hicks | S.S.U. 26 | Course in Field Artillery at Army Candidate's School for Officers. |
| William D. Swan | S.S.U. 10 | Course in Field Artillery at Army Candidate's School for Officers. |
| Milton G. Silver | S.S.U. 65 | Course in Field Artillery at Army Candidate's School for Officers. |
| G. R. Perkins (1915) | S.S.U. 3 | Course in Field Artillery at Army Candidate's School for Officers. |
| T. W. Patterson | T.M.U. 526 | Course in Field Artillery at Army Candidate's School for Officers. |
| George Cheney Seeley | T.M.U. 526 | Artillery School, A. E. F. |
| Clarence Bates French | T.M.U. 184 | Naval Reserve Flying Corps U. S. A. |
| Thomas P. Hinchliffe | S.S.U. 19 | In the draft. |
| Francis P. Kendall | S.S.U. 2 | Aviation Section, S. E. R. C. U.S.A. |
| Percy Weston Wanamaker | S.S.U. 27 | Pvt. Coast Artillery Corps U. S. A. |
| William Wallace White | S.S.U. 65 | Cadet, U. S. Aviation Ohio State University. |
John D. Sanford (S. S. U. 68) U. S. A. A. S. ; Arthur E. Hazeldine (S. S. U. 68) U. S. A. A. S.; N. H. Reynolds (T. M. U. 537) U. S. A. A. S. ; Roger H. Lutz (Headquarters) American Red Cross; Edwin R. Baldridge (S. S. U. 2) U. S. A. A. S.; Joseph Bixby (S. S. U. 2) U. S. A. A. S. ; Richard G. Spencer (S. S. U. 13) U. S. A. A. S.; Theodore B: Brumback (S. S. U 66) Italian Ambulance Service, A. R. C. ; H. G. Iselin (S. S. U. 4) 1st. Lieut; U. S. A. A. S. ; Sidney B. Ashmore (S. S. U. 13) U. S. A. A. S. ; Albert Mayoh (T. M. U. 397) Air Service Headquarters ; Frank E. Coaly (S. S. U. 68) U. S. A: A. S. ; Donald K. Miller (T. M. U. 397) Q. M. Corps; Paul Niesley (S. S. U. 13) U. S. A. A. S. ; Edward S. Storer (S. S. U. 13) U. S. A. A. S.; John Nichols (S. S. U. 10) U. S. Tanks Service ; J. Marquand Walker (S. S. U. 3) Field Artillery ; Richard G. Spencer (S. S. 13) U. S. A. A. S.; Robert H. Roland (T. M. U. 184) ; George E. Dresser (T. M. U. 526) U. S. Tank Service; Raymond A. Neynaber (S. S. U. 69) U. S. Tank Service; Albert Magnus (S. S. U. 31) Sgt. U. S. A. A. S. ; T. S. Bosworth (S. S. U. et Post Office) Top-Sgt. U. S. A. A. S.; Norman S. Buck (T. M. U. 133) Construction Dept. Aviation Service ; D. J. Post, Jr. (S. S. U. 9) American Red Cross, Transportation ; Albert L. G. Jansen (T: M. U. 133) ; Paul Tyson (S. S. U. 3) ; Fred J. Bollmeyer (T. M. U. 526) International News ; Earl A. Haas (S. S. U. 19) U. S. A. A. S. ; C. E. Dougherty (S. S. U. 19) Sgt U. S. A. A. S.; William Phibel (S. S. U. 65) U. S. A. A. S.; John H. Boyd (Headquarters) 2nd. Lieut. Transportation Branch of Aviation. John H. Lundquist (S. S. U. 12) ; W. M. Barber (S. S. U. 3) Eleve Aspirant French Artillery; Jack Craig (S. S. U. 2) French Artillery.
Robert H. Roland (T. M. U. 184) is leaving for America.
The following members of S. S. U. 630 (formerly 12) have been cited to the Ordre de Regiment:
Corporal Charles S. Wright.
Pvt. 1st. cl.. Wilfrid Douglas Bull.
Pvt. 1st. cl. Alfred Bradford Weller.
Pvt. 1st. cl. George A. Thatcher, Jr. and.
Pvt. C. B. Smith.