Ambulancing on the French front

If you like excitement I’d say take a steamer for France—and join the Ambulance Corps on the French front overlooking Verdun. A few steps forward to the front-line trenches and...

Ambulance work in the French Army comes under the heading of what is known as the Sanitary Service. To each division there is attached a Sanitary Section which serves that divis...

Sandricourt, as a base for training and instructions, was a happy choice, for it became the stepping-stone to efficiency. It must be remembered that all the men who had joined t...

When a man is wounded he receives the very best care, for experience has taught France that for the conservation of man power this is of the highest importance. No matter how sl...

Shortly after leaving for the front there came an order that our section was to be inspected by one of the captains from one of the large auto parks at the front. This meant tha...

To one who visited Paris before the war, Paris of to-day presents a strikingly different aspect—and why shouldn’t it? When we stop to think that there is hardly a family which h...

The average person in this country has a different idea of what the term “Front” means to those who have been “Over there.” “The Front” from this point of view consists of a ser...

In the month of February, 1916, the German Army initiated a drive against the fortress city of Verdun, which in time developed into the greatest battle that the world has ever k...

It was now six p.m. and, although the German shells had been coming in at regular intervals all day, they increased the intensity of their fire now and things were pretty hot, f...

One day I went into a little general store in Baccarat to make a few purchases. Having just arrived at this sector, and not knowing anything about the place, I engaged the woman...

At Saint Nicholas du Port we rested, waiting for our division to go to the trenches. Almost every night we were visited by Boche aviators who would come over and drop a few bomb...

One day in my turn I went out on service to the small town of B——. The front-line trenches were located just outside the village. Upon our arrival, shortly after noon, in this t...

Out where the night seems the blackest, where one is unable to see his hands before his face, and where, in many instances, due to close proximity of the enemy trenches, one is...

In the foothills of the Vosges Mountains just inside the Lorraine border is the site of what was once a peaceful village. This village suffered the most terrible devastation of...

The “sniper” of the present war would have been called a “sharpshooter” during the war of the rebellion. Such men are most expert in the use of the rifle and seldom miss their m...

The word _Kamerad_ has come to possess a significance not at all in keeping with its original meaning. On the western front the French and English have probably solved the probl...

The word camouflage has come into common use both here and abroad and I think it might be interesting to devote a little time to a brief discussion of the different uses of camo...

For years we have heard of the efficiency of the Wilhelmstrasse, or Secret Service Police of Germany, and everything we have heard regarding them has proved fairly accurate, som...

Have you ever experienced a feeling of complete disaster when suddenly everything changed and you saw a decent place to get some sleep, and a good hot meal in the bargain? Well,...

All military observation balloons are practically “the eyes of the army.” They are generally captive—always out of reach of enemy artillery fire. Of course, they may become the...

Located all along the front are batteries, which consist principally of French cannon that we have heard so much about, known to the world as 75’s. While this type is most frequ...

There are two kinds of hand grenades, offensive and defensive. The first is employed in all offensive operations and to explain its use more clearly it is well to start with the...

An honest confession is said to be good for what ails you, mentally and physically, so here goes with reference to my erstwhile ignorance concerning that great and growing organ...

During their leisure hours it is quite necessary for men to have something of interest to divert their minds; the French military authorities have been quick to realize the valu...

Upon my return to this country, after having lived as I did abroad, the billboards with the caption, “Food Will Win the War,” was one of the first things that caught my eye, and...

It is said to be something of a job to run over to Europe during these war times, with so many restrictions in the way of ocean travel, but if anyone ever found it hard to get t...