Part 19

Volunteer automobilist Douglas MACMONAGLE of American A. S. S. No. 8: A shell having fallen in the middle of a poste de secours, he retained his self-possession, and with the utmost devotion, under bombardment, assisted in loading three wounded men whose removal was imperative.]

Grand Quartier Général des Armées _État Major_

_Bureau du Personnel_

_Au G. Q. G., le 17 juin 1916_

ORDRE N{o} 3234-D

(_Extrait_)

La Médaille Militaire a été conféré au militaire dont le nom suit:--

BARBER, William, Conducteur au Service de Santé d'une Division d'Infanterie:--

"Au cours des récentes opérations, s'est distingué par son courage et son sang-froid en assurant toutes les nuits l'évacuation des blessés sur une route continuellement bombardée par l'artillerie ennemie. A été grièvement blessé dans l'accomplissement de ses devoirs."

(La présente nomination comporte l'attribution de la Croix de Guerre avec Palme.)

(Signé) J. JOFFRE

Pour extrait conforme Le Lt. Colonel Chef du Bureau du Personnel

SANDERS, Roswell S., has been awarded the _Médaille Militaire_, but his citation was received too late to be included in this volume.

(_November, 1916._)

[TRANSLATION]

_General Headquarters of the Armies_

_Bureau du Personnel_

_General Headquarters, 27 June, 1916_

ORDER NO. 3234-D

(_Extract_)

The _Médaille Militaire_ has been conferred upon the soldier whose name follows:--

BARBER, WILLIAM, Driver in the Sanitary Service of an Infantry Division:--

"In the course of recent operations has distinguished himself by his courage and coolness in safeguarding night after night the removal of the wounded over a road constantly bombarded by enemy artillery. Was severely wounded in the performance of his duties."

(The present decoration carries with it the conferring of the _Croix de Guerre avec Palme_.)

(_Signed_) J. JOFFRE

_A true copy: The Lieutenant-Colonel Chief of the Bureau du Personnel_

The text of the citations of the following men was received too late to be included in the foregoing list.

ROBERT BOWMAN STANLEY DELL GILES B. FRANCKLYN EDWARD J. KELLEY OWEN KENAN CARROLL RIGGS ROSWELL SANDERS HERBERT P. TOWNSEND

In the presence of mortal conflict, where the fulfilment of their labor of friendship lies, the men whose names here follow have seen fortitude greater even than the courage of the wounded. They have beheld the strength of a people unified by sacrifice so complete that its individuals are unconscious of personal heroism. They have worked side by side with hundreds of thousands of men and women who in consummating this sacrifice have yielded, without measure of cost, their ambition and love, and challenged death--with dauntless resolution to save not only their country, but the principles of democracy for the whole world. France, invincible in her resistance, has issued no acclamation of glory, has sought no sympathy for the costliness of the onslaught, nor published denunciation of the enemy, but by intrepid manhood has won the honor of all nations.

These Americans, in their service of conservation, have gained immutable evidence of that spirit upon which the highest citizenship and patriotism depend. Whatever bitterness chance may bring into their futures, they at least can never lose faith in human nature--remembering the standard under which these days of their youth have been consecrated.

H. D. S.

ABBREVIATIONS

(_The abbreviations of names of colleges and universities represented in this list are as follows._)

A. = Ames Am. = Amherst B. = Brown B.C. = Beloit Coll. Bow. = Bowdoin C.C. = Cooper Coll. C.G.S. = Cornell Graduate School Cam. = Cambridge Co. = Columbia Col.C. = Colorado Coll. Cor. = Cornell D. = Dartmouth F. = Fordham G. = Groton School H. = Harvard H.-S. = Hampton-Sidney Ham. = Hamilton I. = Iowa J.H. = Johns Hopkins L.C. = Lehigh Coll. M.A. = Mass. Agricultural M.I.T. = Mass. Inst. Technology N.U. = Northwestern Univ. New.C. = Newberry Coll. O. = Oberlin P. = Princeton P.S. = Pennsylvania State Pa. = Paris Pitts. = Univ. of Pittsburgh St.P.S. = St. Paul's School Sew. = Sewanee Sw. = Swarthmore T.C. = Trinity Coll. U.A. = Univ. of Arizona U.C. = Univ. of California U.M. = Univ. of Michigan U.Mo. = Univ. of Missouri U.N. = Univ. of Nevada U.N.C. = Univ. of North Carolina U.N.D. = Univ. of North Dakota U.P. = Univ. of Pennsylvania U.S.C. = Univ. of South Carolina U.U. = Univ. of Utah U.V. = Univ. of Virginia V. = Vanderbilt W.R. = Western Reserve W.U. = Washington Univ. Wab. = Wabash Wms. = Williams Y. = Yale

MEMBERS OF THE FIELD SERVICE AMERICAN AMBULANCE OCTOBER, 1916

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