. Lansdowne school and the world war. Wheeler Gilmore enlisted May 17, 1917. He was in theU. S. A. Ambulance Service with the French Army, Section504. This section was originally recruited from the Universityof Pennsylvania. He was made a sergeant, first class, July 1,1917. December 1, 1918, he was reduced by request to S. 355. Sergeant Gilmore left the United States August 23,1917, and returned April 23, 1919. He was in the followingbattles: Noyon, Verdun, Montdidier-Noyon, Compeigne, Aisne-Marne, Oise-Aisne. His unit was decorated and cited by the10th French Army, under General Mangen,
. Lansdowne school and the world war. Wheeler Gilmore enlisted May 17, 1917. He was in theU. S. A. Ambulance Service with the French Army, Section504. This section was originally recruited from the Universityof Pennsylvania. He was made a sergeant, first class, July 1,1917. December 1, 1918, he was reduced by request to S. 355. Sergeant Gilmore left the United States August 23,1917, and returned April 23, 1919. He was in the followingbattles: Noyon, Verdun, Montdidier-Noyon, Compeigne, Aisne-Marne, Oise-Aisne. His unit was decorated and cited by the10th French Army, under General Mangen, with the Croix deGuerre with Palm. He was given a certificate by the SaumurSchool of Artillery November 23, 1918. He was dischargedApril 26, 1919. 257. Dyson Kennedy writes as follows: After several unsuccessful attempts to get into the service 1was finally accepted on the twentieth of November, 1917, at theArmy Recruiting Station in Philadelphia. I was sent to FortSlocum, N. Y., to take the oath and to be assigned to some detach-ment. After a few days at Slocum I was attached to AmbulanceCompany No. 8, United States Army, stationed on the PanamaCanal Zone. We sailed from Hoboken, N. J., at about 4 A. M. onthe 28th of November and reached Colon, via Porto Rico andCuba, on the 8th of December. We were then sent to Corozal,C. Z. Our work while in the Ambulance Company was varied. Asthere were but few of us who had enlisted since war was declaredand as the others were all regulars, we found our course of train-ing very rapid and in some cases vague. We were first givenour drill in squads with men who had been trained to the minuteby years of experience. It was the greatest help to all of uslater. We did not have the sort of drills that
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