Friends of France; . under wayshortly after breakfast and ran in record-breakingtime, for we wanted to finish our trip that stopped for lunch and for an inspection whichconsumed two hours, and starting about ten oclockon the last stretch of our journey, drove all afternoonthrough sleet, cold, and snow. At seven oclock thatnight we reached Vaucouleurs, had our supper, se-cured sleeping accommodations, and retired. Ourrunning orders had been completed; we had reachedour ordered destination in perfect form. Several days passed. We were inspected by gen-erals and other officers, all of
Friends of France; . under wayshortly after breakfast and ran in record-breakingtime, for we wanted to finish our trip that stopped for lunch and for an inspection whichconsumed two hours, and starting about ten oclockon the last stretch of our journey, drove all afternoonthrough sleet, cold, and snow. At seven oclock thatnight we reached Vaucouleurs, had our supper, se-cured sleeping accommodations, and retired. Ourrunning orders had been completed; we had reachedour ordered destination in perfect form. Several days passed. We were inspected by gen-erals and other officers, all of whom seemed pleasedwith the completeness of our Section. Yet improve-ments they said were still possible and should bemade while we were at the park. We were to takecare of a service of evacuation of sick in that districtand at the same time try out a heating Medical Inspector issued orders to equip twoambulances and report the results. Our Section Di-rector designed a system which uses the exhaust of 132. SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF SECTION IV THE BEGINNINGS OF A NEW SECTION the motor through two metal boxes, which arrange-ment warmed the air within the car and also forcedthe circulation of fresh air. This was installed in twocars and found to be very satisfactory, for in all kindsof weather and ^temperatures the temperature ofthe ambulances could be kept between 65° and 70°Fahrenheit. We were at this place in all six weeks, includingThanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. Ourwork consisted of evacuating malades, and at first itoffered a fine opportunity of teaching the greenones how to care for their cars. But we were allsoon put on our mettle. * The outlying country was full of lowlands andstreams which in many places during the hard rainscovered the roads to such a depth that the usual typeof French cars could not operate. Our car suspensionwas high, and we were able to perform a service theother cars had not been able to do. We established,too, a standard for promp
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