. A history of Section 647, United States army ambulance service with the French army. nce assembling carsfor the sections use. On January 30th more men followed- The spirit was gone fromthe men who were left and the days were counted till the time we were all to go. Ourinterest in the camp had disappeared and it took Lance Corporal Snaders most invigor-ating Suzanne Glide in the early mornings to get up pep sufficient to keep us on themove for the rest of the day. On February 5th, almost exactly four months since thefirst of us reached Sandricourt, the last of us left. The section was enlarge
. A history of Section 647, United States army ambulance service with the French army. nce assembling carsfor the sections use. On January 30th more men followed- The spirit was gone fromthe men who were left and the days were counted till the time we were all to go. Ourinterest in the camp had disappeared and it took Lance Corporal Snaders most invigor-ating Suzanne Glide in the early mornings to get up pep sufficient to keep us on themove for the rest of the day. On February 5th, almost exactly four months since thefirst of us reached Sandricourt, the last of us left. The section was enlarged by the addi-tion of seven men on the day we left. These men have since become as much a part ofourselves as the original number who wintered the war in Sandricourt. We hated thename Sandricourt when we left and saw no future that could be as repugnant. Yet now,in retrospect, we see the old base camp in a little clearer light, and realize that the bandsforged there might never have been discovered had we spent our first days as a section inanother place. [18] CHAPTER IINEUFCHATEAU. T was a light-hearted section that reunited at Fort de Vanves. Themen who had left Sandricourt earlier had practically completed theassembling of our Fords. The work had been done in snappy styleand but a few days would be required to finish everything. Thetime at the Fort had been well spent; on the task in hand duringthe day, in giving vent to the animal spirit long pent up at Sandri-court in the evening. The boys at different times had been able tospend evenings in Paris. When unable to go there they had hadnearly as good a time in cafes near camp. It became the customfor the men to have their supper in these cafes, two particularly supplying our men became acquainted and most welcome here. The time was spent in playingcards, in music, and in a general relaxation. On one evening they had watched the big-gest air raid of the year on Paris. Although the Fort was beyond the danger zone, th
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