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of the American Field Service in France 1914-1917 TOLD BY ITS MEMBERS |
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY |
THE American Field Service, as a group of youths serving the French Army in the Great War, is a thing of the past. And this is its history. The reader must not assume, however, that the American Field Service no longer exists, or that there will never be occasion for record of its further accomplishment. Although the members when they enlisted in 1915, 1916, and 1917, only pledged themselves to the French Army for a limited period, it is within the truth to state that, whether or not they realized it at the time, they enlisted for life in the service of France.
Even before this record has gone to the press, and while the United States is still nominally at war, the peace plans of the Field Service are well under way ---plans for the perpetuation under its auspices of fraternal relations among French and American youth for generations to come. A series of American Field Service fellowships for American students in French Universities has already been established, and projects have been formulated which it is hoped will ultimately result in securing a permanent endowment for a Field Service fellowship in memory of each and every one of the one hundred and twenty-six Field Service men who gave their lives during the war --- either a fellowship for an American student in a French university, or a fellowship for a French student in an American university. These fellowships not only will furnish fitting memorials of the Field Service men whose lives were sacrificed to the Allied Cause, but will give living and enduring impulse to the advancement of understanding and friendship between France and the United States, which was ever the fundamental Field Service aim.
The section histories, diaries, letters, and sketches comprising these volumes, are entirely the contributions of men who were part of the American Field Service. Many of these were collected at the Paris headquarters during the early days, but it was not until the Service ceased to exist as a volunteer organization that any effort was made to compile them with a view to producing a complete record comprising all the activities of the Service. While the volume published under the name of Friends of France, in 1916, contained numerous accounts of the work of the early days ---many of them being here reprinted --- that volume was of necessity more or less provisional and incomplete. The aim of these volumes is to fill in the gaps and finish the story, to give the final record of all the sections, new as well as old, and of the work of the many hundreds of younger volunteers as well as of the pioneers of 1915 and 1916.
As in Friends of France the stories of the several sections have been composed in the main of excerpts from articles, diaries, and home letters of different members, a method of composition necessarily involving some duplication and incoherence. It is believed, however, that this is compensated for by the veracity of the first-hand material so presented, and that whatever the history may have lost in smoothness and unity is offset by a gain in sincerity, animation, and originality.
Among those to whom thanks are due for successively assisting in the compilation of this work are Dr. Raymond Weeks, of the Paris staff, Mr. Frank J. Taylor, of Section Ten, Mr. Theodore Stanton and Captain Arthur J. Putnam and Mr. Robert A. Donaldson, of Section Seventy. The final selection and revision of the material has been mainly the work of Lieutenant James W. D. Seymour, of Section Seventeen.
Grateful appreciation is owing to the French artists André Fraye, Charles Huard, and Bernard Naudin, and to the following men of the Field Service, Waldo Peirce, S.S.U. 3, C. Le Roy Baldridge, T.M.U., F. L. Sexton, S.S.U. 14, George W. Hall, S.S.U. 70, and Harry de Maine, who contributed the many drawings which decorate and brighten these pages.
To those men of the Service who have contributed articles, poems, and photographs, and to many parents and friends who have aided by forwarding material from home letters and diaries, thanks are also due.
THE AMERICAN FIELD SERVICE
April, 1920
The Field Service (A. Piatt Andrew)
Some of the Early Problems (A. Piatt Andrew)
The Effort in America (Henry D. Sleeper)
The Growth of the Service (Stephen Galatti)
Henry Sydnor Harrison
Joshua G. B. Campbell
Tracy J. Putnam
Robert W. Imbrie
Roy H. Stockwell
John H. McFadden, Jr.
W. Yorke Stevenson
Edward A. G. WylieJames R. McConnell
Leslie Buswell
Carlyle H. Holt
Henry Sheahan
Frank H. Gailor,
Edward N. Seccombe
John R. Fisher
William H. C. Walker
John E. Boit
Henry D. M. Sherrerd
Harmon B. Craig
Ewen MacIntyre
Edward N. SeccombePreston Lockwood
Tracy J. Putnam
Waldo Peirce
Luke C. Doyle
Stephen Galatti
Walter K. Rainsford
Alwyn Inness-Brown
William M. Barber
Walter K. Rainsford
Charles R. Codman, Jr.
Edward I. TinkhamCharles Baird, Jr.
Lovering Hill
Robert W. Imbrie
Lovering Hill
Donald C. Armour
J. Marquand Walker
John Munroe
Lovering Hill
J. Marquand Walker
Robert W. Imbrie
Charles Baird, Jr.
Charles Amsden
John N. d'EsteGeorge Rockwell, Jr.
Richard C. Ware
Wade Ford Bigelow,
Leon H. Buckler
Charles H. Hunkins
Hugh J. KelleherWilliam B. Seabrook
Malbone H. Birckhead
Grenville T. Keogh
Charles L. Watkins
Austin B. Mason
Harry L. DunnGeorge R. Cogswell
Carleton Burr
William C. Sanger, Jr.
Harvey C. EvansVOLUME II Hamilton Lillie
William D. Swan, Jr.
James W. Harle, Jr.
Henry M. Suckley
Frank J. Taylor
Burnet C. Wohlford
William J. LoshFranklin D. W. Glazier
Alpheus E. Shaw
James H. Lewis
Marshal G. PenfieldJames W. D. Seymour
James W. D. Seymour
Basil K. Neftel
Carleton F. WrightPaul A. Rie
Charles C. Jatho
Frank G. Royce
John D. Loughlin
Edward P. ShawCharles E. Bayly, Jr.
Gilbert N. Ross
Joseph Lévêque
Ellis D. SlaterFrederic R. Colie
John B. Hurlbut
Stanley Hill
Converse HillStanley B. Jones
William G. Rice, Jr.
Perley R. Hamilton
Walter D. Carr
TWENTY-ONE RUE RAYNOUARD
Raymond W. Gauger
Raymond Weeks
Stephen Galatti
Joseph R. Greenwood
David Darrah
James W. D. SeymourTRAINING AND SUPPLY CENTRES
John R. Fisher
John R. Fisher & H. Burt Herrick
Robert A. Donaldson
Stephen GalattiTWO LOYAL FRIENDS OF THE FIELD SERVICE
FRENCH OFFICERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SERVICE
THE STORY OF THE RÉSERVE MALLET
The Camion Caravan (poem) - George Amick
A Tribute of French General Headquarters to the Camion Service - Commandant Doumenc
Origin of the Service - A. Piatt Andrew
The Réserve Mallet - Frank O. Robinson
The Training-Camps of Chavigny Farm and Dommiers - Frederick W. KurthPaul F. Cadman
Malcolm Cowley
Walter P. Hall
Arthur C. Watson
Malcolm Cowley
Jack Wright
Malcolm Cowley
Malcolm Cowley
Alden B. Sherry
Greayer Clover
Elmer M. Johnson
Richard D. Sias
Richard V. Banks
Frederick W. KurthSUMMARY OF THE HISTORY OF THE CAMION SERVICE UNDER THE U.S. ARMY
The Ambulancier and his Car - Robert W. Imbrie
Notes from Pont-à-Mousson - J. Halcott Glover
A Funeral - James R. McConnell
Hartmannsweilerkopf - Waldo Peirce
Hartmann's, 1915 - John W. Clark
First Impressions in Section Four - Richard C. Ware
Barracks Life - Richard C. Ware
Kelley's Death in Section Four - Roswell S. Sanders
Permissions and Transitions - Richard C. Ware
The First Night Drive - C. Claflin Davis
The Great Road - Emery Pottle
Verdun - 1916 - Robert W. Imbrie
The Music of the "Sambre-et-Meuse" - ColemanT. Clark
The Brancardiers - Philip D. Orcutt
Les Tirailleurs d'Afrique - Robert W. Imbrie
Into Albania - Robert W. Imbrie
A Night at a Balkan Ambulance Poste - Harry W. Frantz
Sketches of Section Life - Clarence J. Griffin
American Troops in Paris - Roger P. Stone
The Fourth of July, 1917 - Edward D. Kneass
War Thoughts - R. B., S.S. U. 12
Fragments from Four Sectors - Henry G. Crosby
Serving with the French - Frederick W. Kurth
"Ce n'est pas nous - C'est les Poilus " Lansing WarrenUn Blessé à Montauville - Emery Pottle
The Death Fires - Sidney C. Doolittle
The Boys Who Never Grew Up - Charles L. Watkins
Sings the Shell of a Seventy-Five - Ewen MacIntyre
A Sermon for Young Soldiers - Jefferson B. Fletcher
Legions of Light - Paul M. Fulcher
La Belle France - Russell D. Greene
To France - W. C. Sanger, Jr.
Trenches - Hardwicke Nevin
Ostel, 1917 - Malcolm Cowley
Song - P. M. F.
A Summer Convoi - Arthur U. Crosby
Convoy - Robert A. Donaldson
A Military Graveyard - Sherman L. Conklin
Tedium - R. A. D.
Poilus - M. C.
We Had Great Argument - M. C.
The Heroes - Philip Wood
Malmaison - Forrest B. Wing
War Ruins - R. A. D.
Song of the Casualty List - Lansing Warren
Fog at Dawn - R. A. D.
The Ghosts of Verdun - S.S. U. 13
The Song of the Ambulance - G. Hinman Barrett
Poste de Secours - R. A. D.
His Long Repos - S.S. U. 13
Dawn - S. L. C
The Poilus - R. A. D.
Their Meed - S.S. U. 13
Sonnet of a War-Sick Man - Frederick W. Kurth
Road to the Hospital - R. A. D.
The Last Poems - S. L. C.
To S. L. C. - J. B. Calvo
In Memoriam - M. S. Goldman
Chavigny - F. W. K.
For France To-Day - R. A. D.
Overcoats of Blue - R. A. D.
The Roads - J. W. D. Seymour
Tribute - R. A. D.
A Night in Winter - W. C. S., Jr.
Envoi - R. A. D.
River Marne - David Darrah
The Children of To-Morrow - W. C. S., Jr.
Spirit of France - W. C. S., Jr.
Sonnet to Some Poppies - J. B. C.
Night on the Front - J. B. C.
One Year - R. A. D.
A Dying Soldier's Prayer - J. B. C.
Song - J. B. C.
American Negro and Senegalese - P. M. F.
Monument Enough - Raymond W. Gauger
Mirage - R. W. G.
Ballad of French Service - M. C.
"Under Cover of Darkness" - F. W. K.
Night Road - R. A. D.
Epic Years - R. A. D.
Dawn - W. C. S., Jr.
The Enemy Retreats - W. C. S., Jr.
To an Infirmière - D. D.
On Passing the Reims Cathedral at Twilight D. D.
Le Paix - D. D.
Sunset Light - W. C. S., Jr.
In After Years - W. C. S., Jr.
Fathers Slain to Sons Unborn - P. M. F.
The Tide has Turned - W. C. S., Jr.Rules for Convoys from Section Eight - C. L. Watkins
All about Staff Cars - L. Warren
The American Ambulance Man - L. W.
On Buvettes - L. W.
Section Ravitaillement - P. A. Rie
In a Hospital - R. Scholle
Letters from the Rear - P. M. Fulcher
A Letter to the Statue of Liberty - L. W.
The Ambulancier's Primer - S. C. Doolittle
A Revised Ford Manual - S. Garden
The Essence Gatherer - S. L. Conklin
A Lost Art - S. C. D.
"Bull" - L. W.
When the Réserve goes " en Perm" - F. W. Kurth
Translations of French Road Signs - L. W.
A Letter from "Lance" to the Kaiser - L. W.
Aix-and-Pains, or Over the Top with M. P. - L. W.
Our Country as she Sounds - L. W.
Private Stormfield's Visit to Heaven - L. W.
Polyglotitis - L. W.
Système D - W. E. Bruns
Journaux du Front --- Soixante-Neuf - F. KneelandHunk o' Tin - C. C. Battershell
We Wish It Would - L. Warren
Northward Ho! - R. A. Donaldson
Camouflage All! - L. W.
"Système D" - R. A. D.
It's Hades - S. L. Conklin
Nix on the Heroic Stuff - S. C. Doolittle
Fatalism - S. L. C.
Permission! - L. W.
C'est Ça - L. W.
Around our Stove - L. W.
Imitative America - R. A. D.
The Slacker - B. C. Wohlford
En Repos - R. M. Young
Verse That Ought Not to be Free - W. E. Powers
War's Annoyances - R. A. D.
A Duffer's Duffle - L. W.
To Helen! - L. W.
En Repos - R. A. D.
Twenty Years from now - R. A. D.
In that Little Old Buvette - D. W. S.
Rumors - An Optimist
I Changed my Mind - L. W.
Old F. S. Coat - R. A. D.
Non-Com Nonsense - P. A. Rie
Field Service Days - B. C. W.
On Finding my Civilian Clothes in my Suitcase at the "Cinéma " - L. W.END OF THE WAR SKETCHES AND VERSES
Some Ambulance Roads - Walter J. Gores
When the Armistice Came - W. J. G.
"The Day" at Luxembourg - Frederick W. Kurth
Le Dernier jour - David Darrah
The End - S.S. U. 19
November 11, 1918, in Paris - N. H. Reynolds
Armistice Morning in Paris - R. N.
After the Armistice - Robert A. Donaldson
Immortal Battle-fields - William C. Sanger, Jr.
Hail! - G. Hinman, Barrett
The Poilu - D. D.
The Glorious Dead - F. W. K.
Peace - F. W. K.
"Souvenons-Nous - R. A. D.
Afterthoughts
Armistice Day - John B. Whitton
On the Rhine - R. A. D.
The Guns are Stilled - W. C. S., Jr.
The Page is Turned - R. A. D.
D. FIELD SERVICE MEN AS OFFICERS
E. FRENCH ORGANIZATIONS SERVED
F. SCHEDULE OF EACH SECTION'S ASSIGNMENT
H. VOLUNTEERS ARRIVING IN FRANCE DURING MILITARIZATION
K. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE FIELD SERVICE
Memorial Volume of the American Field Service in France