Camps Grow Overnight in France and War Base Construction
A Californian writing from somewhere in France describes rapid American camp expansion, base hospital readiness, and infrastructure progress. He details 26,000 troops housed in dozens of temporary buildings, docks and rail yards rising, barracks and officers quarters, and a vast base hospital near a historic estate as work against time accelerates to meet incoming troops, matériel, and munitions.
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United States
France
New York
Panama Canal
American Steel
Washington
Girls Provide Courage On French Front In Ambulance Service
Women ambulance drivers attached to the Scottish Women's Hospital risk shellfire to collect and rush wounded from clearing stations to operating rooms. Prominent society women, including Miss Maria Laurence Wetherill and Miss Hilda Sambler, serve as drivers and mechanics, proving indispensable in France and Belgium.
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Flanders
Europe
America
Scottish Women's Hospital
Maria Laurence Wetherill
New York
Hilda Sambler
Bridgeport
Con
Ambier
Royal Flying Corps
Blanche Shoemaker Wagstaff
National League
Womath
France
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