GOOD AMBULANCE WORK.
American ambulances, such as are doing admirable work in France just now, were far and away the most efficient in the service of (me wounded during the war of 1870. So. at least, said Mr Labouchere. "It is the dream of every French soldier, if he is wounded, to be taken to the American ambulance," he wrote. "They seem to be under the impression that even it their legs are shot off, the skill of the Esculapii of the United States will make them grow again." Of the nurses, too, he wrote in admiration. "I have a great weakness for the American girl," he admitted, "she puts her heart into what she is about, When she flirts she does it conscientiously,! and when she nurses a most uninvit-ing-looking Zouave or Franc tireuri she does it equally conscientiously, when there is nothing more to do for them sitting patiently reading to them or playing cards with them." I
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 33, 9 June 1915, Page 4
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160GOOD AMBULANCE WORK. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 33, 9 June 1915, Page 4
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