" 52

THE VERDUN FRONT " 53

MOVE TOWARD METZ AND THE ARMISTICE " 56

THE FIRST REPLACEMENTS " 59

FURLOUGHS--GRENOBLE " 62

LA BOURBOULE " 64

THE FURLOUGHS AT AIX-LES-BAINES " 67

TRIP TO MARSEILLES " 68

A CASUAL IN THE S. O. S. " 71

PERSHING REVIEWS THE 35th DIVISION " 73

FROM COUSANCES TO AULNOIS " 74

THE HOME GOING " 75

FROM AULNOIS TO "CIVIES" " 76

FICKLE WOMEN " 78

COMPANY ROSTER " 80

ORGANIZATION OF AMBULANCE COMPANY 139

When war was declared on Germany April 5th, 1917, the government sent
out calls for volunteers. The auxiliary organizations were to be the
first ones to go across, and it looked as if ambulance companies would
be among the first to get into action. Many of the universities and
colleges in the east started at once to organize ambulance companies.
These companies were quickly filled, and the enthusiasm spread quickly
to the west.

Early in April Dr. Edwin R. Tenney of Kansas City, Kansas, was appointed
by the adjutant general of the State of Kansas to organize a national
guard ambulance company in that city. Until this time there had never
been a national guard ambulance company in the State of Kansas. Dr.
Tenney had been a practicing physician in Kansas City for a number of
years and before coming to the city he served as a physician during the
Spanish-American war. For the past five years he had held a lieutenant's
commission in the U. S. Army Reserve Corps. It was through his efficient
work that this company was recruited to full strength within a month
after he received his appointment.

The recruiting office in the press room at the city hall was a very busy
place during the month of April. Every one was anxious to join some
branch of the army. By April 25th the company was recruited to its full
strength of sixty-four men and the office was closed. However, orders
were received the next day to recruit the company to eighty-four men, so
again the office was opened for business with a sign which read, "Join a
motor ambulance company a