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Title: A history of Section 647, United States army ambulance service with the French army
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Bodfish, Robert Ware
Subjects: United States. Army. Ambulance service with the French army. Service sanitaire unite no. 647, 1917-1919 World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: (Worcester, Mass., The Stobbs Press)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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Ehrenbreitstein, Germanys Rhine barrier, made a lasting picture as wehummed back towards Mainz. Home before dark was usually our rule. The transfer of the quarters of the section from Mainz to Bretzenheim alteredmarkedly our mode of living. Most of the men slept in two rooms of an unused school,and the kitchen and cars were parked in an old yard in the rear. However, living herewas not compulsory, and quite a number of the men secured rooms in private houses aboutthe town. Rental of such rooms seemed very low, and the housewives were very atten-tive and kind. The only orders were that the men be present at a nine oclock rollcall.They could do this easily and still spend their nights in Wiesbaden or Mainz as whimmight dictate. Such a situation believers in rigid army discipline might find it difficultto condone. Yet, looking back, we saw in it a sensible solution of our necessarily monot-onous life, a solution perhaps not possible for every unit, but assuredly very proper for us. (77)
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The Moose Tower Coolena Th* Lortlty Our assignment to the Tenth Army had added a French clerk to our roster-Our first clerk left us in Mainz, our second, Albert Mounaud, had become an acceptedmember in good standing in all section activities before we moved to Bretzenheim. Hehad been a law student before the war, and found it easy and natural to mix with the men. On February 19th the Lieutenant returned from Paris, bringing two importantchanges with him. The first was the appointment of Jack R. Swain as First Sergeant.Swain had been doing the first sergeants work for some time and with such unusual suc-cess and lack of friction that every man welcomed his promotion. The second changewas the transfer of Cook Henry M. Martinson to Base Camp, from which he was to besent home immediately, and the appointment of Roger J. Williams as the new cook.Marty was a married man and deserved to leave for home early. Williams was popularanyway and did a good job in the kitchen. On the 22nd Major Berl

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