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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...contingent of doctors and nursers for the Harvard Surgical Unit in France will sail from New York tomorrow on the Andania. The party will be under the charge of Chief Surgeon Hugh Cabot '94, who has already done service with the 22d General Hospital, British Expeditionary Force, and who now holds the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the English army...
Thirty-one members of the University will sail for France from New York on the French liner Chicago today to drive American ambulances at the front. Passports were issued from Washington to the volunteers apparently with no delay, in spite of the crisis. A good deal of anxiety naturally has made itself manifest in regard to the safety of the passage, but the French line has assured the American Ambulance Field Service Headquarters that every precaution will be taken. This may well mean that the ship will be convoyed throughout its voyage, although no definite promise has been made...
...following men sail today: American Ambulance Field Service.--C. A. Amsden uC, L. R. Bailey '18, H. Bridgman '19, K. L. Buell '19, B. Cleveland '20, H. B. Craig '19, J. R. Craig, Jr., '19, J. K. Desmond '19, S. Eaton '19, C. A. Elliott '19, G. F. Freer '18, B. B. Gould '19, J. H. Lambert '20, K. Merrick '19, J. Preston '19, D. W. Rich '18, V. L. Rich '19, C. R. Richards, Jr., '19, P. Robinson '19, S. Sewall '20, K. Snow '20, F. C. Stetson '18, J. S. Taylor '18, B. Hammond Tracy...
Today another large group of men from Harvard and other universities sail for France. There they will undertake the service of humanity in that generous spirit which is the pride of our young men. We see in them the fulfillment of those high ideals which are the salvation of our civilsation...
With the relief brought yesterday to the congested cargo situation at New York, preparations are being made by the French liner Chicago to sail on Monday. This is the boat on which 30 members of the University will sail for Bordeaux to drive ambulances at the front. Passports have been issued to these men and it is possible that the ship will be convoyed throughout the voyage...