{"id":43,"date":"2015-06-12T15:33:33","date_gmt":"2015-06-12T15:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/?page_id=43"},"modified":"2025-05-13T20:57:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T20:57:22","slug":"brown-ambulances","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/stories\/brown-ambulances\/","title":{"rendered":"Brown Ambulances"},"content":{"rendered":"<nav style=\"color: #c00404; font-size:1.4rem;\" class=\"has-text-color is-responsive has-text-decoration-underline wp-block-navigation is-horizontal is-layout-flex wp-container-core-navigation-is-layout-05db1d3e wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Menu\" \n\t\t data-wp-interactive=\"core\/navigation\" data-wp-context='{\"overlayOpenedBy\":{\"click\":false,\"hover\":false,\"focus\":false},\"type\":\"overlay\",\"roleAttribute\":\"\",\"ariaLabel\":\"Menu\"}'><button aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-label=\"Open menu\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-open\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.openMenuOnClick\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleMenuKeydown\"\n\t\t\t><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M4 7.5h16v1.5H4z\"><\/path><path d=\"M4 15h16v1.5H4z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container\"  id=\"modal-1\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--has-modal-open=\"state.isMenuOpen\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--is-menu-open=\"state.isMenuOpen\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-watch=\"callbacks.initMenu\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleMenuKeydown\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--focusout=\"actions.handleMenuFocusout\"\n\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-close\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-dialog\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-modal=\"state.ariaModal\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.ariaLabel\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--role=\"state.roleAttribute\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button aria-label=\"Close menu\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-close\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.closeMenuOnClick\"\n\t\t\t><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"m13.06 12 6.47-6.47-1.06-1.06L12 10.94 5.53 4.47 4.47 5.53 10.94 12l-6.47 6.47 1.06 1.06L12 13.06l6.47 6.47 1.06-1.06L13.06 12Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-content\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-watch=\"callbacks.focusFirstElement\"\n\t\t\t id=\"modal-1-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul style=\"color: #c00404; 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BUA. BDH. January 20, 1917<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">In 1916, Brown alumnus&nbsp;Edward O. Bartlett (1891) was serving in the American Ambulance Field Service, stationed in France. Bartlett, who was older than most in the organization, had the nickname \u201cDaddy.\u201d Bartlett wrote to a former classmate of the need for men in the Ambulance Service and explained&nbsp;what the men might expect. <em>&#8220;A bath is a rarity. Your boots are always muddy. No clothes brush will take the mud from your overcoat, and a knife or screw driver must start it. In a long night&#8217;s drive, the hands and ears suffer. Danger is there too.&#8221;<\/em><sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"2\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"000000001240a88f000000001a51ab6c_43\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-000000001240a88f000000001a51ab6c_43-2\">2<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-000000001240a88f000000001a51ab6c_43-2\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"2\">1. BDH 26:90, January 19, 1917. pg3<\/span> <em>&#8220;The sections are&nbsp;in constant need of new cars to replace those worn out or destroyed, and several have been shot to pieces. Don\u2019t you think it would be possible for you to find enough Brown men who would be willing to hold up the name of Brown by giving us a new ambulance? All our cars are Fords. We buy the chassis in America and build the bodies here. It costs $1,500 to buy a chassis, build and equip the ambulance and maintain it for one year&#8217;s service at the front. It would be very pleasing to see Brown\u2019s name on the side of an ambulance.&#8221;<\/em><sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"3\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"000000001240a88f000000001a51ab6c_43\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-000000001240a88f000000001a51ab6c_43-3\">3<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-000000001240a88f000000001a51ab6c_43-3\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"3\">2. BUA.&nbsp;BAM, 17:6. January, 1917. pp153-154<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-1905\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"483\" src=\"http:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/REMY-convoy-1.jpg\" alt=\"REMY convoy (1)\" class=\"wp-image-1905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/REMY-convoy-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/REMY-convoy-1-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/REMY-convoy-1-100x54.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/REMY-convoy-1-150x81.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/REMY-convoy-1-200x107.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/REMY-convoy-1-450x242.jpg 450w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/REMY-convoy-1-600x322.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">REMY convoy. Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>On January 20th, the Brown Christian Association initiated a campaign to raise the funds, and the plea for a Brown sponsored ambulance was published in the Brown Daily Herald the same day. The campaign made rapid progress. On February 7th, a benefit was staged in Sayles Hall. One of the founders of the American Ambulance Service, Lieutenant George H. Roeder spoke and a film titled &#8220;Our American Boys in the European War&#8221; was shown.&nbsp;On May 21st at Keith&#8217;s Theatre in downtown Providence, another benefit was held to raise money for the cause, in which the Brown Glee Club took part.&nbsp;An address was made by Lukas C. Doyle, who had been&nbsp;wounded in Ambulance Service in France, and a one act play \u201cWhen the Bugle Calls\u201d was staged. The performances and collections netted $1,238.40 for the fund.<sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"4\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"000000001240a88f000000001a51ab6c_43\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-000000001240a88f000000001a51ab6c_43-4\">4<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-000000001240a88f000000001a51ab6c_43-4\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"4\">3. BUA. OF-1Q-C1. Christian Association Files. Box 1. BCA annual report 1916-17, pg5<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/repository.library.brown.edu\/studio\/item\/bdr:64724\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"310\" src=\"http:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-64724.jpg\" alt=\"bdr-64724\" class=\"wp-image-827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-64724.jpg 600w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-64724-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-64724-100x52.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-64724-150x78.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-64724-200x103.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-64724-450x233.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cast of Glee Club&#8217;s operetta &#8220;No Trespassing,&#8221; 1917. Pembroke College archives. Images of Brown.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In March, a letter of thanks was received from the secretary of the American Ambulance Field Service, along with a promise to try and send the Brown car, which bore a plaque that read &#8220;Given by the Students and Friends of Brown University&#8221; to Bartlett&#8217;s unit. At the end of the war, Professor Charles Hunkin would describe the Brown car&nbsp;as &#8220;<em>the real veteran of the section, having more than thirty holes in it.&#8221;<\/em><sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"5\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"000000001240a88f000000001a51ab6c_43\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-000000001240a88f000000001a51ab6c_43-5\">5<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-000000001240a88f000000001a51ab6c_43-5\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"5\">4. BUA. World War I Correspondence. Hunkins Ambulance Service report to President Faunce.<\/span>&nbsp;From the total funds raised, a balance of $200 remained. A check&nbsp;was sent as a contribution from the students of the University towards the endowment of a Brown University Bed for a ward in the American Hospital in Paris.<sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"6\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"000000001240a88f000000001a51ab6c_43\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-000000001240a88f000000001a51ab6c_43-6\">6<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-000000001240a88f000000001a51ab6c_43-6\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"6\">5. BUA. OF-IE-3 box 4. Files of W.H.P. Faunce<\/span> Soon after, a note of thanks was received from the hospital. <em>&#8220;The Brown Bed in France is serving its intended purpose and that at least two wounded French Soldiers have occupied it and appreciated it.&nbsp;It is at present occupied by a corporal, Clement B-, 28 years old, in the 137eme d&#8217;Infantie, who was badly wounded last October. Before the war he was a farmer in the Commuen de Venanceau (Vendee), where he lives with his wife and small daughter.&#8221; <\/em>&nbsp;The letter contained a few words from the occupant of the Brown bed. <em>&#8220;I am a French soldier and have fought since 1914. I was recently wounded during a fight which took place June 3, 1918. Following my removal from the front I have come to convalesce in an American hospital, where I am in room 262, bed No. 7. The bed in which I have passed comfortable hours is the one which belongs to you and which you support. How honored I am to find myself there!&#8221; &#8211;<\/em> Un Soldat Francais<sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"7\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"000000001240a88f000000001a51ab6c_43\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-000000001240a88f000000001a51ab6c_43-7\">7<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-000000001240a88f000000001a51ab6c_43-7\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"7\">6. BUA. BDH. January, 1919. pg121<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/repository.library.brown.edu\/studio\/item\/bdr:235719\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2903\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"859\" height=\"1200\" src=\"http:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-235719.jpg\" alt=\"bdr-235719\" class=\"wp-image-2903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-235719.jpg 859w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-235719-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-235719-768x1073.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-235719-733x1024.jpg 733w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-235719-100x140.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-235719-150x210.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-235719-200x279.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-235719-300x419.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-235719-450x629.jpg 450w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-235719-600x838.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 859px) 100vw, 859px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">French convalescents. 1915. &#8220;Two of my favorite convalescents. The one on my left, Butteau, gave his blood twice to save comrades.&#8221; Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>With further donations, Brown ultimately raised enough funds to send two additional ambulances to France. The first car was named in honor of Professor&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/stories\/professor-micoleau\/\">Henri F. Micoleau<\/a>, killed in action on September 9th, 1914 at the first battle of the Marne; the second for <a href=\"http:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/stories\/floss\/\">Florence J. H. Price<\/a><b>,<\/b>&nbsp;the first Brown graduate to die in the war.&nbsp;The work of the Brown Christian Association did not end with the endowed&nbsp;ambulances and bed.&nbsp;The organization also contributed funds to the Belgian Relief Fund, raised $2,733 for the Y.M.C.A.<sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"8\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"000000001240a88f000000001a51ab6c_43\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-000000001240a88f000000001a51ab6c_43-8\">8<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-000000001240a88f000000001a51ab6c_43-8\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"8\">7.BUA. BDH 27:98,&nbsp;pg16<\/span>, prepared and sent Christmas boxes to each Brown undergraduate in service<sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"9\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"000000001240a88f000000001a51ab6c_43\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-000000001240a88f000000001a51ab6c_43-9\">9<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-000000001240a88f000000001a51ab6c_43-9\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"9\">8. BUA. Topic Files 1-E WWI. BCA. pg2<\/span>, sang&nbsp;at Red Cross fundraising entertainments, and shipped books and magazines to the army. During the campus&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/stories\/influenza-quarantine\/\">influenza quarantine<\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>members of the organization&nbsp;sold&nbsp;Thrift Stamps and <a href=\"https:\/\/repository.library.brown.edu\/studio\/search\/?utf8=%E2%9C%93&amp;q=Liberty+bonds\">Liberty Bonds<\/a> to students to raise money for the war effort.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/BCA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"575\" src=\"http:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/BCA.jpg\" alt=\"Brown Christian Association's Cabinet. Liber Brunensis, 1917.\" class=\"wp-image-2648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/BCA.jpg 800w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/BCA-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/BCA-768x552.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/BCA-100x72.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/BCA-150x108.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/BCA-200x144.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/BCA-450x323.jpg 450w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/BCA-600x431.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Brown Christian Association&#8217;s Cabinet, 1916\/1917. Liber Brunensis, 1917.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>1. BUA. BDH. January 20, 1917<br>2. BDH 26:90, January 19, 1917. pg3<br>3. BUA. BAM, 17:6. January, 1917. pp153-154<br>4. BUA. OF-1Q-C1. Christian Association Files. Box 1. BCA annual report 1916-17, pg5<br>5. BUA. World War I Correspondence. Hunkins Ambulance Service report to President Faunce.<br>6. BUA. OF-IE-3 box 4. Files of W.H.P. Faunce<br>7. BUA. BDH. January, 1919. pg121<br>8. BUA. BDH 27:98, pg16<br>9. BUA. Topic Files 1-E WWI. BCA. pg2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turning Point &nbsp;&#8220;THE LEAST WE COULD DO IS GIVE THEM A BROWN AMBULANCE&#8221; In 1916, Brown alumnus&nbsp;Edward O. Bartlett (1891) was serving in the American Ambulance Field Service, stationed in France. 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