THE NEW AMBULANCE UNITS

With the probability of a declaration of war by Congress early next month, and the possibility of actual hostilities before that time, it is natural that the members of the University should seek the quickest and surest means of offering their services to the country. This is the object of the formation of the new Norton-Harjes Ambulance Units. To those men who have had little military training or whose services are not actually required in the military forces or this country, the opportunity of rendering valuable and effective aid to France in her war against Germany should have a strong appeal. There is little likelihood that any branch of service other than the patrol boat units will directly encounter the armed forces of Germany. The ambulance corps, however, offers an indirect way of increasing the military strength of the Allies. Those men who, for such causes as defective eyesight have been refused admittance to the regular training corps will find ambulance work the most useful and valuable form of service they can render.

Eighty men are needed, if the plan is to be a success. Except for the sum of one hundred dollars for personal use and transportation, all expenses will be paid. Even the cost of transportation will be borne by the anonymous donor in the case of volunteers unable to secure the money themselves. Surely under such conditions there should be no difficulty in filling these new ambulance units, as they ought to be filled, entirely with Harvard men.