History of Ambulance Company Number 139

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Various. History of Ambulance Company Number 139

ORGANIZATION OF AMBULANCE COMPANY 139

LIFE AT CAMP HOEL

TRAINING AT CAMP DONIPHAN

DEPARTURE FROM CAMP DONIPHAN

THE TRIP ACROSS THE ATLANTIC

OUR FLYING TRIP THROUGH ENGLAND

FROM SOUTHAMPTON TO LE HAVRE

OUR TRIP THROUGH FRANCE TO ELOYES

IN ACTION ON THE WESSERLING SECTOR

VENTRON

LE COLLET

THE MARCH FROM LUNEVILLE TO BENNEY

BENNEY TO FIVE TRENCHES

FROM FIVE TRENCHES TO SENARD

MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE

WITH THE KITCHEN IN THE ARGONNE OFFENSIVE

CITATIONS AND CASUALTIES

THE STAY IN VAUBECOURT

THE VERDUN FRONT

MOVE TOWARD METZ, AND THE ARMISTICE

THE FIRST REPLACEMENTS

FURLOUGHS

LA BOURBOULE

THE FURLOUGHS AT AIX-LES-BAINES

TRIP TO MARSEILLES

A CASUAL IN THE S. O. S

PERSHING REVIEWS THE 35th DIVISION

FROM COUSANCES TO AULNOIS

THE HOME GOING

FROM AULNOIS TO "CIVIES"

FICKLE WOMEN

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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.

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For a number of years it had been customary for all national guard organizations to go into camp on the night of July 3rd and stay until the 4th, when they would put on an exhibition of some kind. Consequently this company, together with Company A, First infantry, K. N. G., and Battery E, First Field Artillery, K. N. G., went into camp on the night of July 3rd at the City Park. To most of the men this was their first experience in sleeping on the ground, and it will not be easily forgotten, for the next day found every one with aching bones. In the afternoon of the 4th the men of Company A, Infantry, put on a sham battle, and this company followed them up, administering first aid to the "wounded."

September 27th was the fatal day for Kansas Ambulance Company No. 2 in Kansas City, Kansas. On that day camp was broken and the company was formed. We left our camp and marched to the train behind the famous Kilties Scotch Band, which led us down Minnesota Avenue through the great crowds that had gathered along the street to cheer us on our way. We boarded the train at Third and Washington Boulevard, where the boys bid their dear ones "goodbye."

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