CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE RECEIVED FROM AMERICAN FIELD SERVICE IN FRANCE

Two ambulances were donated to the American Field Service in France by the Dartmouth students in 1915.

In acknowledgment of the services rendered by these cars, the American Field Service in France has sent a certificate to the students of Dartmouth College describing the work done by the ambulances during their period of use. This certificate, which is handsomely engrossed in colors, will be framed and hung in some suitable place in the College.

The wording of the certificate is as follows:

Certificate of Service 1914 - 1918 American Field Service in France to The Students of Dartmouth College Friends of the American Field Service donors of Cars No. 160 and 164 bearing inscriptions "Dartmouth College No. I" "Dartmouth College No. II"

Ambulance No. 160 was sent in June, 1915, with Section Sanitaire No. 3 to Alsace, evacuating the postes de secours of Hartmannsweilerkopf and Mittlach. In May, 1916, it was transferred to Section Sanitaire No. 8, in Champagne. This section operated subsequently in the Verdun Sector, with postes at Fort de Tavannes, in Lorraine; in the Argonne; at Verdun, with postes at Bras; in Champagne, with poste at Suippes; and in the region of Ste. Menehould.

Ambulance No. 164, attached in June, 1915, to Section Sanitaire No. 3, in Alsace, was destroyed on Christmas Eve, 1915, during an attack at Hartmannsweilerkopf by a shell which killed the driver, Richard N. Hall, Dartmouth '15.

Henry D. Sleeper, Director.

There were connected with the American Field Service over one thousand ambulances which carried five hundred thousand wounded during the war. Subsequent to the signing of the armistice the Service has helped in the provisioning and rehabilitation of devastated towns and villages.

The Ambulance Service is now being demobilized and recommendation has been made that all cars still in good condition should continue the task of rehabilitation in northern France and Belgium.

The French government and the French people have constantly shown their gratitude for the services rendered by these cars of the American Field Service. The French Minister of War has also requested that the Field Service convey to the donors of their cars the appreciation of the French Government for the great service rendered.