Evening Star Newspaper, November 11, 1927, Page 35

____THE EVENING D AR AMBILANE o s omes REAL MERCY. SHIP | lGovernment Records Series of Achievements for Kelly Field Planey ‘The Army’s big air “ambulance” at Relly Field has earned the sobriquet in the service of “Mercy Ship,” be- cause of its remarkable record in rushing medical and surgical aid by air to emergency victims. to the end of Tied a total of 23 patients, made 26 emergency flights, was 39 hours in the air on emergency -calls, covered approximately 3,800 miles or. these calls, had but one forced landing and at no time failed to return to its air- drome under its own power. The fastest time on any one flight was made last April to Rocksprings, Tex., when the aerial ambulance averaged a speed of 120 miles an hour, a War Department bulletin points out. A tornado exacted a heavy toll from this town, 56 persons losing their 200 being injured and many rendered destitute. The airline dis- tance of 112 miles from Kelly Field to Rocksprings is over exceedingly rough country, and a forced landing would have been 'extremely difficult to make. Maj. C.*L. Beven, flight on at Kelly Field, was imme- diately dispatched to Rocksprings in the am nce plane to render aid to the inhabita of the town. Piloted by Master ct. E. F. Nendell, Air Corps, and with Sergt. David R. Kass Medical Corps, as the second pas- senger, the plane was loaded with a surgical che nd a quantity of mis- cellaneous ical dressings. Within a few minutes of his arrival, Sergt. Nendell was in the air again on his way back to San Antonio, taking with him an injured youth who suf- fered a broken arm, shoulder and leg on his left side. Upon arrival of the afrplane at San Antonio the youth Wi ‘rushed to the Santa Rosa Hos- pita On account of the small landing field at Rocksprings and the con- sequent necessity of carrying as light sury field in the meantime having been cleared by the Air Corps detachment. On his next trip to San Antonio he carried two patients and one attend- ant, Lieut. Gravely flying the ship back to Rocksprings. Tate that afternoon Lieut. Gravely attempted to take off with a nurse from the Legion Hospital and a seri- ously wounded child. Several Mexi- cans ran across his nathway and, to avoid killing them, he was compelled to run the ship into some mesquite, which damaged it. The nurse and child were placed in a DeHaviland airplane and tlown to San Antonio by 2 load as possible, Sergt. Nendell was able to take off with but one patient at that time. He retutned to Rock- =prings in 55 minutes, the landing Special! Get a gay Bouton- niere for your new Fall Coat. We have a number of pretty flowcrs 3 9 to choose from at c Lieut. Goldsborougn. Using cat-gut, a surgical reedle, sheets, some tacks, a splint or two, adhesive and flour paste. Lieut. Gravely repaired the ambulance ship, flew it back to San Antonio minus the tail skid and with wounded patient and made a rafe landing. Realizing the puncturing and dirty nature of the wounds in a stock country, Maj. Beven had quantity of antitetani airplane from the Fort Sam Houston serum was administered to tients found in and - the town who required it Before leavirg Rock Springs he turned over the re- mainder of the serum to a local phy- sician and requested him to- make another search of the town end vicinity for any individual who re- uired its us B> /on doubt, the another seriously | STAR, WASHINGTON, quick tmnwormxlon and administra- tion of the antitetanic serum in the stricken area was responsible for sav- ing a number of ives. The first errand of nercy the am- bulance plane was called upon to per- form was on Jannary 18, 1926, when Flying Cadet ‘oseph Moffet crashed his airplane at Yturrie Field, 6 miles from Kelly iield. Two days later “adet I 1. Stoel‘ing crashed at Big Foot, Tex., some 40 miles from Kelly Field. The pilot of an airplane re- turning to Kelly Fiel1 reported the arash. One hour and twenty minutes later (he injured flier was in bed at the base hospi'sl at Fort Sam Hous- ton, Lieut. L. J. Carr piloting the am- bulance ship, accompanied by Capt. S. E. Brown, flight surgeon. On April 11, 1926, the ambulance plane quickly brought to the station hospital Lieut. ?. N Fuqua, who was serjously injured in an accident 6 miles from Kelly IField, and on May 15 develiver hin 30 minutes to | the base hospital, Fort Sam Houston, ff Sergt. Jorden D. Witworth, who was severely burned while working in a hangar. AMl for Crash Victims. Cadet McMillan and Pvt. Hillard e seriously injured in a crash at ales, Te: 70 miles from Kelly Iield, on Jun 1826. It would have been impracticable and dangerous to move these me y any means other than the wnbuiance airplane. Tn two hours, elapsad time, the patients were delivered to the station hospital. A cavalryman stationed at Fort Clark, Te: was attacked with acute appendicitis. rgt. Nendell took off from Kelly Field 15 minutes after the call was received and arrived at Fort Clark an hour and five min- utes later. The trip back to San An- tonio was made in an hour and 10 minutes. Six weeks later the ambulance air- plane arrived at Fort Clark on an- other errand of mercy. Capt. Way- land_Augur _of the h Mortgage Loan Application— Whatever Amount Required— That will not command immediate consideration and prompt answer Consult Us First! B. F. SAUL CO. 925 15th St. Main 2100 Special! Rayon Vests—Full cut and with self- picot straps—in pretty pastel shades. O f fered 3 7 tomorrcv fi ohtaw and in the D. €. FRIDAY, Cavalry Brigade, had suffered a dis- location of the shoulder when he fell from his horse during a polo game. In addition to the two trips to Fort Clark, the ambulance plane during the period June 2, 1926, to February 26, 1927, made six trips to places within_a_radius of 25 miles from Kelly Field to bring to the hospital flying personnel injured in airplane accidents. Early on a Saturday morning Lieut. Fraser Richardson, Cavalry, station: ed at Fort Ringgold, Tex., was in a critical condition as the result of a pistol wound in the head. Sergt. Nendell took off from Kelly Field in the ambulance plane. Another trip was made to Fort Ringgold in the ambulance plane on August 11, 1927, for the purpose of transporting _to Fort Sam Houston Hospital a Calvary soldier who was injured during drill when a runaway horse fell with him, crushing his left leg. Transportation of Serum. On numerous other occasions Sergt. Nendell made fast journeys by air to distant places in Texas, trans- porting antl-crotalus serum to be ad- ministered to persons bitten by rattle- snakes. He has the record of never failing to carry out an emergency mission assigned to him. The ambulance airplane, a product of the Cox-Klemin Aircraft Corpora- tion, ‘was designed to take off and land at very low speed, requiring a very short roll on the ground. These teatures are essential in order to op- Nothing Else Like It Quality—and Nothing Else but Qu-lny. Search the World Over, Spend what You Will There Is No Gear Lubricant Like Ebonite. Demand Ebonite-T for Transmissions, an Ebonite-R for Rear Axles. EBONITE (Combination of Pure 0il) 20 Cents a Shot At Filling Stations and Garages. BAYERSON OIL WORKS Columbia 5228 NOVEMBER 11, 1927. ‘erate from emergency flelds, generally small, and almost any kind of ground. It is powered with a 450-horsepower Liberty engine, and has a gasoline capacity of 108 gallons, sufficient for 6 hours’ operation without reservic- ing. It Is capable of accommodating four persons, the pilot, surgeon and two patients in two litters. e ROBBERS HOLD BANKER. Man and Wife Made Prisoners, but Band Fails to Open Vault. CHICAGO, November 11 (#).—A. A. Huxhold, assistant cashier of the Har- lem State Savings Bank of Forest Park, a suburb, and his wife were | held prisoners in their home six hours Wednesday night by five men, who then forced Huxhold.to go with them to the bank at 5 a.m., after which they worked two hours in a vain effort to open the bank vault. Shortly afterward the robbers left. The prisoners in the bank, which in- cluded the janitor and-his wife, were dlhl(‘:.;verad when other employes ar- rived. 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