In carrying out the prescribed regulations the Director of the
Sanitary Service of the 6th Army Corps "mentions" in the orders of
the day of that service
THE AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE SANITARY SECTION NO. 8, for the reason
following:--
"Under the direction of Lieutenant Robert Charles Paroissien and of the
American Deputy-Commandant Austin Blake Mason, the American Sanitary
Section No. 8, composed entirely of volunteers, has been wonderfully
efficient in the daily service of removing the wounded, going very
long distances to fetch them, despite a bombardment sometimes of great
intensity.
"It especially distinguished itself on June 23, by passing through
the sheet of poisonous gas again and again, without respite, under a
sustained fire, for many hours, bringing the men prostrated by the gas
to the ambulances as speedily as possible."
_Headquarters, 4 August, 1916
P.O. The Director of the Sanitary Service_