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What the Norton-Harges Ambulance Unit has done is written large in the history of the relations between America and the Allies during the first years of the war. Its humanitarian results were testified by the request frequently made by wounded men to be evacuated in an American ambulance...
...those who gave their lives in the war the country will always be indebted. To those who, like Mr. Norton, also brought Europe, and the United Stated closer together we are doubly grateful. It is characteristic of the man that, though too old to join a combatant unit in the American Army, he had been twice decorated for gallantry. These are tangible acknowledgements of his work, but the real tribute for what he has accomplished lies in the heart of those who have been privileged to serve under him, and in the gratitude of every wounded man tended because...
Richard Norton, son of the late Professor Charles Eliot Norton '46, was the founder of the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Service, which was the first American Unit to aid the allied armies in the great war. For nearly a year the only American uniforms known overseas were those of the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Service, and all that the French had to judge this country by was the work of the men in this unit. At that time, many undergraduates left the University in order to join Norton's corps and have since played an important part in the entire history...
Norton started his first section in the fall of 1914, and worked in connection with, the British Army. As this was not considered as "neutral" service, Mr. Norton was forced to form an independent section by joining with the Harjes volunteer unit then working on the western front...
...considerable amount of equipment for the University artillery unit has just been received by the Military Office. This includes two five-ton Holt tractors, six horses, a complete set of saddles, and a number of observation and fire-control instruments. Four enlisted men of the regular Army have also arrived to care for the horses...