"Under the direction of Lieutenant Robert de Kersauson de Pennendreff, and of the American officers, Herbert Townsend and Victor White, American Sanitary Section No. 1, 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 July 11, 1916, by passing through a sheet of poisonous gas again and again, without respite, under a sustained fire, for thirty-two hours, bringing the men prostrated by the gas to the ambulances." (_Signed_) TOUBERT _Headquarters, 26 July, 1916_ _Chief of the Sanitary Service_ _1{er} C. A. C._ _Direction du Service de Santé_ _No. 5161_ _Q. G., le 19 juillet 1916_ Le Médecin Principal de 1{ère} Classe LASNET, Directeur du Service de Santé du 1{er} Corps d'Armée Colonial, au Lieutenant DE KERSAUSON, Commandant la S. S. A. U. 1. Au moment où la S. S. A. U. 1 est appelée à suivre une autre destination, le Directeur du Service de Santé adresse au Lieutenant DE KERSAUSON et à tout le personnel de la Section ses chaleureuses félicitations pour le zèle, le courage et l'activité inlassables dont tous out fait preuve pendant leur séjour sur le secteur du 1{er} C. A. C. Les Troupes Coloniales ont su apprécier le dévouement des volontaires Américains et elles leur en gardent une vive reconnaissance. C'est avec un profond regret qu'elles les ont vu partir et elles n'oublieront pas de longtemps les conducteurs hardis, habiles et empressés qui venaient enlever leurs blessés jusque dans les postes de secours les plus avancés. (Signé) LASNET [TRANSLATION] _1st C. A. C._ _Headquarters of the Sanitary Service_ _No. 5161_ _Headquarters, 19 July, 1916_ The Physician-in-Chief of the First Class LASNET, Superintendent of the Sanitary Service of the First Colonial Army Corps, to Lieutenant DE KERSAUSON, Commanding S. S. A. U. 1. At the moment when the American Sanitary Section U. 1 is called upon to proceed to another field of action, the Superintendent of the Sanitary Service expresses to Lieutenant DE KERSAUSON and the whole personnel of the Section his warm congratulations upon the unwearying zeal, courage, and activity of which one and all have given abundant proof during their stay in the sector of the First C. A. C. The Colonial troops have not failed to appreciate at its true value the devotion of the American volunteers, and are profoundly grateful to them therefore. It was with deep regret that they learned of their departure, and they will not soon forget the fearless, skilful, and enthusiastic drivers who went even to the most advanced _postes de secours_ to collect their wounded. (_Signed_) LASNET EXTRAIT D'ORDRE N{o} 80