Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-25

TOP OF the loads M best they could. and
words are poworlesa 20 convey nny idea
OF mat terrible ride over n rpndlesa
country. up hill and down. tho cjaycy.
wet toil cut into hub.dccp furroNs Nv
,n. piAsaEe OF the army trains. under
You know how our bows yvha ,xeist a..
The light hungry lay for two DAYS in
.ie trenches. almost without food. ana
now the wounded wore hftervnrds ar
dered to make their way 10 iho rea,
as pest they could. Mcn with delrernt.
wounds hal 10 walk or scnwl. ucrhapa
y ihhe, pefhans i've or six mllcs. over
the WIZ. rough country those who
vtrrc least injured insisting their com.
rados, and hundreds dying BY the way.
side. Had the ited Cross been niiowea
lts way In the beginning many OF these
horrors would have been avoided: nm
balances would have been on hnni
when 30 sorcly needed. equipped with
every convenience. aud the irei hos.
pltai camp would have been close h,
the battlefield. II II no use row to
criucisc men or methods. SUFFERING.
inseparnblc
COMPANIONS or WAR,
agalnst which no human foresight can
wholly provide. Those Of The
""NNW VIM uNtl To reach
Tue places designated. were nd.
tended nH rapidly and efficiently
ns possible By the half dozen army muir.
fcona. who had few OF the most rocpa.
shry thinpn at hand FOR their awful
work Their instruments were In thoir
pockets. but nnaosthctics. bandagra.
medicines. food. were utterly lacking.
ana ~ insufficient was the force thai
many ~ the wounded lay for days be-.
fore their turn came. The soldiers
clothes were 20 soaked with rain and
stifcrcd with mud from the trenchaa
that they could not be- put on again.
hhNihr been removed for an operation.
Men taken from the operating table.
perhaps having Just had a leg ~ arm
cut OF. or with hoilCn torn with Mnusor
bullrt1. were laid naked on the rain
soaked ground. without shelter. and IN
the majority ~ cases without even
blankets. And there they lay through
two LONG days and nights. compared %
which D1ntc.u inferno seems like Para.
disc. To add to the horrors OF the alt.
uation.
THE SKIES wEpT
inccsaantly ana the army hospltnl
corps had no lights but a few nlckeflng
candles. BY which to cut into qulyering
human fcsh. without the blessed boon
10 chlurufurm. When the Red CROSS
finally forced IT, way TO the spot. Miss
llartuu know exactly what to d.. She
directed nrCB 90 be kludlod A. quiclliy
~ possible. aud over them hung her
hiR granite kittles. filled with water.
IN some ~ the kittiea matted milk was
prepared. IN others good HtronE gfuri
made. with her usual wonderful Fore
sight she brought along plenty ~ LAM
terms and oil. ana quantity of cotton
cloth. Tearing the latter into stripe.
the length ~ q sheet. she sent the men
Of her party ahead 10 cover the naked
sufferers. ana the women quickly fol-
lowed, each with pail ~ niciming
milk or Cruel They found MANY Of
the soldiers urconfciouHi 0thrrr dcilfi-
ouf, bowling Or curHlnE IN agony
knes llnF ON the ground beside each
sufferer. the little band teuderly liftci
the poor heads In their arms aud nut
between the parchod lips the nrat food
or drink they had had FOR days
Gradually consciousness returned Ia
many who had passed almost beyond
the hurdcr-lluc Into the great unknown
aud the llrht " reason replaced the
glare Of madness. Thus thousands Of
mothers boys were saved who IN fcw
hours more would have been beyond
mortal aid. and the last moments ~
others were rooihcd by the knowledge
that they had not been utterly nban-
dpncd by God ana man. No wonder
that bearded men wcpt Ike babies and
bless'd the angels Of mercy as they
passed.
one % the mos, dramatic incidents
OF the war was the entrance OF the Rcd