The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-10

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THE FOREIGN ATTACHES
The uniforms are net alike bet
the broad rcd haud whirh the rlAs
ere wraH on their sleeves deuots
that they are foreign military ate
tae hHs sent by their various SOY
currents 10 observe she oreHatisaH.
The tnii man Ia khaki ANA a cap
WITH a brilliant scarlet band around
IN Is british seianel the one Ntth
the ihu white cap fa an AnaffiaH
lieutenant be Win she flaf cap nnd
the gray blue saat 10 = German ral-
anel. Inc one eith the DARK coat
ana the sum hsigurt - = French enpf
tain. and the enc b slain shaki
aad SLOUGH hat - a major In cpf
ONE army % the United States
Close behiua the foreign attaches
come four ghiuatnru he1rinE upoa
their shoulders stretehsF CA Nhieh
lies figure wrapped up IN rel
I biHukct. This stHsfchsr % followed
I b. smother md another and snofhs
Or There are haif hundred 81
- them zitaesfhrf. ga some af The
sffstchefs fhs figures 10 vefY sflil.
ON oihsrs foot er an arm moves
a. Il passes. on another face al
most hidden IN hHuaaaea. peers cufis
ouHly st the HOUSE. They are
wounded being transferred from ne
field hospitals 70 the general hos
risnl
GREAT GUNS kaE NEXT.
with q rumble and plenty - yell
/ Ing. eiEhs airatninE horses come
into view. dragging behind them =
/ field gun. I, n hidden under a can-
vas cover. but there IL no mIstak-
iuK r. u ioifH and ratie- along the
road and II followed - another and
another until SIX have passed Then
/ come a dozen extra ammunition
wagons. some 81 them With eEtna
wheels fastened on behind. and fiu-
/ ally a large supply wagon. Iris e
a eemuiefa battery. L r. followed
by five more. a full regiment - A.
/ tnleFF After each three batteries
"a etius come an extra lot If am
muuition wagons ana a long line Of
extra horses Eighteen guns form
a battalion. ard two hBftaiiaun .
/ regiment. Occasionally one sees an
| ammunition wagon painted ercfaI
| the rnl1r used bY thr gapamsHH hrlne
gray. Al first they puzzle yau. hut
you soon learn Co know them fbe ;
are wagons caTtufe1 from the Rus
sians.
During al the time these thises
arc passlna. va fast. ~ almost stAfY
/ minute ~ the day. Officers ere rurh
ms their horses through the raet
SCRAMBLE or STRANGE vEuu.
| Gf.Ea 4
AID new comes r. scramble -
/ Chinese carts. strange Nehfles
mounted ON two great iron studied
wheels and drawn hy 81 I.aaf fsuf
animals one iu the shafts. And
three abreast ahead. horses I'm
keys. mules. cows and steers being
mixed Up In n manner that reminds
one u the happy family IN the
mouaEerle. The shrill voices ~ The
/ Chiusse drivers arr very piercing
ana when the road becomes blocked
with a couple 81 hundred carts. as Il
does on an average Of every half
hour an day. the noise D. almost
dcafanlnR. particularly al that state
Of affairs q usually a HRhal fof
every mule and every donkey in the
caravan e. raise bis voice Ia loud
protest
Then come n hundred or two men
"drugelng small two wheeled carts
behind them. carts laden With coils
Of wire and long poles. They are
the field telegraph corps. mon
whose work ls as important ~ that
or any set OF men Ia the army.
They are not mmrd. yet they take
al the risk ~ any soldier, erecting
their poles and stfinRinR their wires
to the very firing line Itself
THE RED CROSS MEN
And here come couple ~ hum
bred men wearing haEenets. but