Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22

20 early In the morning ana AT nlgHt
not to be seen. Cold, 1t Is winter and
the poor sentinels suffer terribly. We
are unable to go beyond the trenches
| because II draws the German fire on
the men and ourselves and gives away
our position so those men right In
front have nothing hot at all. 1t Is an
, extraordinary sight. before sunrise to
creep out with two soldiers carrying
the soup, and we with dippers behind
the trenches filling the tins as the men
come with them. They are very CRATE
full for it. 1t does your heart good to
see them.
Hot Chocolate 70 the Men.
Last night four OF us carried hot
chocolate to the last sentinel. We had
to go without lights and quietly. Then
would come Halt and one OF the
men would come up. give the pass
word and we would follow. The soldiers
are very good to US. There are no
wounded just at present. hut we find
this most helpful and heaps to do for
the man are cold and want our soup.
There Is not one house intact in Per-
wye. simply blown to pieces. There
are three pianos In the village and
they look so gaunt behind broken
windows and In burnt and broken
rooms and always soldiers playing
them. or 1t is strange to look into 4
room and see cozy little fireplace
burning away and a group OF tired
and wet men around it. The fields and
trenches are flooded and It is dreary
sight At night one usually sees some
village or farm burning. The men
who are fighting are badly In need of
shoes. / have seen some wearing ten
mis- shoes and others with toes on ice"
Writes in Blacksmith Shop.
Mrs. Gleason writes wherever she
can and under all kinds of circum
stances. Sometimes a ziz gag line
will be shown and this she says, ia
made when the big guns go off. A
letter from Furness is written in a
blacksmith shop in the midst OF mer
ry looking Belgian soldiers. Just out
side OF Furness they picked up num-
Der OF wounded and in a tiny low
room. raftered ceiling and straw on
the floor. we're caring for them. 1.-TWO
Germans" writes Mrs. Gleason. were
on stretchers. with one Belgian hold
ing a lantern for the dresser to see
the wound. This German had clean
|; ach and came out the small Of his
back, by far the cleanest wound I
have ever seen. He was greatly dis
| turbed over a packet of letters they
had taken from him and when it was
| returned he took out picture Of his
! wife and showed it to us: II was very
| touching.
Doctor 10 Bayoneted.
"A nice little Belgian doctor we
knew was bayoneted the other night.
A small force of French navies was
holding point when the Germans
charged. The French fed, expecting a
| much larger number of Germans The
| Germans also bayoneted all the
| wounded the doctor was caring for in
his cottage. When the Frnch saw
how few in numbers they We're. they
| returned and drove them back and
killed the officer that killed our doctor.
1--WE went into Ramscappelle today
and they were Smelling it all day yes
| terday and it Is a mass of ruins. went
! into big church which Is always the
| important building in the village. Only
| the walls were standing and the sun
streaming thru the broken windows In
| one corner was an old tomb with sew
| eral weeping saints clustered about and
| they seemed to be grieving over the
/, destruction. 1t was a terrible sight
dead horses cows and pigs everywhere
! the neat little dwellings with windows
| broken and roofs falling in and great
holes In the walls exposing bit OF a
| kitchen or bed or family picture. The
| peasants are gone. fed or killed. Their
homes are being used by soldiers. Bel
CLANS. French Arabs, Turocs and Sim
agaleS"