The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-13

Branding as falsehood the stories circulated in the press about the in sulting and brutal manner in which tourists in Germany were treated at the beginning of the war, Charles An dres of 126 Burroughs street, depart ment commander of United spanish War Veterans, who returned from an extensive visit to Germany, Belgium, HolIand and Switzerland only ten days ago, gave an interesting descrip- ton of his travels last night to the comrades of Lieut., N. w. Bishop Camp. United Spanish War Veterans, at their rooms at the State Armory.
 He was in Stuttgart when war broke out. He stated that at the time the order of mobilization came there was no unusual excitement. Everything worked with clocklike precision, even the women and children cooperating to arrange the business and house hold affairs Of their men folks. Every man reported at the designated place (the town hall or public square of each town1 at the appointed hour.
 If assigned to a regiment stationed at a different place from where his business or home happened to be, he was immediately sent there on the government trains or automobiles. Roll calls were held every hour and at the close of the first day those living in the vicinity Of their regiments wece allowed to go home over night and ar range the household affairs
 On the second day brand new uni forms and equipment were furnished to each man and rifle which had never been used was supplied. The ployed in drilling and rife practice and on the sixth day the mobilization was complete
 Including the standing army already prepared, 6,00os GOO men had reported to the scolors been equipped and sent to their proper stations and strateg1cal movements Of large bodies of troops in tactical units began. At first all train movements were made at night and not even the native population or the soldiers themselves knew their des- tination.
 Over (, 900 trains were used to trans por-t troops during the first week of inc war and not a single collision or railroad casualty occurred The troll ley car system and automobile trucks Of every description were taken over by the government and are still being used to transport supplies, aInmuni- l ton and equipment of all kinds < After a week or ten days wounded soldiers and French prisoners com l menced to arrive in large numbers at Stuttgart MT. Andres reports having seen over ten thousand French prison CTS in Stuttgart. They presented striking picture in their vivid uni forms, red caps, red trousers. and blue 1 coats witt, red trimmings. He says 1 they undoubtedly make an excellent
 target on the battlefield.
 The women folks and children had | been organized into bodies to meet the
 trains and give out coffee and bread to the wounded German soldiers and French prisoners. Children over Il
 years of age are allowed to assemble in the depots and place additional pill | lows under the heads of wounded sol die1-s, French and German alike, sup l ply additional bandages and hospita 1 supplies to nurses and physicians, TUT 1 errands, carry dispatches, and hand 1 out coffee and bread or wine as re l quired.
 Women physically able attended tt 1 civic affairs. even swept the streets
 drove carriages, lit the street lamps
 kept the stores running, etc. Commit | tees of women and older men, espe | cially those who could speak English 1 met the trains in the large depots il
 all parts of Germany and went througl
 the cars in which tourists and travel
 1ers were on their way to the Unitet
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