New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-24

his seat Jollyng along on the 1atcar
/ in the sun. There was no other place
/ for him to be. because German mobil-
! ization contemplates one place for each
/ soldier, but no extra places for any
one.
! Well Treated in Camp.
Arrived at the camp, we found $500
/ Frenchmen and 800 Religions very
/ much down on their luck. They were
treated well enough. as far as could
| see. Each man had straw mattress
, of his own, all the chance in the world
! for w0shing and keeping clean, freedom
| TO wander anywhere in the 200-acre lot
/ fenced in by high barbed wire, and suf-
/ ficient bread, water and soup.
To my utter establishment, the
| French all wore red trousers. What
could be a moro shining mark in mod
/ crn way? Nearly all of them wore
red caps, too, though understand that
/ in battle they had gay covers for
! these.
The Frenchmen we're little men be-
side the Germans. The contrast in the
height and width Of the races was very
evident as the prisoners and their
/ guards stood near together.
Among the French were small num-
Der Of Turcos, dark skinned soldiers re-
cruitcd from the French possessions in
Africa. They were a part of Frances
, famous Armee Noir. and they were by
far the cheerfulest of the victims.
They showed dazzling white teeth in
the most enjoying Of grins rs they
willingly faced the cameras.
The Belgians were the rlost un-
! kempt and depressed. Among them
were few franc tircurs, or civilians,
caught with Eurs in their hands, who
/ had been shooting at the German
/ troops. This is a mortal offence under
! the laws of war, and many franc tir-
ours have paid the penalty already,
! Just as a number of Mexican civilians
! did at Vera Cruz. But the frame
/ tircurs We saw at the prison camp, |
was told. were not to be executed.
Some of them were sixty or sixty-fivo
years old.
Remarkable Rate OF Recovery.
A good many OF the captured were
slightly wounded; the more seriously
wounded had been taken to the prison
hospital in Osnabruck. near the front
But the rate of recovery from rifle
wounds in this war, according to Sur
J gcon Osterhog. Of the American navy,
who was one of our party, is not less
]
are quite different. They tear and rip
Jagged uneven holes. and rifle bullets
make little round, neat ones.
Surgeon OsterhOg has examined SOL
diers in the German hospitals who have
been shot clean through the lungs and
made quick recovery. ! talked to a
Frenchman who had bullet enter his
cheek and come out from his opposite
hip, and he was walking about bit
gingerly. to be sure-wth a cigarette
dangling from his swollen lips.
The families of the prisoners won't
know for a long time, perhaps not until
the war is ended, that their men still
see the sun.
They say that the British prisoners
already have begun to play football in
/ their prize camps. but, aside from an
occasional game Of cards, the French
and Belgians merely stood still or
walked slowly or lay on the ground
| They didn't talk much to ono another
the blow of defeat and capture was
too recent
The trip back to Berlin was even
more rapid than from il. The bugles
sounded. the road was cleared before
us of all civilians. and the machines Of
war swept through the people OF peace
Ike armorcd knights.
Amateurs Out OF II.
Power in the days Of armor belonged
20 the few with war horses; Gunpowder
gave it to the many, and now the PEN
dulum swings back again. ScarGhights,
shrapnel. machine guns, modern eXplo-
sives. war Zeppeins, 42-centimetrc
howitzers and everything to DO with
navics can't be managed by amateurs,
no matter how willing they be.
The gap in military efficiency be
tween the professional soldier and the
civilian probably is as wide now as il
was in the Middle Ages. The men be-
hind the war at Bunker Hill had as
good weapons and could use them as
we'll as the redcoats. That wouldn't
be even remotely true to-day in a fight
between the volunteers and regulars on
land or sea.
The lists of dead and wounded are
posted daily on the polished granite
sides OF the Red Cross hospitals, in
DorotheenstraSse. Where the action
took place is never given. That might
indicate TO the enemy where such a
regiment was. and thence he might
make strategic deductions. Simply the
name of the regiment and the mans
name. thus:
Johann Herrinss. infanterist. tot
! (dead).
Paul Stein, infanterist, verwundet
/ (wounded).
Fritz Stowronnctt- Hauptmann leap
tain, schwer verwundet BADLY wound
| ed.
Baude. kanonier, vermisst (missingl,
Hugo Reinecke. kanoner, lecht
verwundet Oight wound.
Never a Scene at Bulletins.
There is always a crowd before these
/ lists, looking each for a particular
name. but if any of the crowd found
the name Of friend or relative in the
bulletins while | was standing by
didn't know il. No sign was ever
shown. There has never been scene
ut this bulletin board.
A most terrible story has been print
ed in the Berlin papers. with aflidavits
from the man. A German couple. liv-
ing in East Prussia. near the border,
were caught by a squad of invading
Cos>acks. They attacked the woman in
turn before the mans eyes, compelling
him to look on.
Tomorrow MALI dozen OF us Ameri-
can correspondents start in the general
direction Of the front, under the escort
of Lieutenant Baron Won Lersher. IL is
probable, however, that we shall not b.
|. allowed to see any action. The war
correspondent business, In the old
sense, is about finished.
WOULD CUT WILSON'S PAY
Suggests Reducing Army,
Navy and Congress Salaries.
Washington. Sept. %. Reduction OF