Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-12-01

ands. A regiment of fresh soldiers
spick and span, is Just marching across
At the same time, across the Other
bridge, wounded and sick men are be
ing brought from the battlefield. The
contrast defies description. Days age
in some city these fresh men marched
through the streets singing in their en-
thusiasm. The jolrney to this bridge
on the sdge of the battlefield has been
long and slow. But it IS almost ended
A short march will bring them where
death is plying all about. They don 7
sing now. Their faces are grave A
group of other soldiers are cheering
near by. Their captain has just made
n little speech telling them they are
to go into battle soon and that he ex.
poets them to do their best.
Hills Gray With Soldiers.
On a hillside a mile away are thou
sands of men in gray, They form a
gray carpet over the great slope. l
can see a white horse among them as
look through my glasses. The carpet
moves and forms itself into patterns OF
straight lines on green background.
These thousands Of men are to be taken
to the front after dark tonight. They
are waiting, and to keep them from
growing nervous, their officers put
them through drills now and then. 1t
is ll:3O now, but in this nGthern land
at this time Of the year, it will be
pitch dark at i;45 this afternoon, 30
they have not many hours to swarm
ldly on the safe hillside.
ll'l5 a. m.-We desert the wagon
to 10 the rest OF the way on foot. |
see my tiist snrapnel burst. 1t makes
a tiny, lazily floating cloud of white
smoke over the hills Through my
glasses | see an Austrian aeroplane
near the white cloud. Another cloud
and another and another break into
view. The Russians are trying for the
aeroplane The aviator knows it, too.
mere 8 NO use OF his trying to climb
above the danger, for the shrapnel has
an an inward rance OF over two miles, SO
tnwo"J thn Anatrion w." Innn "" DE, S'' Dee, S%
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soldiors Nth ,Soir hooks hont ov ""S oastE.
warJ Jic"inm ,,ita stj"LS 'e"s s;,SI y1's" so.
no,o,ocs rs mai stnmaah =" ,','u .ioa 'o,
IonJcr tho, tLn sbran"j I' wv ''J'"e
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OoeViy Ll1'io Srlps'
l2ilO ?, m,-We pass piles Of am
munition beside the rod. There are
white pine boxes, the size Of travel
Z - ''N'' b'tl' 's"'" VI NhNH NuH-
tains shell about four inches in diam
eter weighing about 80 pounds and
costing 800, Each shot of this vast
tattoo we are hearing means one Of
these shells mas gone to pot. Then
there are other boxes painted black,
the same size. They contain four 2
inch shells, costing about $40 each,
We're not hearing these, for the Rus
SLAMS and Austrians artillery lines are
about five miles apart and the smaller
shells do little damage at that dis
tance,
l2igO P m-Adams, who has spent
nearly an ms lfe IN Austria, though
hc was porn III BOSTON, ana VINO mas
pvvu III tnv austrian army, explains
Mmnaat Mnat IL B"hg on. u is true the ar
.,uerF uhes are i've miles apart 9ut
muy up anSaI OF inc artlllery with
t.nhc'r .nc'r own smells coming up from be-
n,nH l,lt..,,.., tuem sna over their heads are
ruglulvn.s Oh Austrian lnlantrE hldlng
! III NNllcNS, tfcntheS or Forests waiting