The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-05-07


esme In. dressed ia the usual yssa.sss
efess OF . person Of rank. seeoo0ar
MED by the executioner, Who vae his
Dspil and most intimate friend He
walked with q steady. firm step In
nont OF the altar, where he kAalt d
Dsayer. He then arose and west -
tes red cloth. where he knelt ed
0Ade the confession that he vse ths
shcer that ordered his troops 70 Are
spon the foreigner and also 70 Gre
uoon them when they we're trying 70
escape.' and that he vas sorry ~
what he had done
He then disrobed himself to his
waist and reached out for . knife that
vas near him. which ~ thrust into
hss bowels and drawing 1t toward his
right side. and leaning forward at the
same time the executioasr. with oss
esoW from his sword, severed his hsad
from his body. This occurred q
about lO:3O p. m.
The Japanese then bowed - the
eoor, on which We all did the same
We we're then asked II We we're satis-
Bed with what We had witnessed, whom
ws replied in the Affirmative.
After the lapse of . few moments
ve we're informed that all was over.
when we arose and took our departure
The whole scene was one Of great SOL
snnity and very impressive.
VERY respectfully,
Your Obedient servant,
j. BLAkELEY CREIGHTON.
Commands"
What War Really Mssns.
Let US hope we will have psaos
again soon. The jingoes are not found
among the veterans. War 10 worse
than Sherman said It was. This de-
scription. which l copy from the In
dependent, IL all too true:
No more thunder Of artillery. NO
more bare Of trumpets. no more beat
OF drums: only the low moan Of pain
and the rattle Of death. In the
trampled ground some redly -glimmer-
ing pools. lakes OF blood; all the crops
destroyed. only here and there . piece
OF land left untouched. and still COW
cred with stubble: the smiling villages
OF yesterday turned into ruins and
rubbish. Tho trees burned and hacked
In the forests. the hedges torn with
grspeshot. And on this battle ground
thousands and thousands Of men
dead and dying-lying without aid. No
blossoms of flowers are to be seen on
waysde or meadow: but sabers. bayo-
MT Lvn rlx~ nI< -
ammunition wagons. powder wagons
blown into the air. cannon with broken
carriages. Near the cannon, whose
muzzles are black with smoke, the
ground 10 blOodiest. There the great
est number and the most maneled Of
dead and half-dead men are lying lit
orally torn to pieces with shot; and
the dead horses and the half-dead
! which raise themselves on their feet
such a. they have left them-to sink
again; then raise themselves up once
more and fall down again, till they
only raise their heads to shriek out
their pain-laden death-cries. There 10
hollow way quite filled with corpses
trodden into the mire. The poor crea.
lures had taken refuge there. no doubt
to get cover, but a battery had driven
over them. and they have been crushed
by the horses hoofs and the wheels
Many Of them are still alive-a pulpy,
bleeding mass. but still alive"
1t 10 impossible to depict It accu-
rately. Flies were feeding on their
open wounds, which were covered with
them; their gaze. flaming with fever.
wandered about asking and seeking
for some help-for refreshment, for
water and bread! Coat. shirt. flesh
and blood formed in the case Of most
OF them one repulsive mass. Worms
were beginning to generate in this
mass and to feed on them. A horrible
odor hlled every place. All these sol.
diers were lying on the bare ground;
only . few had got a little straw on
which they could repose their miser-
able bodies. Some who had nothing
under them but clayey. swampy
ground had half-sunk into the mud It
formed-they had not the strength to
get out Of It
In Masloved. a place Of about fifty
houses. there were lying. eight days
after the battle, about 100 wounded
It was not SO much their shrieks Of
agony a. their abandonment without
any consolation which appealed to
heaven. In one single barn alone sixty
OF these poor wretches were crowded.
Every one Of their wounds had origi-
nally been severe. but they had be-
come hopeless in consequence Of their
unassisted condition, and their want
OF nursing and feeding; almost all
were gangrenous. Limbs crushed by
shot formed now mere heaps of pu-
trefying flesh, faces a mere mass of
coaSulated blood. covered with nth,
in which the mouth was represented
by shapeless black opening. from
which frightful groans kept yelling
out. The progress of the putrefaction
separated whole mortified pieces from
these pitiable bodies. The living were
lying close to dead bodies which had
begun to fall into putrefactfon and