The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-11-21

Wounded
with II men / was foraging
outside Polish village trying to
buy fodder for the regiments
horses. AS we approached the
village on our return l dropped
behind moment to inspect the
country and then spurred my
horse to catch up with the men.
AS | entered the town heavy
saber blow from behind glanced
down the side of my head, slicing
off an ear and sinking deep into
my shoulder.
When / recovered l was lying
at the roadside and little girl
of about years of age, covered
with blood, was holdin towel
to my wounds.
Are you wounded too?'
asked her.
No, it is your Blood she ex-
planned. We found you here
Where is your mother?'
Mother, 1t seems, had run off
to tell the Russians nearby that
a patrol of 80 Germans had en-
tered the town.
Il then asked the child how
she had gotten so covered with
blood and she told me was
bleeding so much that she at
tempted to stop 1t with her dress
but failed.
Then laid down on your
ear. just here'-pointing to her
breast-'while Votka went home
for towel
"Votka seemed so small he
could hardly walk; surely he
didn't know what IL was all
about. Yet these infants in their
unknowing way, un-
doubleday saved me from bleed
Ing to DEATH"
Runaway boys have done
much to help the soldiers, an
other officer told me. They have
left their fleeing parents to stay
where there is excitement and
many wounded soldier would
have died of thirst had not these
crawled out to find
Them and give them water.
Enormous Russian Force In
Poland.
The grave of the German
army lies in Poland"
Russian officers have made a
slogan out of this decision of the
general staff which amounts to
IN order with them. With the
enormous army now modified in
Poland the chiefs declare they'll
make good their threat. Berlin
s the goal and with only half of
he German army to offer resist
ance to the gigantic forces of the
ear it seems that the Muscovites
must ultimately attain their end
by sheer weight of numbers.
Caring for the wounded behind
an army Of two or three million
men Is task to def the efforts
Of the best organized Red Cross
In any nation of the world and
IN Russia the church has in
that a Monks of Merry
corps be established. Many clergy
Of the state church under the d.
rection of their bishops will take
he field, not entirely as chap
aims, but as physicians and
nurses. AS most of the monks in
he monasteries have been edu-
lated in medicine it saves one
momentous problem for the war
department.
In Petrograd the Empress
Alexandra and Grand Duchesses
olga and Tatiana visit the wards
daily and take an active part in
caring for the wounded, another
Of the democracy-little
in which
pervades the reigning house of
Russia.
By the way, It may be interest
ing to note that the czarina of
Russia speaks English with a rich
irish brogue. English is practic-
ally the court language of Russia.
When the present empress was a
girl her governess was an Irish
woman and she learned the
tongue with Dublin accent, add
Ing few his" instead of drop
ping them.
In Cars Army All Men Are
Brothers.
Another curious thing that
Americans could not understand
is that at the front the officers
address their men as brothers
while discipline is maintained
through the worship accorded the
officers as beings of higher in
feiligence. The Russian officer
does not order charged" He says
LET us charge, my brothers." a
custom existing in all Slavic coun-
tries.
Japan has furnished the ma
chinery to make Russian guns!
-Four arms and ammunition fac
tories are running night and day
to equip the 100000 men which
Russia expects to have in the
Held In a few, weeks. Japanese
machinery has been installed I'm
these plants.
The Russians have learned a
lesson In German tactics from the
German-taught Japanese and the
Kaiser will find them fighting his
own game.