The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-01

London, Sept. 30.-The British army
authorities are gravely concerned over
the sanitary situation in, the field. Con-
stantly recurring reports insist that
not only Is Asiatic cholera prevalent
among the wounded in Vienna and
Budapest and among the troops on the
firing line in Galicia, but that it &C.
tually has developed in certain parts
of Russia. In addition typhoid and ty.
phus, as well as dysentery, are said
to be raging in the ranks Of some Of
the German armies, and many French
and British soldiers have been sent
back from the field base suffering
from milder diseases.
AS a result of these developments,
extraordinary activity is evidenced at
all ef the hospital bases. The troops
at the front have been sent enormous
quantities of quicklime, which is be-
ing used wherever it is necessary to
clean up battlefelds in the rear Of the
troops. In addition the most extra.
ordinary precautions are being taken
to make sure that no water used by
the army in the field is taken from
contaminated sources.
In this respect the British army is
muck better of than any of the forces
in the field. From the first landing on
French soil the commanders of the
troops have been very active in safe
guarding the water supply. Whenever
the field kitchens are not engaged in
preparing food for the men, they have
been kept in operation boiling water.
Consequently, up to the present time,
the British expeditionary forces have
been remarkably free from disease.
The heavy cold rains that continued
for more than week, however,
brought veritable epidemic Of rheu-
matism to the soldiers in the field.
Compelled to stand hip deep in water
filled trenches; to fight day and night
in clothing from which water dripped,
the eontending forces actually suffered
and since then the percentage of sick
is fully as large as the percentage of
wounded
In addition the weather conditions
took severe toll of the wounded and re-
ports from all Of the hospitals, both
here and in France, show high per-
centage Of pneumonia cases at the
present time.
Berlin, Sept. 30.-That many Of the
wounded who might be saved are be-
ing sacrificed through the scarcity of
physicians at the front. was the state
ment made today by the surgeon in
charge Of a hospital train arriving
from Aix-la- -Chappelle. He alleged that
the chief reason for this has been the
utter disregard of the Red Cross by
the French. OF the German surgeons
sent to the front, this surgeon alleges
many have been killed or wounded
while trying to aid the suffering along
the battle line.
The train was crowded to its utmost
capacity. Although many Of the
wounded were very serious cases they
remained accomplishing. They de-
clared, however, that the conditions at
the front were hellish.
They described the fighting as the
most bitter in the history Of the world.
Day and night it continues. First
there is an artillery duel. There there
Is an attempted charge by one side or
the other that is checked either with
machine guns or with the bayonet. At
all times the artillery throws it's rain
Of shrapnel and exploding shells on
the trenches.
New York, Sept. se.--Andrew Carne.
aie, the steel king, today declared
that the Prussian military machine
forced ermany into the war. He says
that the military machine made the
Kaiser and Germany its tool.
London. Sept. 3o.-Reviewing the
situation of battle in northern France,
the Paris correspondent of The Times
says: "The French left continues to
make progress. The Germans have at.