The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-04

sress to militarism. These poor fell
lows. well set and sturdy. have been
trained stale. They reached No utter
ly done"
Officers String Us Up BY the Hands.r
spoke with pudding-faced pris-
oner-the dullest recruits on earth
come from Polish Prussia. His sur.
ley tone intended no offense.
'"The kaiser commanded kriessmo-
BILL (war mobilize). So we 60 TO
fight. / do not know where we 60.
do not know who we fight. II we
ask why this Is our officers string Nc
up by the hands. Therefore we
march and march until we must lie
down to sleep. This 10 war"
The listening commander con-
tinued; For days these poor
wretches talked OF the Joys OF sleep
as starving men discuss food. For
weeks they ate as II famished. Bel
GUMS defiance caught the German
commisariat unprepared. After q So
hours march the rank and ale were
given just enough rations TO carry
them into a fight. During fortnight
they had no real meal. Hungry on
compressed food they wolfed green
fruits, raw vegetables, even hay.
The ofiicers condemned TO take
charge of the German commissary
are the wrecks and cast-offs Of other
corps, pariahs sodden from the best
ial pleasures Of mudhole garrisons
In Prussian Poland, men held In scant
respect by the soldiers.
: Their military train Is arranged
for perfect roads without interior
ence. No reckoning was made for
emergencies. The endurance Of Liege
disorganised- the walk-over. Super
Prussiah buliies called upon to fol.
low up howitzer batteries over ruined
roads wrecked their traction engines
and killed their dranght animals while
the waiting soldiers starved. Here
we give the prisoners what our own
soldiers have, neither more nor less. :
A Visit To the Prison Kitchen.
Against the huge inner bastion
stood three field kitchens, pots. pans
and provision safes tidily suspended
from the great gray wall. A French
chef. potstick in hand, directed his
unhandy scullions. Six prisoners
peeled a barrel Of potatoes. three
shredded a box of dried Ash from
Gloucester. u. 8. A., two made In
valids' bread porridge In a billy can.
All were awkward to absurdity.
They brought no cooks and have
not been trained to use their vita"
commented the commander. "Arrfv-
Ing hot and dirty whole squads lay
about a well hopping their heads
with filthy rife cleaning fannels.
They waited orders to wash At work
the same. OF independence or EN-.
cheney we find no trace. Without Of
ficers they act helpless. Yet toward
their officers they show sinister sus-
picion.
'Kaiserism's divine right to govern
wrong fosters brute force and terror
ism In the military caste. Prussian
officers shot down their own men at
Liege and In the fight on Heligoland.
The German soldier realizes himself
a pawn In the imperial game.
When the nations declare peace
Germany will face civil war"
Along the esplanade between the
inner and outer walls stretched q
line of regulation army tents, fioored
with straw. hung with the prisoners
possessions and with porous water
bottles cooling In the draft. One tent
was q canteen, its counter laden with
apples, tobacco, postcards and jam.
Prisoners told or to work In the
French vineyards earn 80 cents
day Of which each man keeps eight