The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-10-15

happened 70 the far wing OF the no
tsi. II was demolished.
Alert had Just been sounded and
the soldiers sers running through the
streets, We ran out In time TO see q
building fall half a block away, com.
plSssiy niiing the street by which we
entered the town an hour earlier
Ia fsw minutes ~e heard the sharp
craekia Of Infantry about half a mile
aMAy and had e Sudden desire 10 get
away before this automobile retreat
sAs eut OF just then We heard the
sssune 81 a. aero sn3ine overhead. u.
Klaaa we could easily SEQ tbs @hIr
rtns propeller
Germans Fire at AvisteF.
Th@ machine Was moanted with O
rapid Gre gan. which vas tryinG 20 10
cate the German gunnsra. who imr
fnediateIy abandoned the destruction
Of th@ town in an ATTEMPT 10 bring IL
anwn.
For ten minutes wA saw shells
harsstnE al about H. Al siInss IL was
lost In smoke. bat when the smoke
cleared away thera waa the mono
plane stiii blazing away. always
mounting 70 = higher level and finally
disappearing toward the French
linna.
There vas another iuli Ia the can.
nonAda and Ws were permitted to
paas down tbs street. near q river.
whsre. by p@eTfnE around . building
we could see where the German bat
tsries wsre seerrtsd in the hilia We
we're warned not to get into tbs street
which led To the bridge. nn the Ger
mans rakad that street with their
IRE n person appeared We then
took advantage OF Iuli In the iy'
ing and Departed 10 the south at 70
miies an hour. 10 beat tho shells II
any we're aitnad our way as We
crossed the rise in the hill.
smells strike 100 Years Apart,
We passed the niEhs al = village
where considerable execution had
been done BY German shells. We saw
ono Curious effect Of them. Ia
| historic building near the city ball
there was q shell imbedded In the
wall with q piats fixed beneath
| showing IL struck there In ths year
| 1914. Just next To Il waa an unsx-
pioded shell Of 100 years after stick
ing In the wall
We again struck out toward tina
battle line, but when We we're with.
In sound OF the firing the authorities
decided We had seen enough Of war
and detained us for two days -
guests Of n regimental stan, which
vas Quartered In n courtyard. There
We we're privileged to see how the
French soldiers lived and became such
hardened fighters a. they were prov.
ing themselves to be. We ate with
them and slept with them 10 the straw
until orders came TO send IA To Paris
Az We were leaving our coward tbs
authorities grabbed another group Of
correspondents. four In number. head
ed By Richard Harding Davis. They
were ordered 10 accompany US 10
Paris instead OF passing several days
in the straw sampling bareback and
army fare.
Tells Of Horrors Of War.
LOndon.~-The Standard correspond.
ent. r. ST. BeamRn. writing from q
town In France aaya:
! The fearful horrors Of war can
never be gfasped by seeing the care
fully tended wounded who come back
. to England and hearing their tales,
however gruesoms. while there is
J scarcely day In any Of tho French
/ towns near the armies that does not
bring with IL some live terror from
! tbs front One example will suffice
10 point out this truth. Four days
. ago the hospital corps and volun-
/ teera were notified that convoy was
: expected Towards midnight Il ar
rived. bringing French and German
) ! wounded The latter Ners abandoned
+ by the Germans In Senlls when they
r retreated after setting FIRE to the
I town.
a We had had many trains OF wound
ed before. and all necessary arrange.
ments were made as usual. but when
, this convoy arrived even the most
D hardened had TO summon all fortitude
D to the task Of emptying the carriages
, When q man had ii broken leg or
& arm or buile. through his lungs the
skilled ambulance stan soon had him
comfortably backed, but here weFs
. human yestiEes so mangled that IL
y was dlfflcult 10 and place to touch
them without causing screams and
means. An lnsufferable charnal house
4 stencil peryAdes the whole nlght air
P Laid Out Four DayA
> Most OF the wounded had lain for
j four days and nights where they had
= fallen before being picked w. and
had not yet had their wounds exam
. insd much less dressed Under the
. burning sun and myriad of niea and
e under later rains they had been left
. TO suffer the tortnre Of pain. hunger
and thirst until IL was . marvel they
, still breathed.
! The state of their wounds cannot
be guessed and does not bear deaertp
! | ton. IL vas three o'elock In the
! morning before they could be dis
! posed OF In hospitals. Even -
/ hours later all had had lrst dressing
D The Germans weTe far the worst cases
q for the French IRE seemed to havs
been much more destructive. ans
when Il does not KIN outright FAvakss
. horribly After four days many died
/. and We had 10 shift them again. such