East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-24
tBy william G. shepherd. Unit
Press Staff Correspondent }

| VI.
Press Staff Correspondent)
ON THE HUNGARIAN FROM.
TIER, Nov. s.-(By Mail to New
York.)-Luxurious autobusses Ia
ken from the streets Of Vienna are
the truly excellent vehicles furnished
the war correspondents by the Austro.
Hungarian military authorities. Two
auto-busses which had served but q
short time before the upper classes
OF that gay city were loaded onto
freight cars. The freight cars were
switched up to a newly painted first
class passenger car. a box car with a
straw covered floor was added and en-
gine was hooked on. a soldier-con-
ductor blew a whistle, the engine
footed and We were off to the front
along the great white way" But our
progress was extremely slow We
stopped for an hour or more at ev-
cry switch. 10 allow trains coming
from the direction of the front TO
pass us. We spent most OF our time
at the windows.
First it would be a train load OF
wounded: then a train load Of Rus
sian prisoners; then a train OF emp
ties going back for supplies. We
stopped opposite a train load OF Rus
slams They were mad for cigarettes
which We threw to them. One Of
them cut a button off his coat and
gave it to me for a cigarette. Anoth-
er Russian leaning from the box car
door for a cigarette lost his balance
and fell out on the ground. carrying
with him a Hungarian sentry who
stood at the doorway. rifle and all.
The two enemies rubbed their shins.
looked at each other and laughed and
climbed back into the car. What
would have been the good Of the
Russian running? What chance would
lie have had even had he escaped. in
a country where his uniform would
spell death for him? Wisely enough
he crawled back into his box car pris-
on and grinned his thanks as he took
the first pull at the cigarette that
had cost him a bruised shin The
sentry could not smoke. being on
duty, but he grinned his thanks as he
tucked his cigarette into his hat.
I slept on the straw in the box car
the first night in my sleeping bag
The Italian and the Swiss did not
want the window Of our compartment
opened and the only way to get fresh
air was 10 take to the open car. The
Italian. who is an officer in the Ital-
ian navy. explained TO me that fresh |
air at sea was dry and healthful but
on land he could not endure it be-
cause il was too damp" The secono I
night 1 slept on a flat car because I
there were twelve men in the box car
who insisted on keeping the door
closed. At last I got enough fresh 4
air. even though had 10 dig myself
out of a drift Of black cinders in the
In thirty-six hours we had
Jolin. our escort decided 10 take TO .
he high roads with the auto-husSes.
While the buses were being unload
d we took breakfast. When a
Cross doctor. who was a friend OF
he military doctor who had our re-
'pective healths in charge. showed us
through a well appointed hospital
rain which was standing in the
'ards. / would just as leave been IN in
hat train as in a hospital except. or
,ourse. for the rattle OF the cars
Come with me" said the Red
Cross doctor. after We had done the
rain: There's a train coming IN
'oon with a cholera suspect on IL and
'ou can see him"
The train was already i'm the sta
ion. In the last compartment of the
asst car. we saw soldier lesnins.
sic1ly. against the wall A stretcher
VAS laid out on the platform. the