The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1914-12-03
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Intsd Press stafI correspondent.

York. Thousands OF wagons clog
ging the roads squads OF men search
ing for wounded. great quantities Of
supplies and ammunition being hur-
ried fory ard these arc the things you
see as you near the point" of a battle
front
There are two bus loads Of us. In
Guiding TX correspondents. on the
road rel m the Kriesspressequartier TO
Przop1al- And right here. let's get
the Pronunciation: ''Puh-chem-i-sui''
say the first syllable by separating the
lips quickly with very. very small
puff: hold your lips loosely together
and then blow them apart and you've
got 1t. TIE rest is easy The accent
is on the second syllable
A We went along the muddy roads.
weI built. but their stone surfaces
covered with tho slime carried and
stirred by the feet OF horses and men
and the wheels OF thousands OF sup
ply wagons began TO understand
from actual observation Just what the
point really is The point Is now
an invisible line between two
armies. its line In this case. 100
miles wide. II is a great broad strip
OF the intensest human activity. Back
there. nfty miles. where the trains
blocked our progress and where train
after train. hour I'm. hour out. day In
day out. puffs its way with wounded
from the battle fields or with ammu-
milton and food toward the airing line
all that territory Ia really the point.
The supplies that the steam trains
transport will be carried As near to
the actual battle ground as the rails
run. Then those wagon trains
which pass In an almost endie=s line
TO the lett Of the road take the sup
pti~~ a. near to the point as they can
get them and deposit Mt some base.
like this town OF PreremyAi Here
other wagons feed the supply to the
men on the firing line and the last
fellow to complete the transportation.
.sy Of q shell. 10 the soldier who car
rses n by hand from pile OF shells
Ivinr on the ground to n near by gun
where In one millloncth OF n second
ns shot away.
For scores Of miles In this hundred
mile strip hack Of the actual airing
line patrols are constantly searching
for the wounded We saw them along
uhs roads and In the nelds. hills and
sane groves. moving about on their
horses. looking for fallen usn- Those
wounded siishtly DO not ride In
ths wagon trains but walk In groups
In ,~me base hospital They struggle
along over the hills. crossing farms.
ussing abort cuts from loop to loop
of the wind.zy carpathian rcads and
now ana then ors ss them plays out
..d sinks down. where he is to await
help OF some scout.
The wagons that We pass BY thous-
1nds are ali alike. They have woven
sasket.iike bodies with sioping sidcs.
Tnetr hoopcd covers are made OF
army tarpsuiins; two email horses
Mke siberian ponies draw them. Un-
dss the covers 7cu catch slimpsss Of
boxes. rifles. soldiers.
Our automobile journey through the
point belt" lasted two days. II was
= pageant OF life At In oddest. A
wounded soldier knslt on the steps OF
. wayside shrine. on hill top. A
horse. tired to death. fell on liz side
and died while trying TO get up. A
nan was planting blue cross on the
slds of his whisewashcd shack to show
re Austrians that he vas = Roman