The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-12-26
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ITARY STAFF
Interesting Story From the Front in
the Eastern Theater of War by a
United Press Man
BY WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD

| Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
ON THE HUNGARIAN FRONTIER
NOV. 6.-tBy mail to New York y
Luxurious autobusses taken from the
streets of Vienna are the truly excel
lent vehicles furnished the war cor
respondents by the Hungarian
military authorities. Two auto
BUSES which had served but short
time before for the upper classes Of
that gay city were loaded onto freight
cars. The freight cars were switched
up to newly painted first class pas
senger car, a box car with straw
covered floor was added, an engine
was hooked on, a soldier conductor
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 every switch, to
allow trains coming from the direction
of the front to pass us. We spent most
of our time at the windows
wounded then a train load of Rus
sian prisoners; then train of emp
ties going back for supplies. We stop
ped opposite a train load of Russians.
They were mad for cigaretts which
we threw to them. One of them cut 4
button off his coat and gave it to me
for cigarett. Another Russian lean
ing from the box car door for a cigar
EFT lost his balance and fell out on
the ground, carrying with him a Hun
garian sentry who stood at the door
way, 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
he good of the Russian running2
What chance would he have had even
lad he escaped in country where
lis uniform would spell death for
him? Wisely enough he crawled back
nto his box car prison and grinned
lis thanks as he took the first pull
It the cigarett that had cost him a
bruised shin. The sentry could not
mOke, being on duty, but he grimned
lis thanks as he tucked his cigarett
nto his hat.
] slept on the straw in the box car
he first night in my sleeping bag. |
he Italian and the Swiss did not |
amt the window of our compartment |
pened and the only way to get fresh |
ir was to take to the open car. The |
Italian, who is an officer in the Ital-
IN army, explained to me that fresh |
ir at sea Yves dry and healthful but
4 land he could not endure it because
was too damp" The second night
slept on a fiat car because there
ere twelve men in the box car who
sisted On keeping the door closed.
last | got enough fresh air, even
ough | had to dig myself out of a
lift of black cinders in the morning. I
thigty-six hours we had gone about
x miles and Colonel JOHN, our escort,
cided to take to the high roads with
e auto-busses While the busses
ere being unloaded we took break
st. Then a Red Cross DOCTOR who
is friend of the military doctor who
d our respective healths in charge,
owed us through well appointed
spital train which was standing in
; yards. / would just as lief have
en i'll in that train as in a hospital
,ept, of course for the rattle of the y
s.
Come with me-" said the Red Cross
tor, after we had done the train.
lere's a train coming in soon with
cholera suspect on it and you can j
him." -.
he train was already in the sta ed
/. In the last compartment of the I'll
car, we saw a soldier leaning, We
lily, against the wall. A stretcher of
laid out on the platform, the doc 10
opened the compartment door and
soldier, obeying orders, staggered tht
he doorway and down the two car dis
IS and sank onto the stretcher with frc
gh of relief. He looked unspeak- ha
i'll and weak. A doctor wearing pic
ing white robe and white mask a
cred the sick soldier with sheet.
3r men in white robes slammed the
door closed and man with a kia
III and paste like a bill poster. Mr.
ly slapped red sign over thS5 9O'
door, sealing it. The sign bore per
word cholera" The car would be the