Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-12-11

the Iron Cross.
Once in the field hospital (Which.
following in the wake of the army, is
always quite distance from the act
ual battlefield), the wounded soldiers
receive regular treatment. They re-
main there until the field hospital" is
replaced by the war hospitar'-which
change takes place automatically as
soon as the army proceeds, for the
field hospital follows the troops. The
patients remain where they are, while
the personnel and material about them
are changing from the wandering field
hospital to the stationary war hos
pital. From there the wounded event
ually are sent back into Germany for
complete recovery in one Of the splen-
didly appointed city Of military hos
pitfalls.
The city hospital of Frankfort-on-
the-Main. for instance. having pre-
pared 5000 beds. had 5000 patients by
the beginning of September. In most
cases the soldiers we're but slightly
injured, suffering from wounds in the
arms or legs. They were accommo-
dated in large, light, airy, fiower-be-
decked rooms and attended by female
nurses. On August q the German en-
press passed through Frankfort. and.
escorted by the physician in chief, Doc
tor Voss. stopped at each bed In turn.
The much-beloved. white-haired first
lady of the land, who herself has
given six sons to the army, did not
have to simulate sympathy. She talked
with each man In her gentle, sincere,
sympathetic way and from the huge
bunch she carried left roses In many
q hand.
Empress Takes Part.
1t Is easily understood that the en-
press plays an important part in the
Red Cross work. Her influence In
Germany IL great. for the wife Of their
chief executive Is very dear to the
hearts of the German people. Most
of US have read Of her appeal to the
German women to supply her with
1000, 900 pairs of hand-knitted wooden
socks for the soldiers. and how old and
young, rich and poor, high and low.
took to knitting, until such an ava,
lanche of wooden socks descended
upon her palace in Berlin that she
had to send out another appeal beg
ging them to desist.
Naturally. the German women and
girls, who have seen their dear ones
go to meet innumerable dangers and
horrors, are eager In their turn to
do something for the common cause.
To sit inactive would be unbearable.
And here the Red Cross blesses doubly
those who give. as those who 70
ceive. There IL any amount OF vol
unteer work to be done. from sewing
and knitting, taking but an hour or
two a day, to nursing and the care Of
the widowed and fatherless. which
claims ones whole time. And In
every department the supply IN even
greater than the demand.
An amusing story IL told apropos Of
the many young girls,who flock to take
courses in nursing. An eminent old
professor, who had accepted the teach
ing of some such raw material, pre-
liminary to beginning his course called
upon the young women to divide In
two sections-those who wish TO nurse
officers only and those willing to nurse
any wounded soldier. A few romantic
goosies gracefully entered his trap by
stepping on the side for odacers only"
He watched the proceedings. glared at
them above his spectacles. his very
hair bristling with contempt Then:
You can 60 right home" he addressed
the dumfounded elite. Il won't waste
my time on such AZ you"
Many reports from Germany tell Of
the active part Americans there take
in the Red Cross work. In Munich the
American women of that city have
rented q large hall in the Hotel Bay
FISCHER Hof, and there meet daily to
do their part with knitting needles and
sewing machines Other Americans
have donated sums for the Red Cross.
and many individually assist in en-
thusiastic work.
On the other hand. just ~ strangers
help in the great work. 20 do strangers
benefit by tin this case the wound
ed among the prisoners from Belgium.
France, England and Russia They
are treated with such efficacy and hui
maneness that some French prisoners
In Stuttgart. in token Of their grati-
tude, made q large donation to the
German Red Cross. A curious account
10 published by the vossiche Zeitung.
Berlin, on September 1. II relates To
the strange behavior Of the wounded
Russian prisoners. when the ply
sicians approach them with scissors
to cut open the uniform about wound
or try to make an incision or apply .
bandage, the Russians resist to the
utmost of their forces. Not that they
are faint hearted, afraid Of the opera
tion-but they expect to Be mutilatsd.
blinded, murdered. A Russian colonel
even refused all nourishment IS hours
for fear of being poisoned. Finally
one Of his fellow prisoners. who hap
pened to be q man Of education and
intelligence. succeeded In convincing
him of his folly" The paper adds,
whimsically: What lies these poor
fools must have been told about N,
| to take us for such cannibals!"
No doubt, In . way, their terror Of
the Germans will explain many Of the
Russian observation-disclosures feal