New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-18
~ LANES o'poNNELL BENNETT.

the Young German officers with whom
| am quartered in this dreary, Russian ian
town were bending over ta6le iH NV
lamplight last evening ana CLOSELY IA
aiming an object which commahu'O
their enthusiastic comments. -
"See how light IL u.s." said one, ana
so small that il can be slipped lh'o
snv pocket. It's really wonderful. a
man could carry IL anywhere"
ayes. and strong, too" said the other
"and has both parts. It's fine. Was 1t
EXPENSIVE .:,o. u,bat
you get" 49, mall
smooth object a pat and slipped II J."
his pocket. 49,, ~. q
novelty in pocket lamps, or compass
that the young German officers were
examining so eagerly
IL was not. ,.., -,
II was thin paper edition oil
Faust" Cloth parts in one yoiumel'
bound in limp leather and printed IN
clear type. r,rrod
TO Sir Arthur Doyle, who also loves
books. ., :. bo
81 have Wilhelm Meister' IN the
same form" said the owner Of the copy
OF Faust" adding: "These editions
are a boon to soldiers. A man can take
them RIGHT into the trenches"
This lieutenant knows great many
things beside standard German litera-
ture. He can tell you just now 10
adjust straps so as to distribute thei
weight of the rucksack equally ana
what kind of leggings are the pest ana
how TO carry your pocket lamp. 30 that
the SNAP will not move when the lamp
is in the pocket -,
This Is an important warning, and Il
Won don't heed il you are likely TO DC
carrying a lighted lamp a quarter OF a
dav and TO discover that there Is no
current left when night comes.
Art Critic on Hospital Corps.
There Is a clever man. too. at the
Nlawa military telephone eXchAhee'
which connects with trenches. battal-
ions, regiments, brigades and divisions
all along the firing line and with ser
lin. His hours of duty are ten uay
and as many more as emergencies
have never listened TO an operator
at once more expeditions ana more
composed. and even when his voice IS
husky with WEAKNESS he keeps his tenn
per. Come to find out, this soldier
generator is in civil life rich Merchant
in Hamburg. =,
Ore of NV hosts at my Mlawa quar-
tiers is young DR.. julius Meler-Graeie'
art critic in Berlin in civil life, at pres
ent lieutenant in the ambulance corps;
he loves Paris. and does not reilsn
making war against the French' ana
often GETS orders at 10 o'clock at
night which keep him out on the roads
till dawn searching for parties oil
wounded who are reported to have lost
their way or perhaps to have been capt
ured by the Russians.
ANYWAY, they have not come IN al
the hour they were expected, ana IL IS
the doctor Of philosophy and critics
business 20 find out why.
A chrome Of the Car that hangs ID a
room, now converted into storeroom'
of one of the corridors Of this big
white government building has been
defaced- half the face torn away and
the strip lying on the floor. TINS is
the only evidence Of wanton act !
have seen in all my days with the Ger
man troops. .,.
As TO the rest, the discipline OF mill
tar life appears TO be strictly nam
tanned. One falls asleep TO the cease
less tramp of sentries IN a. dark
street and one occasionally wakes to
the shores OF the six soldiers IN the
next room, or the signs Of the art critic
when he is routed out of his warm bed
at 2 in the morning to look for the
wounded.
A Lazaret Hospital Train.
The chief physician in charge Of the
long lazaret train which Is standing IN
the freight yards at Mlawa was DIS
tressed when ! came down 70 see his
train. For his is not one Of the new
model hospital trains, but a moving
lazaret, constructed from old passen-
ger cars, and 30 lacking any of the de-
vices for comfort and sanitation Whlcn
all the new cars have.
al am afraid" he said, CHAT | can
only show you how things should not
be. but perhaps II IS well That you
should get an idea of how the system
works under disadvantages
Followed by three or four Lutheran
pastors who had come TO chat with the
sick and wounded, he led rs through 8
train of twenty-five cars, comprising
kitchens, stOreroOms, operating rooms
dormitories and bathrooms.
Only about one-third of this doctor
iuyalids were wounded, partly because
there has been no close lighting in tho
last few days and partly because The
/ at. ocious weather ana the exposure ID
I the trenches have brought down The
other two-thirds with pneumonia, in
| nuenza and lumbago.
/ The doctor is monarch on the trail
and has the right 20 stop il anywhere
/ Whenever he thinks an OpeTat on j.
/ necessary. As to food, Lis uetient
are faring good sight better -han thu
general is up at headquarters, wher'
/ the etiquette comes from, but Wher
/ The meals are Spartan
In one car big cauldrons II sour
were bubbling. Everybody shifted APP
/ preciativcly as he passed them, hu
everybody, including the clergyman
/ lied heroically and said he didr't car
/ for any when the hospitablc German
I lady who was seasoning the soup CAV
1 the invitation.
On duty all through the train wer
/ the usual pink young doctors and III
usual gruf old doctors and the usua
! harnesses and countesses, who wer,
as proud OF their lazaret kitchens a
/ they are OF their castles.
/ Russians Leave Paneless Windows.
/ Over in the Russian custom house
beyond the tracks, lay the Russian
/ sick and wounded prisoners The,
were browsing in a state OF perfcc
content. One could fairly suspect tina
/ they were glad they had been captured
Among the German sick in the Gus
/ tom house there was much excitcmeu
over the fact that the bathroom wa
/ being restored and new sash,s an,
/ glass being put in the windows ON