Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-30
DR.. JUDD WRITES
OF WAR'SRAIAGE
ON FRENCH FRONT
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hospital The FIRST floor is occupied
by a large ward and living rooms for
the star and the same condition ex-
lists en- the second and third floors.
I am In charge of a ward on the sec
ond floor and our bedroom IS close
at hand Some famous men have
Been students at the old, college -
among them d 'Artagnan, MontesQuieu.
La Foutaine and. Jerome Napoleon.
At present vacation time, there are
no students here. One Of the Catho.
he sisters showed as through the old
buildings and We found them very In
teresting. especially the old library
which contains some rare old books.
40 Beds Available. ~ -
This Ambulance Americaine haa
220 debs 80 beds to q ward and In
the ground there IS theater which
holds 20 beds for convalescents We
get most OF our patients from Com.
piegne so miles away and three
times q week our ambulance makes
the trip up there and brings back what
wounded are assigned to rs. At pres
emit we are not getting many wounded
and those we get are not badly wound
ed. We do not see the horrible
wounds that We saw &C Neuilly. The
two army lines seem to be at q dead
lock each one holding their trenches
while the other German army Is
chasing the Russians all over the
country. We hear rumors OF q big
drive as they call Il. i e., an effort
90 break through the line that may
occur at any time. -
The park In the rear OF the college
contains beautiful rooms Of trees with
i little brook running through the
grounds and d small pond Altogeth-
er It Is most picturesque.
The surrounding country is very
beautiful. Fiat land with here and
there q hin, fields Of grain with great
hay mows. orchards Of apples and
clusters Of poplar and elm trees pic
tufesque little villages scattered over
the country. It Is all SO beautiful and
peaceful It Is hard to realize that 4
few miles away Millions Of men are
insarns against each other.
Hear Boom Of Cannon.
On Sunday night August 20, we
were thrilled about At dusk to hear
the booming of cannon. which sound
ed not far away. 1T was the first
sound of war we have heard.
The battle field of the Marine is not
far from here. We have not had time
to visit II aS yet II
About three miles from here Is q
village perched on . hill, called
Montge. We walked over there the
other dayennd fUnnd the wooded suna
nit Of the hin fun Or soldiers.
s II you look ct the map you will note
that the opposing battle lines run
down from Belgium in aoutherIy di.I
reetion, turn almost at right angle to-
the east. The turn is the point near
est Paris, about opposite where we are
shsliino I hospital.
1t is almost Impossible for one not
an Englishman or Frenehman to get
up to the trenches The authorities
will not allow Il. a few days agO e.
French army surgeon told us that his
field hospital was bombarded by air
ships ii spite Of the fact that he NOV
ed it frequently from house to house.
One day he gave out that It was to.
be moved to certain house. but did
not move It, and sure enough that
house was bombarded The German
spy system seems to be very thorough
and efficient and that Is one reason
that none can get to the trenches
where the fighting is going on.
The most recent case we have re-
ceived since our arrival here was
ct 2: 80 D. m. and reached as
at ps no His forehead was torn
open BY q piece Of explosive shell
eclat d,Obus they call TIA narrow
escape. He had been In the trenches
for months. We gave him good hot
bath, dressed HIS wound, gave him 4
good supper and put him to bed. He
slept all night and all the next day
IN spite Of an the noise In the wards
only waking up for meals. This Is
typical OF all cases. They want to
sleep, and it must be relief to get
away from the awful noise. II Is
wonder they are not all nervous
but they are not One sturdy
fellow has been wounded and has
gone back to the trenches four times
and the other day broke his arm
throwing a football IN play! There |
are quite few Algerian soldiers |
among our soldiers; quiet, pleasant
Arabs, but demons In a fight, they
say. H.. =
Beauty and Ruins. = L..
have made one trip to Compiegne
with the ambulances, and found II |
very interesting. We went through |
two beautiful forests .IErnenouville |
ind Colnpiegne. Three handsome, fat
ran across the road while |
We were passing through forest
Everything looked peaceful and lovely
Until we came to Senlis. Here the
.ailroad station was in ruins and one
side OF the street showed line OF |
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