The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-23

and one occasionally wakes to the
room. or b sights of the art critic
when he Is routed out OF his warm
bed at 2 In the morning TO look for
the wounded.
The chief physician In charge OF
the long lazaret train which is stand
ing In the freight yards at Mlawa was
distressed when l came down TO see
his train. For his Is not one OF the
new model hospital trains. but a low
ing laZaret. constructed from old pas
senger cars. and so lacking any OF the
devices for comfort and sanitation
which all the new carr have.
II am afraid" he said. that I 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 us
through a train OF twenty-five cars.
comprising kitchens, store rooms. op-
Grating rooms. dormitories and bath
rooms.
Only about one-third OF this doc
tors invalids were wounded partly
because there has been no close fight
ing in the last few DAYS and partly
because the ~atrocious weather and
the exposure in the trenches has
brought down the other t~wo-thirds
with pneumonia. influenza. or lum-
bago.
The doctor is monarch on the train
n has the right TO stop Il anywhere
whenever he thinks an operation il
necessary. As to food his patients
are faring a good sight better than
the general Is up at headquarters.
where the etiquette comes from. lint
where the meals are Spartan.
In one car big cauldrons of SCUM
were %bubbling. Everybody shifted an
p~reciatively as he passed them, hut
everybody. including the CLERGYMAN.
lied heroically and said he didn't care
Tor any when the hospitable German
lady who was seasoning the SOUP gave
the invitation.
On duty all through the train were
the usual pink young doctors and the
usual gruf old doctors and the usual
baronesses and countesses. who were
as proud OF their lazaret kitchens as
they are OF their castles.
Over In the Russian custom house
beyond the tracks lay the Russian
sick and wounded prisoners. They
were browsing in a state of perfect
content. One could fairly suspec thai
that they were glad they had beer
captured.
Among the German sick in the Gus
tom house there was much excitement
over the fact that the bath room wa,
being restored and new sashes and
glass being put in the windows. Ons
OF the Russian s~pecialties is 10 do
stroy windows-sash. glass and AL
when they exacuate a town. The,
have not forgotten that they froze
out Napoleon.
In a corner OF one OF the room.
was a big pile OF straw that did no
look fresh, and some OF US wondered
why it had not been thrown out.
20. that's as good as new" an of
hcer said. TITS been put through ar
apparatus that dlsinfects and dries N
II may not look as fresh as Il did
once. but it's perfectly clean and good
We mustn't taste anything"
Nor do they. That IL why soldier,
are sent back TO skin the column
horses hat fall dead. and WHY m,
cattle slaughtered in camp ar,
skinned. Thousands Of tons Of hide,
are thereby saved for a people VIII,
may soon be running short OF leath
or.
But in front OF my quarters IN.
other day ! saw a bit Of Russian saw
ms that could set even the Germani
en- example.
A couple OF column horses hat
been having their dinner under IN,
windows and had shaken some grair
from the nose bags. An old peasan.
Was gathering up the grain. scrapini
" into little piles with the edge o
his hand. and then scooping the pile,
into his coat pocket. I daresay n,
missed not One grain. and he was IN,
best part Of half an hour At his work
That was piuful-thst old mar
bent double In the muddy road for (
handful OF grain. but more pitifu
than that was the saving going on II
one OF the long. cold freight housei
the other day.
-Four soldiers were picking owe.
two piles Of ~liebesgaben that bat
been sent into Russia AZ christina
time and that after weeks Of rave
hither and yon IN the field post wag
n have been returned here ~ no
deliverable. There we're boxes q
sweetmeats tied with gay ribbons
and packages Of tea and chocolate
and bundles of knitted garments. tn
pets. and dainty little sets Of shavini
soap and tooth powder and toilet wa
ter-all the packages ieRibly I'D
dressed though some Of the bundle
had burst open.
The soldiers were sorting the pack
ages % swcetmeats from the pack
oges Of wearing apparel preparation,
to distributing these Christmas lieh
esgaben 70 living men. since n wa.