Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-01-06
GERMANS WELT Fed
Soldiers Live in Trenches in
Comparative Comfort. 4
We'll Supplied With Food and Cloth.
Ing and Are Smiling and Content.
ed-HeaIth Conditions Better. , Y
a Than In Peace Times. ,,,.55

Headquarters OF q Certain German
Army in France.--A correspondent OF
the Associated Press, during 8 week
in the field Of. operations, has been the
guest of General Won Heeringen, for
merly war minister and now COM
manding the Seventh army; General
Won Zwehl, the capturer Of Maubeuge,
and General Won Emmich, the con-
Queror Of Liege and Namur. g. s's& ~. I.
Several hours were passed in the
trenches In q picturesque old town
where German rifemen and French
DICTIONARIES plan and play grim prac.
teal jokes Of war upon each other
from positions scant 200 yards apart:
A race Of German. troglodytes was
found in one place on this front. Men,
horses, supplies, hospitals and so forth
were housed in hillside caverns. for
merly stone quarries, which were abb
solutely protected by a 50-foot stone
roof from even the most powerful
she'll fire. =. * s5$s ...aS,. {:
I The Germans are evidently prepar-
ing for an extended occupation. The
French peasants, under the supervi-
sion and to a certain extent the mild
compulsion OF the Germans, have
planted winter crops and are working
in the fields. l. =, Z: ,ss25.'..ss
Important bridges destroyed during
the occupation operations are every
where being permanently rebuilt with
- pvov,n Carroonv- q f.. ,r. ~.
The roads are being maintained as
usual by French labor and in some
cases factories are being reopened.
A trip Of inspection was made
through a labyrinth Of field fortifica.
lions and approaches along the lAisne,
At its nearest point to Paris, where
the lines are normally 200 OF 300 yards
apart. ~ 2sa5. &&Gs2 = I '' =
The soldiers even In, the foremost
trenches were found living in COM
parative comfort in their underground
shelters. They were we'll supplied
with blankets, food, water and cloth
ing, and are in good spirits despite
their long residence in the trenches.
Desultory infantry fire Is always in
progress here and the rattle Of ma
chine guns breaks out now and then.
The artillery on both sides has thrown
tons Of iron daily, but there have been
no great fights of late in this section
Of the front. a. .s 8 La
OF all the Impressions Of the trip
one OF the most striking is that left
by the countless stacks Of unthreshed
grain, stretching for miles in every d.
rection throughout this granary Of
northern France. .so& - :>'@s. y.
Over a hundred German threshing
machines of the largest size are work
ing in the region occupied by the
army. IA :s%
( The army is not only living on the
supplies of -four and meat derived
from this section of the country, but
Is actually sending wheat and -four
back to Germany. II
\ The German soldier at the front is
smiling and well fed, as he has one
more warm meal daily than In peace
time. The lean greyhounds seen after
the dash on Paris are again rounding
out into portly Germans. ,.ss ...
Il No trip to the front would be com.
plete without a visit to the field hos
pital. Health conditions are remark
ably good, the surgeons state; even
better than in peace times. n
There has been considerable ty-.
phoid, but this is now well in hand,
owing to the vigorous use Of the anti
typhoid serum. Il tsE