The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-06-01
.REDGROSS WORKER
TELLS GRAPHICALLY
Of HORRORSOF WAR
Attending Wounded At Front In
France Mounds In Heart
breaking Tragedies
BRAVE MEN ARE TORN & +
AND BROKEN IN FRAY
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War Is Nothing But Violent Con-
trast4The lreeoncilabIe
StaFtinpIy ReconoileR &,
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|fany, t,naat Artillery Corps, stationed
at Port Kameharneha, has just received
IlnteresiinK letters from bis two neph-
ews. who are with the British forces
in France, with reference to military
operations there. One nephew gave up
his studies at the University of Lon.
don (England), where he matrieulated
last wear. 20 enter the service of the
British Red Cross Corps, and is at.
taehed TO No!ll ambulance train. The
other nephew ia q clerk attached to
general stan headquarters, Second
Army Corps, Of the British Field Force
in France. w
A Horrible Journey "a.
Yesterday journey wa" the worst
we ever had--it was horriblei'' writes
the nephew Of Private Palm who Is at
tached to the ambulance train, and then
he gives some gruesohie details of what
Re sees and hears every day, ms fol
lows. y ~. "a =. 4. ..t..t .t. l.
.tABont ten men were either mad or
nnconscions with skull wounds, and in
one ward there was a man quite thncon,
scious, his eyes fixed with a glassy stare
and his hands clutching and wandering
about convulsively. Just as am try,
mig to find HIS identity disc Che was
long past giving me any inforrnation) Il,
he let ont most horrible yell 1t
made me shiver, and can hear il
even now. 1t was like the cry Of a
beast; not a cry of pain, but that of
a deranRed mind. He continued max
ing the same cries at intervals, but
! was used to il by now, though very
glad 70 get out of the place as soon
as possible ,,.y-.
one Mass Of Randages II. "..
g Another poor devil was shot
through the lower end Of his spine
and all the downward part of his body
was as good as. dead /, L cam say
any more; its too horrible. ]. 3. . lust
imagine a car with twenty-two stretch.
or eases IN It. Some are asleep, in, a
feverfsh, disturbed state and breathing
hheavily: ~ in awful, painful gasps like
dying ilsb! si'lt { y = 49," ~ z
ItSfeSds arms and bodies ltre one
mass Of bandages = some black with
eaked mud and dried blood, and some
dyed a Vivid crimson with the fresh
/ blood still. oozihg.N There is an hin.
healthy smell of bad mud, stale clothes,
straw and sinking breath, mixed up
with iodofoin, iodine, earbolie, paraffin,
cyanide and itnrpcntine.3 d, :
{, Silence Is Deadly 4 ,ss. r., ...r.
K "a deadly silence reigns, except for
the whispers between the orderlies and
nurse, as though none dare trust rails.
ing his voice; and Mt intervals one
hears groans, hard breathing, long.
drawn painful sighs M never 4 eurse
nor a regret, but dreadful, agonizing
, cries Of strong men, in distress. In.
agine all that, ma you will have some
rough idea Of what every car on our
] train was like last night, with the eS.
suffering from a variety of minor
wounds. "r.y fH p.
! "And thcn 4 come in, with nothing
but my record look and its detailed
entry of the eases to take my mind of
the affecting scenes, - 49,
Taking the Record ~ -,
Shall J be in your way, doctor I
whisper. No, my boy. I've finished
| the other end Of the ear; if yop win
| begin that end first. / am afraid fonr
Of the mon in here win give you alb
| solutely no information. They are IN.
! conscious-and that man there: he q
very bad. ] should take him now, as
I've just given him stryehnine and
BE soon be asleep. Aud don {, what.
ever you do, disturb that man over
there. He's only just quiet and has
been raviPg. He isfa very powerful
man and difficult to keep down. The.l
i commence by quiet work of inquiry,
establishing the identity Of these poor
relics, Those i can't or must not dis,
turb, mean no end of wasted time
searching for some means of identity
"a disc, or a letter, or paybook.
] get through at last. ,-... =. .. b - .
Causes Cold Shivers ~
$50 far haven't once felt the least
bit faint, Though I've often had a cold
shiver down my back. But the. TO.
action comes gradually all the same
Sueh Journey tires one out and Is
terribly depressing. The major is very
good. Last night he made Jme leave
my, work at about seven fifteen to 20
and have dinner, and told Godfrey (ouI
chef to got Il out for me at once.
expect he guessed / should work better
on a full stomach, and I was very glad
| he did SO, az ! was immensely bucked
! up for the rest of the evening.
zone of the wards entered about
nine forty five was tragic. The orderly
whispered: Very tad lot in here
matron says one man won't live.
on, l rcnly; what 3 the matter with
himH Shot just below the heart
Yes been ravipg terribly and spittin9
blood all over the floor. Says he will
be well in the morning and will gel
up and help me 10 clean it away
Good Pace; Awful Eyes -
d" Where Is her I ask 'Oh. he's
quiet now and shouldn I disturb him.
So ] start my work elsewhere. Pres
emily came to his bed He looked
very badly and was gasping terribly
though the bad ones often breathe with
great difficulty. Then ! looked at hii
face. A good face, really; and biz
eyes. they were Rwful--jnst fixed