Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-28
NELLIE BLY, PAINTS HORRORS Of WAR
SEEN IN EASTERN FIELD Of COMBAT
Franoads of Healthy FrankEyed Splendid Fellows Go Forth
to Battle With Songs Their Lips and Faith Their Hearts
and Return Sunken-Eyed, Wounded and Sick From the
Most Fnqhtful Experience Living Man Ever Witnessed

ergetic people will fight it every inch
Of the way.
l forgot to say that Prince Croy's
train is Tug Lit D. 1t is one of six
trains fitted out and maintained by
the Knights of the Maltese Cross.
They are Independent of all other so
cieties and their members maintain
these trains.
Pleased the Kaiser.
eve have made such a record" said
Prince Croy to me, that the German
emperor has asked US to establish a
branch of our society in Germany"
ednesday.-Three soldiers died in
Prince Croy's train last night. Once
the thought of three deaths on ones
train in one night would have been
appalling, but here, where death is
everywhere, where the sight of dead
and dying men is as familiar to one
as sparrows in New York, one gets
scOurge sweeping the world. One
stands dumb, despairing, dry-eyed be-
fore the vastness of the misery.
Prince Croy fed US twice again
from his splendid kitchen. Without
him we should have had to exist on
our biscuits. We stop continually,
but not where we can obtain food.
Indeed, the small, uncovered sta
lions we have passed are not inviting,
There is nothing new. The day re-
peats yesterday.
Thursday.-I took my shoes off last
night. My right shoe would not be
have. With malicious deviltry it
pinched my foot until in desperation
l took both shoes off. I had my face
washed this morning. The engine is
the willing pump for the whole crowd
Colonel John brought me his rubber
basin and showed me how to lift of
| the cushion and place the basin on
the seat. The soap felt delicious.
We breakfasted in a station with
a lot of officers who watched US with
interest. We had tea with rum, rolls
or light bread, the first I have seen in
Europe. and two boiled eggs. One
of mine was fresh. Some had worse
luck, others better. Prince Croy lost
two more soldiers by death last night
That is FIVE out of 100.
Remarkable Recoveries.
81 have had soldiers frightfully
wounded" Prince Croy told me, who
have made extraordinary recoveries
| One man had three shots. One en-
| tered his forehead and came out al
the back of his head. One entered
! the base of the head at the back and
came out on the opposite side at the
| temple and one shot went through
his leg. Five weeks after, when
went to see him, he jumped to his
/ feet and saluted.
I had another more horrible" he
| continued. "a man had his entire
| lower jaw torn off with a shrapneI
His tongue hung out on his neck and
chest. He had been five days in the
trenches after receiving his wounds
/ before the firing ceased long enough
1 to let him be carried away. He was
! famished. We inserted a tube in his
throat. He fought vigorously, as he
| thought it would hurt. But we insist
ed and poured soup into him. The
moment he felt the soup in his stom
ach he made frantic motions for more
/ He was wild for food. We could not
feed him enough. Now they are max
/ ing a new jaw in the hospital and be
i is recovering"
When Prince Croy was told how
eagerly the poor fellow demanded