Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-24

tects to quail is only another name
Tor organization of the mass and for .
supreme sense of duty and pride in f.
doing his duty ON the part of the in /
dividual
The station master at Lowicz. who .
had come 60 his task out of the .
world OF art. did not despise his as
.signment nor was he irked by the .
multitude OF petty details that daily /
.and nightly confronted him.
lie was proud of the order and /
cleanliness he had brought about in /
the smaller station buildings, which /
had not been entirely wrecked by
bomhardment, and he surveyed the
rehabllltated place with the eye of
both soldier ana artist II was his
production" as they say in the
world of the theater, and he was
tremendously pleased when foreign
correspondent came along and sery-
ed as an admiring audience for the
SHOW"
Volunteers in Cuba.
That was the "miutarsmus' Of
the situation, and the spirit of it was
livery different from the spirit | OBJ
served among our volunteer troops
In Cuba during the July of 1898.
There the lads were all for the
martial trump and the din of battle,
! and they hated the less gorgeous
phases of campaigning-felt, at least
many of them did, that they had
| been reduced to servants, when they
were assigned to the fetching and
carrying and cleaning.
well remember one rebellious
youth who lifted his voice in long
lamentatiou by the waters of the
| caribbean, saying:
Il came down here to fight, and
Inow Pm carrying can1ed beef from
the shore To that shack under the
lhnI"
There was none Of that during the
weary days and nights at LoWicz.
Every man was doing his duty cheer
fully and we'll no matter how menial
it was. ana SO rendering that duty
not menial any more.
City Shows Signs of Wear.
| What with the Germans surging
! into Lowicz and the Russians surg
ing out, and the Russians surging in
again and the Germans surging out,
land the Germans surging for a third
time in and the Russians thereupon
taking what looks like a permanent
farewell until a peace is signed Lo-
Wicz shows considerable signs of wear
and tear Of that sentence is dis
tracing, it at least may serve to fit
the state of mind of LOwiCZ in the
matter)
The people have not, however,
been frightened out of their thrifty
habits by wars alarms, ana they
lcarry on a good trade in picture post
lcards, tea, cakes and cigarettes with
1.-THE present occupants of their town.
Russians Beaten Back.
The chronology Of Lowicz's recent
troubles, as nearly as l could figure
lit from numerous haphazard state
Iments, is that the Germans were
lcompelled to withdraw from the
Ineighborhood about the last of Oc-
itober. In December they made an
lother drive toward it, and on the
l21st and 22nd of that month the
lRussians We're beaten back from Lo-
lwicz.
When | made my first trip to the
town the Germans had held it in un-
disturbed occupation for about
week. ana it was there that | spent
imy New Years eve-in room with
out a pane of glass in it and with q
window curtain lol toNtlilu.
Far from resentng the lack OF
lglass, ! was profoundly grateful fol
1.-THE window curtain. TWO nights later
II came into possession of feather
lbed and was happier than the man
who had captured LoWicz.
Effects of Three Shots.
Three shots from the Austrian
lthirty-two centimeter guns had put
the final touch of devastation on Lo-
wiez. All three struck in the primer
Ipal square. one tore away the rool
of the Hotel Polski, another ripped
out three of the four stories of bus
Iiness block $50 feet away, and thC
third let the sunshine into the din
labbey church on the opposite side oI
5 the square. IT..
) 1t is in this abbey church thai
{ hundreds of Russian prisoners are
: iconaned. In the daytime all eXcep
! 1.-THE few wounded prisoners are takei
{ lout to work on the roads
In the night time, as you pass th'
walls which encrcle the church anc
} (which have been loopholed for IN
5 fantrv fire, you can hear the Rus
Y lsians chopping up the collins Whlci
Y have been dragged out OF ahcleh
+ ltombs for firewood.
S Coupled with the moaning or al
: Iincipient blizzard that sound is on.
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