Bisbee daily review., 1915-04-24
GUNS SPEARIN VEROUN AS LETTER Is
 WRITTEN
Father K. Rampont, Catholic
 Pastor of Jerome, Writes
 Local Man About Condi- tions at the French Front
PRIEST HAS CHARGE
 OF WAR HOSPITAL
Says Father. an Aged Man,
 Was Forced 10 Witness Ex- ecutions of Two Old Men
 When Village Was Taken

In Che following letter translated from the French of Father R Ram pont. Catholic priest and we'll known throuehour Arizona. are found some Of the real human interests of tfe great conflict that is shaking Earopp
 The letter was sent Co man ,u Arizona Father Bampoul is native Of France, having been born in small village near yerdun. from which city he writes. He has lived in Arizona many years, and tor the past seven years has been the pastor al Jerome
 As an eye witness the account can hardly be surpassed The writer wrote the letter on March r. during which time Verduu was the center of great eugagemeuts and traffic slaush- ter.
 The leuer folows
 My dear friend.
 have received so many letters from my Arizona friends that ind lt next to impossible to reply 10 each one. hence that letter addressed to you win serve as am answer to all.
 First ol all ! must confess that aIl the Germans was to have killed are in perfect health. for n spite of my demands to be sent Go the firing line have been assigned Co the hospital corps and instead 0f Hlua. ! srend my time trying t5 cure or at least relieve the wounded and principally the sick
 On account of the immense number Of the wounded and sick t has been necessary to create everywhere tem- porory hospitals Many like the one in which ann stationed are two OF three miles distant from the forts At Nerdun thcre-3ra 15 of those hos pitals where from fen Go twelve thousand patients can be accomodat- ed. We keep here only those that cannot be transferred All the oth- CTS are placed in sanitary trains and sent to the northern part of France We have received the same day up to four thousand wounded and in 3G hours nearly an have been sent away to Southern France
 The temporary hospital No q. where ] am is located between two forts Of Nerduu in an old convent talk en by the government at the time Of che separation of church and state It is a hospital where we take care of the contagious diseases. typhoid fever spinal meningitis. scarlet fever. tetanus. etc. Since November it has rained nearly every day and as most of our patients are sheltered under tents the building being foo small. they have suffered very much from the cold Many also suffer because they have no warm clothing. l0rtW- ately for the last few days the wealth CT has been better and soon the spring will brine us a little warmth.
 In the beginning we were lacking many things for the railroads were too busy and it was preferable to bring ammunitions rather than sup plies. But now we can not complain. for we always have at least plenty of bread This will probobly make you smile, but begged for bread with money in pocket About l5 per cent of our patients die and In the trenches near the city there is @ grave yard there three thousand are buried side by side My work Is Che work of a nurse and besides perform the duties of a priest And this last work indeed takes more time than the first
 Verdun at one time was nearly en- circled and the two German armies were separated from each other only by six or seven miles There was terimc 6ehung but the French got the best of it and for the last four months the Germans form only half circle around the Verduu fortress. Every day there are many small com bats but without and tppreciable re- suits The two armies. Germans and
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