The farmer and mechanic., 1915-06-15

men. aided and superintended by
Germans. remake the wheels. In an
other part machine guns are made
Whole, oftenumes by using the un-
damaged parts Of two three or more
weapons In still another building
new muzZles are moulded and put
onto undamaged trucks
Make Trench Protectors
Here also are prepared the great
hoops Of wire that can be stretched
in front Of a trench in an emergency
al a moments notice and can be made
fast by stakes Of steel that are
Crewed into the ground Thus at
tackers whose artillery has demol-
iShed the usual entanclements of
barbed wire can still be checked for
a time at least.
Quantities Of English cable wagons
have been captured at one time or
another. T.ese wagons are nothing
more than square wooden boxes
mounted on n wheeler. from which
telephone wire can be paid out. They
| have. however. been found 10 make
| excellent machine gun ammunition
| wagons, and are turned to their new
| use by the simple eXpedient of being
htted with pigeon hole compartments.
| In conjunction with the machine
| shop there Is a shoe shop and A
leather shop. where broken saddles
are mended. and where the straps for
artillery wagons, rifles and KNAPP
sacks are put into order once more.
1t is the exception rather than the
rule that any piece of apparatus used
at the front IS damaged 50 badly that
| it cannot be mended here or that IL
has TO be sent back To Germany
The Junk Pile.
In point Of interest TO the casual
visitor. the prize of the division head
| 2Yfa iSy n n1. lI.,st
lection point-the junk pile containing
the SWeepings of the battle field would
be d better name-where every con-
ceivable object from bits of rubber 10
broken bayonets and cartridge shells
is collected and sorted out.
| The knapSack of every wounded q
soldier first or last finds its way to
this big building and there is sub
jected to the scrutiny Of Junk eN
perts." The cartridges that remain
are laid to one side, to be reappor-
| toned to some other fighter. The
,, | drinking TASKS or bottles are SINH
| larly weeded out, and the clothes that
| still are fit to wear are placed in piles
according to their character.
The bayonets go to one department
where they are carefully cleaned ant
! pat in shape for use again. The rife
, they include not only German bu
i french, English. Belgian and Russia
,iled and come out looking like new
: Every piece of equipment that still
. has value is renovated.
: After every battle in which tn
! Germans have been victorious tn
u neld is literally secured, and all tn
Junk is transported to headquarter:
II scores of ripped and torn auto tire
e ire collected and sent to an establish
"a ulent where the rubber can be utiliz
,, ,e ID in the making of new tubes
A big laundry esta ablishment with
capacity Of over 100, 900 garment
ess than month cleans old clothin
.fter they have been repaired an
= by new soldiers or by old trool
II whose supply has been exhausted.
II Nothing Wasted
{ spur of the railroad track rur
IS directly to the end of the 'Sa n
nelstelle" and carts away to German
As huge quantities Of scrap that h
ie overy appearance of being worthle:
ie but which later is to appear in new
NJ manufactured form. Not one thir
III with any possible value is wasted.
1e The division headquarters very n;
iu | turally has not only the hospital f;
= titles hat are common to most &c
O man cities but also a medicamc
os headquarters. In q wholesale dr,
le | establishment of almost staggerr
oi 3iZe there are stored some 1000, o.
marks worth of medicine and medic
ne instruments for use in the field no
r pitfalls.
Mt Volunteer and professional nurs
10 prepare some $4,000 yards Of ban
ne ages a day, which are shipped off
a the front in compact packages. II
e establishment maintains Is mount
ds filtering plants that are shifted fro
point to point along the front al
prepare some 1000 liters Of wat
Ks | FOR the soldiers.
81 There a.e also mOveable Roent gr
IL Ray machines which can be taken
ITS he front for use in desperate cas'
IS Toxins and serums in little glOhul
are on hand in great quantities, Al
tai | the equipment Of the plant is so col
b plete that there are even cases
ry | snow goggles for the use of the Sc
ito | liers on sunny days in winter
In As an adjuLct TO the wholesale DR.
nd aSta bliShrnent there is d soap facto