Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-27
SOLDIER LOST IN FOREST GIVES
UP HOPE OF RESCUE; MAKES Will

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little more water in the cups, but
not much. Time after time during
the day tried to suck water out OF
the sleeves of my wet shirt, but
could never get a drop. "..
When ! sat down my teeth began
to chatter and | had to move to keep
warm, and when | walked / simply
staggered and crashed through the
| brush All the skin was gone from
my hands now, and my mouth was
dry and cracked. ! was almost past
thinking, but instinct kept me pushing
forward all day and all night. The
| night was bitterly cold and rainy
Thursday morning found me still
beating my way a step at time
through the tangled forest. ! knew
now, dimly, that the end had about
come. Once, during the morning
came out on kind of knoll and saw
ahead of me broad valley, slipping
down, and then up again to the ridge
of mountain; and there was the usual
sight-a vast expanse of the top of
palms and ferns, and not one sign OF
life in sight The only live thing
had seen for days was a herd of noun
tain goats which once got view of.
Found Signs Of Settlement.
Toward evening Thursday, when I
had been four days and half with
out food, rest, or any water to speak
of, / came ON place in the forest
where a streak of tall grass, waist
high, grew between rows Of bamboo
and ferns. There was an unusual look
about it, and carefully examined it.
On each side of the scarcely discern
able line of grass were some bamboos
which at some time, probably long ago,
had been cut. Feebly as my mind
now worked, reasoned that these
must have been cut for some purpose,
and followed the grass.
Il could hardly move now. My feet
were blistered, bruised and torn. My
legs were a mass of sores, my hands
were peeled of all skin, my lips were
swollen and cracked open and my
throat burned terribly. i slowly made
my way along the grass lead The
sun was getting low, and I dreaded
another night. The grass path led to
"a semi-trail, and my hope rose. The
trail branched into kind of road
which followed short way and then,
just ahead, stuck on the hillside in a
clearing, saw little house with
smoke rising from the chimney. 1t
was the most wonderful sight l have
ever seen, and ! dimly remember
laughing in a hoarse way as / went
toward it.
AS staggered into the front door
Japanese woman rose, and in alarm
called her husband. could. not tell
them much. am told / was delirious
then, but they seemed to know. They
gave me water, but could not drink
it. They cooked eggs, gave me milk
and coffee and tea-but hungry and
thirsty as was, my throat would not
swallow one mouthful of water Or
food. -
Cared for BY Japanese.
'The Japanese man gave me san.
dals, washed my feet and face. and
washed out my throat and mouth.
Then, by slipping it slowly, l took a
little hot milk. Presently l could
swallow more milk, and from then on
/ improved.
The japanese in some manner sent
word to Hilo and from Hilo an auto.
mobile, which think belonged to
Brig.-gen. Johnson of the National
Guard, was sent for me. In Hilo / was
put on cot in the armory and given
all possible attention and in a few
days my strength began to come
back"
Schulz speaks frequently of the kind.
ness of the people on Hawaii, who he
says were good to all the soldiers,
and especially to him after his wan>
derings
For the Japanese at whose house
Schulz called the men and officers of
the 10th Company have made up a
purse and will buy gold watch or
some other token of appreciation. The
charcoal burner and his wife, although
poor, gave Schulz everything they had
in the house, washed him, bound his
gave him sandals and sent to
Hilo, almost 20 miles away, to sum.
mon help. Yet they refused to take
a cent OF pay, and Schulz came back
to camp with the same $4.S4 cents
in his pocket that he had when he
left. The home of the Japanese is
near Glenwood. .=... -.
Schulz does not know where he was
during the time he was lost, but it |
appears, judging from the point OF
start and the location of the Japa- |
lese charcoal burners house, that he
was to the north of the automobile /
road from Hilo to. the volcano and |
never more than five or six miles away |
from it. ...~.. /. IT,. .-.>. /