The farmer and mechanic., 1915-01-05

4nCh with various people who have
zen her interesting Information. Her |
0thcr-in-laW has been acting as a |
auncur in France, being engaged in |
6cuing the wounded, and from him |
ne mas learned incidents related here !
Elizabeth Deshler Whiting in New |
IA York Sum-
"a Many excuses were given to the |
RGerman public for the retreat OF the |
~S5erman army after the advance on
ktParis. 1t was termed great piece of
zstratetSy. The German General Won
1Cammerer once wrote in one of his
works that "an offensive which has to
retrace its steps before the gates Of
Parls or cannot even reach them,
means complete fiasco of the whole
enterprise"
The new krupp guns of AZ cent?
meters are known as the busy Ber-
thas." being so-called after Frau
Krupp Won Bohlen. 1t was a pity she
could not have been a witness to the
baptism OF fire at Antwerp. All Of the
Krupp officials have received the iron
Cross.
An officer told a correspondent OF
the London Times that every battle is
won by the bayonet in the last issue.
The British soldiers have put the doc
lJlIc III the IildC1llile gun 10 III tdl
shame. 1 have heard OF charges i'm
possible by the rules Of the game
which have wrested victory from the
very teeth of defeat"
The following scene was described
by an officer who took part in it:
For long hours the soldiers have
lain in Sodden burrows exposed to
terrible fire. Nerves are unstrung,
temperS on edge. At last they are up
on the enemy; they can now prove
their valor with cold steer At last it
Is man to man.
Suddenly the sound Of loud and
continuous laughter is heard. One Of
The soldiers has passed the border OF
restraint. he is transformed, a very
figure Of destruction; it is pONlOnger
dull courage, but blaze of fury that
sweeps the ranks Of the enemy like q
fire.
Machine guns have no reply tC
such zeal of passion; no machine con-
ceived could oppose this living flood
Of wrath. The sound of that terrible
laughter will ring III my ears as long
rs 1 live"
The French supplies for the soldiers
In the fields are abundant Conveys
Of provisions, both of food and ammu
milton, pass up and down the line:
with perfect regularity. One soldier
remarked that he was being overfed
he never had the good luck before tt
have more than enough of chicke,
and rabbit
The troops also are SO well provid
ed with tobacco that they can affor'
TO give some TO the civil population
in towns where the Germans ha'
cleaned out the tobacconist shops.
The German Ambassador in Rom
hoc io1
German Crown Prince Of having pill
laged the chateau of Baroness d
Baye. The latest development is give
in a letter from the Baroness. Sh
writes that she had received from
witness of the theft q letter sayin
that the Crown Prince sent for
loclsmith and at the muzzle of a re
volver the locksmith was forced t
open doors OF closets and to pack u
the proceeds Of the theft Then ur
der an escort he was forced to TAX
the cases into Bethel
A typewriter journal called th
North Sea Mines is published on ti
battleship King Edward VII. Thel
IS g page of wit and wisdom write
by the DUTY Clown" The followi1
is commandeered:
Wisdom is merely what other PEE
pie don't know and we do"
give some impressions gather.
by motOrcyclist who has been
front of the army and continually u
der fire:
when they are in the trench
with shells bursting all around, M
become mere machines. They 6
absolutely debumanized under CONT
uous fire. 1t is the only aftermath
to going mad. One has no consciou
ness OF danger, but obeys orders wit
out realizing what they mean. o
forgets what death is
when first ] had to carry 2 Gle
patch under fire l used to dismou
when I saw 4 shell burst on the rO
ahead and wait to see if more We
coming Now / don't notice the
My comrade riding twenty yards t
hind me was killed by she'll but [
incident had no effect on my mind.