Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-04-24

days battle Ills COMPANY called in
Fan emergenyy, 70 aet az infantry and
help defend position near the bor-
Z der had been badly broken W BY
what he described az a yillauouH
machine gun ire
These Russians certainly can
shoot. he declared. i've put IN a
good many years AS an artillcryman
ana don't mind artillery ire Neither
is infantry fire dlsconeefting But
deliver me from the machine guns
It's awful out OF eighty-six Of Us
they Killed six with bullets from a
flank fire, and severely wounded a
lot more. But--we held that posi-
ton
Pillaiicn Rum Shops Wrecked.
The rain turned Co binding SNOW,
through which the automobile
slipped and slithered on its way from
Tilsit 10 Pllkalian Pilkallen used 90
bear a very lively reputation because
of ~ rum shops, but al that is left
ot them now iA wrecked interiors
and smashed glass a few OF the
thousands who formerly lived Ia the
place are stlli there. wandering about
aifalesslg. waiting for the time when
the war will be over aud former &C.
tivitles restored
IN al the city there Is not trace
% gun life or damnge ~ shell fro
The Ruaslans, the inhabitants claim.
occupied the place tor while ~
he BIZ aud then set fire 90 IL when
the Germans. who drove them out.
approached Ia all Of east Prussia Il
has only one parallel fioldap rs
kapine. tre-sinsed walls, iis handful
ui inhabitants, US knocking sirns indi.
eating former prUsu4ily. tell the
story If destruction mare striAuglt
even than deserted Villages and iao-
lated buildings from which tin own
cre have fled, The very pfesence Of q
few people serves 70 enhance the
spectacle Of desolatlon.
"tity OF tie Dead
Even pllkHllen twice the strong
hold Of the Russians since the begin
ming OF the wnr. did not Cypress one
las the city nearest TO it, Sehirmindt
directly on me Russian border. APP
propFiateiy named The city OF The
dead by an otherwise International
German lieutenant
The approach 90 schirwindt leads
along broad. three-lined boulevard.
For miles one can see The tall. two-
spired church that stands out as
post for the city Here. almost for
the first time. were indications Of a
bomhardment Tor both tho towers
had been rddlodf By shells from biz
gum and the, roof " half dozen
places is gaping.
Nome OF the Houses Inhabited
sehirwindta only LIVING ginhah-
tantH are flockH Of eafFlon crows that
were deYuurne thr cdreusscs of the
hoFsea killed Ia tho battle there rho
birds rose IN blRck clouds aa the auto
mobile approached and eifcled over
head until Il was gone
In an schirwindt there remains
only one object that has not been
partly OF entirely destroyed-a little
public fountain mrmohntted hy an
hrpn7e figure sheltered hS the church.
The laei inhnbitaut has fled. for none
Of he houses ~ habltahie.
Months ago the pews in tlte church
We're ripped away 80 make room for
thick. Empty cartridge shells litter
the floor. both az the church and OF
houses that were used for defensive
purposes Al the entrance to The
house Of worship there stares out the
itunlenl SIGN, Ofnamcnted with d sol
0ief's riddled helmet hearing the
words peace We with yotl"
t@irihef south lies Goldap. which
was reached only after plowing
through snowdrifts tate IN March,
with the AID of Russian prisoners aud
their shovels The WAY led across the
hattlefields 90 Gumbinen again-row
after row % deserted trenches with
their bafbed wire entanglements anu
their countless graves
Gnldap vs. w every respect second
i = llen though there is more life
thTte now tbah has vet heen revived
in the more norihcrly city.
Thought M German spies
fae first iropps 10 occupy Goldap
were possessed oi the idea that The
Germans we're operating an extensive
aud effective spsing system, and be-
ttAed that a w0s being operated
Through tho electric light plant % the
city Therefore they demolished ne
plant
Eventually These troops were driv-
az uni tut we're followed by others
Whieh stayed for four months quar-
iering themselves IN such buildings as
they had not huruod down or had
not been hcstfuyod rs their ptedc