The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-26
WAR G
LITTLE, DR.. CARREL FINDS
Beyond Improvement in Treatment Of Wounds and
Development in Operating Skill He Looks
for Slight Scientific Progress.

VlVylTnS, QUO TO IuCky uTOpg mo crowds.
The effect Of the heavy Smelling, how.
ever, was to more or less empty tho
town. not more tina a couple of thou
sand persons remaining out OF the Is, 900
or 10000 who were there before. OF
late many people have returned. hut tho
city has still "A deserted asrcct espe.
cially in its residential streets. i, a
not known whether the battery which
bombarded the town has been DESTROYED,
for the military authorities have na.u.
rally never taken the townspeople into
their confidence in regard to coun or
IL is assumed that there wers
ut least two or three guns Of $50 nm,
caiibre, because shots were sent in
every four or five minutes, whtch IN
considered too rapid shooting for 40
heavy a gun Installed IN land. At any
rate there have been no bombardmcnn
for "a considerable period now. 1t 10
difficult to Zee what object the Germans
had in Smelling the town unless Il was
merely to astonish their enemies pro-
f~essionally by the length of their range,
and even In this case the Dunkirk she'll
ing was a better performance, for the
lines are much further away from Dun.
kirk than from Compiegne. which is only
tweleve kiloineters from the trenches.
Ne Troops in Compiesne.
There are no fghting. troops in Com.
piegne nor near the outskirts OF thu
town, the only military In or near the
town being men from the auxiliary sep
vices. hospital people. automobile trans.
port men. men connected with the milf.
tary administration Of local government,
&c. IN would think that the mere
presence OF DIR. Carrel's hospital and
laboratories would suffice 70 protect the
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eral be accused Of lacking appreciation
for scientific achievement. From the
hits which the Germans did make 1t doss
not appear, though, that they made any
effort to direct their fire to parts OF the
town far from the hospital. assum'ng
that any control at all could be eNer.
cised over the fire at such a great ranre
as was probably necessary. An aero
plane with wireless equipment hovered
over the town during all OF the bonn
bardments. even during those which tool
place at night. but artillerymen do not
generally admit that the piece could
have hit anything in particular which
the aviator had spotted or that II could
have avoided hitting any particular part
of the town.
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In the impossibility OF securing rec.
ords OF more precise accomplishment
since the opening of the wal I sought TO
lead DR.. Carrel into more genera cor.
slderations about the DEVELOPMENT OF
science, especially as respects Anne lea.
In my opinion,'' he said, America
should avoid the establishmen, Of n,
sort of Official system OF administrators
of scientific which now ore.
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