Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-25

4 wagon Train Follows tnriu, lhcn an
other regiment then more wagon
trains and attachments of uhlans'
their lances making black menace
against the low horizon line.
GhostIy Pageant Passes.
For an hour az q time I'm the dull
dawn Of these heavy Russian days and
in The sad twilight ! have stood ON
the banks Of the Hzura and watched
the ghOstly pageant moving on the
rim Of the plain and then slowly drop
ping from sight.
The river at my feet makes no
sound The sentry I'D my side like
me Is silent before the wonder and
the hearache Of the picture. Faint
cries of command come 10 us across
the wide fields. Then an is still, and
the light reflected from the snow
plays curious tricks with the vision
ana makes the column seem to stand
motionless, every wagon-wheel and
horses head and uhIuu lance etched
sharply against the sky, the only sign
Of life the steam rising from the
sweating column horses.
Quarter of Mile of Cars.
These are the pictures the war
crowds upon the brain 10y day and by
night, and il seems 10 me now that
nothing can ever make them grow
dim IN my mind on dcadcu me to their
thrill. There Is cXhilarauon in every
instant of exercise
Here is quarter Of % mile Of
freight cars emitting cannon and
autos and tons Of food under the
swaying searchlights, while the frosty
air rings with shouts for Hans, and
Otto, and Johann and Emil
Here is a lowing, plunging line Of
cattle driven mp the narrow streets
ana the strange cries of peasants clad
In garments Of red and green, and
purple, and orange ana wearing caps
of astrakhan.
Here. Turing three hours Of oxult-
ant clamor one afternoon. there We're
passing into the abbey square through
-four entrances and passing out ON the
opposite side, infantry, cavalry. artil-
lery, ammunition carts, ana provision
trains.
"Rechts" "1mks" "Rcchts,"
Links shouted the undcroffcers
who sat on horseback at the entrances
of the square, and the various dctach-
ments moved swiftly and in perfect
order to he fed. or uuartored, or sh0d,
or nursed, or shot at, as the scheme of
things might demand.
They say it takes one-fifth Of an
army to take care of the other four
fifths, and what am seeking i'm Lowicz
shows me why FORCES are blazing
and pots are boiling Bodies are be
ing bandagcd ana horses are being
shod. Roads are being mendcd and
prisoners are being marched out TOT
do the mcndng
Shattered autos are being repaired
and new ones are being swung from
fla: cars Minute maps Of The town
are being printed and issued to Off
GERS and underOfficers, and the decker
or portable barracks of asbestos that
cost S7l4 each are being set up.
Every pay day, which means three
times a month, hundreds Of soldiers
are sending off thousands Of marks.
Bridges and railroad tracks are being
guarded, cattle are being slaughtered,
and 80 rs the copy OF injudicious cor-i
respondents,
Yes, the 1900 who are taking care
" the $4,000 lying within a few I
SQUARE miles to the east OF Lowicz I
have plenty TO do Even when it is |
not he most perilous work i'm the /
world, soldering is the hardest.
Significance of "Kolossal."
The Germans have the word "ko- I
ossal' sounding. however little like I
our colossal for the first 80" is
short and carries the 90" the "a" is /
Tat, and the accent comes hard ON I
he last syllable. Nor does the Ger /
nan word convey precisely the signif- !
canoe we give colossal" when we APP T
ply II to statues or bulk
with the Germans it suggests vast I
lcss Of conception or stupendous /
lcale of operations. and it is on every T
ip lust new appropos of linden /
lurg's victories or Of just such sights (
rs Lowicz daily discloses. heard it I
dozen times i'm the course OF my I
walks around the town with German
correspondents. 1t fits the situation. I
soldier, looking very complacent,
s. coming along the street with cam
lie coyly tucked in his bootleg, a fit /
Ing place for booty. surely A com
ado steps mp behind him, extracts the
andle as dcftly as conjuror might,
lurrics ten PAGES ahead of his victim,
cooking very businesslke the while, /
hen gives yell OF triumph, waves T
MS prize alott, and runs
a column horse, with a lungc and I
prodigious showing Of teeth lurchcs
onward and nips half truss Of straw
rom soldier who is darling across
ne street with il. lIalf a regiment
freaks into q roar of laughter The
Older looks extremely foolish and
here is prolonged applause for the
lorse, which meanwhile has to guard
Is prize from it's yokefelIow Even a
ired hospital chief has to give the
Incident the tribute of grin The
'assing regiment cries Bravo to the
IOrse
Ave, Lowicz Is "kolossal" and cold
nd squalid, too But under all con
itons its fascination is incompatible,
nd ! would not take year of rou-
Inc life for the six months I have 4
we'd since the August midnight when
london was soething around Trafal-
ar square and the world war hurst
non mankind