New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-21

some If the small private rooms, Where
we passed around the welcome
cigarette. The men must have been
most comfortable, as everything was
snowy white and perfectly installed
From the windows hoated up music
from the Kurhaus orchestra. -,
ONLY one case was unusual Inc
chan Law in bed with his forearm
heavily bandaged, suspended IN loop
attached to a horizontal stuck heid
about four feet above the bed. ms
sIatn showed that he had been wound
ed August % at Longwy. Although IN
. weak condition from an operation a
dav or two previous, he seemed gao
N talk. so we asked him how 1t was
his arm had not yet healed. He sald
bis arm was all splintered inside, that
II now had a piece of silver plate IN
II and both he and his nurse, standin"
near by, stated it was the result OF d
dum-dum bullet.
In addition to the wounded IN "'es-
baden the barracks round amour Were
filled with recruits drilling themselves
INTO fitness for the front. And every
morning early and sometimes late at
NIGHT. we heard the steady tramp,
tramp. tramp of their heavy boots ana
heard them singing as they marched
bv "Ich hat Elm kamerad' OF
SDeutscbland Ueber Allies" 1t IS grip
rinply tragic TO hear them singing as
they march to battle.
Shops Tempting as Ever
Sbons Of all kinds seemed as well
1919 "a ever. Even the patisserle
shops were piled with tempting wares
tbose not recurring white -four,
which had to be husbanded. Bakeries
were allowed to make bread and Dis
cults only, with stipulated amounts
ord kinds of ingredients. Housewives
,~ere given cards by the city with GER
tain amounts of bread allotted &c eacn
member of the family, and these nad
IN he presented at the bakeries. Inc
reople thought it splendid OF their
Government to use such foresight eS
nocially when the measure was lounu
70 he only a precaution, slace u IS
known that a greater supply OF nour
visited than was expected. AS dlscl-
Mine the government could not nave
conceived of a better scheme, for war
LreaCD brings the war home to every
one in Germany and emphasizes the
necessity Of each ones cooperation.
Wiesbaden has the advantage CT be-
ing located near two very interesting
cities. Half an hour away, across the
Rhine lies Mainz, or Mayence, the old
Remembrance city Of such historic in
terest. And fifty minutes distant IS
Frankfort, which played an important
mart in early German history and IS
now one Of the most thriving and rlch-
est cities in the empire. | visited ooth
cities and found them much quieter
tban formerly. In Mainz, in front OF
the opera house, were stationed two
cannon brought from the Notifications
az Antwerp. The descriptive card
stated thew were models Of 1870, and
thew looked so even TO Ignorant feml-
nine eyes.
Another indication of the war we
found in the Schutzengraben, the Ger
man word for trenches. In quite
large area had been dug trenches just
as thew are at the front, very lazy,
rinth. through which we were conducted
bv soldier who had seen tough SER
vice al both fronts and was soon 60
ing back. These trenches seemed 70
have been installed with great faith
fulness TO the original, some OF them
having telephones, electric lights and
miniature reception rooms under
ground. The idea was TO educate the
Dublic. An entrance fee was charged,
donated 10 the work of the Red Cross.