Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-21
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NORWAY REACHES PORTLAND
GRANTS INTERESTING Interview

them I found that only a few cases
were Of this kind. In large per centage
Of the cases the bones were badly shat
tered and splintered.
No Dunn Dums
Right here l want to say that l came
across no cases where dum-dum bullets
had been used. | saw one case where a
man had his entire ankle torn away and
leg amputation was necessary. This par
ticular man could talk English. The
man on the next cot to him had his an
kle badly lacerated and torn. He claimed
that it was done by a 'dum-dum. The
English speaking patient said that it
wasn't true; that the man got his wound
while behind tree and that the bullet
had penetrated the tree. been detected
and entered the leg sideways with ro-
tary motion. / inquired Of hundreds OF
men about this matter and did not find
a single case of the use of the dunn
dunn.
Fear Cossacks
The Germans have absolutely no feel
Ing against the Russians. They say they
are kind and treat the German wounded
and prisoners we'll The CoSSackS, how
ever, they fear and hate. The only sto-
ries heard of i'll treatment of wounded
or prisoners were where the Cossacks
were concerned. The Germans claim
that the Cossacks stab the wounded and
mutilate them. L do not know about the
truth of this. of course. but 1 saw many
! ha in
ficted in this way. Towards the French
the Germans have no feeling, but 1t Is
useless to deny the fact that they have
an intense hatred for the English, al
though as near as l could ascertain the
English wounded and prisoners are well
treated.
/ cannot tell you much about the pro-
gress of the war on the eastern from
tier excepting that severe fighting is in
| progress all the time l believe the
greatest strategy of this war has been
displayed in this zone The russians
saw, and l treated many of them, were
intelligent, good-looking men. They We're
i, finely uniformed and equipped and made
docile patients. OF course l could relate
| to you thousands of incidents, but l am
only giving you my offhand impressions
| Of what l saw. Our nurses and many Of
| our prisoners talked English Well We
had no difficulty in getting along with
them. The system was perfect for one
thing and our orders were carried out to
| the letter and with military precision.
All of the Germans l treated We're anx-
ious to get back to the fighting lines
again. Few of them will ever be able
to do so, in my opinion because our
cases were all so serious, but We lost
| comparatively few cases at that. But
the earnestness and zeal OF these SOL
diers, many of them educated and cul-
tured men, was what strongly impressed
me.
| Germans Absolutely United
| 1t is the same throughout Germany.
| The people are absolutely united. There
are no factions. They believe Germany
| is fighting for her existence and that
she is right. So far as the condition of
| the country is concerned l do not be-
| lieve one who did not know a war was
! in. progress could go through Germany
! today and ever realize that a war was
| going on l am sure | shouldn't. Prices
( are the same, people go about their work
the same; there is the ordinary proper
| ton of young men who are not soldiers
yet; everything is moving along quietly
without excitement or disturbance.
! The government issues bulletins at 9
| o'clock every night, which are brief. of
| course. but in a general way tell about
/ the progress which is being made. Be-
fore the great strategical movements in
| the took nlace knZal
were told what was being done and
what would happen to the Russian ar
mics and the things that were predicted
/ did happen. At all events. we became
| impressed with the belief that the
Germans knew what they were up TO,
and were acting according to a we'll
| defined plan. AS to Austria, | know
| little Of what went on there beyond
the fact that at first the Austrians
were badly beaten, but since Ger
mans have gone there to join their
armies they have been fighting bet
| ter.
Visited Berlin Hospitals
In Berlin on my way home I visit
ed an immense hospital filled with
| French wounded. They We're getting
the finest of treatment and the same
! food and attention that the Germans
were receiving. Thousands of Rus
sian prisoners passed through kozel
and there was almost a constant pro-
cession of trains bearing them into
! the interior. / do not believe any one
| knows how many there were of them
| In Berlin it was almost impossible
to believe that the nation was at
war. so prosaically were the affairs of
business and pleasure being carried on
| We saw many soldiers who had been
wounded, but the sight Of uniform
! in Germany has never been an unus-
ual one. In Kozel while I was there
the women turned in their gold rings
and jewelry for the Red Cross funds
| and millions of marks have been COL
lected in this way. The money thus
raised is not being use for prosecuting
| the war, but for the wounded.
| Marvellous System
| You ask how long the war will last.
Frankly, I haven't the slightest idea.
! I don't believe any one has any idea
| Through Kozel, day after day, the
wounded come from the fighting lines
and soldiers to take their places are
/ going forward-as many going out to
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