The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-03-31

like wage eating pieces OF brown
paper.
There were perhaps not more
tnuu 0uu women amoug th, reti eat
NIX horde with - and o. b. a. fact
worth recording that tine, we're kiud-
O., treated and given whatever COM
forts wer, afailabl. b, soldiers who
were otherwise dead TO every ieeliug
! hHy" seen such men gauIt. stag
getiug along. haif-nak,d. with q few
pieces of cloth for shucs. unable to
speak with barely strength lct, tu
stop near u dying hor-, and cui q
stri1gy steak from it, nauN. straight
en- up tor a m near ole OF the
womrn's carts aud smIiiuglN tender
their last mcuthfui of food leo com"
81 me ume
The treatment OF the women Ir
this dreadful retreat was 20 a., ihc
y ost wonderful. the most moving.
the most heroic part of ne whole r"-
.reat. These poor women 900 t'cit
fiight from their homes had ~ t,any
Cases been unable To- bring cnuigh
clothes To- cover them often td,y
were without stocking. or unlnr-
skirts. OF hats or shHVls or ,lpaks. I
have seen time and tim" again some
freezing soldier lake IN his o%Nercoai
ana force II upon SOM one 4 these
women. Nd seem almost ashamed to
look upon her shiyering body as Ia
made the onei Then he would
search along the road tor hours an
~ he WAS a1le to stfip some dead
! man of his clothes To- replace that
which he had so freely giVen
What Hallcr retarded - his most
remarkable experience was the sight
Of a mad soldier dying l.om stur,l.
ton. Clothed only In a ragged uu,
dershirt he Was runaIng barefoot
down "A covered Albanian ROT,
straight as an arrow, believing ~ h,
ran he aid lie ran ON ana ~
down that road. seeing nothing yc.
wonderfully avoiding stumbling ovei
tho bodies of other dead and dyinl
soldiers II the meat-stripped car
cassss Of the army horses wheel
blocked the q Suneriis mo- So
y as | myself was. / turned an,
watched tins strange figure. At las
a half mile dow y the road he pitche,
forward and a. | passed him later
saw ne Wa stone dead
Other than that incident there 8
one other that will stick In m, mem
DRY 80 long as ] live. said Halter
This Vas the hanging Of . Ser.
mother by the Austrian troops uefor
was made a prisoner. We wer
marching ACROSS "A rough ,ountr
near Lochnitzer when We strppe
near "a Wnyaide hut at it's spring {
get u drink. Colonel licill oi ou
regiment also went to get % driul
As ne rode across from the spring
shot came from the hut. That sh,
was fired BY "a She stood
the door, an old shotgun IN one han,
a baby IN the other.
=. one of the captains ordered n,
hung, There va nothing elise 10 d
bat execute her. A. "A rope was pla,
ed about her meek and she was H.
To the nearest tree al she said so
this. in a hard cold voice. Nh hul
band il a soldicl. ! too die tor SCI
bia' She made no appeal Sh. a
. not cry uut. We leN he: bod, ham
: ing there iu the wind. The baby a..
picked az ana sent to the ucare
I, PRISON camp. 10 be cared fo..
Through the efforts uf Robe
HaVerIck, representing the Unit,
states among the Austrian prisoner
Halter NtS rescued i-,m -'arttti,
!, az DurJzl" and later NmHassnd
, Page DO Rome Interested hinsclf
IN" case. f ann going ho., hon
On" best American citizen ,,r 81,
= saw declared HalleI % wish o..
words % express ms feeling for n
KIND uf pcopl" thai are grown boz ii
ul'cd states.