The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-12-01

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Joined our foes, bur ! am glad to be
able TO tall you thar German Elllgar!-
ans uadtr Field Marshull Won Maclphs-
srr &c advancing yictortouSly In the
IobrudJa. Ia teisphonie conversation
with his majesty the kaiser last nighL.
his majesty ordered me 20 tell yaH
that a decisive vistory had been won
uvei the Roumauian md Russian
armies" This announcement Of Kl0u-
manian defeat moved the cripplcs and
eonsump;tves TO hathetlcally weak
~Hgrrah.' which strengthened as the
aged prince called for three cheers for
Kaiser Wilhelm aud Kaiser Franz Jo-
seph.
Then they were allowed to come
ashore With the neatneEs OF a long.
practiced military evolution. German
ambulance men Swarmed up the gang
plank. and two aud two they led. more
often carried, the released prisoners
on the ship. set them on their feet and
led them 10 be presented TO the prince
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and bis encourage. after which they
were placed in chairs about the tables
In the long dining sheds. Cigars,
cigarettes, pictWe postal cards and
German newspapers were distributed
among them; punches ot oak leaves
were fastened on them by enthusiastic
women: they were dined and wined
and beered 10 the limit, and enjoyed the
process hsgely. but they were also re-
Qulred 30 DO some work. Soldiers Of
the local garrison passed from table TO
table, submitting printed lists and
photographs OF missing German sol
diers and officers TO them. which they
were asked to examine and. II they
could identify any OF the names or
photographs, give any Information pos
sIble regarding the missing.
Then. one at time the exchanged
German prisoners were led out Of the
dining room to nearby dressing room
and there stripped OF their worn uni
forms, which were replaced by brand
new equipment. The pride on their
faces as they lImped back looking like
: real sUifirrs 1gatn was worth noting,
and more than one looked as II lie still
had lot OF fight left in him. II was
one OF the most remarkable lightning
changes had seen In the course OF the
! war.
| The Landsturm band never stopped
playing during these proceedings, dis
eonrsing chiefly military marches. with
native dances thrown in for the benefit
OF the tro.llungarians, the Germans
we'll knowing and making ample use OF
the tonic effect OF brass band music |;
and IL was worth while watching the
rapid reaction Of the liberated prison.
ers to H.
Returned Prisoners Guaranteed.
| Three hours later all were loaded
into waiting hospital trains, the Ger
mans to be transported to quarantine
hospital In Bremen. the Austro-Hun-
garlans to quarantine stations on the
| German. Austrian border. where they
will be detained for an observation
period OF II days. Then they will be
allowed 10 return 10 their homes.
These occasional little war canoes
bring home 10 you the seamy side OF
the war MS no great battle picture can I;
| Iva al ut ha vn ttNn ~ IN N
innocent individual. and not field OF
u thousand dead will I'LL you with such
horror and repugnance to the whole
business as this prisoner ship film,
And just as moving ms the return Of
the acknowledgements was the depnr.
lure Of the husstan exchange prisoners
early this morning,
The local stages that had carried
summer guests between the station and
the hotels, these coughing consump-
tiyes were brought from town down
10 the waterfront, where they tdeleted
by the censor) were led or carried by
German ambulance men on TO the Aeo-
lus and technically Swedish soil.
They were free men, but they didn't
look II. They dropped In steamer chairs
and on the benches that paralieled the
steamer, rails like u lot of very wet
chickens, They looked broken IN body
and spirit, but this appearance was in
part deceptive. Swedish nurses circu-
lated among them and gave each Rus.
sian paper bag containing first
brcakfast---a white roll sausage sand.
wich. The released prisoners bright
ened up and proceeded to take new
interest In life,
Swedes Feed the Russians.
Even before the Aeolus sailed. tmme-
dlately after the first. a second break.
fast was served to the Russians by the
hard-headed Swedes, who went on the
sensible theory that the best cure for
melancholy is full stomach. Swedish
Red Cross nurses now distributed
plates heaped with boiled sausages and
potatoes with n knife fork and spoon.
10 each Russian prisoner. to the great
puEzlemrnt OF not few OF them. One
Russian. whom | watched carefully,
tucked the knife In his boot top and
sat on the plated fork and spoon. then
comfortably ate boiled potatoes and
tore up the sausage with his fingers,
One OF the young Swedish girls gave
him his tirst instruction in the manipu-
lNlon Of polite table hardware, and M