St. Tammany farmer., 1916-03-18
Ney War Experiences
DIR. K. WINFIELD NEY DRAWS
LARGE AUDIENCE TO LECTURE
Quite Number Of Ladies Were Among the Interested
Listeners, Some of Them Being Out Of Tewn Wis.,
itors. Only Standing Room After O'Clock.

The courthouse was crowded un-
til there was only standing room
during DR.. Ney's war lecture, Wed
nesday evening. There were many
ladies In the audience and quite q
numoer Of out-of-town visitors.
DR.. Ney was introduced by Dr.. r.
B: Paine. Of Vaudeville. with the fol-
loving complimentary remarks:
DR.. Ney has been in THIS parish
for the past few years and aas been
president of tho St. Tammany Parish
Medical Society. DR.. Ney has been
ao,ng quite q good deal OF surgical
work, bota in this parish and in New
Orleans, and h8 about . year ago
decided that no would make . visit
to the scene Of the great world war,
where he went aud spent something
over i've months right on the firing
line. 90 near to 1t indeed tnat on
one occasion q shell dropped in the
operating room where he was and
killed four persons. DR.. Ney has
consented to tell US some OF his per
eonal experiences and Impressions O.
the great war. after having received
the nonor Of being named the major
surgeon in chief Of the Ninth Auxih-
ary OF the French Red Cross Society
1 now take great pleasure In intro
dueing DR.. Ney.
Dr.. Ney's Lecture.
:: To start out with4 am not pub
lie speaker, and naturally any one
in the profession l am in does MOI
cultivate the voice . great deal. l
am acre just simply to tell you some
things which may perhaps be OF In
t&est.
Early last year spent severa,
months In the University of Pennsyl-
yania. which has one of the bes.
in the world. II not til
best. A building two blocks long Is
devoted entirely to experimental
surgery. You realize that In doing
this kind of work We experiment up
on the lower animals. and it Is call
cd viyisection. It Is . subject
which has been criticised Z great aea-
by the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. While en-
gagged in this work. it occurred to me
that tust what We were doing was
being done with human lives. Just
about this time men from the Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania were form
ing party for the purpose Of going
/ to Parts to serve in the American
am mbulauce corps. l received an ap-
pointment to do surgery Of the brain
and spinal cord. ! came home ana
surprised my wife by telling her
was going to Europe. Mr. Margar
said he did not think very muca
my judgment, but admired my cour;
age. however. He was able to give
me letters which were of great value
to me in getting Transports, etc. ant
l realized that l would need every
form Of identification. and needed
them badly at times. After getting
my passports and letters of intro
ductton. ETC.. l sailed on the Sd OF
July, 1915. for Europe. The day
before we sailed 1t was announced In
the newspapers that all the ships
the allies were to be sunk. Conse-
quently many who we've to have Sc
cured passage failed to appear. A
few, however, did come aboard and
we had . very jolly, crowd. Most OF
them were Frenchmen and nearly
al ON board had something or othei
to do with the war. The second day
out We were instructed a. to our
positions and how to get into the life
boats and how to use them. We
learned this lesson we'll. After be-
Ing out nine days we entered the war
zone, and we were instructed to havt
mo lights ct night. Every port holt
on tae vessel was closed and there
were no lights on the deck. There
was q constant watch kept. fore and
att. during Ill tho day and night
Every boat was the subject OF con-
siderable talk among the passengers.
hours We received .
wireless message that there was a
submarine in the neighborhood. Nc
wireless messages were allowed to BE-
sent out. but we picked up message:
and kept In touch with the outside
world to some extent. Our captain
did not tell the passengers about thi.
news Of the submarine. We noticed
that the ship took zig-zag course
and one of the passengers though
he saw q per1scope. One man came
upon deck with Z life preserver and
carrying one under each arm. II
was then nearly dark, and l believe
NO one went t. bed that night, but
most Of US stayed ON deck. Early
next morning We were very much re
lieved to find that We were still on
board . large boat, and later in the
afternoon q pilot boat came up and
we received the pilot. who was tc
take us through the mine fields on
entering the harbof.
At least . dozen searchlights were
turned on US from boats and war
ships In the harbor and We felt se-
cure. The next morning We were t.
|go up the river. 4 beautiful sight
was France. Cultivated fields ever,
where. and every bit Of ground was
utilized. One thing that struck me
was that no men were working In
The fields, the work being done On.
Ftlrely By women. On ono or two oc.
Fcao5ooo did see man Who were help
ling, but they w0ee q the ChAceotor