New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-25
British Tommy in France
Quick to Forget Wounds
MANY Go to Theatre Same Day They Keach r'eo o'p''
Manned German Prisoners Receive Dame care
as Men of Allied Armies.

siicbtlv strained heart. which tho doc
tors think will eventually become nor
NAL
Shell shock, II is the pathetic NAL
adv of this war Of high explosives. I'M"
hravcst men fellows 81 strong mag
nation arc its chief victims. gu &C
casionallv sec victim Of u IN LONDON
his ewes staring. his hands shaking.
hunted look on his drawn face | "a"
some Of them shortly after their admis-
sion 10 the hospital. Nerves gone,
trembling like leaves in breeze AFRAID
70 fall asleep. they deserve all the SKI
ful attention they get from the hard
pressed surgeons and nurses
II nee trouble. and the later VIC
tins are getting the benefit OF inc eA-
periments tried on the esrher cases:
Fortunately. the present treatment o.
hot and cold shower baths. electrical
massage and special diet Is WORKING
miracles. The patients arc not seGre..
gated. but kept in the company OF
cherry chaps. IA soon as 'ney are
physically capable they are put to work
on something calculated TO divert 'he'r
thoughts from their III.
MANY Deaf and Dumb
4, Is odd 10 see hall dozen men, ap-
parentlv strong and healthy come INTO
the reception room and make not the
slightest move when the surgeon shouts
at them TO he seated. They. TOO. sre
victims Of high explosives all des'
and some Of them dumb. Now and then
ther. is faksr Who feigns deafness or
loss OF speech. but IT. is strenuous
treatment and a faker earns his fur
Tough II he succeeds in fooling The sur
geon.
eve had soldier Who came TO us
dumb" said the major. I've used cleo
trical massage in the treatment We
began 10 massage the muscles OF his
neck. He twisted and sCuirmed. MS
muscles bullying and sweat pouring
from his face. The current was IN.
creased. and finally he shouted 'Oucn.
and began to talk like any normal man.
We don't have many Of that KIND.
In this camp We found an American
a regular American. Herbert j. Phil-
lips. bv name, Of Joncsyille. La. VINO
was fighting because he liked 1T better
than working in Chicago. He fought IN
the Boer War and then had gone INTO
the United States Army and was IN me
convslescent ward because an oIo
wound in his back had reopened. He
painted the drop curtain IN the inca
ire. Perhaps the art critic might md
flaws in it. but the major pointed 10
II with pride and produced the artist,
who welcomed his fellow countrymen
with apologies for not having bottle
handy.
War Is the Real Life
"The old woman is out in Chr and
I'm over mere and we are both happy:
This lighting is the only game, md
III be sorry when II ends. Sure the
fellows kid me about too proud 70
fight and we have some not old scraps
but they're good fellows and was
lighting when most OF EN- were E1ds;
Do get homesick? Not SOS YOU could
notice il. The games too lively. only
kick got coming IS that We am had
chance to use our cavalry. but I'm
getting fit fast and will be ready when
the time comes. Yes. born and reared
in Jonesville. but spent most my IRE
knoekin' around. Good luck 10 you.
So long"
We found another-a Yankee from
Providence, r. Who was on duty on
The Somme battlefield. He WAS ser
seant. been in the army fourteen
months. enlisted in the West Indies,
where ne had gone as a prizengntef'
Jimmy Callahan was his name, and a
husky chap he was. He had little 10
say except that he was glad he was IN
the big ring" and would take
knockout" II IL came 10 him without
any regrets. 49,.
Jimmy does not properly fit into thia
tale. hut he was an American and was
close up 10 the point where men were
coming in wearing fresh white band
ages.