Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-27
RUINED COUNTRY
AROUND VERDUN
Every House Burned Down, and
Every Family Has It's
Great Sorrow.
FRENCH ARE RESENTFUL
They Cannot Forgive Germans
Brutal Treatment of Their
Prisoners.

lSpccial Cable To The Times bis patcnl
rARlS. February 2G.-Eofore wc
reached Ncrdun luncheon vas given
10 us by General lIumbcrt commander
in-chicf Of the French Third Army My
neirhhor al the table was Major
Clemcnson. chief OF the countcrcspion-
acc OF the general staff
The lunch was served in Il beautiful
chateau situated in y magnificent park.
Tho owner was serving in the army.
hut his family were still there They
had been there during the German in
Vasion. but only their old silver had
hcen carried away. We could soc how
the Germans had broken opcn tho cup
boards in the pancicd walls OF tho
magnificent dlninc-room.
Before lunch We had visited a raya;scd
village where every house had been
burned down. where every home had
It's great sorrow. ruin OF happiness.
still war Is not always brutal" !,
is the major who speaks. Il believe
we might forgive the Germans all these
things but what stirs up our iudirna-
ton and hatred more than anything els"
is their treatment Of our prisoners
we have. not one but 100 witnesses
willing 10 testify how our prisoners
MGR. ,rircs ,or,,r.,i b,,,iii,.d
starved
"Hru,a, ,rc,,rc,, az r,,.o,.,.
no, bo ima-ired in France wnl ,ou
yo, o,o ,t,,,o ;,ois., ,hio, t,.
tho French a,,i,udo towards ,bom
wounded German prisoner was in tho
hospital at Ncrdun He wrote 10 his
family and sent them his address sud
denly nc had fatal relapse. 1t was
i,nnossjbl. n say. hi. no co,,,,i.
or days ,,,.r ,bo r,r,r.I c, 49,
ri,-,I f,,,n III. r,,,,I -, ,,,,,,, ~
tanning nrov,.,ons IIis ,,,,b.r
,n humble v.o,l.ir, ,or,,,, vbo 80,
her son v.,,., c;,rr.rs of ~, ,i,.s
arc r,,,icuI,rly fo,d or - o,,,,a
.,u.. ~ ~, ,
Io,yos NJ n,,,pnc,,i,l.ct
what were the nurses 10 DO with
'his Slit o. love 10 you know what
'heN ala lhcN went 10 the cemetery
WIN inc wv" lohN's OF rumpcrnicEcl
ana placed them on the grave of The
"eah soi'icr.
IN inc afternoon went 10 tho mill
'aiE cemetery ana round the grave OF
INC dcau soiulcF. y plain cross with
INC TWO ioaNes OF pumpcruickcl stuck
INTO the ground, tho last greeting from
poor sadhchod !ltile home. where a
nif'rapie mother Is mourning Tor nor
BOY
~ 81 Mihiei We wcr" taken t" tn"
'rohcheS ny StranS" coincidence.
INC hrst soihier saw was my former
concierge IN FariS lie was sitting in
unEo"' mind'nE machine gun as
nc had nlihde" the bell IN PariS- had
hr"ppeh INTO 'h'S hnSont because tn"
enemy chose inc very moment OF my
arr'Nai III inc trench 10 sprinkle this
particular Triangular corner OF the
'orcst' an" "h'ic Sh'iiS were failing
"utN''c VIC ne" 'n"''
''"Nc YOU fta''N seen my "anE ne
ash'". anu MS ho"es' '"'e 'ch'"ea Wlth
Joy - F." '"S' a. my VIC writes.
'hh' nc resembles Wc as ono drop OF
49, "no,"', VIZ nov 'or MN
w no. ''''" QUIZ "' longing Tor
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among inc ,r'es' men ''S' hcaNN en-
"'oso, ""' '"'iH va u"''''
$50,
I'LL air,, .,r.,, ,nc n,,,zz,o no
,c,,;,o .r, ,rd ~, ,.co nr 49, ,
ciergc. The rain was dripping through
tho roof: "a rat showed it's head near
the entrance and disappeared at once,
You may come UP safely now" came
the calm voice OF the colonel.
We went on through the forest walk
ing between tho second and third lines
Of trenches, to visit the field batteries
They were standing on a slope in hid
don positions. screened from German
acroplanes by lcafy branches
From this slope YOU look almost
straight down into the German