The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-31

in some cases perhaps only a foot was gone. A
 The debarkation from this strange Ship of broken men had been under
 way for ten minutes perhaps when
 there suddenly appeared among the human fragments at the foot of the
 gangway a man who had been entire -ly lost sight of as he made his way
 to shore. Both of his legs were gone and his head scarcely showed above the gangway rails as he swung the
 remnants of his body along between
 two stubby little crutches. It soon developed, however, that he was not alone in his misery for there were
 several others like him. It seemed that the crutch process would never end, for the doctors said the number of Hleg-caSes'' was unusually high in this first shipment of human wreck age home to Russia. One of the leg eases was a boy off fifteen. His left limb was gone weIf above the knee,
 but with the dexterity of youth he had crutch and had thrown the other away as so much impeachment.
 But soon the s'arm-cases'' and the | "hand-caseS' were very much in evil dence and at last came the wholly helpless. There was one soldier with right leg and both eyes forever gone, another with an arm gone and a shat tered foot supported in a rope sling about his neck, Then came the men
 crazed by the shock of battle or suf- fering from acute melachoHa- One 1 of the latter never ceased to cry.
 There were but three Russian officers in the first exchange. Two of these were medical officers. One was para ] lyzed result of typhus, another was in the last stages of tuberculosis. Few of the Russians had ever seen the
 sea until they were taken aboard the | &r-1v7 10I-f on I7n the Baltic most of them were violent 1 ly iIl-a happy ships company in
 deed.
 Through the courtesy of Prince | Carl the correspondent of The Asso- l ciated Press was extended the -privi- ! leges of the Red Cross train. It was
 wonderful to see the difference one night on neutral soil and an under
 standing that they were really bound
 for Russia at last effected in the men. When the train stopped at a Junction i point for breakfast the poor cripples ] hobbled to the station platform most l of them apparently happy and wholly content with life. Oddly enough the | broadest smile wreathed the face of 1 one of the men with the fewest legs. i Breakfast was ready and piping hot.
 It was bountiful repast of meats,
 fruits, and vegetables. each man with
 8 glass of milk or coc-ee. There was i nothing of the haste of extreme hun ger, however, in the manner the meal
 was approached- Everything was calm and orderly. The men without J legs were helped on to the eating | benches, the others largely managed for themselves Only about thirty
 meals had to be served on board the
 train. One man at the tables fainted away as the food was brought on and
 wilted in a heap on the dining room l floor. Red Cross orderlies carried him
 back to his bed the train.
 The train stopped for two hours al the brea kfast station, was quite thor 1 oughly cleaned and resupphed. After 1 breakfast there was a promenade o1 the wounded up and down the plat
 form. A party of three Americans
 who had obtained permission to visit the station, distributed cigars and cig- arettes among the men and soon al