The sun., 1916-01-06
AMERICANS RIDE =.
ALARMS RUSSIANS
Physicians Night Trip to
Trenches Prcsages Ger
man Onslaught.
GAS ATTACK ARRANGED
~ Dir. EUGENE r. uuRD.

TENTH Active RUSSIAN ARMY. TWEEN.
rY-sixTH CORPS. Nov. l0.--It wac cold
October night. even for Russian Poland.
A thoroustbrod horse vas picking his
way across a peat bog. Sometimes his
feet would sink through the soft turf
and he would lunge forward. Then
again, the turf would he hard enough TO
hold him for n few steps.
His rider was an American: you but
had TO hear his voice as he spoke to his
lorse to know that he was Il Westerner.
He was talking TO the horse most OF the
time. The horse kept his right ear laid
back to show that he was paying marked
attention to what was being said. II
was "a cloudy night. and had 1t not been
for the many rockets and searchh ghts
ahead II would have been very dark
II think II you will turn little to
the right you will miss a soft place
that looks very boggy to me-" suiting
the words by II slight pressure to his
right stirrup. II the horse did not un-
derstand The sentence he at least did
the pressure. and accordingly turned In
the right. siurting the soft place. II am
sure you Will hnd good feed Of oats
as.soon as you reach the house that has
the two lighted windows. Ii can't be
very far ahead either. for the trenches
are only short way ahead. as you can
plainly see Ii you viii shift your lamps
on the ground for .n instant.
That last one was a German shell.
three inch one. I sure am glad TO
see that you are improving in your man
ners around these d-n shells. for 1,
never seemed right for well bred fell
low like you to Jump and snort with
disgust at the large ones. for they shake
my nerves q good bit too.
well. We'll. here In a Ho0d ha ~ voad "A
at last. thank goodness. That large dark
building books to me like q Russian dis
tillery. III bet the Ash In this little lake
had good sousc when the officers
turned all those large tanks Of vodka and
alcohol into the water so that the Ger
nans would not nnd II II they should
come this far"
Arrival at Headquarters.
The horseman rattled his spurs and
the horse broke into n trot and In "A few
minutes came b. stop in front OF a
large rambling house. II WAS sur.
rounded by a park and garden. a iner-
maid fountain With its empty WHITE
mFble basin stood IN front OF the
house. The gravel road wound in and
out through the trees UP To the from,
door.
Tho American handed the reins 70 {,
soldier. gave the horse the lump OF
sugar. reached down and grasped the
foot that the horse offered him. He
gave the foot shake. the horses NECK
a slap and spoke just two words to the
soldier in Russian. One was 'oats" thu
other hay"
As he turned and stepped briskly uy
TO the front door Of the mansion the tive
guards stepped apart and stood AZ At.
al ha ma hat inr
lowing the custom. he opened the doo'
and alked in without knocking. As he
stepped into the lighted hall you could
see that he was dressed in the lni.uri.
~ Russian Colonel. lie returned the
salute of the soldiers in the hail and witt
his heavy sword and spurs clanking
marched dow >he hall.
Faces Thirty Omc~rs.
When he reached the next door hs
threw !, open and found himself in d,
floor the paintings on the walls. II.
large hanging cluster OF crystal glas,
candlssticks. the lace window curtains
and the plano IN the corner showed IL -
be the drawing room Of "A Russian nobi.
man. Seated at a long table made ct
plain unpainted boards that ran II,
length OF the room were between twenty
Ave and thirty officers They were al
| drinking tea and seemingly. to tn,
American. we're all talking Russian Al
the san time. Seated AT the piano Z
fat captain was playing thopins march
As the American came to salute al
the officers rose tp their feet and returned
tn" salute. he stepped to the head OF
the table, grasped the hand OF the Gen.
eral and then handed him a paper. TIL.
General read II twice, looked AT III.
| American again and smiled lie ther
turned To the officers and said:
We have the honor of having for oui
guest this evening the only American
surgeon with our army. Mess steward
see that the fstted calf is killed. W,
must have good supper. lie does no
speak Russian. Is there any one OF yot
who can talk English"
They all answered No"
, While the American could speak yer,
little Of their language. yet "A year a.
the front had enabled him to understand
good deal He explained to the Gen
eral that while he would be more tha,
pleased to Join them. he had orders I.
he IN the trenches at once. Would the,
be SO kind as to give him glass of te.
/ and then "a soldier TO guide him TO tn,
! trenches?
These few broken sentences Of Rus
sian caused n hush to fan over the room
The faces that had been smiling will
pleasure Al meeting the much talked -
American surgeon and the General
promise Of an extra nice supper nov
became pale. For they all knew that 2
would probably be sad night
4 The General of the army would neve
have sent the American surgeon on
long hard nights ride unless he hr
received word that the Germans wcr
expected to attack al that place Will
tina, most dreaded Of all things. poisor
gss.