Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-20

of the United States, but there are
some, perhaps, who have not felt the
call. 1t will be to the everlasting
credit of our little country when the
history of Americas efforts in behalf
OF humanity are written, that we held
our own in generosity with great CEN
tiers like New York, Chicago and BOs-
ton, etc. These cities have their
wards at the ambulance and how
proud We can be- to see Hawaii
among the names. over the door"
Mrs. A. Fl. B. Judd. his venerable
mother, at once caused announcement
, to be made that she would receive con-
tributions to the proposed fund.
!, His Letters Home Graphic and Strong
| Dr. Judd's letters from the scene Of
! his humanitarian laborS-as will be
attested by those who read. extracts
from them published at various times
in the Star-Bulletin--vied with the
variations of the most brilliant war
correspondents within the zones Of
conflict, both in graphic description
and in selection of incidents of pa
thetic character. iIHis visits to the
front-line trenches, with their eery
pregnancy of imminent death; the
gray lines of upthrown chalky soil
marking the trenches of both sides,
from one Of whielIphe took peeps at
/ the other which might for him, at any
moment, mean his last glance at earth
ly scenes; the irregular booming Of
cannon before and behind. and the
tehanged voice of guns, when their
deaIn-dealing mu3zles were diverted
from their groundr targets to aerial
war engines; the portrayal of land
scape desolaticn worse than that of
the oldtime devastated cities of the
plain" the details of hospital rou-
tine, with clinical accounts of almost
unbelievable repairs TO human anat'
omy and physiognomy, and the tales OF
thrilling adventure on the road be-
tween bloody field and reeking hos
pital-all were treated in simple die
ton that would insure one of the best
of the many books on the war, If DR..
Judd could be constrained to shape up
his letters into volume for printing.
Moving picture patrons in Honolulu,
who have seen the like on the screen,
would appreciate reading his account
of what he called "a very touching
scene" that of the decoration OF a
manned soldier for bravery-"his
cheeks red with excitement and his
remaining hand twitching with ner-
vous exhilaration. :" Then there was
the case of IAN old fellow of 39"-war
makes age-''who had most of his up
.per jaw and nose blown away. and
great hole in the center of his head"
and was bleeding furiously." After
DIR. Judd had stopped the bleeding it
started again, and he called in DR..
Drennen for desperate measures. The
"cnly thing to do was to tie the car
told artery in the neck. which was
DONE" the Hawaiian surgeon laconi-
cally relates, and was effectual. and.
the old chap Is doing nicely now.
War may be what Sherman said, but
IL the valiant Union general was alive
today he would have to qualify the I'M
mortal remark by adding, only hell
can't show such recoveries as modern
was does"
Other noteworthy incidents among
scores in which his letters abounded
were his visit to the Champs Fleurys
farmhouse, made famous by being Won
Kluck's headquarters, and from the
hill on which it stood Won kluck saw
that it was necessary for the Ger
mans to retreat; and the tense fight
the doctor had with fire when, close
to the monument celebrating Napo-
leon's victory in 1914. the medicine
chefs limousine in, which he was rid
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