Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-09

there was feeling that the United
States was not doing It's part In help
Ing to crush Prussian militarlsm, but
as soon as word was received thai
America had Joined, it acted as Won
derfll st.mulant Before that the Bel
gians were the only people who enter
tanned real warm feeling for the
Americans. and you can readily see
why the others had this attitude. II
was not that they disliked America
or Americans, but feeling or resent
ment that America should stand oy
and let the other countries defend the
principles OF democracy. Canadians
have always treated us well. There
are at least $4,000 Americans IN the
Canadian army.
Unsafe For Red Cross.
The Germans even fire at Red
Cross nurses and ambulances. They
spot out Red Cross hospital OF ours
and Immediately turn their guns loose
on it. It Is unsafe now to get out and
pick up the wounded and no small
proportion OF Red Cross workers nave
been killed or injured in this manner
We have found that 1t is safer for the
others. to let the wounded die rather
than take a chance of having others
killed in rescuing them. No Mans
Land between the trenches Is Just
what the name implies. 1t belongs to
no one, and 1t means death to show
up on t
Much insanity Noticeable.
The insanity noticeable Is due
sometimes to grief. sometimes u
worry, other times to the incessan'
strain and to the crashing OF the huge
shells al other tines One father who
hal four sons killed before his eyes
grew violently insane. / have seen
others rush wildly out of the trenches
into No Mans Land and get Killed
Many hopeless cases are sent back
from the front.
THINGS Worse Than Bullets.
There are things worse than bull.
let's to encounter at the front and
think by this time that you know what
they are. Another thing that has not
been talked of much is the moral SIDE
Of it and | think l will pass that by
with little comment. You are likely 70
know what I mean and | Will say TINS,
that the British army is doing apso-
lutely everything in its power to cure
these excuses. | have seen men SEN
fenced for five. ten and twenty vars
and even for life. These hard sem
fences are Civ en- that others may see
and learn to do better. OF course all
of these things are naturally expected
in the army but the British authorities
are stricter than any others i'll nan
ding the situation | believe.
Diseases Are Combatsed.
Disease is combatled with an iron
hand in the army but there are numer-
Gus cases. Many men are sent back
ho.:.e and many others are treated IN
the military field and base hospitals.
There are considerable cases of moral
breakdown but figures in history show
that these are naturally to be expect
ed in time like this and the situation
is handled sklfully by the authorities
and with much succtss althc there are
some instances which are still serious.
Mr.. breckenridge told OF dozens oil
small instances in which he illustrated
methods Of fighting. He told about
the sappers who were armed only with
knives that no enc may know of their
whereabouts In case they meet the
enemy underground. He told of bomb
ing, and grenade lighting and of the
spirit OF the men. He said the French
were determined but rather morose
and the British were just the opposite
"In fact, he said, you would nat
urally expect the French to be the
jolliest but such is not the case. The
ten,peraments of the two nationalities
seem to have become just reversed IN
the great crisis. The Tommies are al
ways jolly and philosophical and take
everything las part of the days work.