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. II 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
anong the names, over the door
Mrs. A. H. 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 frem the scene OF
his humanitarian iabors-as viii be
attested by those who read extracts
from them published at various times
In the Star-Bulletin-yied 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. His visits to the
front-line trenches with their eery
pregnancy OF imminent death; the
gray lines of upthro~n chalky soil
marking the trenches, of both sides,
from one of which be, 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
changed voice of guns, when their
deatn-dealing muzzleS, were diverted
from their ground targets. to aerial
war engines: the portrayal of land
scape desolation worse than that OF
the oldtime devastated "cities of the
piain;' the details of hospital rou-
tine, with clinical accounts of almost
unbelievable repairs to human anat.
omy and physiognomy, and the tales OF
tween bloody field and reeking hos
pital- all were treated in simple die
tion 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 a 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 q
Paimed 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 3s's-war
makes age-.'who had most OF, his up
per jaw and nose blown away, and a
great hole in the center Of his head,
and was bleeding furiously."> After
DR.. Judd had stopped the bleeding it
started again, and he called In DIR.
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 laeoni-
cally relates, "and was effectual. and
the old chap is doing nicely now :"
War may be what Sherman said, but
if the valiant Union general was alive
today he would have to qualify the inn
mortal remark by adding. only hell
can't show such recoyeries as modern
war 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-
lecn's victory in 1914. the medicine
chefs limousine In which he was rid
ing on duty broke out in flames.