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

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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 Gen.
tiers like New York. Chicago and Bos-
ton, etc. These cities have their
wards at the ambulance and how
EpIcud We can be to see Hawaii
among the names, over the door. i" i
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.. Judds 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. His 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 which he 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 beforef and behind. and the
changed yoiceuof guns, when their
deaIn-dealing 5nuzzles. were diverted
from their ground targets to aerial
war engines; the portrayal of land
soape 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 read 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 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 a
maimed soldier for brayery-"his
cheeks red with excitement and his
remaining hand twitching with ner-
vous exhilaration Then there was
the case CT 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
End was bleeding furiously." After
DR.. Judd had stopped the bleeding it
started again, and he called in Dr.
Drennen for desperate measures. The
"enly thing. to do was to tie the car.
told artery in the neck, which was
done,' the Hawaiian surgeon laconi-
caily 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 i'm.
mortal remark by adding, only hell
can't show such recoyeries 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-
lecn's victory in 1914, the medicine
chefs limousine in which he was rid.
ing on duty broke out in flames.