The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-09-12

would you like to see the kitchenf"
inquired the officer commanding the
British base hospital, some distance
back Of the line of fire in France Here
we specially prepare the food for 1000
men a day"
Inside there was broad expanse of
tables between the stoves and ovens
and part of this level surface was COW
cred by hundreds of little tin pans In
which lay appetizing sections of brown,
roasted chicken. But the royal medi-
cal corps officer was talking Of some
thing else II want to show you how
we save all the fat scraps, boil them
and pack the grease in barrels we send
to England to make ammunition"
writes +. Percy Noel in the New York
Globe.
"All these delicious looking fowl, so
nice and brown" l asked, ARE for the
British wounded, Of course. You GER
tainly do not give that sort of food to
the Germans you have here?
"Oh, ycs!' he returned lightly. There
IL 10 discrimination. The Germans get
the same food and the same treatment
as our own men," And he continued
the explanation Of the barrels of fat,
how many week, its use, its economy
and all that. But l was fascinated by
the thought-chicken for the German
prisoners!
There are several hundred German
wounded here Would you like to see
some of the wards?'' Queried the Off
Ger.
Hospital Perfectly Clean.
1t was the typical ward of British
base hospital-immaculately clean from
the floor TO the bed coverlets: air,
fresh and pure; few flowers artis-
tically arranged. and reposeful quiet.
/ spoke 10 the British Red Cross sis
ter nursing
''Sistcr,' | said. how do you like
looking after Germans?'
Now. she might have answered,
"They are human beings, like our own
boys, and my work in life is to care
for sick ami wounded" and so on.
But she did not What she said was,
"Thcy are very well disciplined" And
by thar ! knew that she admired the
way these men behaved when in and
out of the operating room, when dress
ings were changed. as well as through
the long long days while wounds heal
ed-thcse men who had killed her
brothers
'Do you-do you speak German to
them
"Yes. Il is necessary if We are to
get them WELL
One pale faced German soldier lay
reading German book, a leg suspend
I'd in Il special splint. He had been
years in New York and talked English
almost perfectly.
"IIow are they treating you here?"
| demanded.
VERY we'll"
Good nursingf"
'"rhcy saved my life Gangrene.
Three days before | was picked up"
And the food, now that you are
getting stronger?"
Good"
Chicken"
Yes. sir"
Did you think that you'd find SO
much kindness on this sideY'
Thought that Id get fair treatment
bet didn't expect it to he like this"
"Do German soldiers know that,
wounded or not. they will be treated
well when taken by the British?'
"yoS I om curo thav do ."
But not many of them surrender on
that account"
No"
The captain of another military hos
pital at the base was my neighbor at
lunch that day. We were discussing
languages. and he remarked he was
glad he knew German and did not in
tend to forget it. "In fact" he said.
Il owe a great deal to it,
When l inquired why he told me
that, thanks to his familiarity with
German, he had been able to escape
from prison camp.
"You were captured early in the
WARP
Different In Germany.
les. 1 WIS Slightly Wounueu uui-
ing our retreat. but enough to bleed
into Inconsistencies. The Germans
picked ne up. | was an officer In the
Royal Army Medical corps then. as
now.
And how did they treat your
BADLY. From the emergency hos.
pital twelve of us. sitting cases. trav-
eled three days and three nights In
third class compartment without med.
ical attention OF any kind. We were
not once permitted to get out OF the
carriage during that time. The food
that they offered us from time to time
during the journey revolted me SO that
I ate none Of 1t. But the most dis
agreeable feature Of the journey. even
compared to the filth Of that carriage
the third day. was the insults Of the
crowds at the railway stations. The
people were allowed to come to our