El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-17

RS. CHARLOTTE HERBINI
Nj MOCK. who risked the PERIL
4 \ Of a torpedo infested sea {,
come TO America for the purpose OF
soliciting financial aid for the Coulter
hospital, which she founded for
wounded soldiers at s Grosveno7
Square, London, gave an Intimately
vivid talk on the war, Its awful holo-
caust and aIleviations from the
standpoint OF an eve witness, before a
large and Impressed audience at local
Red Cross headquarters. Tuesday
morning.
An EnElishwoman by birth, Mrs.
Mock las lived more than 90 years
in London Her son. Lieut. Herbert
Herbine, who was born in America,
enlisted with the 18th artillery. and
IS at present stationed at Fort Bliss.
waiting orders TO go to the front. It
was 10 visit him before she sails for
England next month that she came 70
FL PasO.
Il hope you VIII not allow your
selves TO be fed up with hopes Of
immediate victory" said Mrs. Mock.
unless IL would mean for peace that
would stand in the ages that would
lie before us. So much has been
sacrificed already that We cannot af-
ford to lay down our arms until we
know beyond all question Of doubt
that peace is established along sub
stautial lines that will be lasting.
We mothers here in America must
place ourselves for a moment in the
mothers place in Europe to realize
her terrible losses. She has given
her all and we must give our all
ROT only hHrEhmm and
brothers, but we must endeavor by
all the strength OF our being TO make
this also a Woman's war, as II Is,
as IL is being fought by the women
Of the world as well as by the men,
for you are supplying their needs,
and they are many.
Our money and our services must
be given to our country If this is TO
become successful issue
Hospital Work.
1--WE opened our hospital doors the
5Gth Of September, 1915 We have IS
beds in the hospital proper. but fire.
quently we have as many as 1901
time. We have all kinds and grades
Of men-English, Australian. New
Zealanders. South Africans, Canad-
JAMS and not a few Americans One
Of our last had been buried alive for
three days by a German device that
him deaf. dumb and blind; he at first
had been gassed, his tongue was /
swollen TO three times its normal
size, his eyes burned and finally had
been buried alive How he escaped !
death is mystery He was under !
our care for three weeks before we
were able TO determine whether he
would 1--we or die The night nurse
was frightened out Of her wits by 4
hearing loud noises issuing from the I
rHaHar d A.
turned 10 him and I am thankful to 4
say his hearing also. HIS eyes we're I
IN a dreadful condition, but the sight {
itself was not destroyed He entire
" recovered his health and in a few
months he was sent back 10 the front
week I am sorry TO say
Suffer From Trench Feet
Another man. Pat O'Brien. from
5Ork, was an amusing chap. I asked
aim one morning how he felt and he
answered me with a smile, oh, ali
light. but full Of German salt which
vas another way OF saying he had
been shot with German bullets Then
speaking in q more serious tone OF
voice he added 1t was hell out
here This place is heaven, (mean-
ng the hOspitaD and when I 90 TO
5ighty I viii sure be in paradise
8lighty is an expression commonly
IF home Another young boy only 10
years Of age, had ran away from
nome TO Join the army and had been
70 the front ten months and was in
several big battles before he was sent
home He was not seriously wounded,
ais chief ailmeur being kidney and
bladder We dread those cases. as
hey respond most slowly to treat
nent- We also dislike trench feet
Mich are brought about by the men
standing in mud and water for weeks
loles and are swollen in a horrible
way They suffer from trench feet
more than from bullet wounds.
An Americans Wounds.
The night before I left London for
his country a call was sent TO me to
isit a boy 20 years Of age who had
zen brought TO our hospital His ,
ome was in Detroit, Michigan, and
e was fighting with an English reg
menC-
"As I remember Il, both his legs
nd his arms were torn off, his face
INJURED and one Of his eyes gone, but
e had hopes OF living, and in his
elpless condition was OF CHEEKY
cart and glad that he had been able
o make the sacrifice he had made
hat the world might be free from
Military rulers
Germans without Feeling.
Ny friends in France have repeat
dly told me OF the horrors of that
wful FrancO-Prussian war and their ;
tories Of the slaughter and abuse Of Z
he women and girls are being re-
Gated in the present war with added !
rutality and with utter disregard =.
or the sacred rights OF home and