The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-08

=. At ono station after tho Scots had
hcrn on exhibition. a fat old German. Il
local hfr-vn: nat his h,a,! iutp the wa
goN ar,l inquired !; Sir Edward Grey
vas amongst tn. crowd. HIS s"!!y was
received "i.h outlaws OF laughter by
chose assembled on ~" platform. and
also our guards. H. waHjIcd rff very
pleased i'iih himself.
We numbered the sam" total t7@) "a
on .;hn frs: ,rrtiun q! tho Journey. and
i; WAS impossible H. stretch our legs.
we 81; huddlcd m Ike coolies, and
wondered If thu tourney was ever 1"
rad. and what WAS the finish of ii.
"" stared into inky darkness. Night
followed day without any break. The
train ratified on.
We had nothing TO drink. and 10 as
SuaCr my threat. l Ch"wcd the dirty
straw on which we sat. The one Eicain
cf light rnn!c through AN a!r-shaft at
The TOP Of the wagon which gave rcnu-
lutiUn 70 til" horses. !: was cold out
sd. but Wit; So many OF us packed
Hike &arGinr& in n box. wc did not feel
TIA, outside temperature.
forgot IL. incident In the streets Of
pnuay prior Ia cntrainlng.
W. were halted outside n block OF
artisans cottages. and the women and
kidGi"S came cat - &ympathizc. On!'
woman sruI h"r iitIic girl across with
n two-frauc note. which tho kiddlc put
into my fingers. sac was returning
with y box Of sarlin"s and some hrcnd. J
when tn" gard pushed her back. What
n Sodsrnd that box uf SarIi."s would
have proved during The long railway
journey TO follow.
"out Of Action"
Late on n Sunday night about IA
O'Clock. after tire" days and three
nights Of IT,. tn" train stopped. and the
doors OF our wagon slid hack. Their"
was an order tn get on. and farl In on
the platform. 1t was q job for some "t.
.us to got our lines to move after tn"
LONG weary scat in one position. But
Their" were no siaCkcrs In moving out
on 10 tho platform.
W., dropped into the streets "a Mum
stnr was getting between the sheets.
There were few rcopl" on the streets. but
uur guard secured boy TO beat n drum
In front Of us to attract attention,
Window blind" went UP, and sashes or
the windows down, rs the drum beat.
and we tramprd YEARLY along.
From window 20 window there waS
PASSED the emo word "kapout." Mt least
,ha, WAS Ehat Il sounded like to us.
1t meant. / understand later. ""ut OF ne
ton" or something akin 10 this def
milton.
Twm girls. apparently swcethearts q
our guards and one woman followed us
To n" gates Of 4 temporary camp. l
can still see that old body. with her
skirts held up out OF the mud, tramp
ing alongside us. Sho laughed TO her
self all tho way along. over our prcdica1
,nenl it can hs assumed.
We were pushed int" a long tent open
OF the one end. The floor was covered,
with finely-cut hay. 1t was desperately
cold after the warm temperature or tho
wagon. and 1t was impossible TO sleep
You could lie on tho hay or put 1t on
top OF you. but sleep was Impossible.
owing TO the cold. walked UP and
in an cndeavor to get somo heat into
my feet.
School Boys Mt Rifle DILL.
After an hour there was no sign IF
any food. and n, an officer appearing
IN the scene one Of tho, crowd asked
for water. The officer directed cou-
rla Of the guard. and n few buckets Of
water were handed IN. I never valued
water so much in my lie as at that
moment. The most cooling glass Of
beer 7 had ever swallowed never tasted
so sweet rs that cold water on cold
night.
The night passed somehow.
Next morning at 7 o'clock we had
our first fond. some white bread. snu-
sage and coffee. and Il tasted we'll
We were not cricures. and no pussy
ever licked its plate OF milk as W"
cleared up those breakfast tins The
loaf OF white bread was allotted four
Of US. About three hours later We had
a lonf OF black bread amongst four
and some sktlly which was also licked
up. and not a grumble.