The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-11-08

camps there Is no sanitation. scarcely
running the camp. Medical supervis-
ion is scarce. In thirty camps the
awful scourage OF spectyphos has
made il unbearable. Some camps ase
so crowded that all OF the prisoners
cannot lie down at one time. but have
to lie down in relays. Two cents a day
is all that is allowed for food for these
men. They die like flies. Our country
alone, through its Young Acn'.5
Christian Associations. has access TO
these camps. and through the Y-M.C.
Z A. the people OF this nation may min
lister to these men
There are forty millions OF men now
under arms The war costs one hun
dred thousand dollars every minute
Of the day. The cost of three days of
the war. said Mr.. Eddy. would build
the Panama canal and operate it for
ten years. II Is inconcsiyabie the
vastness of this awful strife.
He then told OF some OF the modern
devices of war for the destruction of
men. Among them was the new mug
tard gas. which the men claim is the
worst of anything that has yet been
invented by the German people. II is
odoriess. colorless and will Nil ten
miles behind the lines. II floats out
over the enemy's trench and over
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They do not know what has happened
until four hours after they have been
gased- Then suddenly. perhaps. some
wL discover that their eye sight Ia
gone or tha, a portion of their body is
'paraiyzed. and OF course many never
realize what has happened.
4 lie then explained the method OF
training our soldiers to combat the
deadly gases of the enemy rcr in
stance. these men are subjected to the
actual gas that they VII encounter
Helmets sra provided: the gas is
turned on: there Is a certain ktroke
of the head; the helmet Is put into
place and they breathe through a tube
which draws the air through chemic-
ais which neufraiiEe the poisonous ef-
fects of the gas. Four breaths of this
gas without the helmet kills a man
A man cannot make any slips in ad
justing his helmet II he would save
his life.
He then described a scene AZ the
battle front as told by certain lieu
tenant the FIRST time he WAS ordered
over the top" The lieutenant said
that as the time approached he was
extremely nervous and as the com
mnnd was given to so over the top
his limbs were shaking so that he
could hardly control himself But. as
they advanced the boy on hi srght
uttered cry and dropped at his side.
A moment more an dthe other. on his
left clutchcd wildly at the air. called
his mothers name and fell. Out of
his company there were few who
survived this awful conflict. and the
lieutenant found himself blind with
the thirst for revenge on his falien
comrades. going into the fray not with
trembling. but realizing tha; II was
kill or be killed.
Mr.. Eddy said. they are fshtinS on
the land. on the sea. overhead in the
sky and under ground. He then told of
new explosive called amino. that is
being used, under ground. and of one
charge containing 1--WE hundred tons.
which was exploded at one time
Two pounds OF this material" said
Mr., Eddy. would blow us this grea;
Albany Hotel"
He then told OF man who bad lain
in shell hole in No Mans Land. for
hours waiting to be picked up by his
comrades. He reached around in his
pocket hoping to find a cigarette. and
finding package. he pulled IL out
thinking II 10 be his cigarette eae.
but found II was q New Testament
given him at the Y. NJ. G. a. hut: and
wanting something 10 while away the
time he opened 1t by chance to the
27th chapter of Matthews and read
these words: What then shall ye do
with Jesus which Is called the Christ"
And. there in the shell hole all alone
he resolved that he would be better
man.
Our boys. said Mr.. Eddy. are the
best fed. best equipped. the best paid
in all Europe. He told the comparative
salaries of the men in the different
armies. The Russians receive the low
est. which amounts TO about one cent