Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-09-05
ENGLISH TREAT
PRISONERS WELL
Wounded Of Both Sides Got
Identical Food.
IT'S DIFFERENT N GERMANY


and Red Cross Nursss oivs Same
Care 10 One - 10 Another.
"would you like to see the kftchenr'
Inquired the oticer commanding the
British. base hospital, some distance
back Of the line Of Ore in France. Here
We specially prepare the food for 1000
men day
Inside there was = broad expanse OF
tables between the stoves and ovens
and part d this level surface was COW
cred by hundreds Of little tin pans in
which lay at,letixinx sections Of brown.
roa listed chicken. But the royal mesii-
cal CORPS officer was talking Of some
thing else. Il 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 f. Percy Noel In the New York
Globe.
"Ail these delicious looking fowl. 20
nice and bruwu.' asked. ARE for the
British wounded. Of course. You GER
tainIy do not give that sort Of feed to
the Germans you hare hercS'
"Oh. yes he returned lightly. There
IL no discrimination. The Germans get
the same food and the same Treatment
as our own men" And he continued
the cxplanati OF the barrels Of fat
how many week. Its use. Its economy
and all that But was fascinated by
the chicken for the German
prisoners.
There are several hundred German
wounded here Would you like to see
some OF the wardsf'' queried the otii.
Ger.
Hospital Perfectly Clean.
II was the typical ward Of British
base spitai--immaculatcly clean from
the floor to the bed coverlets: air.
fresh and pure: few flowers artis-
ticaliy arranged. and regosefui quiet
I spoke TO the British Red Cross Sis
ter nursing.
SISTER. said. how do you like
looking after GermansY~
Now. she might have answered.
They are human beings. Ike our own
boys, and my work In life Is TO care
for sick and wounded and so on.
But she did not What she said was
They are very well disciplincd" And
by that | knew that she admired the
way these men behaved when In aud
out OF the operating room. when dress
ings were changed. MS well as through
the long long days while wounds heal
ed--shc<e men who had killed her
brothers
do you-do you speak German &c
them
Yes. II Is necessary n wc are &c
get them well
One pale faced German soldier tny
reading n German book. lex suspend
ed la special spiint He had been
years In New York and talked English
almost perfectly.
How ARE they treating you herer
1 demanded
VERY we'll
Good nurslng?'
'.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 ind 81
much Kindness ON this slider
Thought that Id get fair treatment
but didn't expect it TO be like this
do German soldiers know that.
wounded or not. they win be treated
well when taken by the Britishy''
Yes. am sure they do
But not many Of them surrender OF.
that account
no"
The captain OF another military ho-
pital at the base was my neighbor. al
lunch that day. We were discussine
languages. aud he remarked he was
glad he knew German and did not in
Il owe a great deal to it,
When | inquired why he told M.
that. thanks to his familiarity wit.
German. be had been able to escal,e
from prison camp.
You were captured early in the
war;"
Different In Germany.
Yes 4 was slightly wounded dur
Ing our retreat but enough to bleed
into Inconsistencies. The Germans
picked nee up. | was an officer In thu.
Royal Army Medirai corps then. n
now.
And how did they treat your
Badly From the emergency hos
pital twelve Of US. sitting cases trav
eied three days aud three nights In n |
third class compartment without med
zeal attention Of any kind. We were
not once permitted To get out VI thu. |
carriage during that time. The food
that they offered Us from time to time |
during the journey revoIted me 50 that
! ate none Of II But the most dis
agreeable feature IT the journey. even
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