El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-24
BESTIAL
GERMANS ACTS
American Nurse Recupera
ting Here Tells Of Horrors
of Hospital Life.

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months I'm a war hospital in Rouen,
France, fresh in her mind, Miss Olive
/ Wilson, a Red Cross nurse is in FL
] Paso for recupera ton, before return
ing TO hospital work near the
trenches Miss Wilson is staying ut
| the Young Women's Christian associ-
alton. a Louisiana girl trained in
Michigan and with some experience
at Johns Hopkins hospital in Balti-
more. Nd. Miss Wilson found her ex-
perience needed when she took ac-
tive duty with Canadian hospital
unit No. 5.
Americans are apt to believe that
the stories concerning the war were
exaggerated" said Miss Wilson. and
vet j can assure those who are credu-
lous that practically all the stories
are true. /, myself, have seen such
narrowing. bestial acts committed
that il seems incredulous that one
could see such things and live after
ward.
shoot Belgian Orphans.
I'VE took several trips into Bel
gium. and one time 1 met an Amerl-
can family. father, mother and baby,
who had passports. They had mercl-
fully taken two little Belgian chill
dren who were destitute and were
planning to adopt them as their own
When the German officer looked at
their passports. he said; This cans
for only one child. Which one VIII
YOU takeT The American WINGED at
the brutality of the question and re-
piled, The baby is my own, but !
thought I would like to adopt the
other children" without answering,
- "a HrfTIa 1nmn-
cent children dead before US all
They were only four and six years
old.
BOche Soldiers DespOn Women.
Il have seen nuns give birth TO
children, the offspring Of German
soldiers 1 have seen children with
out hands. Being at a hospital most
Of the time Of my service old NOT
see women who were attacked VIC I
iously by the brutes. but I know as q /
positive fact that while their men ]
were held up by guns women OF Bel
gium were raped 1 have seen miles ]
and miles Of devastated country, /
torn with shells, spoiled for years OF /
power Of production Incredible tales I
OF horror reached US ! think that !
the Germans are sure that they are /
losing and so are trying 10 make ]
thir power felt in even fiendish ways |
Germans Must Be Crushed.
During my hospital work 1 have
talked with German prisoners VINO Ole /
not know Of the true conditions OF Jne
world war, who really regretted the ]
terrible things which their country
men are doing. II the government /
could only be changed, i am sure /
that the situation would be different i
As il is. Germany must be crushed or j
Il will prepare for another war per
haps even more terrible than TINS I
Ambassador Gerard is reported as
saying that he believes there are
s. 100000 German soldiers. but those
on the firing line are quite sure tnal
there are not more than 5,Ouo,ooo-
Hospital Work Terrible TriuI-
The conditions in the Rouen hos
pital at normal times we're pal
enough. but during the fights We
worked = hours at a stretch II was
a hard hospital. as il was so near the
trenches, and every one OF the %
nurses has had to take leave 70 recu-
perate. I was q surgeons assistant
and have given anesthetics until I al
most dropped with fatigue. have
had to take the knife from the hand
Of my surgeon 10 prevent him from
operating when he was so tired tnat
he might have accidentally killed the
patient. and 7 have had TO hand the
knife 10 a young doctor who had
never operated before have had
80 to 40 men lying around the operat-
ing room waiting to be relieved from
torture. with nurses running from one
to another trying 10 staunch the
wounds There has always been
need for nurses over there and when
the Red Cross in the United states
stopped sending over nurses the eL-
feet was felt at once
May Save Fl PaSo Boys.
"If the people Of the United States
could see the horrors Of the war as
we nurses see them, II they could
work for hours at a stretch trying 20
save the lives of men. then I am sure
hat they would feel differently about
The Liberty loan, and support II more
generously. The Liberty loan money
will support hospitals. where perhaps
The Ell PasO boys may need help IN
time OF danger and IL will provide
for the men who are fighting. Be
,ause people cannot visualize the war
hey fail 10 see the real importance OF
Smoking Tobacco Needed.
IT Ell Pasoans knew Just how
greatly the cigarets helped the boys
n the trenches I am sure they would
give freely to the tobacco fund. Dur
ne the first ten months there We
nurses gave our services. and after
hat we were given half pay. but even
with that small amount Of money as
lur own, there hasn't ben a nurse or
ioctor in our unit who has not given
$50. frequently out Of his or her own
pocket for the 'makins' for the
BOYS. They need the smoking TO
.ase the fearful nervous strain
1t takes a whole people. united IN
leart, in purpose. in action. TO con-
luer the Germans, and now is the
line for the American people 20 come