Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-08-03
Soldiers at verdun Love Horses.
by a FTtIlCN SOIUIeT.
Staff Correspondence Los Angeles
Morning Tribune and Chicago Daily

News.
Paris, France.-"Then you haven't
enough horses?" asked.
THAT is to say" my companion re-
piled, we have more drivers than
horses. We are expecting reinforce.
ments, but, meanwhile, as we nave to
revitual the troops in the wood day
and night, we have not sufficient horses
to avoid taking the same team out
twice in succession. And it is as trying
for us as it is for the beasts, for we
are compelled to go slowly will, the
count of other conveys. We allow
:esen hours for each trip, though the
distance between the depots and the
batteries is not more than 10 to 20
l.ilomcters. If we make two trips we
get no sleep for "a hours and eat when
We find time. And, naturally. u food
is cold. For the horses, their oats are
always good; for US. cold meat is not
tempting. And yet, in spite of this.
rarely does a driver ALLOW his horses to
go out with someone else. For instance,
] myself have had these two dapple
grays with me since the beginning of
the. campaign. II see what fine
beasts they are! They're vel cared
for. Ell? We'll, would not like to have
evel YOU. my best pal. mount them, and
they are fond of me-they know me-"
And they did know him. for, seated
on the right hand horse without saddle
or bride, the halter chain Of the left
hand horse lying loosely in his hand,
he led them to the horse rond solely
by his words and the movements OF his
legs, n it was amusing to see the
look of affection he gave them.
Horses, poor beasts, have suffered
greatly in this war. ! recall with pain
horses tied up in the center of a wood,
their legs together, their heads bowed,
their backs white with snow, their
flanks steamins, with nothing to eat for
] As hours cut what we Gould spare them
from our ration Of bread. recall. too,
the wide pools of blood which frequent
ly stained the road owe which we
travelled n the torn bodies of the poor
beasts lying in bitches waiting to be
inferred.
But II. they suffer in his war they
have at least. and in a greater measure
than man. the sympathy. and | may
even say III affection, Of their mas
tiers. The greatest mistake an officer
in charge of horses can make is "a
change his teams from one man to an
other A driver who is attached to his
horses will become i'll tempered and
intolerable II his horses are taken away
from him And he who formerly would
struggle when necessary to obtain the
largest portion of oats, or the best place
in the stable-when there is a stable
will cave his charges to die of hunger
or without care when they are changed
l have seen horses 80 we'll cared
| for as in the decision in which the
general had the happy idea of offering
a reward Of 100 francs ($19) to be paid
in two months to the driver Of the besl
cared for team. The men became sur.
prising'N Jealous of their beasts and
battles were frequent among these
drivers. who, it may be added. are re.
nowned for their brutality.
A French writer. a woman who love.
animals. recently wrote that war hat
developed in man a sentiment Of i'm.
mense pity for all creatures who suffer
OIL earth, n that mans inferior broth.
ers. too. had benefited thereby. AND
to her dedicate the following incident
which is true:
We are awaiting a revictualmen
which was to come fairly close to tn,
trenches beyond Verdun during tn,
night. The road over which the wag,
OF are to pass is being bombarded AM
We are uneasy at the delay when tn,
hrst wagon appears. The driver re
lAtes how he was caught In a salvo'