Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-29

| belonged by their clothes. for many OF
| them were in German prison camp uni
| forms, with the long black coats ana
| round black caps served out to them
| after six months captivity. and others
| in German tunics, and French soldiers
and Italians wore British khaki, and
| British soldiers had odd garments of all
| nations, picked up on the way back or
| doled out to them in German camps {;
| but some still wore the clothes they were
| captured in, stained and tattered in
| months Of captivity. There was a Cos
sack in a gray astrachan cap and long
| waisted coat above heavy boots, and
there were Chasseurs Alpins in blue
bonnets and knickerbocks, and Belgians
in Stacks" and tasseled caps.
British Speak Bitterly
Each man had story to tell which
would hold much of the drama OF this
war and tragedy which would take "A
year of telling; but those to whom |
spoke. the men of the British armies,
put it all into few words of bitterness.
I'VE had a bad time" said one OF
them They starved us so that we hau
to stew nettles and mangelwurzeIs to
keep ourselves alive. Many of us died.
They worked US hard to the end, and
when we could not work they dashed
US"
Two men I met today had been har-
messed to carts and made to drag
transport on the German retreat from
Guemappe. They were i'll and weak
looking fellows, once of the Third Divi-
sion and afterward attached to the
Nineteenth and Sixty-third Divisions
shropshire lads--both of whom had been
captured after March Il. Others | met
we're of the Eighth and SiXty-sixth
Divisions and were tak"n prisoner at
Marcelcave, near Amiens, on the British
retreat.
There were women among those plod-
dtrs home. sent to prison in Germany
for Offenses against German rule or de-
Dorted from Lille and Douai and other
towns for forced labor in the fields. AS
! hravey as the men they trudg"d the
weary miles with packs strapped over
their shoulders, their skirts all muddy
and their hair disheveled, but eager
| looks in their eyes one boy to whom
| gave a lift today IS sixteen years Ola
/ and looked younger. except from MS
| gravity. but he had been n prisoner Tor
| four years in German prison.
"Why?" I asked astounded by his
words and he said:
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cut his shoulders. and he had n haggard
look. but in his eyes was the stern
courage Of q man who had won his way
through suffering Small boys waved to
him and said. Good luck :" as he
drove the last mart of his Journey to
Namur. but he never waved back or
smiled to them He had lost his boy
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