The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-09

the woman whose home was wrecked
by the bomb.
I'VE visited ruined city which had
where the enemy before leaving had
placed a mine in every house. They
had taken away everything from the
houses that could be carried and had
taken it back to Germany in violation
Of all the rules of civilized warfare.
The able bodied men and women were
taken to Germany also to work in the
munition plants. The old folks and
young children were herded together
outside the city while the pines were
touched off. Not a house in the place
was left standing The homeless peo-
pie were then sent back to the French
lines to be cared for and they We're
cared for, for the French will have
none of their people homeless.
Bombs in Cupboards.
"The Germans left bombs in the
| cupboards which would explode when
the cupboards we're opened They left
| things lying about that children would
pick up and be MANNED by the result
| ing eXpiosions-aIms or legs blown
| off or their faces mangled. l saw
| cemeteries where the Germans had
! taken even the tombstones back to
Germany with them TO place in their
own cemeteries. You know the French
worship their dead. Their tombs are
/ beautiful things and you will find
in them crucifix and III image of the
! NfrsinaanH chairs tlley-smay sit
and commune with the memory OF the
departed. The sGermans entered these
: tombs and with true German efficiency
| removed The lead lining Of the coffins
! To be used in making ammunition. That
/ tells you what kind of an enemy our
boys are going to fight and they're
| going to win.
| 1--WE went through great base hos
| pital where we saw hundreds of boys
/ cared fOr-some with arms gone, oth-
/ ers with "A leg missing-being nurscd
back to health by the Red Cross
nurses. The nurses lived in constant
terror of air raids. The hospitals e&~
tend over large areas and are so plain
/ ~ marked with the Red Cross that
| they can be distinguished from great
| heights, but they are constantly being
attacked. The boys lie there helpless,
strapped up in the apparatus used to
aid them to regain the use of injured
limbs. They cannot rush from the
Hospitals when an alarm Is given.
| Some Of them cannot even adjust the
gas masks TO save their lives when
gas bombs are dropped. Consequently
when the siren gives warning of an air
raid they are in "A state of panic. Then
the nurses have to play the Victrola
and sing to them and in other ways
quiet them until the danger is past
That's where the money goes to that
you are giving the Red Cross.
Our Boys Are There.
"They are English. Yes But oui
boys are there. There were $4,000
of our boys in the British army before
we entered the war and 10000 more
fighting under the banner of France
I'VE passed through miles of farm.
ing country; saw where fruit trees had
been destroyed. They were not needed
for making munitions. They were JUS
| chopped down or broken off and lef
lying. We saw farm machinery BEN
and twisted out Of shape so AZ TO bs
utterly useless. That is part Of thu
herman war policy--to leave the un,
occupied territory SO devastated tina
the people will not come back. Thci
they COLOMBO 1t with Germans.
, "This story checked carefully
to assure myself Of its truth. A
nurse had brought German Off
Ger through. He had been horri.
r ! bly, wounded. but she had nursed
him back to health and strength.