Evening star., 1918-07-28
SHRAPNEL
S;delights on the War
by
OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

All the skill and physical strength
of the Army doctor in dressing sta
tions behind the lines are tried to the
utmost during an offensive. They
know little of what is happening in
the conflict. but under a hail of shell
fire go about their work of patching
together the fragments of men which
oftentimes are sent back.
When convicts recently were mar
ried to women listed with matri-
monial agencies in Berlin some amaz-
ing alliances resulted. A butcher who
had murdered his wife and three chill
dren now is the husband of countess.
Some idea of what it takes to feed
the British fleet. the largest in the
world, may be gained by perusal of
figures recently announced:
The output for stated period from
the grand fleets principal victualing
yard would make a Iood hoarder's
mouth water. Here are some items:
Sugar, 100000 pounds; tea, 100000
pounds; chocolate. 100000 pounds;
jam, $4,000 pounds. The chocolate
mills of the yard are on the premises.
and sufficient can be issued to provide
all early risers aboard, when a north
east gale is blowing, with luxurious
hot bowlful
Flour also comes direct from the
central depot, but the actual bread is
now made on board ship. where spe-
cial set of bakeries has recently been
constructed. Thus fiotillas are sup
piled by parent ships with the days
bake, and the old hard tack" has
been supplemented by good bread.
freshly baked
Forty million pounds of flour alone
goes from this depot for navy needs.
Clothes, bedding, hammocks, hospital
necessities and appliances, games. lit
erature also emanate from this won
derful clearing house" Indeed, there
is scarcely a phase of Jacks life
aboard into which the victualing de-
partment does not enter.
Sengalese soldiers dislike the civ
ilized mans way of dressing wounds
and oftentimes they create scenes in
the hospitals behind the fighting lines.
They seem to dislike the white band
ages and oftentimes during the course
of the night tear them on, cut open
their straw mattresses and stun this
into their wounds. thereby forming a
crude drainage system. They consider
it better than that which modern med
ical science has provided.
It is the duty of a certain engineer
sergeant, says Stars and Stripes. to
take half a hundred German prisoners
out in the morning and see that in the
following eight hours they do their
bit toward winning the warrior the
allies.
NV hot ha
P. G.s were not hitting the ball." He
had exhorted them and ordered them,
and they neither understood nor
obeyed. Finally he sent for an inter-
prefer. The latter arrived when the
sergeant was in particularly angry
mood.
Il want you to make these guys
quit layin' down on the job" said the
sergeant. '1 want you to ask 'em
how the hell they expect us to win
this war by stalling around this way"
usually~are engaged in before a raid
on enemy trenches is attempted.
Lord Kitchener was known as Brit
aims communicating soldier. On sew
eral occasions. even early in the pres
many's woman spies sought to con-
quer the British military leader.
They Invariably were rebuffed SO
sharply that they never sought a sec
ond time to obtain interviews with
the famous military leader.
The kaiser's voice is harsh and un-
pleasing. Oftentimes it has been
likened to a nutmeg crater. He suf-
fers from an inherited throat infec-
tion peculiar to all of the Hohenzol-
lerns.