The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-07-03

pS i'hi"pituhtS oi ItouDalx, IOurcCing,
Lille, ETC., were going to be transport
ed into French districts where their
! provisioning would be easier
"'At night, at about two o'clock iLl
the morning, whole district of the
! town was invested by the troops Of oc-
cupation. To each house was distrib-
utcd printed notice, of which we give
herein an exact reproduction, preserv-
ing the style and spelling' (See docu-
ment, above.)
1.-THE inhabitants so warned were to
hold themselves ready to depart an
| hour and half after the distribution
of the proclamation
Each family, drawn up outside the
house, was examined by an officer, who
pointed out haphuzard the persons who
were TO go. No words can express the
barbarity of this proceeding nor de-
scribe the heartrendng scenes which
occurred; young men and girls took
haSty farewell of their parents-a fare
I well hurried by the German soldiers
who were executing the Infamous task
-rcjoined the group Of those who were
going, and found themselves in the
middle of the street, surrounded by
other soldiers with fixed bayoncts.'
"'Tears of despair on the part Of
parents and children so ruthlessly
separated did not soften the hearts of
the brutal Germans. Sometimes, how
ever, II more kind-hcarted officer yield
ed to too great despair and did not
choose all the persons whom he should
by the terms Of his Instructions
have separated
Herded Like Cattle.
These girls and lads were taken
In street cars to factories, where they
were numbered and labeled like cattle
and grouped to form conveys. In these
factories, they remained II, "a or 36
hours until train was ready to re-
move them
Ihc deportation began with the
villages of Itoncy, IIalluin, etc, then
Tourcolng and ROubaix. In the towns
the Germans proceeded by districts
I'm all about 10000 persons are said
to have been carried Off up to- the pres
ent. This monStrous operation has
taken eight to ten days to accomplish
1t is feared, unfortunately, that it may
begin again soon.
"'rhe reason given by the German
authorities is Il humanitarian CD one.
They have put forward the following
pr"t"XtS: provisioning Is going to
break down In the large towns in the
north and their suburbs, whereas in
the Ardennes the feeding is easy and
cheap
1t Is known from the young men
and girls. since sent back to their
families for reasons of health. that in
til" department of the ArdenncS the
victims are lodged in Il terrible man.
ner, in diSgraceful promiscuiiy; they
are compelled to work in the fields. 1t
is unnecessary to say that the inhabi-
tantS of our towns are not trained to
such work. The Germans pay them
l.50 IN. But there are complaints of
insufficient food
"Sarbarity of Slave Drivers"
"Ihcy were very badly received in
the ArdcnncS. The Germans had told
the ArdcnnaiS that these were "volun-
t""rS' who were coming to work, and
the ArdcnnniS proceeded to receive
them with many insults, which only
ceased when the fOrciblc deportation
of which they were the victims became
known
"'Frciinr ran csncci,lIv bigb in our
towns. Never has 81 iniu,,i,ous ,
measure been carried ont rho Cor
mans have shown all the borboritv of
slave drivers
""rhc families so scattered ,rn I'm
despair and the morulr or th. Who'll.
population is grayrlv affected Hnys
OF fourteen, schoolboys i'm kuickcr
buclirrS, young girls of fifteen to six
ten have been curricd off. and fin. d..
Spniring protests of their pnrruts failed
Io touch the hearts or Tho G.rm,n oui.
GERS, or rather cxrcu,ionrrs'
"Onc last detail: "I'hc pcrsons so
d"poried are allowed TO write hon,.
once II month: that is to saw. even less
often than military prisourrs'
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