Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-13

cots at once and go Hun-hunting. The
nurses had all they could do 20 ie-
strain. us.
The first American prisoner taken was
sergeant. The censors prohibit nam
ing him or his unit He was captured
prison camp in Germany. En- route
there he was fearfully abused by the
boches officers banged him with the
fiat of their swords, children threw
rocks at him and women spit upon
him Fine, kind, ladylike persons those
German women.
When the sergeant arrived at the
prison camp, the boche officer in charge
said to him: mas
I'VE are going to give you a bath,
plenty to eat and change of clothing
SO that when you get back to the
United States you can tell your Yankee
friends how we'll the Germans used you"
The sergeant did get a bath, some
clothes and chow as the officer had
Then he was escorted by the officer
to room where there was a BARRIERS
chair. He was ordered to sit down in
the chair, which he did.
A barber stood near sharpening a
razor.
Give the American good shave"
ordered the officer with cruel sneer.
TWO German soldiers leaped forward
and strapped the American TO the chair
The barber with quick strokes cut off
the ears of the poor chap. Then Prus-
sian surgeon Inoculated the sergeant
with the germs of dread disease.
This is the way we use Americans"
jeered the boche officer as the sergeant
lay bleeding and suffering.
From reliable reports from Germany's
interior we know the sergeant survived
the terrible torture, but, of course, he is
dsfigured for life. We have learned the
identity of the inhuman butchers who
mutilated him, and may the devil help
han / var fn inf hn IN md f,f
the Americans
While in France I talked with a
French corporal who had spent six
months in a German prison camp The
treatment of prisoners by the boches
made my blood run cold and increased
my hatred of the Hun,
Instances of German Cruelty
He was interned IN camp with
French and English prisoners. Upon
one instance, because a French prisoner
wished to share his soup with a fellow
countryman, the German sentinel
reached through the wire nclosure
about the camp and stabbed the French
man in the stomach with a bayonet.
The man later died Upon another oc-
casion, without any apparent. reason,
| eight boche barbarians in uniform en-
tered the stockade and beat to death
an English prisoner. My friend. the
corporal. protested at the terrible thing,
and he was struck in the face by the
butt end Of rifle. He carries a scar
as evidence of the cowardly blow
| The corporal said that he and his fell
| low prisoners We're often compelled to
work under heavy shellfire behind the
German lines. They were denied cloth
ing and adequate shelter. and hundreds
| of them died from starvation.
When the corporal mrs; reached the
prison camp he absolutely refused to en-.
gage in any work that would benefit Ger,
many. He was given a choice to work
or be starved to death, but still refused
to labor For six days he stood at at
tention from o'clock in the morning
until noon. At the end of the sixth
day he was locked up in wet cell
He remained there for five days. but his
| determination was still of steel.
The corporal was led out of the
cellar and stood up with thirty othe,
! prisoners who had refused to work. A
German officer informed them unless
they consented to labor they would bt
shot. All of the prisoners, with the ex
ception of the corporal and ten othel
prisoners, weakened and said they would
work. The corporal and the other me