Evening journal., 1918-02-18

"The Raon-rEiape hospital has been
occupied by three successive German
field hospitals, the staff Of which
turned out a great number Of our
wounded and gave no attention TO the
rest Their doctors behaved scandal
0usly in the place. getting drunk every
night and riling the quarters Of woun-
ded or dead French officers About a
dozen mattre- sesy many blankets. and
more than a hundred sheets were
stolen The doctor In, command OF the
last field hospital distinguished him
self by his extraordinary brutality and
coarseness one day he insultcd shame
fully the nun who was at work i'm the
kitchen. and threw several knives at
her head. comnlaining that she did not
treat him with an the respect due 10
his rank. Towards The end Of his stay
ne introduced from Germany a female
whom he represented 20 be his lawful
wife This German woman was Of very
loose manners. and smoked and. drank
with the military surgeons She was
seen. IN the company Of officers. pill
laqinS the house Of a notary and load
ing on 10 q motor car the articles she
had stolen from it
"On Aug p when the enemy entered
me hospital. an unarmed French in
fantry sergeant tried TO escape. OWNS
70 his wound-the dressing on which
was very evident-they could easily
have captured him; yet the Germans
made not the slightest attempt 90 take
him alive. but fired at him and killed
him. The same day a hospital orderly
wearing an armlei and an overall was
fired at and had his clothes pierced by
bullet while going into the garden 10
pick up waterproof cloth which had
fallen ont of the window
At NeuNeville-les-Baon the pillagc
was especially systematic: officers
wives chose what they wanted and re-
moved It in motor cars 60 Germany {.
then i5 hou-es were burnt with tho
usual ncendiary apparatus Tho houses
lcft standing were found in an indies
r~ibable state Of nth, for the Bayarians
had been continuously drunk during
The 10 days they occupied the villa r.
IN the day Of their arrival they made
a French civilian carry a wounded
French soldier on his back. and then
shot both from behind
AZ Ia Noivre, a few miles HIGHER up
ihe Meurihe, they shot the cure for
possessing a large--cale map They also
shot another inhabitant AGED "a. and
burned down 6 houses. At 81 Michel
sur~Nleurthe fhey burned three and
murdered two old men respectively a
and IS years old-in the hamlet of
Saulceray OF The same commune. I'm
ihe hamlet of Bourmoni. of ine com
mune Of Nompatelize they scizrd three
men. dragged them 90 The railway STA
ION at ST Michel, lined them un for
half an hour against stack of tim
ber. then shot one and compelled the
other two 90 dig his grave. The muir
dered mans wife died ihe day afier
Of the shock.
Pressing NJ the Meurthe, the BaVa-
rians arrived on Aug % at st Die
when they entered the town" the
French Commission stale In their re
Dorf. "an officer stopped the accountant
Wiser as he was leaving cellar in the
Blech factory. clapred his revolver TO
his chin. saying. Now, then, show us
fhe way. and had him led of by his
men Quite close 90 the factory VI Nis-
ser met surrounded bv pru SLAMS, NJ.
.Chotel who had just been arrested 10
The road and q few moments later the
soldiers. who were forcine their way
INTO an the houses. seized youns
deaf-mufe named Louzy apd work
man named n con GEORGES. suddenly
"a German who was crossing the hue
5s B~euu cot bullet In his face. and
me officer. beside himself with rage.
shouted. There they are, your dirty
~1asenchmen, They ave killing our men
4 The street. corner. He then Fave an
order IN his men and said abruptly 70
his prisoners 'NoW then. 10 the front
Forward The four HOSTAGES We're now
pfaced i'm front OF the troops, and soon
came 90 a barricade, from behind
which body Of Chasseurs Alnines
were nring. They therefore found them
selves CAUGHT between two fires Chotel
sank down on 90 his knee7. turned to-
wards the Germans. crying 'LowardlN
murderersr and fell dead soon after
wards Georges also was killed. Louzy
was shot throuqh the rieht wrist and
Wiser received i'm his stomach O bullet
which glanced on two fve-franc pieces
IN a waistcoat-pocket and inflicted o
dangerous. but not mortal. wound.
"In the ho-pnal where he was treat
I'd NJ Wiser found himself with TWO
lads. both badly wounded one ot them
Charles Perrin. aged ii. had been hit
twice by the Germans Nheh ruhhHu- ~
execute a commission. Tie died on sept
30. 1915 our inquiries lMvc not result
I'd in identifyine the other for certain
but news has reached ms that some
body named Paul Luquer, aged ~. dice
in one Of the hospitals at Saini-pie ON
Sept. &C. he had been hit fun IN the
face 10y proieciile i'm one of the
streets while trying 90 give help 10
wounded Frenchman.
About i30 70. M German soldier
caught sight Of an individual nam ao
Lafoucrlero. aged rs. at The angle be.
tween the Rue DE Ia Prairie ana in'
rue Decentralization: DE aimed at hin