Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-02
C CANADIAN CHAPLAIN
TELLS OF RUTHLESsNESs
Eyewitness Of Attack by Hun Air.
plane on Hospital Mt
Doullcnes.
SHELL WOUNDED MANY MEN
Compressed Lips and scowling
Brows Testify Mutely to the Re-
vulsion Real Men Felt for Inhu-
manity Described by Col. Andrews.

AN ATLANTIC PORT. July 1.-Ger-
nan frightfulncss. ruthlessness and
lust for unnecessary slaughter were de-
scribed Thursday by Colonel G. II. An
drews OF Vancouver. chaplain of the
Canadian troops. upon his arrival on
British steamer. Colonel Andrews
was an eyewitness OF an airplane at
tack upon a hospital at Doullencs
Franco. on the night OF May 90. and OF
the Smelling Of the wounded men and
nurses as they were carried from the
burning building.
An impressive scene was enacted in
silence as Colonel Andrews said slowly.
his words gaining solemnity by reason
Of his minis terial calling:
Surely. God will never forgive the
Hun for such acts. Nor can the COM
rades and fellow-workcrs OF those who
were slain and injured"
Captain T.. +. Corky, who had been
discharged from the Doullenes hospital
few days before the attack. stood
near Colonel Andrews. together with
other Canadian officers and soldiers
who had landed with him from the
ship. They were returning home on
sick leave or furlough. Compressed
lips and scowling brows testified mutely
TO the rcvulsion real men felt for the
irhumanity described.
There was no possibility Of the Ger
man airmen having mistaken the char
acter OF the hospital building. Colonel
Andrews said. as It is brilliantly IL
Illuminated. and searchliGhts were play
ing - the Red Cross flags.
They not only bombed the hospital.
which had been caring for about as,
COO soldiers monthly" declared Colonel
Andrews. but ti:y flew back and
shel!cd the patients they were car
ried out. I know this because l saw IT,
one OF tho Germans dropped Il shell
on tho roof We could hear his motor
and those of the other German aviators
as they approached. had just left
the hospital main wing and was on
the grounds. The bomb went through
the roof. but did not explode until it
landed in the operating room on the
first floor.
"A Lieutenant Sage. who I was In
formed was 4 physician from New York.
was in the operating-room At the time.
so were two Red Cross nurses, six or
deriies and others. Every person in
that operating room was killed.
The explosion tore away huge Sec
tons OF the walls. killing and manglins
wounded soldiers in their cots The
us who were not injured set to work 10
carry out those who were.
we were doing this when the air
mon flying very low, returned. jus,
across from the bombed hospital was
another hospital used for Germans who
had been wounded and taken prisoner
Tho armen made no effort to damage
that building. They flew straight to-
ward our hospital and opened fire with
machine guns. They could not help bur
see mat those being carried out were
wounded, and that the place was
hospital.
Thirty-seven persons were killed
and over 100 were wounded in the raid
1t seems hard TO believe that human
beings could be guilty of such acts, bur
saw this"
me colonel-chaplain paused mo-
ment in his recital and then said with
a break In his voice:
hree OF those slain we're women
Red Cross nurses