Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-05-20

on the enemy but they have to exert
all of their authority to hold them
back from the Germans.
He told of an amusing incident
which he had had with detail OF
four American soldiers just before he
was sent back to this country. The
small group was out on scout duty ana
in order to get back to the camp had
to go through devastated village
which was being shelled. Corporal
Ormerod asked the men if they wished
to take chance on getting safely
through the fire back to their lines
or return to the outpost where the,
had been making observations. "Oh,
HE'LL" exclaimed one of the Sam mics,
Tets go on. We're late for chow
now" And they went. arriving safely
in camp.
The speaker told of the wonderful
feeling the American soldiers have
when they know that although 4.000
miles from home big, competent or
ganization Of women and men is be-
hind them. ..,~ ..,.
1.-The question foremost upon the
lips of many people," he continued,
sis When will the war be over? II
you put this question to a vote among
answer would be: Not until the Stars
and Stripes have been planted in Ber-
linz"
Corporal Ormerod also pointed out
the great task which lies before the
American and Allied soldiers in de-
feating the Germans who, he asserted,
have been preparing for this war since
1870" An enemy so prepared and
one which will stop at nothing COM
mands serious consideration before
she is whipped"
In bringing his talk to conclusion
the soldier declared that if the Amer
lean people wish to see their sons
again they must back them up to the
last dollar and must sacrifice to the
utmost because 1.-The American boys
have no intention Of coming back until
! they are victorious"
The last speaker of the evening was
the Countess de Turczynowicz, author
of the book, when the Prussians
Came to Poland" This heroic wo-
| man, who was in Poland when the
Germans invaded that country, told of
her own experiences with the Ger
| mans, her statements thrilling and
| told some of her life history up to the
| time of the invasion of Poland. She
| was an American girl who went to
Europe to study music and singing.
While there she married a Polish no.
bleman. She went with him to his
| nome on the eaSIeTn front.
| When the war broke out in 1914
| the countess home was converted into
a hospital. being the first Red Cross
| hospital on the eastern front. Soon
! the wounded began to arrive at her
home and on September IL. 1914 she.
! and her three children had to flee with
a few belongings from the oncoming
Germans. In order to escape they had
| to travel in cattle cars they being
packed like sardines." using her
words. During the trip one of the
| men in the car died.
They arrived in Warsaw and while
there the countess husband made O
| pilgrimage back to their home secur-
ing some much needed clothing. A
short time later, believing it to be
/ again safe in her home. she returned
| with her children and husband.
Upon entering her home, the speak
er declared, her first impulse was to
rush to window and put her head
out in order to get some fresh air. The
| Germans while they occupied her
| home had let horses in, had broken
| with the exception of clock, which
she believed German officer had
proposed to carry off with i'm. Her
library which contained books and
documents of great value was gone
and costly tapestries destroyed.
The speaker then told OF her
months of work on a hospital train as
a Red Cross nurse, working from siz
in the morning until nine at night: OF
the sad work Of gathering and caring
for the young children who had been
left dying in the fields by the Germans
who drove off all of the able bodied
men and women; OF the return of the
Germans to the vicinity in which hei
home was located and Of the reoccu-
patton Of 1t.
Owing to the serious illness Of ons
of her boys she dared not leave and
lremained to stand the insults of ths
ICerman officers, ono OF which WA