The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-02-20

CONCENTRATION xampS. rOr lIil> puI-
pose all the inhabitants of the house
mast assemble in front of it; in case
Of bad weather they may remain in
the passage. The door of the house
must remain open. All protests will
be useless. No inmate Of the house,
even those who are not to be trans
ported. may leave the house before
8 q. m. German time).
"Each person will be permitted to
take 80 Kilograms Of baggage; If any
ones baggage exceeds that weight, 1t
will all be rejected. without further
consideration. Packages must be sep
arately made up for each person and
must bear an address legibly written
and firmly affixed. This address must
contain the surname and the Christian
name and the number Of the identity
card.
1T is absolutely necessary that each
person should. in his own interest, pro-
vide himself with eating and drink
ing utensils. as well as with q woolen
blanket. good shoes, and body linen.
Everyone must carry his identity card
on his person. Anyone attempting to
evade transportation will be punished
without mercy"
"ETAPPEN-KOAIAfANDANTUR.
(Lille, April, 1867
Belgian Address to French President.
ITO Monsieur Raymond Poincare,
President Of the French Republic,
Paris.
"Sir: We have the honor to ex-
press again our most sincere graft
tude to you for your most kind recep-
ton, few days ago, Of the deputa-
ton which went with feelings of legit-
innate emotion to inform you of the
deportation Of lads and girls, which
the German authorities have just car.
ried out in the invaded districts.
1--WE have collected some details on
the subject from the lips of an honor
able and trustworthy person, who sue
ceeded in leaving Tourcoing about ten
days ago; we think it our duty to
bring these details to your notice by
reproducing textually the declarations
which have been made to us:
SThese deportations began towards
Easter. The Germans announced that
the inhabitants Of Roubaix, Tourc0ing,
Lille. ETC., were going to be transport
ed into French districts where their
provisioning would be easier
"'At night. at about two o'clock In
the morning, q whole district Of the
town was invested by the troops Of oc-
cupation. To each house was distrib-
uted a printed notice, Of which we give
herein an exact reproduction. preserv-
ing the style and spelling (See docu-
ment, above.)
"'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 haphazard the persons who
were to 60. No words can express the
barbarity Of this proceeding nor de-
scribe the heartrending scenes which
occurred; young men and girls took
hasty farewell Of their parents-a fare
well hurried by the German soldiers
who were executing the Infamous task
-rejoined the group Of those who were
going, and found themselves In the
middle Of the street, surrounded by
other soldiers with fixed bayonets.'
"'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, q more kind-hearted 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
wo~o numbered and Iohelod Hho "ott'S