East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-01-29
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through the trenches and described
their construction - band accom-
panies the soldiers from the billet for
I u short way TO the trenches. THE
effect of music on the solcicr is re-
! markable," he said "Thc men soc
so much or the horrible that they ap.
| preciate the finer things Of life .
great deal more" The Y. NJ c A.
doughouts and their huts received
high praise from Major Edwards.
He told Of methods Of doing sen
try duty in the trenches. and ofe the
methods OF "snipe shooting" He
gave his opinion that the soldiers Of
the west and the northwest were
some of the finest sharp shooters on
the western front today. He related
the story Of three Australians who
lived for three days IN she'll hole In
mo Mans land" Two Of the men
had been injured. The third crawl
cd about NO Mans land" at night,
gathered food and water from the
knapsacks and cantecns Of dead sol
diers to subsist on until they were
found. THE comradcship of the
fighting soldiers is wonderful
thing" said Major Edwards
Fiendishness in the extreme was
brought forth in his story Of an Eng
lish officer friend who was injured,
captured and taken to IA German hos
pitaI. He had received wound I'm
the forearm OF both arms which an
ordinary doctor could have dressed
easily and saved the use OF both arms
The German devil who attended the
officer tore both arms out at tho
shoulder foiut
Captain Cook.
Captain Cook told what the allies
were fighting for I'VE are not fight
ing against men, an individual or a
race but we are fighting against
government-the German system,
he said. He told Of the atrocities
which the Germans have committed
Y hich show their ideals. He pointed
out the fact that the Germans have
been brought up from childhood edu-
Gated in the belief Of absolute obedi-
ence and illustrRted his point by the
way in which the German prisoners
work They work hard and indus
trlously, because of tho fear Of the
u eatnent which they will receive at
the hands of their officers If they fail
to do their work. "It shows the pow
cr which the German system puts In
he said lie stirred his lis
toner's to Indignation and horror at
stories Of German trcachcry and he
carried his hearers to the battle-scar-
red lands of France with mis- stories
Of the greatest outrages and treach- /
cries of the Huns He gave his opin- /
ion that the first gas attack Of the 4
Germans was the greatest act OF /
Boche
1T was contrary to all methods of |
civilized warfare" said the speaker, /
He explained that the gas came over
m great clouds, that it did not kill /
but turned the lungs
nto LIQUID so that the men spent
1ours in terrible torture frothing
heir lungs from their mouths. He
cid of German methods of attaching
Hires To small trinkcts so that the
hunter would pick them up
md in doing SO would set off some 4
,iddcn bomb which would blow him
md nearby associates to atoms. To 4
sill. to kill. to kill, this is the only
way to end it all said Captain
iook.
The speaker told of instances oil
human sacri9lce where these same
,oys that had been taught to kill had
siven their own life to save COM
ade He assured his hearers thai
heir boys are seeing and doing things
md that they win come back strong
q, both physically and spiritually
Tales of sacrifices which the soldiers
# the allies have made for wounded
Iermans. the love for the French
hildren which the soldiers show in
he little villages where they are bill
rted added to his point.
Describes An Attack.
Captain Cook whisled his hearers
o place on the French front where
N attack is to be made on the GeF-
nan ljnes. For the past weeks every
older has been trained in one thing
which he must do. He described the
mems training for the attack as ar
thlete trains for a contest. Ihe
iour when the attack is to start, the
ero hour has been set.
Under the cover of the night the
nen advance to the front line trench
s and in no mans land directly in
ront of their trenches every man
igs hole to lie in until the order
: given TO attack. The zero hour
rrives. Hundreds of artillery behind
he line start the barrage fire on the