El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-05
FOE ENLARGES
AERIAL PROGRAM
Germany Works Hard to
Offset Expected Ameri-
can Offensive in Air.

LllE american NNEAAA lAad-r ANAANHs
Il is indicated that the Germans.
believing that America intends ut
ting machines by the tens Of thou
sands into the battle area, immediate
~ enlarged their own plans IN the
expectation of Oftsetting the increased
enemy forces. just when the enemy
program will be realized is uncertain
but the Information obtained In cap
tured documents is regarded by rank
Ing officers as making Il extremely
desirable for a speedy and complete
development Of american air service
eripped hold OF his adversary and
threw him
AT this a number Of other sentrles
we're called upon the scene, and Hail
was attacked on all sides with bay
0uets. While on the ground he was
stabbed with the bayonets. and when
the fieuds had finished with him. he
had no less than 10 oayonet wounds
IN his body
He was carried away, and his life
was despaired Of In fact. but for
the careful treatment bestowed upon
him by Capt. NObal and Capt Priest
ley he would have died, for the Ger
mans never offered 10 help him.
sentry shoots His Prisoner.
on another occasion a man belong
ing TO the Royal Scots was suddenly
taken i'll while on working party
lie dropped exhausted to the ground,
but the caIlus German ordered HIM 70
tried TO obey the order but fell down
again
sentry shoots His Prisoner.
Once more the sentry bullied him.
and when the Royal Scot refused 10
continue his work, the guard actually
fired his gun from five yards range
at the soldiers chest The bullet
d ag
tunic. glanced off, and went right
out under the arm.
The poor fellow was brought into
the hospital, where he lay in the next
bed TO me. Afterwards the incident
was reported TO headquarters. and
the wouldbe murderer was punished
by getting sent 10 the front line
trenches.
one day We received a visit from
the prince Of Baden, who surprised
his fellow countrymen by the advice
he gave them. One OF our serEeants
complained 10 him Of the cruelties
committed upon the men by some Of
the German sentries. In consequence
ha had an interview with the COM
maudant Of the camp. and he told him
plainly that he would have TO see TO
il that Britishers were to be treated
as Britishers. and that If the Germans
struck q Britisher then they had 10
expect nothing less than the Britisher
striklnE back This piece Of advice did
some good, for the harsh treatment
gradually dwindled away
One COnsoIInE Moment.
had only one consoling moment
during the whole Of the two years 4
was i'm Germany. and that was when /
saw 500 Germans killed.
7 was in hospital when I heard
loud roar, followed by clouds OF
smoke. II afterwards transpired that
large munition factory had been
blown Up in which 500 lives were lost
We were told that this was tie second
biggest ammunition factory in Ger
many. It must have been a big one,
inasmuch as every window in the
camp was shattered
The Germans, it was said. believed
the explosion TO have been caused by
q spy.
one day suddenly q bunch OF US
were ordered TO prepare for a removal
TO another camp.
Hundreds Of German wounded were
arriving hourly from trains. and there
was much hustle about this temper
AIRY base or terminus.
After q days confinement at the
place, a number Of US were given q
job packing rifles. which were being
sent back for repair in railway
wagons.
An old German officer blazing with
decorations came along one afternoon
and stopped to have a glance at US A
chap wearing the South African rib
bon passed him with a bundle Of
rifles, and when later was returning
the old officer stopped him and ex-
amined the ribbon. "TIa, South Africa.
he muttered. and then made a swipe
at the Englishmau with his stick,
muttering something about swine"
What had riled him in regard 10 the
ribbon I failed to understand