The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-11-19
TELLS Of
TERRIBLE HUN ATROCITIES

Dr. McDaniels brought to The Star
Mirror office newspaper from his
home town in Missouri containing an
account of German atrocities as seen
by a soldier who had just returned
from the battle front. The story
seems almost unbelievable, but, in the
light of other German atrocities
known to have been ordered and sane
toned by the German rulers, they
must be accepted as true. The story
as published in the Shelbyville (Mo)
Herald, follows:
Private John C. Green, wounded
and gassed, returned home Sunday
from the bloody battlefields of France
and at the present time is at the home
of his sister, Mrs j. H. Brown, north
east of tnwn. At the invitation of
the Herald he consented to relate his
extraordinary experiences while
abroad, which we give to our readers
as first-hand information from one
who knows what is transpiring on the
other side.
Mr.. Green entered service in Sep
tember year ago and went from
here to Camp Funston, where he re-
mained until the first days of April
this year, when he embarked for over
English boat and relates that one
ney and promptly sent to the bottom.
In this connection he further says
that the English say that Americans
go to war as their people go to
picnic.
June first found Mr.. Green in the
first line trenches and it was in this
battle that he received his first wound
by being shot across the chin. On
the second day of June he was gassed,
the result of which was to destroy
the sight of his left eye. Two days
later he was hit by machine gun
bullet which cut hi flesh in the re-
gion of his hip. On June Z, he was
shot in the right arm, the exact To-
cation being the right wrist, and also
in left chest. During the heat of
battle as Mr. Green was fighting he
found himself out of breath and ex-
hausted. On looking around he dis
covered to his horror that German
was advancing on him, striking at
his throat with a baycnet. Mr..
Green relates that he held the German
off until his comrade who, seeing his
predicament, rushed to his assistance,
secured Mr.. Green's revolver and shot
the German dead.
Although this brave young man
was severely wounded he fired 125
rounds of ammunition out of his auto
matte rifle and $50 rounds out of his
revolver. During the bat
tie his pistol was blown off and in
an extreme moment he secured re-
volver from the body of his dead
lieutenant and fought until the charge
was over, after which he walked
back of the front line until he found
a Salvation Army hut where he was
served with coffee and sandwiches
and his wounds were bound up. From
this place he was taken by the am
bulance to the various hospitals where
he spent three months.
Mr.. Green arrived in this country
on his return trip September 7. In
the ocean he said the boats on which |
ne was a passenger were conveyed by
English vessels two days out from the |
other side going and two days and a
half returning.
In answer 10 d question: LII IeleIeuCe
% the cruelty of the Germans, Mr..
Green replied that there was abso-
utely no doubt about them cutting
he hands and feet off of children.
lie ralted specific case where the
of which he was member
lad been ordered to search the houses
# small village which had been
aptured. In company with a COM
ade he went into house and went
lpstairs and there under the bed he
ay little French child about two
,ears old with both hands and feet
ut off and bayonet through its
reast. In this connection Mr.. Green
urther said that he saw with his own
yes load of children, some fifty
r sixty in number, none of whom
we're over ten years of age, and every
ingle one had the feet and hands
ut off. The public will understand
hat these statements were made by
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