The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-03
ADMITS IADOrING
or HOUSES

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Our work. OF course. was not In
terrupted for a single day by the mi.
grafton from Lotzcn 10 Kovno. The
necessary telephone connections were
quickly made In the office, and the
bare necessities In the way OF furni'
ture were improved upon.
That this additional furniture was
taken from Other house~. which had
hem deserted BY the inhabitants,
could not be helped II was done IN
~ orderly manner as possible, but
certain amount Of confusion was
inevitable.
Ther. arc the regrettabic conditions
Imposed by the exirencios Of war.
The beiiigorent or individual soldiers
are not 10 be blamed for this. Cir.
cumstanoes are too strong for them.
To the individual civilian who nuf
fers, II IL matter OF indifference
how he loses his property. lilo un.
derrtands nothing OF the necessities
OF war, and therefore IL ready
enough TO talk about the enemy :
barbarie methods Of warfare.
We found plenty OF furniture Al
kovno. but later. when we got 10
brcst LItoyrk. we were confronted
BY empty barracks.
We therefore had furniture sent
on 10 us from kovno and rruulsi.
TONED some from other places M
we'll War l. q rough trade, and
there was no help for n.
In this town | usually attended
tho evangelical services which Pas
tor Weasel held IN the fonner ortho
dox church. a magnificent building.
typical Of the Russian denpotic rule
In that country. There I heard for
tho first time on foreign soil the
beautiful old melody sung a. a
hymn:
have gsvan myself
/ with heart and with hand.
/ To thee. land Of love and nfe,
My German Fa,heriand.
\ was deeply moved. This hymn
ought 10 t- sung every Sunday In ali
the churches and should be engraved
on the hearts Of all Germans.
GREAT SHIFTING
or ARMY
number OF rearrarr-msnts on q
large scale were necessary. Where
the main ofrensivcs had taken place
there was a congestion OF troops a,
other points the limo was too thin
A proper bsianc. had TO b~ struck
Cavalry divisions had 10 be relieved
by infantry divisions.
II II was a long tim. before th~as
movements were completed and the
troops arrived at positions where
they could be left for the time being
hut there could not be any question
as yet Of real test. Tho line had 70
be consolidated. and meanwhile other
troops had 10 hold long stretches OF
front. Both these tasks taxed the
strength Of the men. The positions
TO be strengthened werc generally
those where the fighting had been
hsrcest Points which II was impos
sibie TO hold were TO be abandoned
but both commanders and troops re
signed themselves to this course with
great reluctance.
The construction Of trenches and
biliets. and indeed conditions az the
front as a whole. suffered from the
bad railway connections. The Rus.
SLAMS had everywhere completely de
stroycd the railways. The bridges
over the Niemen and other large
rivers had all been blown up. the rail-
why stations burnt. the water sup
| plies destroyed and the telegraph
wires broken down. The railways had
been torn up In places. and the sleep
ers and rails removed.
/ The military railway authorities.
with their labor and engineer com.
panies. and the telegraphists for the
extremely important work Of re-cs.
tabiishing the telegraph. had a co
iossal work before them. The dircc.
tor Of railways in the east knew his
job.