New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-01-01

he could kill off the most people, that
spot he made his main target.
/ / especially noticed that the big ho-
tells and business houses were hit and
badly damaged all over the city. OF
course, you must understand that the
German raiders had to put up quite a
fight at all times to reach the city.
!, The American and French. aviators
were there at all times to give Fritz
a merry chase. Then the city is also
!, we'll fortified at different points with
], long range and anti-air craft guns.
Many German flyer lost his life while
flying over the city Of Nancy. thought
several pictures showing German aero
planes that were brought down in the
heart of the city. / also saw some of
the bombs that were dropped by Fritz
! that didn't explode. It hardly seems
possible that an aeroplane could carry
, such a big load. There were some on
display that We're at least eight feet
long and about foot and a half in
diameter. Clear the track when one
. of these comes sailing through the air.
At the present time there are hun
dreds and hundreds Of French and
British prisoners going through Nancy
every day; they are being returned by
Germany as per their agreement. Per-
haps you can immagine how interesting
it was for me to listen to the stories
the Tommies had to tell to an Amer
lean soldier. TO see a flock of prison
| ers returning from Germany is about
the same as viewing Ringing Brothers
parade. Their uniforms have all the
colors of the rainbow just so they have
something on. Some of the boys even
had their pants patched with old news
papers to protect themselves. But it is
only a matter of a very short time
that the returning prisoners have this
! aspect. Just as soon as they arrive
in Nancy they have baths, put Oh clean
set Of underwear, slip on a pair Of serv-
iceable shoes and a new uniform and
again they have the appearance of a
i comrade. But there is one thing that
cannot be issued to these men and
that pair of rosy cheeks; it, that
dreary look that cannot be washed
away. All the returning prisoners look
pale and very thin. I had supper with
two Tommies who were captured on
March 81 this year. They told me that
Germany fed them with nothing else but
! bread and water and that was scarce
TAT times and to quiet their hunger they
We're driven to eat thistles and leaves.
7 Manva time they sneaked over to the
German garbage can and picked out the
! potato Feelings and cooked and ate
: them. A lot Of the prisoners drop dead
on the way back, due mostly to starva-
ton, their system being so run down
. that they cannot take the hike. In
questioning the, Tommies in regard to
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the treatment they received. while in
Germany, they told me that in general
and considering the conditions in Ger
many, they had little complaint to make.
They were worked hard and at times the
German soldiers treated them rather
roughly, but something in this line may
be expected; and they seemed to be
satisfied
| The Kaiser rushed all food stuffs to
his army at the front which of course
means lot Of suffering for the civil
ians. The two Tommies told me that
they noticed very frequently that the
German soldiers would box up part
of their rations and send them to their
folks at home so they had something
to eat. The rest of the world never
knew the conditions Of Germany until
now and it's mostly due to the hunger
famine raging there that the people
rebelled which caused the German army
to surrender and bring this war to such
q sudden end 49,
| President Wilson is certainly making
la great name for himself in that he is
lending glad hand to the poor people
of Germany and her allies. It's quite a
Iproblem for the United States to feed
very near the whole world but we can
do it and the food stuffs cannot be
rushed across the Atlantic too fast. Our
General Pershing is right when he
claims that the immense production Of
food stuffs and the proper conservation
of same on the people s part Of the U.
5. was one of the main factors in win
ming this war. Thanks to Old Glory
that she supplied her army with plenty
food as there is no sign of suffering
from hunger in the U. s. army. 5s
| an forgetting entirely that this is
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