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3*.—-- heif IN BUCHAREST Lure of Adventure Sends Mnitctf States Lads into Army of ' -v- Great Britain. Lieutenant Zanghieri Calmly^ cords His Impressions of the Moment, bomb is mm m State department at Washington Has Bureau to Look After Appeals of Parents Who Want Their Sons' P Returned to 1 T.hsm.^* iifct Most Exciting Adventure f . In Offlcer r p >, Career Occurs While We le Quietly- Seated in Bis ftorbe Engaged ,• ! -In^Literary pursuit , Chief Can mlvyWurti, more ihsm 'J,<hio Auiri-ivnu* *»“>*• dird iir luiffl-. figiiti-ng in. jiniiiu-s or. tin* British (>uipire. P ! x • Siiin^w her** fit tin* I'hili il /Si. ah»> thousands ‘iif iijfiXitms liiotliiM'if Jii.iil.l'a- iIhts arc awaiting the return of fho*o "ho will .Hi'vi*r return, and smlihw hen* i'n France, there- an* Americans light fug in tln* k-hiiki -of- HriTaTIF WlTo witfm*V44-- ifttirh to tlirir native hind. ~ * So M*rious .Imsi.’become tin*. problem ot Aiiii-ricah youths slipping tiwiiy Into * amnia l.i> join over-sea* regimenl> 'III'I 'In; AiiUTiran TfafeT-duRacLUunU lia> been ,’f on i*d Recent ly to'fmtfe a new; division in i • •* j* • streets. i* fur Fin* 'liiuIiTrciil It is I f.: I*r a. tn. ntnl tin is hit** for tin iitmrTff ia6SS=i found tilth boy*' ui their paivuis when tin* hoy tifte'rjiftiitLiP . , r; ~ * • s t SttddeWy. nt tin* <*j|d of the strpely a hundred yard*in front of him, he hears a siiilst^r whistling. an explosion, a. tfcr- • Special Divisirn Necessary. Duyiiig the Oar IT days of tin* Kune ’peau war., there was a vopstant stream <>f. requests refei.yed-.-ai l-Uu*~ st'kte flak pat'$hient_usk.lng the release of Amer ican volunteer boy sbldh*rs. but it was not tintil recently that tin* volume of tJxese requests made it necessary for Secretary of State Tain sing to desig nate ti.s|>eei a I ilivi.si.dn to handle such crises. If~is called the 1 >ivision *#f -Ap- ^'V - I Vl^.ylK .1 M<»*. w . , 4* I .1.la <* 1. i eU-oamed. DountmuKit. In widely they e?e IitaJily.ymiRnlteiij tbeinseivesa ■noise/-.ftleces of wall, beams broken-glass ruin upon the-street, widle a great cloud, first rediilsh, then \yhIr ish, risesinto the sky.. :. / * , Lieutenant- Puvlnnl looks at the strickeir house ahd utters a' cry. in pUeatjon. for the fftTkclwirge of Soldiers and*Sailors irr Foreign .Service. * _ The figure**>f (lie newly created di vision show that tjie eattke hunt traf- fllPicross the Atlantie front American ports to Londonris a great recruiting source’ for the. Britishhirmyr - Of late weeks, the nnfnhcr“of Alherl-citn hoys who harp nnHstriflu London. IVashOCT even greater’ than the number vnll*t- Chapter 1.11—What Really Occurred. “After Ids marriage he acquired tile hab.it of (daily w ork.’**'*: • v he wortj "nmrriuge" n iliill|~ far IxKdn,. half- ohHWnted .'by dis*- One .hears thousands iik**. it day .today node" luive |>een In Cairnda Tins iv chicjly diii* to tjn* eMmor Hithury precattt ioiis ala,* < fruiting ortk^rs.^ye taki Such- casesj-; !_ ■ /. ,ll an American Imy ha Oinada and his pan*tn avyay tu nee •every •Xys; helieve -ie. disUhfeui ■ iiiu. 1 ,ihUn .jAH Hh "rd- flmhit 111 the \rhistlp-;of a s1u.il. The -if, Actual photograph of Freiiclrcl|assein-s,. u\to have t.v> a •••ailed the ;“Kui'ghts drawn swords.^ in di-j>:iti hes latently, tin* cjias>eurr hav * been warmly commended READY .FOR THE WINTER GHANT FRENCH CANNON ■tin uiifimflftflj in the defense ... . of thd ( 8l«e of '* 4 •annou may be gained by’ ceidpa# e ou the' with one of the niembert of ttfy-'i lug with I crew alongside. The guri 1 Iff mojte&i . ’ a specially constructed railroad^' i?A1Mil»hii •*t— —- OBSERVERS NEAR MONASTIR about By TANCREILZANGHIERJ,. , Lieutenant in the Italian Army-. (Special Correapoadence to Ote Chicago Dally XewiM • (lofitz, Austria.—Heine tells in one •of his poems hn-vy he Sought happiuess all over the-world w ithout **Ver Ubd- Ing it.; returning home disconsolate.'be &IS ^Jan. brat f •W remit Adrla Jan rnarli warfi Janr •ank Jan doml Jan Fren Jat Von 8. ti over i K* Jat tack AW Mon. Jai p*dc Adrl Ja Mon htla Jat Ja ’t trar Ja met it seate+l +*fi the hearth t)f his owtT house. It is. an adventure Avlilch'.muy’ happen v.*ven to :i newspaper corre spondent. A-city like-(iorlt/. Is au El dorado for tin* sensation seeker. . Yet 1 hail the most interesting udventurpnaf tny sojourn today, without moving from my table. - ^ /r- l*»*riiiit.\riie-ts* tell you about Itdu de tail and with precision, divided into three chapters of varying length, mid admit that even wlieji i^im is the prin cipal personage ji story one still has the right to consider oneself from more than one viewpoint/" " * Chapter I.-—The Setting. . * I'p till- SepKmibef -1 the Weather was had * lr w as* no.l rain :~lt was a deluge, 'i'he Italian trenches..like those of the Aiisfriu.n-s; wri* all cut into"'npi^n N|i»o|V(,r iCi-oiiHynriL In the satiw slopesM ni*)tintaiti> and hills; despite." street where st;ua(!«* the house' of youf the/Wieiters. flu* rain pours in, tortus eorrespondeui. ilUches and Hows through llieni; the .. LleiltentiiiT lMlvlawl art'ives late at drenches heroine sipulL mns.v nwefents.7 the'I C; *J-'J'tler *tu suvc'H from b»anhardnieui. for it Is M liahdsoiue city. This-ue Twit ^observers of |la* '.lilies in ilu* niOLmitnlns iiurth of Monastir watciiiug file movemenis of the Bulgarian troops w hich • had been Serbian ciiy. driven frupi that -TtHlgtlTTfi These conditions is not pos sible. The official Imllelitis express Hie i„ Ho, frotn morfilhg lUMilgtu, l.tii it situation in 'he words; "Bjufweather ove hinders the operations.’ In t an I. L, J * lI**nco a forced truce to the work of destruction. Nature, takes care Of the destruction by a sudden cold wave, dampness that penetrates one’s hones and slows up the vital functions. But nu the lilM the weather deter mines to better itself. The clouds, con- fnunfjjgd lu at gray veil, take ou forms, lldn out. show/blts of sky. .The day becomes divinely Wuuttful; the air is limpid as crystul. Oa»‘ csiullstiiucutlh flile ©very tree, every hush of ^odgofu, u green muss. The Sabotino, more hare,, veils Its reddish scars, made' by*hun dreds of thousands - ' «»f shells, in the vlolety vapor of a cloud, vast but tenu*- ous, interposed between It uud the sun. Monte Santo, San Gabriele, Sau Dan iel**, .guthered up beneath 4he'creatf of the Selvu dl Tarnova. seem t*^*snille at their unhappy brother; - 'the Carso, which innocently'stretches its low arid knolls to the sun. as though to iutoit- givcs hini a certain air of being u- "slav** of duty," which In* cultivates. So Lieutenant l’uviitni wtdks along with lirni and pieiistircd' 1 ]step toward thi*Hi*»ss. BeluHld him in* Via L—. be^ Jitml-UUw in -Via A—.4a\o steps from his, -f~gou!,‘ The street is* quiet ns thotigla » cate-itseif-with warmth uud q-uiet. ^ No sound of cannon is heard;. no rille crack disturbs tin* slleihv of this sjtrjng, like florescence. • The l#rd—not a cloud in the spot less sky; the solar warmth raises light uiiats which flirt tin* distunt mountains, pa lest azure. / , ; - Amt not ii/concussion, not a shotj only above, the airplanes ate dying and little cloudlets of white smoke follow them. But it is not ‘‘our" war; we are down on the' eurth. breutjiing the vivi-, gntp-r-meWTiW «log «)f Maeterlinck wc. do not deign to castn glance at thut sky.which Is not deemed “eatable." by our desires. The province of file uir. the t heater of wur rt.OOt) fet't above, does uot k interest .us. The bursting shrapnel Is so far away, that one has pay attention to hear it. v -.'■•••'■■■ t This “truce of God" is strange, so strange that >t seems the armies have forgotten the wgr. I Imvc never fidt —nry^SiuTT iimre pyaceahly inclined, more bourgeois, less warlike. I forbid my orderly to wake me early tomorrow. And In truth this morning f got up at S, full of crazy ideas, with the desire to cl I nib up, up ovi.‘r tSe womled wlopm of a mountain, to throw myself on the ground upon a carpet of moss, nf teolt tlf the trees, hear tie* chirping of birds, enjoy nM the heaiify of this en chanted region.. \nd the Austrlaus? But do the Austrians still exist? », sSome hooks' lying oi/niy table teiupt my fancy. I half cir.-"e thd eurtaln$ of the two window>. which-Hiv Hlllwg^ftn^ chamber with light, raise the flutters and sit down.’ taking up t of a study of Alphonse Daiulct hy lTOie- tor Balk** And I read, reud until a I'lirious statement strikes me: , 4 • "Whereas, I'laiTdci .(> a haelmlor \vrote wily when tie* iiispirai’Lm struck him. after his marriage lie acquired the habit of daily work;""■' T sireel luilcin*) sle.*p in t M**h«*at of a suiiinicr one jump he reuchcs the mess, \vfieT»* iill the bffieers of the ha|tftli*»ii A^e lunching aud talking about tin* slteil, ; “which must.have fallen very near.” and with a sentence causes tlierii fo start to their feet: * “Lieutenant Zaoghicri's house has fallen In!" X ~ / Tin* officers leave the*umss and run toward the spot where lies perhaps the Luidy of tholr Juiotiuai-idliCer. ——• customary nbi|e. The whistle of.a ,shell heglps shril&f 'flrul again- sinks as tin shell «rVcr.. When it <*^plod*‘s > near you it seems to stop lit its shrHl- 4*si point, as tf -to collect its forces In is the-.wtT. plosion. But tin* shell of which I speuk (lUTeyH from all. the others. The*low tone, the^shriil tone, eVi*r nearer, ever pclT sfo|tw at the word ‘'dully" in *'\ pectatlor/ ot the—horrthh* thing. hoUste receives -a shock that makes it treijnble to its foundation, there comes an Immense roar as oif - :a Inindrrri-cap- non tiring together. The plaster falls frtrt+t the* tTl 11 tig (‘Ver.VWlie'lv ITS tire ji xml. which til Is with ii w hi fjppow ii**r. while-a hail of fragments strikes the « •.,,.. * . ^ ' • -i, - ■** shutters. Something eaves in wrtli a trembles, jolts ^nd set mis to fq1l down ward into chaos, into N an inferno iroken things. Theh sih>ncc.'" — The. word “'work” is traced hastily, talttiost - 44feglhly, hv Tl|e, n*»rvmis hand, .. . .1, . Ill V. IV 1 ' ... 1 .1 . II ol ' oiiiiiiuiiit-ations )\J>lch jfour in, , ing "ffieiuis of ij»is govciimient. io of>- lain »tIn* release »>f .Vincrican ydtiihs «rvWn foreign, regitnent*s. . ^ In many cases,’’ 1 rn*A»*•*■ hoys • h:;v.i* jiMncd in ('aiiaila l>\ tin'* sinqih* **x'p«- • lii lH ,ql laisifying ilicir ag**s. Today. 1 ilc-c saint* hoys gift he' ioiiini',j.'n i-hr*/ i i t in lir.s ahUig tin* Soinmc, ip I lie, t rain: .ug b limps of EngliiinC-jauid—atiimir*i»,^ : ih i i i.-h i essi'ls piuromrig TTit* Trfghrserrs:— Because of tlie_iW irtingnes> \*| : llie Bijtjsh go.veminent to- release amj send hotile hoys whq ^"Uxt’-d h.’ ■■••■**d - lin.nseli't an he loeateil alive, hut there life 1 ^iiany cast's, departuieut. official.* -ay. where j the names "of American sought by terrified parents in Hl \ • Ame.riea. have heeti found, in tlie lists >1.1 host* killed in ai lion. In many ^u- stances not c\a*n tjn*i.Irmly ciMi hj* re 1916” CHARGING INTO BATTLE department torwards Hie rt'qijt a- discliurgt* to Tffliteil Statvs f’nnsul General Foster .at. Ottawa. If the hoy is still there. In* is sent to -llu* Ameri can consulate under guard •and turned over to Mr. Foster. ’ charging iitio bailie With- their, bra'yery. If the ( anmlian .contingent w hi* h such a la*j bits johreil lias sailed -for Etighiiul. the, job becomes more (111114! cult. Robert- I'. Skhiner. American ■w.rgjaw nwtr-Bty* -rtm^ g ,.fi,. w ,r- il V rj,^ up tin* case and appeals to tin* B**',t i *^> r*tign iroiigl foreign office. This request’'must pass through the proper official channels, Httd if the; hoy is ali\*e. lie w ill hi* Jik cared, eventually. 'lln* thing thjtr'makA ^.huieuTt fhi* task of dm arUig tjiese jw.iXt'Igm’eyerr is Jin- utmost. lliu-verSal tendeiteies of Ihe. youilgders to give I'wfftious -tutme> a nd add r»*sse*, Th t s ha i n rn 11 .v coipplicates the task. Many Pathetic Appeals. . w rite across the sheet ; "J l’.;4a.’ a shell Then 1 go-+o witV Two military -down nd-t hotwy-lt-open. This fact interests tne. I go over tp the table'and hiake a not** .*t Ihictor policemen tttid four or t^ve soldiers arc looking up. show ing. routed cyf's, and piile, almost idiotic, fu*?es. ', - At the left r see my dear colleagues .coming.toward me. One of them ai-, rives lin n bicycle, ihe others ifn.foof. Tluv a.p|>eals received ai tin* state 7dc|Vartnient from jiapimts-seeking, their. 'sont/TTFe piirlTelie ill lifany- eases. "One mother wrote ‘ill saying her son was "only fourteen and inerely-over-large for his age.", • f Uln»r parents eh'icgi* that 1 tlieir sons Were forced - it)to :lie‘ service of TTT-eiit 'Britain, tliouidi such' an idea* is nirntifestly iiiaeeurafe. as the goveriinieut of Great Britain read- ily releases hoys '.who’ are voider, tho They too, are |mh»^ and hx>k et rne P'“l‘i-r-etfelimr*^ -ilently, ns though 1 y-p r rr .o..,.* Ht Th>* oufheeiw-k *>f - r Chapter il—From Another Aqgle, Lieutenant Fuviuni. at» officer in tin* same battalion to which your corre spondent has the honor of belonging. Is attached to the local coniuiand tU ritz. He is a strong man, rather.lrt gettinf^ote-ih years (he completed! fortieth s few day* ago), a good father and a .brave Soldier. wJiq. ha« h^*n at. the front and in the immediate, neigh borhood si fece tjie begi n n 1 nyv tfcror wae. At present he has a rather quiet falte.it iji. hut jt Is an Uiiinlnihit.ed cty- m*r v liiiidi*' otily t«.> re-, qqifcments—that the l«*>y U -wit Atiu*rl can Citlicvii and under twerrfymm* .war* ■f ‘Whin—ore you <loing up there?" *>f Later, the iigc (pmti flea lion diouts Licutmiant Fusco, the adjutant miot -of tJwv battalion. "The upper por is on fire.” . • »'*• age'. \vashowered -t^e(ght**cn. Inn* to the yortune ~nf r**«|nests. t|i«* English ;nt- il to rUies jire now only releasingX*uya_ who are under that age, ,If. the hoy> father l* a nntmralized Ajnerlcim, tire certificate-jQf naf 11 raHzatioTi Tini*t-■fic- 1 ***** aT T(j Realty It Is a .false^nlarni j dT. is only. tlie“"du8t of a fallen celling. . yhis doe? mot keep me ftom r huiryirig do^n to my coUeaguea, happy in tlie escapecempnny the dlseharge itpi >1 i ■: i ji>n. from (danger, and even mSr| m from hav^t| read on. tltelr faces affec horrible photographs for which he goes aboujk' begging compliments, and copif of which he distributes. to all- hi!p .frlaoda.’ 5, faction is wprth at least shell, g8pecially when It she Owing to t|ie fact that ihc~dci»ajj to pay-Tor the exia^nses • of this work parents afea .required to dotxteit *45. w hich Wlll pay the hoy’s passage Jioitie as well-bred^ as-tha*" who?e v untiiJeiy j .-md ytien he found, another feo l? end 1 have described. rf L^-ent reanlred to buy ’biili clothes and food. —. / Ut<*-K»<-i«on irt tviiu* IflioWii ;*t»i*y*«^l 4 nj^n is.^duywWin TuR wimer eqnlprnrtfiTT^Jrtie ogra 1 >h was 1 v#i«lm4 twmu.-where tlmusnpd* and rlumsands of this jype are bat the Gerien^ d«'spite the Inrlcmcut Aveailier.