The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, November 08, 1917, Page 2, Image 2
BOLD WOMEN IN SLAVERY
FORCED TO BUILD DUGOUTS UNDER
ARTILLERY FIRE.
Other Inhuman Acts Cited With Injection
of Humor in Iron Cross
Distribution.
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British Front in Belgium, Nov. 4.?
Belgian women and girls are being
compelled to build concrete dugouts ,
under artillery fire. The statement
that this form of slavery has actually
been practiced is recorded in the '
diary of a German soldier who was
recently captured He belonged to a
Landwehr division, and was person?
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ally m cnarge 01 a mise uumw ui
these unfortunate Belgians who were
daily herded together and taken to a '
zone near the German line to perform
manual labor of the hardest
kind in constant danger of death.
The soldier's diary tells the story as
follows:
From German's Diary.
"I am going to give another in- '
stance of the inefficiency of the Ger- 1
man authorities. Since the ISth in- ^
stant, fifty women and young girls *
have been working at concrete dugouts
at Leke. As Leke is in the zone
of fire and was shelled no later than 1
yesterday, this is another case in (
which he cannot understand the ac- 1
tion of the authorities. If this is not 1
taken by the way of reprisals, then
it is a shameful deed on the part of (
Germany, which cannot be surpassed.
?ven in imagination. The civilian!
population of Leke was evacuated 1
three or four weeks ago and now 1
women and children are compelled to
work at the concrete dugouts of the 1
Tillage.
"It is a shame that such steps
should have been taken, whether 1
there is reason for it or not. I ami
sure of the facts which I state, for it\{
is my duty to take a gang of forty- j'
seven women to Leke every morning 1
and bring them back in the evening."
Red Cross Workers Shot Down. ]
An illustration of the German disregard
for the laws of war and humanity
can be found in an incident
which occurred the other night near;1
Houtholst forest. The British heard !
cries of stretcher bearers from No-;l
Mans-Land. It naturally was assumed j
that a wounded man was calling fori
help, and Red Cross bearers rushed,
out through the darkness to render;
assistance. They were shot down by!1
German snipers, who used this ruse j1
to entice them into the open.
There have been many other cases!'
recently in which German snipers1
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v nav? snot aown nea v/ioss wumcis
deliberately, notwithstanding the fact
that German Red Cross workers have
been permitted to work unmolested.
There have been many humorous '
touches even the war. In the diary j1
of a German prisoner the following
notes hav? beeri found:
Where Iron Crosses Go.
*'At fixed periods fixed quantities
of iron crosses are distributed to the '
troops. It matters little whether they
ar? deserved or not?they must be
distributed. To get one all that is
necessary is that the sergeant major
should be well disposed. It is unnecessary
to deserve it; it is enough
if one is present at the distribution.
"Today thirteen iron crosses were:
distributed to a company on the oc-|
casion of th? first anniversary of the
formation of the division and I should
like simply to write down to whom!
they were distributed: First, the bat-1
talion cook; second, the battalion car-,
penter, who makes cases for the offi-i
cers, which they send home filled;!
third, company clerk, who, since he
has been with the regiment, has never
set foot in a trench; fourth, company j
gardener, who has succeeded in growing
some fine lettuces. Men who have
hoon in th*> trpnohes for moro than
a year without missing a day are sent
away empty handed."
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Hard wick Barred.
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Things are not going so very well
in Georgia for Senator Hardwick,!
either. An invitation extended him
to make an address at the county fairj
at Eastman and accepted by him, has s
been withdrawn, and there was no;
mincing of words in explanation, j
Judge Griffin, of tb? city court of
Eastman, tells a correspondent of
The Christian Science Monitor that
t^e invitation to Hardwick was sent
him "prior to his becoming notorious
in the service of t'ne Germans." Fur-j
tker more, he said, it would not be
saf9 for Hardwick to undertake an
address at Eastman. The judge had
heard men say they "would give a
dollar a dozen for rotten eggs" in case
Hardwick should show up there, but
fair authorities evidently fear losing 1
money more than they do the possible '
egging of the Senator, for they frank- f
lv ad^it thev "would not incur the
~ ^of rro *' Tf ; o *
llct' llltv u IUSHJ5 i anuiia-c. n ? ?
not at all l'kelv that Senator Hard- i
wi"k wi'l insist on filling the can- t
celled engagement.?Charlotte Ob- 1
server.
An or^er ^as restricted the lifting
of st^'es *nd re^auranfs in Berlin to
o^o-^th of the d?z~ee of i'lnmination.
permitted up to December 1916. j
OUTPUT SOON BE REDUCED.
Uncle Sam Wants Motor Car Factories
to Help War Supply.
Washington. Xov. l\?Conscription
of industries to supply the needs
of the army was discussed today by
the war industries board with automobile
and accessories manufacturers,
who pledged their full cooperation
to the government in whatever
is necessary to win the war.
The plan is to divert a part of each
plant to the production of war material.
It was made plain to the
manufacturers today, that while their
help is required the government has
no intention of taking any drastic
action which would cripple the industry.
It was arranged to have the manufacturers
represented in the National
Automobile Chamber of Commerce,
and the motor and accessories manufacturers
appoint a committee to
work with the automobile products
section of the war industries board
in planning how the big automobile
factories of the country can be of the
greatest service.
To Hold Many Conferences.
Today's conference is the first of
many to be held with makers of nonessentials
as the progress of the war
makes greater demands 011 the country's
resources.
Business men directing the government's
vast war expenditures
have found it advisable to take their
work to established factories rather
than to create wholly new agencies
for making war supplies. In thife
way, it is said, greater efficiency has
been obtained.
Curtailment of production of motor
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vehicles was saia to nave ueeu luivcii
up first because of the manufacturers'volutary
offer of cooperation, because
of the highly organized nature
of the industry, and because the
problem of obtaining raw materials,
also used in the manufacture of munitions,
had become serious for the
automobile men.
Gradual Decrease.
The extent of the decrease in production
probably will be "very substantial,"
to be effected gradually as
portions of the plants are diverted to
the manufacture of war necessities.
Particular attention was paid today
to the question of employing men
now at work in factories where products
may be curtailed, and it was
stated authoritatively that no action
would be taken in any case until a
definite plan has been formulated as
to how the labor effected is to be employed
in the home territory, thereby
preventing costly and disorganizing
migrations.
Figures quoted show that the value
of automobile and accessories produced
during the past year was nearly
two and a half billion dollars, and
that the industry employed approximately
one million men, who supported
5 per cent, of the country's
population.
SOLDIERS' INSURANCE.
The.^ Enlisted Man in Uncle Sam's
Army Must Help Himself.
# Every enlisted man in the military
or naval forces of the United States
must allot for the benefit of a wife
or child an amount equal to the government's
family allowance, with a
maximum, however, of half his pay
of $15 per month, says Samuel McClune
Lindsay, in the American Review
of Reviews. If he has no wife
or child and makes no voluntary allotments
for other dependents, or for
other purposes, the Secretary of War
or Navy may require him to deposit
with the government at 4 per centum
compound interest half of his pay, or
so much of half his pay as he does
does not allot either for his dependents
or for other purposes.
This puts the man with dependents
more nearly on a democratic footing
of equality with one who has none
and the better paid American soldier
with the poorer paid European with
whom he is fighting.
The family allowances are based
on a graduated scale depending on
the number of dependents, and are
conditioned on allotments of equal
amounts up to half pay. In no case,
however, does the allowance exceed
$50 for one family. An ordinary enlisted
man receiving $33 per month
in foreign service, if his family is
large enough, may be required to allot
$16.50 per month and secure
thereby for his family a total income
of $66.50 per month.
Was on Jackson's Staff.
Jackson, Miss., Nov. 2.?Col. William
Winston Fontaine, attached to
the staff of Gen. "Stonewall" Jackjon
and Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, during
the War Between the States, died
it his home here today, aged eighty3
Tvith floii .Tnrlccnn at
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;he time of his death at Chancellorsrille.
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