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jmust nave wandered over into the Geriman
lines, where they were either
! killed or captured.
Speaking of stretcher bearers and
^ -wounded, it is very hard for the aver
>age civilian to comprehend the enormous
cost of taking care of wounded
and the war in general. He or she gets
i80 accustomed to seeing billions of dollars
in print that the significance of
the amount is passed over without
thought.
From an official statement published
'in one of the London papers, it is
stated that it costs between six and
jseven thousand pounds ($30,000 to $35,000)
to kill or wound a soldier. This
(result was attained by taking the cost
[ of the war to date and dividing it by
I * ithe killed and wounded.
It may sound heartless and inhuman,
but it Is a fact nevertheless, that from
a miliary standpoint it is better for a
man to be killed than wounded.
If a man is killed he is buried, and
x the responsibility of the government
) ceases, excepting for the fact that his
people receive a pension. But if a man
. is wounded it takes three men from
the firing line, the wounded man and j
two men to carry him to the rear to j
the advanced first-aid post. Here he is ;
attended by a doctor, perhaps assisted
by two R. A. M. C. men. Then he is
put into a motor ambulance, manned
& by a crew of two or three. At the field
hospital, where he generally goes un- ;
der an anesthetic, either to have his j
wounds cleaned or to be operated on, j
he requires the services of about three !
" to five persons. From this point an- j
'other ambulance ride impresses more ;
men in his service, and then at the amhnlanoe
train another rnrns of doc
tors, R. A. M. C. men, Red Cross nurses
and the train's crew. From the train
he enters* the base hospital or casualty ;
clearing station, where a good-sized ;
corps of doctors, nurses, etc., are kept j
busy. Another ambulance journey is I
next in order?this time to the hospital .
ship. He crosses the channel, arrives j
in Blighty?more ambulances and perhaps
a ride for five hours on an EDgk
lish Red Cross train with its crew of
L Bed Cross workers, and at last he
reaches the hospital. Generally he j
stays from two to six months, or long- j
er, in this hospital. From here he is '
sent to a convalescent home for six
weeks.
If by wounds he Is unfitted for fur
ther service, he is discharged, given a
pension, or committed to a soldiers'
home for the rest of his life?and still r
the expense piles up. When you real- j
ize that all the ambulances, trairfs and :
ships, not to mention the man power,
used Ih transporting a wounded man,
could be used for supplies, ammunition :
and re-enforcements for the troops at j
the front, it will not appear strange
* that from a strictly military standpoint,
a dead man is sometimes better
than a live one (if wounded).
Not long after the first digging party, j
our general decided, after a careful I
tour of Inspection of the communica- j
tion trenches, upon "an Ideal spot," as j
he termed it, for a machine-gun em- J
\ placement; took his map, made a dot j
on it, and as he was wont, wrote "dig
here," and the next night we dug. j
There were twenty in tne party, my- j
sett included. Armed with picks,
shovels and empty sandbags we arrived
at tiie "ideal spot" and started
digging. The moon was very bright,
but ?we did not care as we were well
out of sight of the German lines. ' 1
We had gotten about three feet :
down, when the fellow next to me, aftr
er a mighty stroke with his pick, let go <
of the handle, and pinched his nose
with his thumb and forefinger, at the
same time letting out the explosion, r
"Gott strafe me pink, I'm bloody well
gassed, not 'alf I ain't." I quickly
turned in his direction with an Inqulr
> ing look, at the same instant reaching
for my gas bag. I soon found out what
was ailing him. One whiff was enough 1
and I lost no time in also pinching my i
nose. The stench was awful. The rest
of the digging party dropped their
N picks and shovels and beat it for the
weather side of that solitary pick. The
^ officer came over and inquired why the
work had suddenly ceased, holding our
! noses, we simply pointed in the direction
of the smell. He went over to the ,
I pick, immediately clapped his hand
lover his nose, made an "about dirn" '
;and came back. Just then our capJtain
came along and investigated, but 1
after about a minute said we had bet- <
ter carry on with the digging, that he
did not see why we should have
stopped as the odor was very faint, ,
but if necessary he would allow us our
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gas neimeis wiuie uigguig. ne wuuiu
stay and see the thing through, but he
had to report back to brigade headquarters
immediately. We wished that
twe were captains and also had a date
at brigade headquarters. With our gas
; helmets on we again attacked that hole
and uncovered the decomposed body of
I a German; the pick was sticking in his
chest. One of the men fainted. I was
that one. Upon this our lieutenant
halted proceedings and sent word back
to headquarters and word came back
that after we filled in the hole we could
knock off for the night. This was welcome
tidings to us, because?
Next day the general changed the
dot on his map and another emplacement
was completed the following
night
% The odor from the duff-UD. decom
posed human body has an effect which
is hard to describe. It first produces
a nauseating feeling, which, especially
after eating, causes vomiting. This relieves
you temporarily, but soon a
weakening sensation follows, which
leaves you limp as a dishrag. Your
spirits are at their lowest ebb and you
feel a sort of hopelessness and a mad
desire to escape it all, to get to the
open fields, apd the perfume of the flow
MORE MEN CALLED.
Half Handled Thousand Registrants
Ordered Up.
Washington, April 14.r?Another
draft call for 49,843 registrants has
been sent to governors of States by
Provost Marshal General Crowder.
Mobilization of the men is ordered
for May 1 and 10, the war department
announced tonight, and they
will be sent to 11 forts and recruiting
barracks, probably for training
with regular army units training
there.
The call increases to more than
300,000 the number of selectmen ordered
to camp since late in March.
This is far in excess of the monthly
average that would have been mobilized
under the original plan to call
800,000 men this year over a nine
month period. Future calls at the
same rate would complete the programme
before midsummer.
Under President Wilson's determination
to hasten the dispatch of
American troops to France to reinforce
the British and French armies
bearing the brunt of the great German
drives in Flanders and Picardy,
the whole programme'of the army is
speeding up. Only a week ago General
Crowder ordered mobilization of
150,000 selectmen for April 26 and
their movement to the National
Army cantonments during the five
days following.
Further announcements are expected
to follow the return of Secretary
Baker from his visit to the battle
fronts. Troops now are moving
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clearing of training camps will permit
of the calling of men much faster
than was contemplated before the
German offensive made it imperative
to rush men to the battle frohts.
Although every State and the District
of Columbia are called upon to
furnish men under General Crowder's
latest order, nearly half of the 49,843
men will come from seven States,
Illinois will supply by far the largest
number, its quota being 8.047.
Pennsylvania is next with 3,773 and
New York third with 3,542. Nevada
has the lowest quota, 49.
The quotas of Southern States follow:
Alabama, 261; Arkansas, 599;
Florida, 265; Georgia, 316; Kentucky,
1,326; Louisiana, 535; Mississippi,
520; North Carolina, 481;
Oklahoma, 846; South Carolina,
178; Tennessee, 44 2; Texas, 1,694;
Virginia, '756.
The army posts to which the men
will go are Fort Slocum, New York;
Fort Thomas, Kentucky; Fort Oglethorpe,
Georgia; Fort McDowell,
California; Fort Screven, Georgia;
Fort Logan, Colorado; Fort Sam
Houston, Texas; Columbus Barracks,
Ohio; Vancouver Barracks, Washington;
Jefferson Harraxiks, Missouri,
and Jackson Barracks, Louisiana.
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American Line Unbroken.
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With the American Army in
France, Saturday, April 13.?After
another night of terrific artillery fire
and a bombardment with gas shells,
the Germans continued today their
efforts to drive through to the third
line of the American positions near
Apremont forest, northwest of Toul.
They made two attacks, both of which
failed. The enemy's casualties in
the four days' fighting is estimated
between 300 and 400. Of this number
more than 100 were killed. Although
the enemy wasted fully half
of his specially trained shock troops
in a battalion of 800 men, he was
unable to penetrate the American
lines, which remained unchanged.
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Sour and Sweet.
Professor Copeland, of Harvard,
as the story goes, reproved his students
for coming late to class.
"This is a class in English com.
position," he remarked with sarcasm,
"not an afternoon tea."
At the next meeting one girl was
twenty minutes late. Professor
Copeland waited until she had taken
her seat. Then he remarked bitin
gly:
"How, will you have your tea,
Miss Brown?"
"Without the lemon, please," Miss
Brown answered quite gently.?Boston
Herald.
ers in Blighty. There is a sharp,
prickling sensation in the nostrils,
which reminds one of breathing coal
gas through a radiator in the floor, and
you want to sneeze, but cannot This
was the effect on me, surmounted by a
vague horror of the awfulness of the
thing and an ever-recurring reflection
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tnat, pernaps 1, sooner or later, wouiu
be in such a state and be brought to
light by the blow of a pick in the hands
of some Tommy on a digging party.
Several times I have experienced this
odor, but never could get used to it;
the enervating sensation was always
present. It made me hate war and
wonder why such things were countenanced
by civilization, and all the spice
and glory of the conflict would disappear,
leaving the grim reality. But
after leaving the spot and filling your
lungs with deep breaths of pure, fresh
air, you forget and once again want to
be "up and at them."
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