The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 21, 1914, Image 5

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this ?f an mm. MISS LIVINGSTON. MM HOP? KINS Nt'HSK, WAS IN TURK or ritii it. &aw Germans Take Charlerol?Death, Destruction. Cruelty, Gentleness und KrstcmUlng of Wounded Are PMl of Picture. (Baltimore Sun. otcober 13.) The Sun last nlgh received from Miss St. Clulr Livingston, a Johns Hopkins ums, , who has been living In Paris for a year or more unil who answered a call for volunteer nurses at the front, a letter vividly portray? ing the war as It appears to those in the thick of it It is a story of death and destruc? tion?death and destruction made worse by the birth of a baby during the bell of it all; made worse by tho agonixirg and dying of civilians; made worse by unneeesary brutality that seems reminiscent of the Dark Ages. Only in the Hash here and there of gentleness, as when a big French sol? dier soothed the little new baby, is there anything suggesting that this is an era of clvttzatton. Miss Livingston went to the front with a fellow-nurse, Miss Stcen-Han sen. They were ordered to Charlerol and stayed there about two weeks, thinking, us Miss Livingston says, that the war was a myth, until suddenly it It broke about them with unrestrained fury. Miss XJvlngaton und Miss Steen Hansen an now in Paris, from which city the letter was written. It is a real and graphic picture that forces conviction of Its truth and drives home the horrors of the cunlllct more convincingly than any private com? munication that has come from the other side. The letter follows: "It Is like a dream that l am back la silent, deserted Paris after a seven weeks' stay in Charlerol. before and after the German occupation; that 1 have even met on the Hue de 1'assy this morning i slim French boy of 20 yeurs old, soldier in the One Hun? dred and Nineteenth Hegiment, whom I last saw calmly smoking a cigarette beside a mitrailleuse on top of tho Charlerol Station the day before the Germans arrived. "I had come to this little Belgian town with four other nurses in answer to a call for volunteers from the Belgian legation in Paris. We quite expected that we would go on duty the same night of our arrival, having heard that both in Brussels and Charlerol thousands of wounded and dying were lying ahout the streets. This of course was not the case, for on August 7 there were no wounded in Charlerol and only 3(> In Mrussels. It was August 21 before we picked up the wounded out of the streets. We had almost begun to think the war was a m> ih. for after the day of our arrival no news of any kind reached us. ' The One Hundred and Nineteenth Heglment arrived on August 19. It was very exciting to see them barrl- . cade bridges and place tho danger? ous business-looking mitrailleuses both there and on the station rocf, the bigger cannon and artillery guarding the river by which the town was approached. "With a feeling or absolute security the next morning Miss Stecn-Hansen and I left the house in which we were lodged for the school which had bee t given us to Install as a hos? pital. "Tho boom of cannon, which had be?*n Indistinctly beard for many duvs, gradually became louder; pres? ently we knew that some dreadful fighting was taking place close at hand. "From tho attic windows we could see black clouds of smoke In the dis? tance. The distant smoke became great sheets of licking llame, with the cries of the wounded, streams of d>ing horses, the guttural yells of the Lilians as they dashed past our lo?4p)tal. Smoke, dust and a rainlike sheet of line broken glass from the. bursting windows of burning bouses obscured the view. Haggard, wild eyed clvllluns of ever> aSJS and con? dition, forced to inarch In advance of the Oerm.ins fat then own protection tlon. Hashed past stumbling and fall? ing, fainting with fear and mis? r>. bleeding from the wounds of shots both I- re in ?t and (orinan or kicked aside to dm when they could march no Ioniser. "Mlack. smoke-blinded and blood? stained we rushed into the streets with our stretcher again and again, picking up the woundad and improv? ising flfoaaAasji srltk strips of torn sheets and a Pottle of BOfJttSYft. let as >ii go supplies had been sent to our HUlt hegsjitai Man) died before we i ,? r had the wards a tills si er and e\er fains the long eeoceaeton of frantic mothers and fathers rarrylns thilr children h? Ipim, I he aged urging the hysterical all seeklna I he protection ad our Red I free ? Ua is I hey escaped by back doors or ??vei bnrniuK roofs fross their ruined homes. I me gave news of a J-day-nld baby wit. Its mother In a burning house opposite our hospital; wo found them hidden in the cellar terrified, A one-armed man and 1 dragged the mother fron: the corner in which she was crouched; Miss Steen-Hansen struggled for posseslon of the baby; we gained the street only to meet 1 1 Herman soldiers wearing red crosses on their arms. Notwithstanding our OWg red grosnci and nurses' uniforms, the gag1 Or med man and the tiny in? fant, these tired upon us. The man fell. We escaped into the hospital and later kind hands bore in our late assistant with four balls in his leg. "The wounded came in steadily, first civilians, then French and Oer? man soldiers; the small baby cried constantly; we could not quiet him. The wounded begged for news or lay quietly staring at the ceiling. I "An Algerian boy of 19 years with his leg shot off lay on his side singing softly "The Marseillaise," but when I saw him again he had died, just as quietly, with no one beside him. "Some of our refugees, helping us, moved noiselessly about, giving drinks to the wounded or cutting the stif? fened, blood-soaked clothing from the patients. "A big Frenchman from P.ayonne, wounded in tho chest walked up and down the hall with the baby endeav? oring to hush its sharp, piercing cries, That was when I looked at my watch for the tlrst time since morning; it was U o'clo<k of still another morn? ing and the Germans had taken Char? te rol. "The next day we made a rather sad pilgrimage to the house in which! we had lived; nothing remained hut the four gray stone walls and the heavy iron beams which had support? ed the celling; the remains of a chan? delier hung from one of these; In the thick oaken door could be seen the hole chopped by German axes through which coal oil and bits of celluloid had been thrown to set the hou-e alight. All houses on both sides of the street had met with a like fate. One or two whose owners had been fortunate enough to extinguish the flames had bits of board nailed across the hole. The once lovely avenue of plane trees now hung limp, smok blackened leaves and twisted branch? es, in the cold morning sunshine. A kitten and a puppy chased each oth? er among the t Inders. A German of? ficer posed three armed soldiers in front of the smoldering houses, pho? tographing them in different positions, "A ransom of 10,000.000 francs was exacted that nlMht from Charleroi, a little town of 5-',000 inhabitants, also the promiso I I I,000.000 francs to be paid at the end of each two weeks and a daily toll of lO.oOo pounds of bread, oats, grain and Hour enough to maintain the German army quartered among us. "For the first three days and nights an endless train of Perlin auto busses filled wi h soldiers, troops of cavalry. Infrantry and transport wagons filed through the town, also a nondescript colleeton of milk wagons, coal carts and furniture vans bearing the signs and names of P>erlin merchants. Home of these carried card tables, chairs, clocks, beds, stores and even pianos which had been removed from the country homes and chateaux in the surrounding country where the Ger? mans had QOartOTOd themselves. "In the hospitals all our wounded who were well enough, French and Germans alike, gathered to smoke and play eards together. Any little gifts of fruit Of cakes were shared among all regardless of nationality. The German officers and doctors mak? ing olticiat visits were always astound? ed by these apparently unbelievable tiuces; they WOO Id not believe that any of the peaceful-looking men grouped about the rom in blue linen hospitnl clothe.* were German soldiers until they had actually been assured of it by the GrOTmanl themst Ivos, "We saw no evidences of 'dumdum' bullets among our 8,000 patients. For the most part our Germans were wounded In the upper part of the bodjv. the Fronqh 'and Belgians in the legg, We had but one British sol? dier, an Irishman. "After the first four days the city water SOppiy, Which the Germans bad cut when they were dring the t itv, was put in working order, the gas ami electricity repaired ami such shops us were not burned began cau? tiously to open their doors. "Oersaan soldiers niled the streets, German officers took charge of pub? lic buildings and all new-l>orn bald *? at this time wore registered as 'born In Charleroi, Germany.' Our pa? tients wer?' transferred to Germany as soon, ami often before, they were tihle to travel; many died on the stretch' ers. "The walls of g|1 public bttlldlnOH bore poaters announcing grent and thrilling I lorman \ lotto >? *? a^ 1,11 French, British nod Kusslnn losses. We were assured by flermnn oHlcor* 'ih.it tin- European wnr at mid be Un? wished in twti weeks as soon as Par? in was in their hands, They would I hen lear i<? pieces the Kngllsh f'?r their baseness in marching tmalnsl Germany with the Itusslnn barbar? ian* "At the end of the seventh week It became evident that wc must go to Paris for money; we had lest ours in tho fire and had begun to feel the pinch of poverty. We were told by both German and Belgian authorities that it would ho dangerous as well as absolutely impossible to leave Char? lerol and that Paris for us was as re? mote is the moon. "Nevertheless wo started out one morning at t; o'clock, making our way through miles and miles of burnt, ruined villages and reaching Brussels ths same night without having met a soldier of any descrip? tion. "In Brussels we were fortunate enough to borrow 100 francs from Mr. J. B. Pauley, Of the Internation? al Harvesting Company, who, with other Americans, was occupying him? self with tho affairs of stranded Americans and British. He told us that we were doing nothing original In borrowing this money, as hundreds of others, Including several million? aires, much worse off than ourselves, had been*glad to he helped by their fund. "Between Brussels and Ostend wo traveled easily, the weather was fine 'and, thanks to the Germans, we tar? ried no luggage to impede our prog j ress. Fifty other persons left Brus? sels with us, hut 4 0 of these were ar? rested by a German bicycle corps, who held us up with pointed revolvers while they searched for incriminat? ing papers. "At one time, I am ashamed to say that the remaining 10 of us rode 17 miles in a milk cart pulled by one horSC. We gave him ll lumps of su? gar when his strength finally failed and left him In B green pasture to re? gain his courage. "With us were two French and two Belgian soldiers, one a doctor, who had made their escape from a Ger? man prison train. They wore civil inns* clothes and had boon supplied with passports from some sotirce which they did not divulge. "Wo ate our lunch of two hard boiled eggs divided into 10 equal parts in front of a deserted inn. Some? times we were fortunate enough to ride a few miles in a tramway or farmer's wagon and once an automo-l bile, carrying Red Cross supplies, took us luxuriously from one village to another. "At Ghent wo said good-bye to Our eight friends, who were going to Antwerp, and went by train to Ostend, where we heard the first authentic war news since we had left Paris, seven weeks before." The Prussian System Explained. The leadership of Prussia is even more potent in fact than In theory. Prussia always dominates the Feder? al Council as a whole, and the Prus? sian element in tho Federal Council Is appointed by a government elected under the Prussian three-class sys? tem. Under this system, the voters are arranged on the lists in the order1 of the amount of taxes they pay. Those paying the lirst third exercise one-third of the voting power. As this works out in a city like ESssen, for example, where tho great Krupp gun works are located, it has actually happened that only one person voted In the first class, and elected one-third of the representatives, while thous? ands of men voted in the third class, also electing exactly one-third of the represcntalves. In the great city of Berlin, as it works out, one voter of the first class has as much power BS fifty registered voters of the third < lass, Out it is much worst in the great land-holding country districts of the Prussia that lies to the eaatward of Berlin than it is in the capital city, The practical consequence of the Prussian system Is that Prussia is governed by a few hundred aristo? cratic, land-holding, and wealthy families, under the leadership of the Prussian King, who is also the Ger? man Emperor, Since the smaller northern states of Germany follow the lead of Prussia, the Emperor and his reactionary group of aristocrats and militarists, through their abso? lute domination of Prussia, have thus far been able to dominate the Ger? man empire.?American Bevlew of Reviews for October. HOY S CORN SHOW POSTPONED. From The Daily Item, Oct. 17. There were twenty-six reports re? ceived at the meeting of the Hoy's Corn Club this morning, but as there were eight of the boys who had md yet gathered their corn, owing to the continued rain of this week, it was decided fo postpone giving the pii7.CS until Saturday. November 7th. three weeks from today, Mr. Frank Wil? liams has secured quite a large num? ber of exhibits for the State Fair and will put on a good exhibition from I Sumtcr i 'ounty, Tbl i nfternoon I he boj p w ho ru me to the coin show are the guests of i be Ilex Then! re, M r. I Vi? > I 'l*h< r ha> Ing offei cd I hem fi ce admission tu Iiis excellent moving picture show, '< n fact which "* i,; appreciated and I taken advantage of by the boys. Wireless lelegrnphy is being used in Canada In reporting on forest lives. HUSKY l>i:\TL-USI! CAUGHT. Ashley Halsey Lands Kare Specimen Near Morris Light. Charleston Post. An octopus measuring about two feet from tip to tip oi its tentacles was included in the cateh made by Ashley llalsey and party near the whistling buoy off the .Morris Island light yesterday. The hideous monster of the deep has been turned over to Prof. Rea, of the museum, who will preserve it and place it on display. Mr. Halsey stated today that h?l made the catch with a hand line, and that the fish did not show fight when landed. The Halsey brothers are de? voted fishermen, and this is by no means tho first monster of the briny deep to be landed by them. It will be recalled that some years ago, the brothers, when they were small boys, hooked an 18-foot sword fish in the harbor. The monster towed their j boat ashore on Morris Island, and was beaten to death and brought to the city. One of the Halseys lately accomplished the feat of landing a 41-pound drum with a whiting line, and every week or so one of them jlands a bass weighing between 30 and 4 0 pounds. I Put the balance of the catch faded into Insignificance when the octopus with its eight writhing tentacles and baleful eves was pulled over the gun? wale, by Ashley Halsey. The monster is said to be a species of cuttlefish of the octopod type, known by various names Including "inktish"?from the fact that it destroys other Hih by squirting an Inklike fluid Into the water about them, using this charac? teristic also as a moans to cover its escape when approached by an enemy ?and "devilfish" which is the com? mon name for it. The fish In general shape closely re? sembles a century plant. The ten? tacles are smooth on the underside, and rough on the upper surface to en? able the fish to firmly hold whatever' It chooses to wrap its eight arms about. The monster will probably ho on display at an early date at the mu? seum, and will be seen by many in? terested persons. It is stated that the shrimp fishermen often bring in very small specimens of this fish, but it *s not recalled that one as large :is that caught by Mr. Halsey has been cap? tured hero before. The Recoil Prom the German Invas? ion of Prance. When the Germans started back and the whole allied line, like the soldiers who obeyed the famous com? mand, "Up, guards, and ;it them." at Waterloo, flung themselves Into the pursuit, the situation of the two armies was strangely reversed. From Cambral to Paris, Von Kluck had been upon the allied flank struggling to get behind it and crumple it up and after it the center and left. Now the garrison of Paris, done with gar? rison work for a time, was on his Hank reai hing for his lines of com? munication, snapping up his am? munition trains in the first hours of the advance. Now he was racing for his life to get ahead of the Hank thrust and precisely as the Anglo French left In retreat dragged the whole force with it, Von Kluck was dragging the whole Germany army. Hack over the same roads on which they had advanced, suffering alike from weariness, hunger, lack of am? munition, but still moving almost as fast as when they came, the German army tolled, evacuati ng town after town, whose capture had been a fa? mous victory In Berlin bulletins, leav? ing behind straggling thousands and j much of the Impedimenta of war, beaten upon by torrential rains, as? sailed by troops still fresh and rested, ftdlowed by British cavalry led by Sir John French, possibly the great? est of living cavalrymen?such was the German recoil. Again and again the weary lines halted and the ar? tillery fought off the attack. From the Seine to the Atsne, there was no rout. Ho far the German army show? ed Itself ouite as meat in retreat as the allies. So fur it wa? not n Water? loo, but it was n Gettysburg?a Get? tysburg followed by n prompt, sweep? ing, tremendous pursuit. The thing that Meade failed t.. do, Joffre and French did not hesitate t" under? take. And SO, having raced fr< in t he frontier t" Paris t<? get <-n i he al? lied Hank, Foe Germans raced from Paris toward the frontier t<> save I their ow n Hani;. I or them the world had turned upside down; for the his? torians it was a marvelous repetition i of ;i In mendoiis drama. For fifty years the farthest point In Plckett's charge til Gettysburg Inn* been pointed mil as the high-water mark of the Confederacy. The high water mark of German Invasion was Ijfigiiy, seventeen miles from Paris Hm) live fr. the outer ring of forts Von Kluck rem lied it on September <? I thirteen days earlier than Von Moll in i s ;n ? 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Will And that In the arrangement of our NFW BOMB we haTc m 'o special provisions for their comfort. In addition to a cozy ||* co cr of the lobby, provided with writing tables and comfortahle tee , wo have a special rest room for the ladles, and we cordially ?V !:. ! them to ?nahe use <>f tt. ?J? TYe First National Bank OF SUMTER ************* mm ?wmittMimtmnuMMMnw