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THE SUNDAY OREGON"! AN. PORTLAND, OCTOBER 11. 1914. TERRITORIALS SEE WAR'S WORST SIDE British "Militia," on Hospital Duty, Robbed of Glamor of Fighting. TALES OF BATTLE TOLD Trainloads of Seriously Wounded Arrive Continuously in Paris. German Doctor Who Refused to Leave Is Prisoner. BT HEXRT J. EEILLT. (War Correspondent of the Chicago" Tribune, Published by Arrangement "With the Tribune.) PARIS. Sept. 21. On the outskirts of Paris, near the Seine and Just within the outer line of fortifications, there lias been established at a railway junc tion one of the British military bases. Here is stationed one of the battalions of the British territorial army which has volunteered for-foreign "service.' This army corresponds, roughly, to our National Guard, and, like our Na tional Guard, cannot be ordered out of the country. The battalion at the base near Paris is made up of young: clerks, doctors, etc., and in everything but uniform is strongly suggestive of an American guard regiment from one of our big cities. They are camped in three or four big railway shfida with concrete floors and walls and galvanized iron roofs. The fourth shed is for the wounded, and a company of the British hospital corps is there to take care of them. Wounded Arrive Continuously. . On and off throughout the day and night trains full of wounded ar rive from the front. Sometimes they are first and second-class coaches full of men slightly wounded. These pass on, taking their wounded, if British, to one of the seaports, where they are shipped to Great Britain; if l'-rench they are taken well down into Southern France. In this way the burden of taking care of the wounded is more equitably distributed and the chance of over crowding in any locality lessened. Often the trains are made up of freight cars, their floors covered with straw and wounded men lying on stretchers. These trains stop and unload the most serious cases those for whom it is considered further travel is highly dan gerous. These the privates of the ter ritorials carry into the "big shed, where they are laid out in rows in the com partments prepared by stretching can vas between the roof supports of the sheds. MAP SHOWING HOW EUROPE'S MAIN BATTLE LINE NOW EXTENDS FROM NANCY DISTRICT IN SOUTHEAST, WESTWARD AND NORTHWARD INTO BELGIUM. so -20 Jo -r-o i i i so i 6XWCT nrrtTXAlS MxrsZf gXUUTAM ) I , jf ! Jr.- fY ' jf o"' f ' I ZCATW ) AL i U ' .-.,1- -'IV - -xsmo Lj-M szrj&xs ) v jWjtsSO- jr s-- TZ7 6 U S VW ' gt ) f One Week Abo the orthrrnmot Point on Battle Line of Germans nnd Allie Was Arrau, Fran. Note Extension since Xbat Time. Due to Contending; Form, Constant Kfforts to Outflank One Another. Aside From Its Extension on Allies' Left and German Rlxht. Line Is Practically t'nehansed Since Week Ago. Germans Novr Possess Practically All Belgium Except Seacoast and Are Said to Be Wearing Ostend, Which la Shown on the Slap, as Is Antwerp, Which Germans Have Just Taken. Americana Treat Worst Cases. Each wounded man has tied to him a card telling- what his wound is and what treatment he has received. The British doctors and the American ones belonging to the American motor am bulance service go rapidly from man to man. picking out the worst cases, which are the first ones sent to the American Hospital, which at present receives most of its wounded from this station. The Ford Motor Company and the American Hospital, coupled with the generous aid of a. number of private individuals, have arranged a motor am bulance service which went out to the actual field of battle when the fighting was near Paris and since then has been bringing wounded from the British base to the hospitals in FaHs. The American ambulances are all fit ted with the regulation French stretch er. The British wounded come in on British stretchers, which are too big for the ambulance, which necessitates moving each wounded man from one stretcher to another. This is frequently a painful operation for th wounded, sore as all their wounds are, due to It being sometimes as much as a week since they were received. Doctors Among Privates. No attempt is made to dress wounds at the base except when absolutely necessary, as the less a wound is in terfered with until it can be properly dressed the better. Where bandages have slipped they are replaced. Where men are in great pain a hypodermic is given them. After the wounded men have been transferred to the ambulance stretchers the territorials carry them out and put them in the motor ambulances, which are sent in strings of four and five together back to Paris. Among the ter ritorials serving as privates are several doctors who have been of considerable assistance. The American drivers and orderlies of the cars, when not other wise engaged, and the British soldiers go around amongst "the wounded giv ing them water, cigarettes and those who are permitted to have it food. Those who are asleep or unconscious they keep covered up with their blan kets and keep the flies from their faces. Wounded Are Glad to Talk. Many of the wounded are glad to talk. It affords them relief from the dreary, seemingly unending days and nights passed in pain and surrounded by others in the same condition. Most tell very much the same story either on the firing line or advancing under fire; shrapnel bursting in different places near them; suddenly an ex plosion right in front or alongside; a cloud of dust and smoke, and them selves on the ground hit in one or more places. Then hours. In some cases more than a day, they have lain on the ground, sometimes helpless, other . time suc ceeding by themselves or with the aid of some other soldier in roughly ad justing the first aid package, too often entirely inadequate in the case of shrapnel wounds, accompanied as they frequently are by fractures. Trip From Front Is Paiaf uL In many cases the trip back to the field hospital, where their wounds re ceived their first proper dressing. would be the most painful memory of all. as by that time the numbness gen erally following the receiving of the wound had worn off and been succeeded by great soreness. As most of them had made this part of their Journey in springless country carts, they had suffered considerably. The railway Journey to the base, while nowhere near as bad as that in the carts, was bad enough, as it seemed interminable, anu each time the train stopped or started the jerks hurt the wounds. causing many to cry out. Like all badly hurt men, who learn very quick ly to associate movement of any kind with pain, they were anxious to know where they were going next, how they were to be taken there, and how far oft it was. Sprint y Cars Are Luxury. The answer that they were going in motor ambulance. with excellent springs, over excellent roads, only few miles into Paris. where their wounds would be properly dressed themselves bathed, put In clean night clothes ana clean, warm beds, and properly tea. cneerea inem up con siderably. . All of the- British wounded are regu lars, and consequently trained soldiers, many of them having seen considerable service. Several said that the Boer war was a skirmish by comparison with the present one; that In a month they had seen more "hard, serious fighting than in the whole of that war. Some told of attacks against tbe Ger man position carried to w-lthin a few hundred yards of the German trenches and then forced back. Gcrmani Well Intrenched. All their stories showed that the allies are confronted by a strongly intrenched German position, which the Germans are stubbornly holding and the allies determinedly attacking. . Some of the wounded had had re markable experiences, and some of them had shown remarkable fortitude. One man had a shrapnel burst Just alongside, covering him with dirt and smoke, but not touching him. He called to a man on the other side: "It is not my turn today." He had hardly finished speaking be fore another shrapnel burst directly in front of him. Both his arms were broken by flying fragments, while the rest of his body did not receive even a scratch. One big, determined sergeant, the type of noncommissioned officer of regulars familiar to those knowing anything of the British and American regular armies, had one of his feet all but cut oft by a shrapnel burst. It was hanging by some shreds of flesh only. He cut it off with his bayonet and then rolled down the side of the high railway embankment on which he had been wounded and along which shrap nel were bursting everywhere, into the ditch below. He dragged himself along this to a dressing station. While in the shed waiting his turn to be taken out he was told that he was going to be transferred to another stretcher. Ha asked where the other stretcher was. The attendant- pointed it out and at that moment was called away. When he got back he found the Sergeant on the stretcher, the latter having moved himself. Shrapnel Wounds Most Serious. The most serious wounds generally being made by shrapnel and the most seriously wounded being put off at this British base, the people there have come into contact with practically nothing but shrapnel wounds. This has caused some to Jump hastily to the con clusion that shrapnel is responsible for most of the wounded. It is a bit hard on the battalion of territorials to have their first service consist of being at a base where they see nothing but only the worst wound ed, and not even then when they are first struck, but days afterwards when the paleness of their faces and the in creased soreness of their wounds only accentuates their dirty and suffering condition. So far these territorials have seen only the worst of war con centrated and have entirely missed the tremendous excitement and interest of the firing line. One of them raid: "We had no idea it was as bad as this; we thought it would be glorified big game shooting. So far none of our companies has been to the front except to bring back Ger man prisoners. It begins to look now as if we were only to be used on -the lines of communications, and I don't know but we shall be better off." German Doctor Taken. At the base there is one German hos pital corps man who was captured with some German wounded whom he was tending and refused to leave when the German retirement took place. He speaks no English, but all the British at the base are his friends, as they say he Is the most gentle and the most competent nurse they have seen. In one corner of one of the sheds there are about 15 perfectly healthy but rather bedraggled looking British soldiers under a strong guard of terri torials. Two of them were said to be deserters, several of them looters and the rest stragglers and drunkards, all waiting trial by courtmartial sitting at the base. What a contrast! It Is to- be hoped they felt it as the wounded were car ried by. On the one hand, these fail ures w-ho. given the privilege and duty of backing up their country's desiro In Its firing line, were not equal to It, and on the other, the wounded who. no mat ter what their suffering, will always have the proud consolouaneas of having faced doath as the men of a fighting race tthould and of having dons their duty fully. PRISON G11P SEEN Crowds of English Tourists In vade Camberley. INMATES APPEAR HAPPY Comfortable Tents and Good Itations Furnished and Germans Seem In terested in Visitors Spies Kept in Separate Place. are: E. C. Roberts, president of the State Board of Horticulture, Linn Coun ty; Alex Martin, Jr., cashier Eugene Loan & Savings Bank, Eugene; I. A. Atkinson, Portland: C. C. Vregg. for merly of Portland; Professor V. D Gardner, horticultural department of Oregon Agricultural College, and John E. Olwell, Medford. The last two named are in San Fran cisco attending the California Apple Show in session, and are Judges for the awards. More than 50 people registered in the building this week. All Oregonians are especially invited to visit the state building while on the grounds, and George M. Hyland will be there to see them. Mr. Hyland expects to move into his suite of rooms the latter part of this week and will have charge of the exhibits, which will begin to arrive soon. An invitation is extended to all those who wish to rest or eat their lunches to do so on the verandas of the Oregon building, which overlook San Francisco Bay. Most of the state newspapers are on file in the building and can be procured from Mr. Hyland. LONDON, Oct. 10. The "birdcage" on , the top of Frith Hill. Camberley, was one of the most popular . places in the home counties this week. Hundreds of persons went there in motorcars, in brakes, in traps, on bicycles and on foot to look at the German soldiers. Another batch of war prisoners ar rived from Southampton, bringing the total to about laOO. and a further train load of about 900 are due. Most of the prisoners, so far, are Prussian Guards and Uhlans, and these are fine, big men. Most of them are of the Prussian type tall and flaxen haired. The greenish blue uniforms of some of them look almost new, while others are war-worn and faded. Frith Hill lies between Bisley and Aldershot and affords a view for many miles over Surrey and Hampshire. On the open plateau of the hill an im mense square has been inclosed with a triple wall of barbed wire. The in side screen of barbed wire is about 12 feet high. Next comes a 'cat's cradle" of barbed wire, about five feet high and broad, with a wide promenade between the two, along which sentries with fixed bayonets tramp. Outside the "cat's cradle" is another promenade, shut in by the third wire screen. The whole area is divided into two camps, with a sentry promenade be tween. One camp is tenanted by spies and other undesirable aliens "counts, barons, merchants, stockbrokers and all kinds of scalliwags," as one of the guardians of the place remarked. The other camp is for the- captured sol diers. Altogether there were nearly 3000 prisoners in the cage. Hundreds of bell-tents have been erected in each camp and the Prussian Guards and Uhlans were occupied in pitching tents, for themselves and fill ing them with bracken, for bedding, which is completed with blankets. The soldier prisoners were happier than they had been since they left home. The new arrivals stripped to the waist and washed in buckets and after completing their toilets stood In rows along: the barbed wire screen and watched the procession of onlookers,! who walKed round and round the out side line of the camp, about a stone's throw away. Few of them seemed gloomy. al though many looked like tramps and needed both shaving and haircuttlng. They often nodded and waved to the onlookers and seemed particularly pleased at the presence of hundreds of women. One group had a field glass, which they passed from one to another. They pointed out to each other the best- dressed women and laughed as they looked at tnera. Now and then they nodded or waved a hand, but the women onlookers Ignored these atten tions. , The only thing the prisoners ihave to do at present Is to keep the camp clean and cook their own meals. "They aro better fed than us," -one of the British soldiers asserted, "and if there isn't enough we have to 'go short, so that they can have their fill." AMERICAN'S SON HERO COUNT BEROLDI.VGE.V DECORATED BY GERMANY WITH CROSSES. English Raincoat Danned Over Vnlform and Demand for Information Is Honored by French. BERLIN, Oct, 10, via Wireless to Say ville, L. L The following was given out today by the official bureau for publication: "Count Beroldingen, whose mother is an American woman, has won two iron crosses by the following exploit: "One day he appeared among his comrades wearing the raincoat of an English officer and found that they did not recognize him. Consequently he slipped away to the French lines and once there demanded that he be taken to the French officer who could speak English, preferably the commanding General This was done. To the Eng lish commanding officer he said: " 'I am English adjutant. When will you attack? What are your positions and what is your plan of action?' "It being dusk, the English tieneral did not notice the. German uniform under the English coat and gave the Count the information he asked for. "Beroldingen returned to the Ger man lines and finally convinced his commander of the truth of his story, The information thus obtained won the battle for the Germans." Complexion Lotion. Aiv, perfection SaBtiaeBtio MORE SEE FAIR BUILDINGS Oregonians Continue to Visit State Structure at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10. (Special.) Among the Oregonians registered at the Oregon state building at the Panama-Pacific Exposition during the week. ANTWERP GARRISON SAFE (Continued From First Pag-e.) from the fact of its menace to their lines of communication. With the Belgian army withdrawn to a position half way between Antwerp and Os tend, the pressure on these lines will be removed, at least temporarily. At the same time there appears to be little obstacle to the Belgians effect ing a junction with the allies working to the northward in West Flanders. It is assumed that if Germany con siders it convenient to her plan of campaign she will not hesitate to utilize the neutral waters of the Scheldt, but except as an airship and possibly a submarine base, it is con tended that she can derive no advan tages from this waterway. REFUGEES CROSS FKONTIER Rich and- Poor Crowd Together in Effort to Get Out of Danger. LONDON, Oct. 10. Great crowds of refugees cross and -ecross the Dutch frontier in a frantic endeavor to get out of the Antwerp danger zone. Steamers coming to England from Ostend are crowded. Rich &nd poor are huddled together. Some remain at the ports of disembarkation, but many are proceeding to London, where relief committees provide lodging and food. Several pathetic reunions have oc curred In the rooms of the committee. One woman who had become separated from her husband in the flight from Antwerp found him as he was making Inquiries for her. A middle-aged couple from the aris tocratic quarter of Antwerp were with out means of any kind. The woman remarked: "Last week We were rich. Now we are dependent on charity." A great many of the poorer refugees are being brought to England on gov ernment transports. MEX MARCH Ot7T IN ORDER Deadly Fire Diverted at Enemy, Then Forts Are Blown Cp. AMSTERDAM, via London, Oct. 10. A dispatch to the Nieuws van dan Lag describing the operations at Ant werp says that when the capitulation of the city became inevitable the Bel gian army marched out methodically in order ta occupy a long line of de fense which would assure its retreat. For the purpose of of gaining time a deadly fire was still directed at the enemy. When the troops were at a still proceeding today. The outcome cannot be in doubt, it having been conclusively proved in the last two months that permanent forts in an exposed situation stand no chance against modern siege howitzers. . Communication Is Limited. The real extent of the destruction within the walls of Antwerp will be slow in reaching the outside world from nnpartisan sources, for the rea son that communication with the city is either cut or entirely in the hands of military authorities. From The Hague it is asserted that the cathedral of Notre Dame has not been damaged. The museums and other public build ings ahso may have escaped. It is to be noted that the reports of destruction have almost invariably been obtained from tfxeited refugees and telegraphed from points more or less distant from Antwerp. Belgians Can Join Allies. The strategic importance of Ant werp to the Germans arose largely YOU'LL find here a selection of clothes in which ingenious style ideas have been skillfully developed clothes that embody the most perfect type of fashioning and tailoring in the world. Men $20 to $40 Main Floor Young Men $15 to $30 Second Floor . Dunlap Hats $5; Brewer Hats $3 en Sellin Leading Clothier Morrison Street at Fourth B sufficient distance from the forts the latter were blown up. M0LALLA ACREAGE IS SOLD Oregon City Syndicate Purchases 160-Acre O'Dean Ranch. XIOLALLA, Or., Oct. 10. (Special.) 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