MTDFORD MAIL TRIBTJNE MDFOKD', OREOON, TUESDAY, MAY 1, 191
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Leo F. Root, who was nmons those
who enlisted in the niivnl reserve,
writes ns follows reunling the nn
enviuble reputation that some of the
Medford contingent is acquiring ut
Bremerton ns poor sports, under dute
of April 2(1. ,
There has been n great deal of
complaint anion? a few of the nnval
reserve men that came to Krejnerton
from Med ford in fact the few that
are dissatisfied ure making such an
awful roar thut they are getting all
tho Medford men the reputation of
knockers. I suppose they are spread
ing tho same sort of thing around
Medford about the service and I want
to let the people of Medford know
just how conditions are up here., first
about the misrepresentation that the
recruiting officers are being charged
with. It is not so, these gentlemen
told the truth in every instance and
the only thing thut could be mis
construed was tho timo when we were
to be culled; nobody knew that and
nobody hud any means of knowing;
the order cume from Washington and
hud to be obeyed. You must con
sider thut when a large hunch of
men are culled together there are
certain unpleasant duties that have
to be done und every man has to
do his share. When a man slacks or
whines about it he is sure to get
set to the next unpleasant task that
comes up. We were supposed to come
up here to serve our country in a time
of need rind the best way to serve
her is to do as we are told. These
men are coining in bunches of two
ond three hundred nt a time and
the commandant can't invite them all
to dinner and let them sleep in the
guest's room.
Girls Good SlKM'tS.
"The girls are a good bunch of
sports. They have had a lot of dis
comforts, too, but as far ns I know
they have taken things with a cheer
ful grin and all the officers appreciate
it and are straining every nerve to
make things better for them. It's the
big six-foot men that are whining
about the terrible hardship of having
to wear the clothes of a bluejacket
and sleep in a hammock for a few-
days and draw good pay for mighty
littlu work. My own impression has
"been. that everyono is getting the very
best treatment and I never saw such
efficient management in handling
large bodies of men. They eat well
they sleep warm and they are well
clad and I might note further that
it isn't tho men that arc used to
the best of everything that are hoi'
lering. The spirit among most of
the men is good hut Medford is cer
tainly making u nnme for itself.
don't know the names of these men
ns I mn in the hospital, getting nn
operation for something that I never
could afford before, and getting full
pay for the time I am here and also
being fed by Uncle bam; but five
of tbcm are going to be sent home.
Treated Courteously.
"In regard to my own case, I may
say that I never met such a complete
courtesy and consideration from any
private company in my life. The ex
ecutive oficcrs, and indeed all the
regulars arc badly overworked but
they always hnve time to stop the
thing they ore doing 'and explain
things to us. The one thing that was
misrepresented to me is that I am
drawing ten per cent more pay than I
had supposed. I just showed this let
ter to a brother officer from Eugene.
His criticism was that 1 had made it
too mild. They have no time up hete
for anybody who whines.
"The mail is to be strictly cen
sored so I enn't send any particular
news except that we lire all well and
most of us arc very pleased to be
here. One of the hoys has suggested
that tho city of Medford meet the
returning heroes with n brass band.,
tako them to the nalatorium nnd have
each one of them tell of the long nnd
terrific straggle, the dangers hrnved,
the privations endured nnd the ob
stacles overcome by each nnd all in
the service of their country in the
days of darkness nnd discourage
mcnt during the horrible and sun
guinnry liuttle of Hrcmerton.''
FIENDISH ATROCITIES BY KAISER'S TROOPS
Priests Crucified, Official Buried
Alive Head First, Baby Handed
to Mother on Point of Prussian!
Bayonet.
OF
KEW YORK, May 1. Informa
tion has come from Paris that Rich
ard iXorton has been given the Legion
of Honor by the French government
the first American to receive this
distinction for services during the
war.
With H. H. Harjes he was the co
ordinator of the Amerlran volunteer
ambulance corps. Mr. Norton was
graduated at Harvard In 1892 and Is
a son of the late Chas. Bitot Norton
BY MME. PAUL ARCHIXARD.
(French Relief and Red Cross worker
who Is now in the United States.)
WASHINGTON, May 1. I have
been amazed at the evident disbelief
in stories of German atrocities, which
seems to be prevalent in the United
States.
Those who have been behind the
French lines, within sound of the
heavy cannon as I have been know
that these tales of atrocities are not
fables that they are the almost un
believable truth.
Nowhere were the acts of tho Ger
mans more fiendish than in 'French
Lorraine, in tho foothills of the
Vosges mountains.
Here I had the privilege of jour
neying some days tinder the guidance
of the prefect of Lorraine, Leon Mir
man, and of conferring with Sister
Julie, the now famous nun in charge
of the hospital at Gerbevlller.
Instances of llrtitnlity.
Sister Julie it was who, nursing
wounded French soldiers when the
Germans poured through Gerbevlller,
stood her ground in the hospital room
and saw the German troops tear the
bed-clothing from the patients to see
if any were so slightly wounded as to
give combat.
Not one of Sister Julie's patients
was harmed; but In other hospitals,
both the sister and Prefect Mlrman
assured me, many wounded soldiers
were killed for fear they might not
die.
At Gerbevlller was a family con
sisting of father, mother, four boys
and two girls. Father and four sons
fought in the French army.
The older sister wrote to the young
est son, exhorting him to bravery and
heroism, asking him always to do bis
duty.
When the Germans came through
they asked by name for this family's
home. An officer entered the home
and inquired for the elder sister.
He showed her a letter she had
written to the young brother. She
admitted authorship.
"Leave the house," he ordered; and
when she stepped out of the door she
was shot. Her mother followed, and
also was shot. The younger sister
fled out the back window and hid in
the thifkets of the river Mortngne,
where she remained two days.
Also at Gerbevlller was a family of
four sons, three of whom joined the
army.. The fourth, nn epileptic, re
mained home with his mother.
Hanged Ilor Son.
When the Germans came they
found this boy in the door of the
home, and despite his helpless condi
tion they hanged him to a tree In the
front yard. 'When his mother saw
him hanging there, having been told
by a neighbor, she became Insane
and Is insane now.
The cure at Aershot, Father Der-
gent, refusing to tell of the where
abouts of French troops, which he did
not know, was crucified nailed to
the cross; and his wrists and ankles
were broken.
At Roan 1'F.toppe soldiers set fire
to a cottage In which a baby was
sleeping. Tho mother tried to enter
and save her child.
"Stay! I will bring him to you!'
said a German soldier.
He entered the house, and brought
the baby to Its mother OXi THE
POINT OF HIS BAYONET!
At Au Pin two boys were tied to
the tails of horses ridden by Germnn
oflcers, and dragged over tho roads
till their legs were worh off below
their knees.
At Senlls, Mayor Odent, for answer
ing wrongly a question although It Is
believed he thought his answer cor
rect, was shot, and burled WHILE
STILL ALIVE, head-first, with hi
feet sticking up!
In a hospital I talked to Robert
Arv(i, a young French soldier, a mere
boy, whose teeth clench In hatred as
be told me of the crimes committed
by Germans in the territory Just re-
won by the French.
"But surely," I said, "you Would
not commit the same acts when you
reach German territory that the Ger
mans have committed In France."
"Not the Bame," he said, "but there
will be reparation."
"But why do you feel so savagely?
I asked to draw him out.
"Madame, in some towns we found
all the women and girls over ten
years old had been tied to the beds!
he said.
We know that Generals Clauus and
Stenger were the German command
ers of the troops that committed the
worst atrocities In Lorraine. There
must be a reckoning with them!
(Further accounts by Mmo. Arch
Inard of German atrocities in France
will be published In an early Issue.)
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Ahovo is an interior view of the
hospital at Klieims, after tho J fi
ll inns' bombardment. Hospitals are
marked by white roofr with lingo red
crosses, leaving no doubt n.s to their
eharartei'... llelow 1h Sister Julie, now
lain oils head of tho hospital at (ierlie
viller, who vouches for tho truth of
many heart-rending stores of ulroei
ties committed by tho German troops
Frenrli Ijorralne.
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OF II A- BAME
JSTtTG. OVLIS
ASTORIA, Ore., May 1. The
greatest amount of fishing gear as
sembled in several years Is ready to
be put into the Columbia river and its
tributaries tomorrow, when the
spring salmon fishing season is to
open
WASHINGTON, May 1. Secretary
Daniels and high naval officers today
mado their annual May Day observ
ances of the anMersary of tho Battle
of Manila bay.
Since the victor in that fight, Ad
miral Dowey, no longer lives to re
ceive the congratulations of his as
sociates, they were paid to his wid
ow.
The nnlversnry was marked also
by the placing of flowers at the tomb
FOR PHI
U-BOAT LOSSES
LONDON, May 1. A vigorous at-
tompt mado in the house of commons
today failed to pursuade the govern
ment to adopt a policy of greater
publicity In regard to tho submarine
warfare. The only satisfaction critics
of tho government were able to obtain
wus a promise thut the matter would
he discussed in secret session.
After considerable heckling, Sir
Edward Carson, first lord of the ad
miralty, admitted that a larger num
ber of submarines were operating and
that generally speaking, losses were
increasing. He said, however, that
owing to tho Increase In patrol bouts
and the fact that German submarines
ere operating in other directions,
the losses to shipping in the English
channel in April had been less thun in
any of the preceding three months.
Some of the members of the house
raised the question of the accuracy of
the tonnage sunk, as quoted by Dr.
Karl Hclffeiich, the German minister
of the Interior, but no reply was given
them. ,
In tho meantime agitation by the
press nnd the public is daily growing
In volume. Demands are being made
mat the government should even
build merchant tonnage In govern
ment yards rather than warships,
taking tthe ground that, especially
with the aid of the American navy,
1 the British navy is fully adequate to
the requirements while the replacing
of sunken tonnage is a dire necessity.
A loud demand Is being made for
younger blood nt the admiralty.
It Is understood that Premier
Lloyd Georgo Is giving these ques
tions his personal attention.
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