New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 20, 1916, Page 11

— Second Seci.on NEW BRITAIN HERALD. R ) o 3\ 3 DPages 11 to 18 ’ NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1916. - NEW YORK LAWYER - UNDER GERMAN FIRE Paul Cravath Creeps Through - Tunnel to Battle Front Verdun, Oct. 20.—Just west of here, is feet in the forest of Argonne, there remarkable 45 up a military tunnel, underground, 300 It ed running right the Geman was one of the most around Verdun, tunnel reinforce- ments move forward without danger, relieving every two hours the men on the firing line. There was a very American ate mosphere about this tunnel when Tha Associated Press correspondent visited it for the curious fact developed that the two officers in command were American residents, one a stock-raiser in Alberta, Canada, and the other a bank official of the Franco-American bank at Los Angeles, Ca. Both were born in France and when the war broke out left their American busi- ness to come home and fight. 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Gas ovens if desired; end ( Single) or elevated ( Double) R iy SOLD BY J. 0. MILLS & CO. 80 WEST MAIN STREET. one of the most desperate along the front. They are so Ameri- can that they speak English instead of French. and the commandant’s headquarters—a little nest in the clay —has a big picture of Uncle Sam hanging on the wall. Lawyer Under Fire. Creeping through this tunnel to- ward the front line, the members of the visiting party knocked their steel casques on the roof, and plunged through water ankle-deep. Paul Cra- vath, the New York lawyer, a man of large build, 6 feet 6 inches tall, was bent double in the. struggle through the tunnel. Along the ws they passed an electric plant, throb- bing with energy, and pumping the fresh air which keeps the tunnel ha- bitable. Further on, in a large hole, a kitchen was in full operation, with soldiers eating bowls of noodles. “Let me introduce you to our chef,” said the commandant, as a young sol- dier-cook came forward. ‘“‘He is now the cook for this tunnel—and he cught to be a good cook, for before the war he was chef to the French ambassador at Rome.” Emerging from the tunnel into the front line French trenches, . the German trenches were plainly visible on the crest only 300 yards away. The intervening space though by a cyclone. Instead of the beautiful green of the forest, that was left at the other end of the ‘tunnel, here the whole outlook was gray and desolate; the ground jagged and torn as by eccentric ploughs; not a vestige of grass or verdure, and the few gaunt trunks of trees stripped of their last | of | at crows. “This has been a rather quiet day— only two mine explosions,” said the commandant—‘“two men injured, one | in the shoulder, the other in the leg. That is little, for to 60 men killed or injured in these mine explosions, which go on con- tinually as the Germans try to mine under our trenches and we try to wmine under theirs.” Sven beyond the front line French trenches, the French soldiers had pushed their observation posts into the fire-swept dividing line, 300 yards wide. Some of these daring could be seen almost up to the crest where the German line ran. They were crouched behind heaps of boul- ders, rifles ready. “Those men are from the Germans.” mandant. As he spoke, York said: “I see a German; the crest; you can see with the round cap.” “And he sees you, too’ said the commardant. “You have been under fire,” he added as he led Mr. Cra- vath and the others to a more se- cure position. i only ten yards said the com- Mr. Cravath of New there he is on his uniform “It’s good that German didn’t fire,” remarked Cravath. “It might have been an international incident. Think it—Kkilling an American visitor to the French trenches.” Coming back from the front trenches, one had a view of the many ceaseless activities in carrying on this great hattle. At one point soldiers in shirt-sleeves were digging graves in an improvised cemetery along the forest path. The cemetery was very large, and had been given a nam “Maison Forrestier,” or Forest Home, Every grave had a wooden cross above it, with the name and regiment of the dead soldier, Shells Furnish Pleasant Pastime. The shells kept whizzing and bursting as the party moved along, and it got to be a pleasant pastime to note the long s-z-z-z as the shells flew overhead One of them struc few hundred feet away, throwi earth and clouds of smoke. se who wanted souvenirs big fragments of shrapuel lying at every turn. It was pleasant first to pick them up, but after three or four of these heavy chunks of steels were carried half a mile, the task was abandoned. The ingenuity of some of tha trench quarters along the way is shown in the use of empty glass bot- tles for windows. One officer poin line there wer: | ed with pride to the very artistic ef- | wine bottles. | all across the front of his log sha | giving light within and having rath fect he had secured with the: A triple row e empty extended k, a cathedral window effect without. The bottles are of white glass, used { for bottling the white wine of Bor- | deaux, The headquarters of General Ne- ville, in command of the operations at Verdun, are quite a way outside the city, at a little cr road hamler, | which cannot be named for military reasons. The general’s offices are in the town court house, a two-story stone structure. It was in this same | building that General Petain, who preceded Neville, and General de Cas- telnau, quickly made the plans on the first onrush of the Germans which { held them until reinforcements could be brought up. General Neville goes to Verdun and along the trench front frequently. But most of his time is at head- quarters, in telegraph and telephone with the whole circle of defenses, and in touch, too, with the other army corps and masses of supplies ready to be moved to fill any gap the Ger- mans may make, No Civilian Life, | As we were at { headquarters, a party of prisoners came by. They two and two, their gray round cap contrasting French blue and they were being set work, and instead of a gun each German Verdun there is no civilian life what ever, but around General Neville's headquarters there were peasant women and girls mingling with the | poilus, indicating civilian life still existed thus near to the bombarded town. General Neville's German marched uniform and with the Already positions | was swept clear as | leaf and looking like so many scare- | often we have 40 | men | Hartford One Price A. 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Furthermore, any inhabi- (tant r be compelled to give assis ance ir. case of accident, danger, emer- gency or public dicaster, even outside the comrmunity in which he resides. Any one who refuses to work, the newspaper sass. i liable to imprion- men for three years afineof 10,000 marks. The the ing the mules, one of the officers said: “The demobilization of the Greek army had one very important result for the allies—it released 10,000 mules which the Greeks had been using, and now these mules are prov- ing invaluable to the Allies.” While the fields back of Verdun re rich with yellow grain, yet there one melancholy evidence of the war in the burning of manure, usually now and then the very life-blood of the soil. The e shoot by hearing &rain can he gathered by the soldiers “American Ambulance and the women who remain, but | " there is no time to distribute the | manure over the land, and sc it} | burned. The last glimpse of Verdun roads back of Verdun pre Nt of ; tier that the Germans, in addition to deporting 2,70y civilians froma Ghent, are tok imilar action in other parts of Belginmi. Quartermaster Von Saud- erwelg has announced, the newspaper be forced to do so, even outside vil- most varied scenes On one side is a vast aeroplane camp, ! with some twenty enormous hangars of basket-steel construction, covere:l Across the road running for exercise with riding where 'lllD\‘n in emergency highroad. sees the Corps. The thousands of horses and mules along the road are in zood condition Many of the I ume from Amer. lca. and were run down by voyage, as the party passed a detachment of by er & month's feeding they French soldiers. just out of the I provea very serviceable. On seek-:lrenches and going to the rear for |hasreeived infirmation from the canvas. course officers can and cavalry can push forward without blocking the is ona — DEPORTING CIVILIANS, o Action in Many of Belgium. 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