Show SUF SURFER efu FROM COLD frightful agonies 1 endured by men at the pe front F n t 0 between een frost and and fire dire 4 that winter introduces many PIM dim bullies for tha tho warring nations of europe eurdie is esquite quite e evident v ident and some of these are illustrated in a s striking manner by episodes of other othe r camp campa algua luv related in the scientific american that winter adds greatly to the biffi cuttles and hardships hardship of tho the warring european nations cannot be doubted it la Is true that improvements io mill tary methods and equipment have made impossible such colossal hinora as those attending ng napoleons retreat from moscow or even incidental to the operations of the allied armies in the crimean war wa yet the rigors of winter are still a factor to bo be reckoned with in both the and the humanitarian mani aspects of the war As to the sufferings Buffe rings entailed upon the soldiers a few illustrations will show that these are still inevitable of tho the fighting in manchuria in january 1905 during the russo jap anese anesa war sir tan ian hamilton says Horpe horsemen men galloped about the field with the foam and dripping sweat of the horses changing into a crust like snow and long dangling icicles the fifth division only 70 yards distant from the russians near I Hei koutal had the choice between frost and fire when they stamped their feet to keep life in them the russians expecting an advance fired on them when the japanese remained quiet they lost their toes pour four hundred of them were for foid fo id to be suffering from tosho frost bite the next morning an episode in the defense of in 1877 which might well bo be repeated today is recorded by capt W V herbert the sentry service in our own Te redoubt doubt ho ha writes as well as throughout the camp was of a cruelly severe character in tho rigor of a dulgarian bulgarian winter the original tour four hours had to be reduced to two and then to one hour fixed almost burled buried alive in a hole four feet deep with the upper part patho of the body exposed to the bitter blasts the lower embedded in the frozen ground unable to move the slightest attempt at a trot the very act of stepping out of the hole attracted the bullets insufficiently fed compelled to exercise ceaseless vigilance struggling against the dangerous drowsiness engendered by trost the maj men look looked ed upon sentry duty as the last refinement of torture |