Show WOUNDED VETS 9 DECRY MEDICO HOSPITAL RUlE I Men fen at French Lick l Are re Weary r eal of Saluting the Stay at Stay at I 1 French Lick Ind Dee Dec 11 Nevor Never or e was thero thoro such a hospital as ns this thi at West Baden Daden whore where 11 1 wounded soldiers sol ol diers from overseas o are arc now cont cent For For a n I hospital tho they have hao a palatial pal pal- hotel dc designed and null built bunt for tor tho the accommodation of ot tho the wealthy of ot the tho nation who In n peace pc peacetimes times flocked hero to drink of ot the wa waters wn- wn Waters of or Carlsbad of ot America Literally these wounded men are nrc housed In a marblo marble palace hung hun with volet et draperies where rooms open ns S balconies upon a magnificent ant ro rotunda rotunda ro- ro as spacious a n ns tho slant I waiting room of or tho Northwestern station eta sta tion where hundreds of or lamp great and small cast a soft radiance over ovel the myriad ferns and palms palm and tho the marble marblo of or tho the circular lobb lobby o of ot nt Yet Yot amid nil all this luxury these Yankees who pave havo of ot their blood In InFranco Franco Prance aro 11 discontented ten tell It 1 I is one of or tho things that tho the rm I army this dislike of ot veteran has hns got to this face face troops from overseas o being subjected to tho the discipline of ot medical corps men mon who did not cross s tho the water For that la 18 tho the prime primo cause causa of or tho discontent Tho The wounded veteran tho the man who walks on crutches who ho carries a n. bullet bulletIn In his che chest t. t who has hns an arm which h he h. can never again use use this this tried veteran objects to saluting on nil all oc occasions occasions oc- oc some commissioned officer of ot tho the medical corps who did not leave leavo tho the shores chores of nt this country and stepping step step- ping lively to tho order of ot some omo medical medIcal medIcal med med- ical The It openly non com They sa say and they add the charge that tat the tit dis- dis lino enforced b by tho tho hospital authorities au authorities au- au hero at nt home home is more moro stringent stringent gent in a n. na a way than that enforced In France Over there th declared one woun wounded cd veteran n. the officers didn't want you ou to l keep saluting them nil all tho the time 1111 Order Decried Wherever r men mot In tho the nooks about bout tho the lob lobby b yesterday the tho discussion discus discus- salon s- s don sion turned to n a memorandum Issued on November r 26 b by Col Cot Raymond V. Bliss commandant at United States general hospital No 35 95 35 onto tho the West est Baden Haden hotel This order h has 5 aroused deep resentment resent ment meat among nearly every ory wounded soldier soldier sol pol- sol sol- dier In tho the hospital It decries grous grous- grousing juS' juS d declaring most complaints come from men who were overseas but never nover nov nev er fir were near the front It goes on nO 1 to eay say that tho the hospital rules and discipline pline will be bo enforced and that pun- pun lehment will be prescribed b by u n board of or noncommissioned noncommissioned officers officers who arc are I Cant Get Them Tou You see see explained ft n wounded Chicago Chi Chi- Chicago medical fellows cago boy tho corps get et us because t wo we dont don't salute lUco liko thoy they do Our officers In France Prance didn't kg keep p pIt us saluting all the tho time I It was tho assertion 1 mado made b by Lieutenant Lieu Lieu- tenant Colonel Dies that tho men of I whom ho complained were ero In most In- In mon men who havo have seen Boen only ono one or two hospitals In Franco and have never nC boen been near tho the front lines linos that aroused tho the deepest resentment M Men m n who walked waked on crutches who were wounded at t at St S1 and that final awful too took struggle In tho the Argon Argonne no I that paragraph ua raph as A ft personal affront t. t Call It Prett Pretty lints' lints Its pretty raw for tor tho the colonel to eay sty that about us sold said on on and he lie had tears In his hla oyes eye He was badly wounded In the tho Argonne When aman a a. aman r man hasn't 11 had ad any pa pay for tor eight I months has a a wound that still pains pain and has has como come back homo after going oln through hell hell well It hurts hurt to bo b a told that ho was not near the tho front lines Colonel Bliss DUs explained to newspaper newspapermen men ho did not mo moan n his memorandum should be taken as applying to all aU themen themen the tho thomen men here but was directed at nt a n few who are restive under discipline and as ho put it It who have havo boen been spoiled There is discontent too over tho the failure tall fall fallI I ura ure of or nearly eve every man to receive c hi hl his i pay This Is duo to the army system of or keeping service records Many Ian of the men hero here haven't been paid for tor r months L Soldiers who ho arrived hero lucre on Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Thanks Thanks- I giving 11 lla day after tho last pay PM day will not receive an any casualty pay a I month or otherwise until next month Many haven't a cent In their pockets Many Ian of ot them have been boen supplied e v canteen cards giving them 1 Si in credit at tho the canteen here through tho the charlt of visitors at the French Lick resorts Sanborn's Men llen hard nit t I Thero There wont won't bo be very cry many of or Colonel Colo Colonel Colo- Colo nel Sanborn i men coming comins- back cr very soon Im I'm afraid Private William s I OConnell O'Connell of Albany avenue said suld i i iThe The regiment was badly shot up that thatis I Is Is cert certain ln units of ot It It on August 8 and again on August 10 10 when they were with the tho British One Ono company went In with men sien and carne came out with 90 00 and there thero wore were a 0 goof good IO trUDa many companies that suffered Just as badly Of or course all nil those men mon killed Many tany of ot them were wounded and will b acl r later The Tho rough handling o oi oS hospital trains I b by American engineers was a subject of general criticism Colonel Bliss said that ho he had taken this matter up with th the tho railroad authorities and hoped for tor Improvement On a recent trip q a soldier soldier soldier sol sol- sol sol- dier with a broken back was as so 80 jolted by Ly the train that the wounds In his back were opened and began to bleed W Wn handled easier easler on tho the French lines In those old dry goods gooda boxes that they thoy call can trains than we were on the Pullmans hero here at homo home mild said Private James Jame A. 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