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Show COWERED SENT ID 1 BERLINBYGERMANS: Men of Northern France and Belgium Forced to j Dig Trenches. Special Cable to The Tribune. BOULOGNE, Feb. 27. Every place tho j Germans occupy In France and Belgium Is being systematically cleared of aJl men j of a military age that Is to say, men j liable to be called upon to serve In the: army. The German government gave a j few days ago instructions to a certain German doctor to visit all the occupied' towns and make a careful examination of the male members of the population. All medically fit for military service were to be immediately sent Into Germany, where they would be employed in building build-ing defenses. A Dutchman has reached northern France, bringing with htm a copy of a i well-lmown German medical weekly which: . contains a personal account of one of the ! doctor's visits to the French village of : : Flers. The following is a translation of , ' the article: ' Dec. 15. I was ordered to examine j all the "moblllzable" inhabitants of I Flers, in the Somme, who were bo-j bo-j tween the ages of 16 and 48. from th point of view of their military ca- pacity. Before the little churchthat waa filled with German wounded, whose groaning and moaning was distinctly audible to us were grouped the male Inhabitants of the locality. With load-eo load-eo rifles and fixed bayonets, twelve soldiers kept order. Those over 48 or under 16 were first dealt with, but as much doubt existed as to their real ages, I was forced to treat every male in the same- manner, irrespective of age. Assisted by rny medical men, I er-I er-I a mined each man in a neighboring house. My thoughts turned to the i I mobilization of our own dear oountryt 1 where I examined our own men men ! in every sense, both physically and , morally, robust, full .of vigor and i health. Now, I had before me a set ! of human bones, and my thoughts were full of sentiment for the poor j "men" I had to look at ! ! One man of about 25 came before j me. and kept up a gnashing of his teeth the whole time. He spoke to no one, and simply stood like a man in a dream. 1 made Inquiries, and learned that the continual noise of exploding shells over the village had affected his brain. A little Berlin air will do him ; worlds of good, and I mean to make 1 a visit to thin man mxt. time I am near the concentration camp. After this man c'ame a little man of about CO years nf rko. "Have you anything to say?" I asked him. "No," was his anfwer, and I inscribed him as "good for service," and tohj blm ho was to go to Germany, when his eyes filled with tears. "Sir, I have eleven children!" I was forced to show my sorrow, for mv tears would not k"p back, and I cried like a child. Handing him a mark. I told hhn to go. and he did a thing that many Frenchmen and women wom-en have d"ne before, and will do r train he fell at my feet, and said how kind and thoughtful the Germans were to the poor and suffering. I am convinced that I made the Uvea of many happier in my nhort tour. M-'iny begged of me to pend thnm to Berlin, rather than bo left In the 1 hands of their military authorities. |