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Show t ni.uxci. .scuoi.ixifs bi'ci.1 v. rite Math Mrslnient Itudnrc n Trrilbtc Marrb. Xrw York, Sej4. 1. Special to Ihe Sun: A very grave stigma u; -on the conduct of military caste in (rermany lias been leit by Ihe sufferings suf-ferings the Ninth regiment of infantry in-fantry was made to endure In the terrible much through the district beta ecu Wurzburgand MtrUiireit. duriuz themsutuvtrs. AttoVlock in tlie morning the regimeul arrived, ar-rived, according to orders, at the Uce-t.f rendezvous, but fur r-ome inexplicable rea-ou Were kej waiting wait-ing until 1:lo, sj Hint tlie men, .btndiug with llielr heavy knapsacks, knap-sacks, wrro already tired b-fore they stalled. Tiiey then set off at ai(Uick tuarchand coviml six ani 1'iuarter mites, between the start- in: loiut ami the village of llibk-fcUtdt, llibk-fcUtdt, Iu an Irourand n half. They ho'ivd to be allowed to slop iH-reaiid get n drink of water, but ere orlered to go on without iue to Ochsefurte. Tliey found all the villagers waiting for them with offers of liecr, water and wine. oaie of the men were alrea-ly terribly exhsiuted aud one wai so evidently ill with fatigue awl heat thnlagentlcniausL'indiiigbyoin.'red to ny SI mirks for his convcyjiicc to the nearest hosjiital, but the strgeatit roughly refused, saying that the min was shamniiiiz. This man was une of the lo men who afterward died ofsuir-troke. Aftera short halt the tired men were orden-d on cain, and now U-rriitlieiiitdivalfiil U-rriitlieiiitdivalfiil pirt or the uIkiK- uiarelt. The noon lay sun was at its liottest. Then- was not a inrticieofsiiaje in tlie long duty road. Many of the men, slagerlug with Uie heal and fatigue, could go no further and threw themselves Cow n on tbe tanks by tin ruadsidt. The Coiauciseiita ackof hisaides-de-camp to order all who were too ill to go further to fall out. They hsd not waited for penuMon. The road tK-gau to look like a battlefield. On each side of It lay tho fainting MiMicrs. jut ns they li.nl fallen out, w itli thelrarmanif accoutremen's. At 12 o'clock U.ey marched info Marktbreit. But In wlwl condition! condi-tion! Two hundred men had U-en hflon the road and had to be conveyed con-veyed iu ambuUnces, carts Mid anytiiluc Uiat conW 1 got. hold of .y the lw-pltali. It was exactly like bringing in the wounded after a Kittle. The doctors did not know how to attend losonuny patients. Many of the exbauted men weic picked up and carried home liy woanU living along the road. Three men arc nln-ady dead and several are dangerouly 111. C'otonel Scholier, wlio Is rcponsi-b!o rcponsi-b!o for tills extraordinary march, lias lwen ileprived of the command of Uie rciniin!, aud a rourt-marlial w ill Iwpilre Into the affair. |
