Show lot armans ER MAnS ARE ALWA READY TO SALUTE prisoners instructed as to answers to be given to capt tors questions SHOOTS TWO RED CROSS MEN wounded german who committed outrage to be court when he recovers officer i gives ded to prussian dy JOSEPH W GRIGGS C correspondent or respondent of 0 the new york world british headquarters in france there Is no underestimating the german man soldier nt at the british front there lias has been considerable muting of jilin bilm by laymen in london and other parts of Ln glaud id there ore are german cowards german scoundrels anti and bravo brave germans to bo be met with in tilts this war judging from the talks which I 1 have had with british officers and men nt at the front in it a hospital which I 1 bavo been enabled to visit and talk with sour of the wounded german inmates there Is one redheaded german geiman who M A being nursed back to health who lie I 1 charged with having shot both the lied cross men who had bad dressed his wounds on the battlefield just a moment or two before lie Is asserted by a number of witnesses to have taken their lives lie will be court later was the calm declaration of the efti in charge of the hospital W we 11 have others hire who are very decent fellows you may talk with tiny any of them I 1 entered a ward where it a few days before a number of saxons had raised such a rumpus about a n prussian in their midst that for ills his safety lie was removed to another hut but several of them spoke poke english and they aided me in my talks with others salute on all occasions in the corner of the room nearest wheres where I 1 entered wits was a big blond fellow handsome and reflectively sl silent lent uc ile was it a prussian ile he raised his hand band to the salute its extraordinary tho the way those fellows tire are always ready to salute no matter mattei under what circumstances said eald the officer of tho the camp tito the prussian could not speak english and my german being negligible I 1 crossed the room to where one of the germans who could speak H anglish lay I 1 told him my nationality ills face brightened and he said im from froin Il hamburg ivo never been to america Ame ilca but ive had much deall dealing tig with american chemical concerns in now new york chicago philadelphia and baltimore I 1 naked asked him where ito ho had find been fighting when wounded und and he replied plied on the somme front I 1 was wounded in fighting benr I 1 have been fighting at different ports parts of the western line for eighteen months tind and nearly nil the time against canadians tit ghers ift a and australians they are line fI fighters the canadians are line soldiers all well fed in another part of the ward lay two german soldiers one of these had been severely wounded and it was feared one of his legs would have to be amputated ills 1118 face was thin offering a contrast to most of tile the pa who wore were prospering on the allowances of food which they received hut but ho he made a motion molon as if to solute salute which was copied by the officer lit in the ho next cot a short annn with vandyke beard and youthfully florid cheeks beeks ee ks f A nurse who had bad spent considerable almo in n america was in chitrin of ahlo th ward and sho she moved about among them en i as 09 sympathetically na as 1 if treat ing the wounded af pf p jerown her own race it lifts has been found that many pals boners wounded or otherwise who tire captured have hav received instructions regarding answers which they should make to their captors among the lower classes of the germans there Is n i widespread belief that their capture by the british will bo be rewarded with tortures ono one of tho the most mos interesting stories which I 1 heard about prussian pride wits was related to mo me by a british colonel lip ile said that it a prussian officer had bad been captured find preparatory to ills his being sent to ft regular camp with oth em hns invited to share tho the quarters quor tera with several british 0 ile I 1 to refused to sit down with them tit at tho the table later he complained that lie he should have fitting quarters quarter a in which to sleep in tho the meantime ono one of the british officers had voluntarily given up his bed to tho the nian man and intended spending tho the night on somo some blankets on tho the floor when this incident bebiano known to tile alia prussian ills complaining stopped ills his features relaxed and lie ho burst into tears |