Show military observers in europe have been astonished endurance of soldiers at atille the endurance ned of the soldiers Is amazing in the western of the european war by DR S A Was hinston DC the weather during M the winter was terribly severe and thousands of soldiers had bad their feet frozen in one hospital which lias has beds the feet of more than seventy soldiers had to be amputated various experiments were made to discover some loot foot covering that would prevent freezing but none has been discovered it was agreed by physicians that nothing in the way of shoes socks boots or leggings will prevent freezing it is a condition due to chilling of the whole body which reduces circulation and the immediate covering of the feet will not stop it surgeons have recommended that orders be issued to soldiers in the trenches in very cold weather to stamp their feet to keep their blood in circulation this or other exercise is is the only way to ke keep ep the blood in circulation many cases were reported in the serbian campaign of soldiers who in hi desperation because of the hardships deliberately took olf their shoes and allowed their feet to freeze in order to be beni to fo a hospital it is a remarkable fact that no serbian soldiers were in this class indeed the se serbian i abian soldiers in my judgment are the most stoical of ef the war |