A DOCTOR'S IMPASSIONS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2329, 10 December 1914, Page 5

A DOCTOR'S IMPASSIONS

■. '._■.■'■■♦' — . •';, . EULOGY, .OF. BRITISH BRAVERY. Dr. Ludwig Taster, of 'Alexandra' Park, London, who is with the R.A.M.C. at the front, in •Kβ letters speaks in eulogistic terms of the bravery of the British soldier. "Believe me," ho -says, "the Victoria Cross is won over and over again in. a. single day!:. They are brave! What if you were to see how tho wounded not "after the excitement of battle! Thoy suffer their wounds,, great and small, without a murmur; they get their wounds dressed, take chloroform, give consent to have, their limbs- amputated just ae if they were going to have their hair cut. 'They; are gloriously bravo. Men \vho havo been in the thick of the fight all day, seen their chums wounded and killed, their own lives not worth, a second's ,insurance, still these men cook'.'their food and go off to slaop, and/most wonderful of all, go back to the thick of it next day! An officer of the Bedfords, while in the trenches, was opening a parcel and a letter from His wife, and in the excitement of the monienj;,-' I supposq, the poor fellow forgot his cover, and he was shot through, the heart. A pathetic incident also occurred in the ease of a Tommy whom we picked up. He had been 6hot in the cliest. By; a ourious coincidence \tlio; bullet which killed him had also passed through a corresponding spot in' a photograph' of his wife which he carried'with him." • AClvlng Contrasts. ' "It is Sun ! iy, and we have had Hplyj Communion in a' cowshed, nnd very impressive, it was under the circumstances. During ike day we continued to receive the'wounded and the sick. In the eveiiing we had another service in. a. barn, conducted ;:by- the Chaplain and the Wesleyan; minister. -4 great crowd: of ,officers and-, men collected. Some of the familiar soul-stirring hymns wore sung, and-tlie Commanding Officer read from the Book of Samuel about Jonathan: going up against tht hosts of the I'hilistines. The scene wa; very impressive, with the room only lil with, camp candles,- the soldiers 'iougl and'dirty with the workof-war,..6bm< of them just returned •from-.vHu trenches, and others -going -there"''i)h( same night—some who id all probability would be. dead .before iigb.l came along. The men sang heartily but when the prayer for dear ones ai home was being offered there were fev dry eyes ■ among those brave men' wlii faced deatK dauy. through, tlu seryice .ive could"hear,the"roar.. i of can nou sending forth their messages ■ o; death and Eorrow. It was terrible in iti impressiveness. ' l Dr. ~ ' r Taskef'"adds ''When the British get to Germany tliej will not forgot that we are civilised and I hope wo will behave like Englisl gentlemen;'?'. ".. '.'. "/