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At Maixe, M. Demange, wounded in both knees, dragged himself along and fell prostrate in his kitchen; his house was set on fire and Madame Demange was forcibly prevented from going to the rescue of her husband, who perished in the flames. At Nomeny, Madame Cousin, after being shot, was thrown into the burning building and roasted. At the same place, M. Adam was thrown alive into the flames.
If the latter were the work not simply of Wilhelm, but of the centre of the solar system, it ought to have been shown to Demange. All sorts of guesses were made as to the contents of this letter, the most impossible stories circulated. Dreyfus was an officer, the military were suspect; Dreyfus was a Jew, the Jews were suspect. People began talking about militarism, about the Jews.
Two large circus tents had been sent on from New York and one of these was to be erected until a wooden building could be secured. The touring car went back to Demange, picked up a Staff-Captain, a Captain, five white tents, the largest one thirty by sixty feet, the others smaller, carried them across the country and dropped them down at the roadside of the public square in Montiers.
In the meantime the Y.M.C.A. was getting busy also establishing its work in the camps; therefore, the Salvation Army tried to place their huts in towns where the Y. was not operating, so that they might be able to reach those who had the greatest need of them. Officers had been appointed to take charge of the Demange hut and immediately further operations in other towns were being arranged.
Dreyfus' counsel Demange, an honest man, who even during the preliminary stages of the trial felt that something shifty was being done behind the scenes, was particularly dissatisfied and then the experts who, to convince themselves that they had not made a mistake, kept talking of nothing but Dreyfus, of his being guilty, and kept wandering all over Paris! ...
It was the original thought that pie would be the greatest attraction, but it was difficult to secure stoves with ovens adequate for baking pies, and after the ensign's experiment with doughnuts it was found that they could more easily be made and were quite as acceptable to the American boy. Meantime, the pie was coming into its own, back in Demange also.
By this time the fact that the Salvation Army was established at Demange was becoming known throughout the division. One of the towns where there had been no arrangements made for welfare workers at all was Montiers-sur-Saulx, where the First Ammunition Train was established, and here the officer temporarily commanding the ammunition train gave a most hearty welcome to the Salvation Army.
Blood gushed from a wound in the shoulder, but the soldier spirit did not desert him. "Here, Demange!" he called to the French attaché, "Hold my head. And you, Thompson and Allen, see if you cannot bind this shoulder." The Norwegian and Hollander bound the wound as well as they were able.
A portable tent, 25 feet by 100 feet, was purchased and shipped to Demange; and a touring car was bought with part of the money advanced. Purchasing an automobile in France is not a matter merely of money. It is a matter for Governmental sanction, long delay, red tape amazing good luck.
The sergeant promised them half a load, but the wood wagon lost a wheel about a hundred yards out of town. "Never mind," said the sergeant to the girls, "the boys will see that you get some to-night." By eight o'clock there was over a wagon load and a half stacked in back of the hut. Two small stoves cast circles of heat in the big hut at Demange.
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