Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1914 — GOES THROUGH WAR CAMPS [ARTICLE]

GOES THROUGH WAR CAMPS

Chicagoan Sees French and English Prisoners in Germany. , ■ Chicago. Oct. 20. —A survey of conditions in Europe just prior to the declaration of war and since the conflict began was given by John V. Steger of this city, who has just returned from a four months' trip abroad. "The sights of suffering and horriWe scenes of wounded and dying prisonel's terrified the members of our party. In I’lm. Germany, my birthplace, I saw 12,000 French and 1,100 English prisoners and 75 machine guns that had ,been captured. I saw 1.800 machine guns in Frankfort, Berlin and Stuttgart that hail been captured. I have heard nothing but the highest praise for. President Wilson in the countries I visited. He is greatly admired."