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Fast's Hotel was the great meeting place in Jerusalem for these young bloods. Every evening thirty or forty would foregather there to drink and talk women and strategy. FASCE HOTEL WAS THE GREAT MEETING PLACE IN JERUSALEM FOR THESE YOUNG BLOODS EVERY EVENING THIRTY OR FORTY WOULD FOREGATHER THERE TO DRINK AND TALK WOMEN AND STRATEGY
ddle of January, 1915, I set out for Jerusalem. To Western minds, the idea of the Holy City serving as a base for modern military operations must be full of incongruities. And, as a matter of fact, it _was_ an amazing sight to see the streets packed with khaki-clad soldiers and hear the brooding silence of ancient walls shattered by the crash of steel-shod army boots. Here, for the first time, I saw the German officers--quantities of them. Strangely out of place they looked, with their pink-and-whiteness that no amount of hot sunshine could quite burn off. They wore the regular German officer's uniform, except that the _Pickelhaube_ was replaced by a khaki sun-helmet. I was struck by the youthfulness of them; many were nothing but boys, and there were weak, dissolute faces in plenty--a fact that was later explained when I heard that Palestine had been the dumping-ground for young men of high family whose parents were anxious to have them as far removed as possible from the danger zone. ND ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY NINETEEN FIFTEEN I SET OUT FOR JERUSALEM TO WESTERN MINES THE IDEA OF THE HOLY CITY SERVING AS A BASE FOR MODERN MILITARY OPERATIONS MUST BE FULL OF INCONGRUITIES AND AS A MATTER OF FACT IT WAS AN AMAZING SIGHT TO SEE THE STREETS PACKED WITH KHAKI CLAD SOLDIERS AND HEAR THE BROODING SILENCE OF ANCIENT WALLS SHATTERED BY THE CRASH OF STEEL SHOD ARMY BOATS HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME I SAW THE GERMAN OFFICERS QUANTITIES OF THEM STRANGELY OUT OF PLACE THEY LOOKED WITH THEIR PINK AND WHITENESS THAT NO AMOUNT OF HOT SUNSHINE COULD QUITE BURN OFF THEY WORE THE REGULAR GERMAN OFFICERS UNIFORM EXCEPT THAT THE PICKLEHAB WAS REPLACED BY THE KHAKI SUN HELMET I WAS STRUCK BY THE YOUTHFULNESS OF THEM MANY WERE NOTHING BUT BOYS AND THEY WERE WEAK DISSOLUTE FACES IN PLENTY A FACT THAT WAS LATER EXPLAINED WHEN I HEARD THAT PALESTINE HAD BEEN THE DUMPING GROUND FOR YOUNG MEN OF HIGH FAMILY WHOSE PARENTS WERE ANXIOUS TO HAVE THEM AS FAR REMOVED AS POSSIBLE FROM THE DANGER ZONE
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