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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. 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
enough, had "requisitioned" many of the owners--middle-aged or elderly men--and forced them to go south to help along with the tremendous preparations that were being made for the attack on Suez. Among these were a number of men from our village. In the course of time their families began to get the most harrowing messages from them. They were absolutely destitute, no wages being paid them by the Turks; their clothes were dropping off them in rags; many were sick. After much excited planning, it was decided to send another man and myself down south on a sort of relief expedition, with a substantial sum of money that had been raised with great difficulty by our people. Through the influence of my brother at the Agricultural Experiment Station, I got permission from the _mouchtar_ to leave Zicron-Jacob, and about the middle 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. THE TURKS SIMPLY ENOUGH HAD REQUISITIONED MANY OF THE OWNERS MIDDLE AGED OR ELDERLY MEN AND FORCED THEM TO GO SOUTH TO HELP ALONG THE TREMENDOUS PREPARATIONS THAT WERE BEING MADE FOR THE ATTACK ON SUEZ AMONG THESE WERE A NUMBER OF MEN FROM OUR VILLAGE IN THE COURSE OF TIME THEIR FAMILIES BEGAN TO GET THE MOST HARROWING MESSAGES FROM THEM THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY DESTITUTE NO WAGES BEING PAID THEM BY THE TURKS THEIR CLOTHES WERE DROPPING OFF THEM IN RAGS MANY WERE SICK AFTER MUCH EXCITED PLANNING IT WAS DECIDED TO SEND ANOTHER MAN AND MYSELF DOWN SOUTH ON A SORT OF RELIEF EXPEDITION WITH A SUBSTANTIAL SUM OF MONEY THAT HAD BEEN RAISED WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY BY OUR PEOPLE THROUGH THE INFLUENCE OF MY BROTHER AT THE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION I GOT PERMISSION FROM THE MOUCHTAR TO LEAVE ZICRON JACOB AND 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
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