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All the barbed wire fences, we heard, had been torn up and sent north for the construction of barricades. ALL THE BARBED WIRE FENCES WE HEARD HAD BEEN TORN UP AND SENT NORTH FOR CONSTRUCTION OF BARRICADES
ulty of pushing the barrows. One day I suggested to an inspection officer that if the wheels were not greased the axles would be burned out. He agreed with me and issued an order that the men were to provide their own oil to lubricate the wheels! I shall not dwell on the physical sufferings we underwent while working on this road, for the reason that the conditions I have described were prevalent over the whole country; and later, when I had the opportunity to visit some construction camps in Samaria and Judaea found that in comparison our lot had been a happy one. While we were breaking stones and trundling squeaking wheelbarrows, however, the most disquieting rumors began to drift in to us from our home villages. Plundering had been going on in the name of "requisitioning"; the country was full of soldiery whose capacity for mischief-making was well known to us, and it was torture to think of what might be happening in our peaceful homes where so few men had been left for protection. ITION TO THE DIFFICULTY OF PUSHING THE BARROWS ONE DAY I SUGGESTED TO AN INSPECTION OFFICER THAT IF THE WHEELS WERE NOT GREASED THE AXLETS WERE BORNE OUT HE AGREED WITH ME AND ISSUED AN ORDER THAT THE MEN WERE TO PROVIDE THEIR OWN OIL TO LUBRICATE THE WHEELS I SHALL NOT DWELL ON THE PHYSICAL SUFFERINGS WE UNDERWENT WHILE WORKING ON THIS ROAD FOR THE REASON THAT THE CONDITIONS I HAVE DESCRIBED WERE PREVALENT OVER THE WHOLE COUNTRY AND LATER WHEN I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT SOME CONSTRUCTION CAMPS IN SAMARIA AND JUDAEA FOUND THAT IN COMPARISON OUR LOT HAD BEEN A HAPPY ONE WHILE WE WERE BREAKING STONES AND TRUNDLING SQUEAKING WHEELBARROWS HOWEVER THE MOST DISQUIETING RUMORS BEGAN TO DRIFT IN TO US FROM OUR HOME VILLAGES PLUNDERING HAD BEEN GOING ON IN THE NAME OF REQUISITIONING THE COUNTRY WAS FULL OF SOLDIERY WHOSE CAPACITY FOR MISCHIEF MAKING WAS WELL KNOWN TO US AND IT WAS TORTURE TO THINK OF WHAT MIGHT BE HAPPENING IN OUR PEACEFUL HOMES WHERE SO FEW MEN HAD BEEN LEFT FOR PROTECTION
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