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Show Another ^ry serious piece of damage done was ,h® opening of our dike-wall ©n the north side of compound. Our property i s situated in a low spot and the entire compound i s surrounded by this dike-wall the outer side of which i s brick. It i s eight feet h i ^ i , fifteen feet at the base, and from six to seven feet wide at the top* Bio opening made by then is twenty feet long. This opening was used by their trucks, -but i t was also suspected that they wanted another exit in case of a sudden raid. Beds, furniture, etc* were not only used on premises, but were hauled to' t h e i r air base, about two miles away, for use there. In a few cases receipts were given for equipment taken away, but ether articles wore hauled away hy trucks for which no receipt® were given, and only such equipment for which r e ceipts wore given have been returned in part. All the above mentioned damage® were done by authorised persons. It should also bo stated that there was no fighting in the vicinity of our premises, and that there were no Chinese troops stationed there. No damage was don® by any shells or bombs or by other projectiles, for our ^kimtk was too far away from what l i t t le actual fighting took place, and a l l damage done wos weeks - em even as long as from two to three months after Tehohow was occupied. However, on Octobei ,wd., a shell did some damage to our church property in the south suburb which i s about one and a half miles southwest of our main property. Two .refugee^ a woman and a g i r l , were killed, Japanese officers came to investigate buG nothing further was done about i t . Cur main compound is located in an open space, and there are no villages in the vicinity. Aside from damage to Hospital and School property, the Xao to our residences, as well as loss of personal belongings by looting by Japanese soldiers, was not small. There are six residences in the section divided off for such purposes. It la 7^ry difficult to say which one of these houses was f i r s t broken into, for all six were forcibly entered, much damage done to doors, windows, e t c . , and a great deal of personal property stolen* It should be reported here that t h i s was always done during the daytime, and practically every day, and that our residence compound is.located between the boys8 and girls'* school compound in plain view of such buildings occupied by officers and men a l i k e . It can hardly be said thai IMto looting was not known to the officers in charge of "fees© units* These houses were also entered hy men who came from. H i military headquarters near the railway station, who were rent to haul ?#ater from our oi sterns for use of the officers and men there* Tarious a r t i c l e s were used to break open doors, etc. In one house part of the furnace was broken off and t h i s ued to smash things ©pen, Some soldiers used t h e i r daggers* i; *' On January 2nd., 1956, Dr.. Fred W. Craddock and Rev. P. Hesiow, of the Q&Usfc Methodist Mission, passed throT_#i Tehohow on their way from Wutingfu to Tientsin, They visited the- compound and saw conditions and also eau^it three Japanes/ soldiers in the residence occupied by our single ladies. On Jonuary 6th* (two <%a after we arrived^ a truck came to haul water and we mm immediately called by gm. e v e n ts m told these men not to cose again, and when I was told ta servants that +M i a n e a e a e l d l t o were up in the residence compound in the residence occupied by Hev. L.a.Crilbert, I went at once and found them in the a t t i c rumaging through the place. Ono pf them was a minor officer. It should be stated that"the damage and looting was not done by the common soldiers only, for officers were also involved, even though of minor rank. it would be too difficult to derscribe the eight which met us as we went through a l l the houses. Bverythinr was -twwn __ii ... - +u , in ouch confusion that i t will take day, 4® t X h * ! f I ° p l a c e l e f t . -a ^ £ * -waigliton and sort such things as are |