American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1914-08-29
Former lehi Resident
Returns Form Germany
Angus II. Gibson Tells OF Interesting
Experiences Had In Getting Ont OF
European War Zone.

Angus H. Gibson returned ms week
from Germany, where he went to IN
stall some centrifugal evacuators IN
the German sugar factories, ard in
yention perfected by himself and
Eugene Roberts while they were en-
ployed in the I.ehi factory. The two
men have been in all parts of the
world installing their machines.
"As soon as the war broke out
every man in the sugar factory was
taken for army service said Mr. Glib
son this morning. 81 was put in an
automobile and started for Cologne.
Seven miles out Of Cologne ! met
German army officers who needed the
machine. They took it away from
me and had to walk into Cologne.
That was on Friday, July 81. Sat
urday | was unable to see the AM
erican consul and could no; get my
passport until Monday.
81 lived in a hotel In Cologne own
ed by German army officer. whom
came to know very well. The day
/ left he was in uniform. ready to
leave for the front He told me that
Germany then had an army of 1890,
900 men In the field. He said that
when all the reserves were called out
Germany would have an army OF
"A 600 600 trained soldiers
Troop movement began on July ~
Between then and the day -ieil
{ Cologne, Monday, August 3, saw
4 900 900 soldiers pass through Co
logne on the way to the front. II
was the most wonderful thing ] have
ever witnessed.
Every train, track, engine anc
other piece of railroad equipment was
taken over for transportation oil tn,
army All commercial traliic was sus'
| pended. And in those six days
| 1000 900 men, with all equipment. ar
u,lery and everything else, wen
through Cologne. | never saw any
thing like IL. 1t opened my eyes TO th'
asas-areanlzatinn- OF the. Ger
man army. Later, in England, w
saw part of the mobilization opera
uons OF the English army. II wal
II joke compared to the German or
ganization. In comparison 1t looked
like the gathering of lot o
boys, or of tin soldiers.
we lett Cologne, bound for Ant
werp by the way of Brussels. a
midnight Oh August 8, we reached tn
outskirts OF the besieged city CT Liege
There was battle hue there twent.
miles long. The beautiful city wa
In flames. II was an awful sight, on
never to be forgotten.
"Our train WAS halted and we wer
locked in the station for four hours
ihen we were loaded into cattle car
and turned around. On account o
the lighting we were not allowed t
pass through Liege and on to Brus
, sells. We were sent hack and through
Holtand to Rotterdam, where we ar
rived August 6,
sAt 5:45 o'clock that evening wa
oAlLate enough 10 be one OF thos
to Nave on the steamer Batteryicr 70
..ondYn There was siXty-scyon of u
Who kad no other bed Oh board tha
p.ses " ropes on the deck. But W
coEsidScd Ourselves mighty fortunat
} get Sen those Accommodations.
"Going\up the English channel, W
met siXteN Of the battle ships of IN
, tGgiish nay Ono of the battle ship
made us stS and run up our Dutc
dag. OihcerN came aboard and tor
: Faway the enSre wireless apparatu
: II the ship, So that II could send n
> wireless messaSs into the air to in
ertere with thA wireless opcratiou
e If the English FlSt
Il arrived In Nndon on Fridey
. ugust Z, and wcnA1 Liyerpool ar
| ling there SaturdA.
was fortunate epugh to get nc
commodalons or the Naconia, sailin
rem Liverpool that eNning. II ho,
e 1000 on bard, its reguNr hccomoda