Perth Amboy evening news., 1914-09-11
GERMAN PUPIL
NOW IN ARMY
WR|TESLETTER
Paul Kemeny Receives Mes
sage from Walter SChreiber
Object Lesson in Spirit of
Loyal German Defenders.

and spirit with which the Germans
are fighting is contained in a letter
written on the field of action and sent
to Paul Kemeny, son of Louis Kem-
eny, of 437 State street. The COM
munication is from Walter Schreib-
er, German student, who together
with his father is in the German
army. The young man volunteered
! his services and at the time of writ
! ing the letter, was being drilled for
service.
Mr.. Kemeny made Mr.. Schreiber' S
acquaintance while both were stu
dents, Mr.. Kemeny in the Perth Am
! boy high school, 1t was upon the
suggestion of the high school prin
cipal that the local student began
corresponding with the German
scholar that he might better master
the details of the German language
and the German student might be
| benefited with a wider knowledge of
! the English language. The young
men kept corresponding frequently
until the war broke out and the let
| ter printed herewith is the last re-
ceiVed from him in about a month.
Mr.. SChreiber, who Is a member of
| the 165th Regiment of Volunteer In
fantry, portrays with feeling the act
ual conditions on the battlefield and
the high spirit with which the Ger
mans are fighting.
His letter follows:
S-23-Great German victory at
Metz. 10000 Frenchmen caught.
Hurray!
Ouedlinburg, S-21.
Dear Paul:-You have undobt-
edly known for some time what a
great misfortune has befallen my ma
tive land. We are surrounded by
enemies on all sid IS of our country.
So there, we accept the challenge.
Far be it from us to fear. With
glowing love for the kaiser and en-
pire, both young and old hurry to
answer the call, for we well know
that it is a question of that which is
to be our holiest in this strife.
There are eight million enlisted
soldiers and two million volunteers
between the ages of seventeen and
twenty years. From the three mil
| lion, two million were sent back.
Their turn will come four weeks
hence. We are going to show what
| it means to arouse German anger.
Thousands of captives are already
| here, especially Russians and
| Frenchmen. We also have taken the
fort Luttisch. OF course much Ger
man blood has also flown; let us hope
not in vain. God, who protected
our fathers in the great war of 1870
and II, go, ga and the thirteenth
and Fifteenth centuries, will also be
with us today.
"The eight million soldiers are
along the boundaries. In two weeks
the volunteers strike. | also gave
up my work Immediately upon the
call to arms and am a soldier for thir-
ty-four days already. Where | may
go, be it in the dealiest of fire with
my fighting regiment, l shall do my
full duty and only over my dead
body shall the enemy gloat. That, l
have sworn to my kaiser and with me
the classmates of my school.
Dear Paul, in about four or five
weeks, | shall stand in fire. Should
bullet make an early mark in my
life, then send a quiet prayer to
heaven for me. Even if 1t shall be-
come dreadfully serious, | shall not
lose my courage, and, at the worst,
| shall know when | die, what 1t
means to be a German. But, from
death ! shall guard myself until the
last drop of blood, even if | must
tear the enemy's throat with my
teeth. If the enemy had only known
what spirit exists here, they would
surely have feared to do what they
did. Just now a wounded soldier is
being carried toward us. He had
been fighting in the dark and had an
arm shot off.
Every one in Germany is in fun
expectancy of victory and we shall
conquer. Now enough, dear friend,
| must go to bed. Service begins at
o'clock every morning and then it
goes hot through the day. We
must learn in six weeks, what the
others learned in two years. With
US in the regiment there are 200 vol
unteers, two-thirds of whom are
students and higher scholars. Fare
we'll. whether we conquer or die,
must be seen. If l die then ! have ac-
complished by purpose.
"If you act quickly, may yet re-
ceive your answer, otherwise it will
be pretty uncertain. Hearty greet
ings to you and yours.
(Sig.) "WALTER SCHREIBER.
81 can let you know that our
troops have settled in Brussels.
"P. SCHREIBER,"
(Father of Walter.)