The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1915-12-17

q hy German sheliA such scenes are
Iofe they can set out OF the sone OF ire.
British hlaejacke, orderly as the two
admirals, Russian asa AEs,ish, came
| out
Prisoners Lock Comfortable.
Ahead. down the bank. appeared n
great cluster OF masta That was the
Solombola suburb. the lower docks OF
Archangel reached II by wooden
causewsy bridging a bread creek, tho
banks OF which are occupied by tim
Der yards. Women were loading log
harges, On tho opposite hank. half
mile away, saw gray figures NOV.
ing Austrian prisoners or German
Il came closer Oh, Aus,rians Aus.
TRANS clean and very we'll clad In
their warm, scarcely poiloi uniforms
and greatcoats They were on gen
eral dock lahorlns joba, mostly In a
great tleld OF bales OF American cotton,
surrounded on all sides, except the
river. by an etghtfoot timber palisadc.
with sharponed tops. They looked
well fed and cheerful might add
here that whatever adverse criticisms
may justly he made OF the Russians,
they treat their prisoners as gentle
men The Russian IL a pretty good
fellow. from the human point OF view
"a natural born democrat aud q
| sportsman.
There were a lot ~ guards about In
Soiombola, civilian armed. civilian un'
armed and Russian soldiers Unfamll-
lar passershy are eyed suspiciously.
| Al the dockyard entrance holes in the
pAllsade stood civilian guards with
belt loaded rifles slung across their
hacks Above the gates were holy
ikons, gilded pictures of saints, with
two peculiar tippets OF fur hanging
| from them
There was an intensely interesting
flow OF traffic along this road 10 tho
| Solomhola docks, n medley Of races,
library OF odd human documents.
Through the deep black mud passed
wagons driven by slantcyed Samoy.
eds. sn Eskimolike tribe az The Rus.
sian arctic littoral and skullcappcd
Mohammedan TarHrs from the
parched deserts OF Turkestsn And
| there were carts driven by hairy Rus
| stan moujiks Of the north, with huge
reddish boards and carts driven by
clean shaven dappcr little Austrian
prisoners. each with civilian guard
In tow. Cossack soldiers were on
scampcrlng ponies and Malo Russian
soldiers pioddod aioot British Jack
tars navigated the sidewalk with a
fine free roll and men Of the imperial
Russian navy walked In quick, short
steps.
Sees Two French Soldiers.
just as / was passing the changing
foundry two French soldiers appeared
among the passers.by. real French
poilus in their long blue Ercatcoa,a
and baggy red breeches What they
were doing and whether or not they
were forerunners OF biz landing like
tina, OF the leIgtans ! do not know.
In the main street OF Archangcl one
afternoon | Saw wha, ! thought WIS :
group Of british army officers found
they were Belglans IN the new smart
khaki uniform. closely copied from
the British 4 few Belgian soldiers
| appeared on the streets the following
day 10 the intense interest Of tho ma
,ives, many Of whom took them for a
new brand Of Austrian
Next morning Archangel was showed
under with Belgian soldiers. mainly
gunners and flying men and men well
versed In running Rrmored autemo-
bIles and perambulattng forts. Little
men. hardly bigger than japanese. en-
ve'oped In blue Ereatcoats. the gun
uers with crossed cannon In red braid
ON their arms Polite little men. too
Meeting on the step. they hold shop
| door open for a woman 10 enter first,
with bow. and a "s'i youE plait,
madame"
II was difficult 10 get shave IN
| Archangel tina, day. though there are
plenty OF barber shops for The use Of
snllars Rows NJ Belgian FS!diefs oc.
| cupied the chairs and benches In the
I hin,erland. II wss na<: 70 lmpoasible
10 get stamps .; the post Office be
cause 0f the Belgians there
In group Of Belgian officers In the
otsitzerov restRuF6;it was priest,
nlso In militant KHAKI lie WAS
dressed like an officer. ezceps for his
yaEteu behind clerical collar sd red.
black and gold cross pinned to his
breast. The gold tassei dangling from
the front Of the Belgian ofHcers cap.
by the way, Ia a cause OF much g,g.
Cling 10 the Russian maidenA.
For three days the peigiaBs re-
malned Then. a. mysteriously 40
they had appeared, they faded away
| toward the south.