The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-17
GERMANY STOPs
BREAD E0.RI'!PlR!S0GS
sFrenchmen In Them Suffer
Great Hardships AS q
Result Of Order.

&1eeennber 2O.AThe following story
ofstieITwenty First Flying Column OF
the First Siberian Corps was related
~ Andrew Kalpaschnikof. former
secretary OF the Russian embassy at
washington. Representation onereo
h~isSseryice9to his country at h out.
bYeakEofSthe war and was assigned
f~to6serytce with the Red Cross: He
became identified with the 2lst Fly
ing Column and soon was placeo ~
command of that body.
aAThe3 reckless daring OF n First
sihertans Corps" said REPRESENTATION,
tg4 WalIf known throughout Russia.
THE diving column attached to such a
Aehtinr organization has no easy
Stask. IN the first days Of the war
seYeralGcolumns, attracted by LII
iSrfiIfant achievements of that corps
8inEtheYdefence OF Warsaw, strovc for
sthaS honor OF working with It, es-
necially with the famous first diVls-
don: but they found the work TOO
hard. or the conditions too dangerous,
8andSafter brief periods abandoned the
FsThe Twenty First Flying Column
which had been with the corps since
tie end of November, 1914, has pro
ven its worth. It was organized at
the expense Of rich ~patroness, Count
ess Tolstoy, already famed Tor tne
work she had done in the 1ounolns "
hospitals and feeding points LOT me
sick and wounded. Early IN ocsoneI
&c did its first work with one OF me
gEnronean CORPS sent to h relleL OF
TEoyitch At a critical moment, When
4haf enemy had broken through the
SRnasfan lines in two places, the col
iimn took up It's task on its " IN
itiakfye. The commander, at that time
Baahdiroff, dispatched two sections TO
nnighboring village in charge OF
gTarotinin son of the Emperor's phy-
sBfcian, and myself. ,.ta.
ga diplomat and q student neltaeE
OF whom had even been IN WaF pes
fore, could not Judge OF b danger
ana we rode boldly into the village,
mali az which had already been occu-
Ned nv the Germans. The latter
nnened fire on our sanitary carriages
I1ith3 rand fire guns. Part OF the car
Tiapas we're destroyed. We called
ourSn1en and started back as tast. as
We could. The Germans shelled me
Toads over which we rode to our mead,
quarters. but found that he ROAD
EfromSLovitch had been cut win tns
wounded we had picked up we ,au
stnSmake a retreat Of t~hirty-iive mlies
IN d night, most OF b way unuer.
gfbe she'll fire of. the Germans, W
Skierntyitze. There we tounu Ina
ftheFtown had been ordered eVacuateu
by the Russian troops ana We Msne
practically the only ones lett tneEe.
%A hot fight was In progress ouIs.ue
the city. At the last moment 9 i1Is,
sayed1 the CITY and enabled the Rus-
s;ans 10 repulse the Germans. BENG
tbaSonly Red Cross unit on tne
Grounds. as the result OF mere
ebance we bound and fed, in Two
days. 3,017 wounded. ~
owe were ordered then to move on
Win the corps of the famous GeneIal
GMishenko, known as the CossacK tau
an of7 the Japanese War. we LOOK w
S,r work In his advance lines Just at
no tiSne the Germans made their sec.
ondYdashgo on Warsaw. Our corps stooa
Arm q nine days, repulstng attack
sffer attack. This nine days among
8+baVraucasian heroes was the most
fIvinr and dangerous, but at the SANS
fig;asthe most instructive, OF on eA,
-S9srience. In n night even hunureu
Hannded were found and cared tor'
t~Tsggreater part in the trenches unt
der Sheayy artillery fire. several SAM
tarsSWere wounded. 80,
S1When new corps came 70 the ies-
cue the Caucasians were ordereo ~
make q rapid move back to ON tresn
ftroopsAand begin an lose.l1
az The move was executed SO SUI
danlyGand rapidly that the mltl'ass
gaideS had no time to take ens
wounded lying in several villages ns
nv! The last section OF inc ss,,Tna 70
Volunteered to creep into tHe athar.
and rescue the wounded VINO g.n
wise were threatened with pelns Dara
ed, fire having broke y. III ~ The
places. Through the biackness u
might, lit only by the bursting snelLs;
TemoVedS eighty men from the danger
GONE THE stan considered them 1851
and5upon learning Of their rescue Cen
eral Michenko called out the heroes
afgthat night thanked them for their
work and made them the subject OF
ehattering order to his regiment. IN
$madiately after that the commander
fofRthe column fell Ill and l was lett
IN command.
Among the troops whose galian.
trySstopped the Germans q second Lime
ron coming to Warsaw were those
ofgtheS First Siberian Corps.
sForS the first time having seen the
magnetic Siberian officers" said Kali
paschnikoff, 81 decided to offer b ser
yicesgof the column to that brilliant
corps. Invent to the command of the
CORDS. General Pleshkoff, who accept
al my seryices. l was fascinated by
him, aud my tmpressiop of him, gained
fhatsdny. as q nan beloved by his sol.
diersi zig hearted and latherly, has
never changed"
During the long tenure OF the line
% the Bsura river before Warsaw,
when the shelling at times was SO In
tense that it seemed to him that no
GumanSbeing could live in the trench
es!% Kalpasckoff and his column took
out and cared for several thousands
sofl wounded, victims not only o .sheell.
ingsbut Of German gases.
continuing his narration, Comlnan-
der MISREPRESENTATION said:
saAbout this time the P%rassnitz op.
erationScame to- crisis! A blow was
necessary to stop the development