Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-01-03

To promote him to the lowest rahA VI
| ofyicer there would be no danger
There was no military law to prevent q
,.nera, from ho',aobbing with iieu-
tenant but there was very stringent
law against his having anything on =
soc,ai nature with a private. Wncn
men have conA.ence In a leader tney
are anxious that that leader should
continue TO command them. Genera
schr,eber's troops were fearful that his
nart,a,itv for young Oelrich would end
In his being degraded and they opligea
70 accept another untried commander
THOR fears were not groundless. One
dav General wens commanding one
NJ the brigadas. went to General
Schrieber's headauarters--they were mt
the time in farmhouse--for the Fur-
nose Of arranging with him certain
fcaturcs OF an attack that was TO he
made upon the enemy He found
schrieber bending over hts orderly
who was living on bed In an ad1oin-
ing roor, In high fever. The visitor
called Schrieber ont for consultation,
hut found 1t impossible 10 secure MS
attention.
~ understand. general he said to
Schriobrr. "that my brigade and yours
are 70 adSanec upoa the enemy as soon
rs the artillery has demolished their
dceerses"
"Iyhat cns-ay?' assosl sehrieber.
"what eneliy? WHY. the French. OF
course. There's 10 other enemy In
orr front. The British are far north
af US"
"Ghr' WIS the crly reply. A groan
from the renr room carried the general
there. when he returned be said.
"pleusc ex US ne. general. Ny or
Derby is very III. lie comes from the
sarre reglon as !. and we came to the
war tare he-. both Ia the ranks. | feel
1t obiieato on ne 20 take especial
care of him
"Certainly. The orders ere that we
shall advance under curtain OF fire
Another groan. General Schrieber
heard it and did not hear the speaker.
The visitor arose irapatcntly. Il per-
ceive, general" he said, that your
mind il centercd upon your orderly,
aud the army must wait till the order
~ RECEIVERS"
This was said with bitter tone, and
the man who said 1t clanked out OF the
house.
The next morning the two brigades
were drawn W in mass and at given
signal advanced to capture a French
portion that had leen pounded by
the German heavy guns. The attack
ing force became confused and were
driven haC.:.
"General." said wenz savage,y, this
comes of my being unable to get your
attention yesterday when l called to
talk over this attack. Your mind was
on a single private soldier instead Of
on the welfare OF the fatherland.'
LET US try again" Schrieber replied.
And, raoyin: ont to the front of the
line, he seized standard from color
bearer AMI led charge that was not
only successful, but was maintained.
Soon after this iisht Sghrleaer re-
ceived an o.'tler from the general com
maal ng the division ~ send Private
Oelr.cn back to his regiment. Ii was
event to the recipient that General
Wenz had reported the failure OF his
effort to secure his colleagues atten-
tion when he had called to arrange the
details Of the coming attack and the
cause. Had MOI sehr.eber by his gal
iantry acco-n i.iisiiea the object of the
cha &c he wo4iA not nave got OFF SO
lightly.
Nothing was heard 'ae stumbling
block in the way o. Schriebers
efficiency till the &c. began their
attempt to reduce vera.l.. Then after
one OF the terrible and unsuccessful
charges in mass made on the French
works the general was seen by his d.
vision commander leaning over Pri-
vate oelrich. who vas lying on the
ground in a pool OF his own blood.
General Schrieber, what are you do
ing here? Your brigade is forming
with others to make another attack
We are expected to take the position
II we have TO try hundred times"
There was no response except moan.
The man addressed quite likely did not
know that he was addressed The 9TH
er was about TO pour forth some sting
ing rebuke when he saw Schrieber fall
lifeless across the body before him. He
had been struck by the fragment of a
she'll
When the Red Cross workers went
over the battlefield they took up the
bodies of General Schrieber and Pri-
waite Oelrici: together and carried
them 10 the rear. Their identification
tags were examined. and it was found
that they hailed from the same place
In Wes;pha.... Taei. bottles were sent
home ao-- cssed 10 The sane ise.soa, an
old farmer, the father of General
SehF.coer.
The neighbors got together to do the
last honors to the dead. Some troops
in t't.s naiuhhorha.1 xx.c~o ..~.o.t..,