Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-02-20


.o,v, was the only rsgH. A srcan
49,. tba rear room carried tho general
. ..v. when he returned he said:
sp,..sa excuse me. general. MY or
a.,,v Il very Ill. he comes nom tne
80 80 -eoion as I, and we came TO inc
80 .ooether. both In the ranks. feel
= obligatory on me to take especAi
care Of him" .h.. ve
.b.ll advance under a curtain OF n,e
sn .nother eroan. General schrieoer
a - a. and did not hear the speaker.
me- T v,s;tor arose impatiently. Il per-
It,. n general he said, that your
,e,rd 10 centered upon your orderly
and the army must wait till the oroer'
This was said with bitter tone ana
rho man who said 1t clanked out OF tne
house. hu,oodoa
The next morning the two brigades
were drawn up in mass and at d given
signal advanced to capture rlenen ~.
nosition that had been pounded Wy
Tho German heavy guns. The attack-
tho force became confused and were
driven back. "+h;s
General" said Wenz savage!y, tnls
comes of nv being unable to get your
attention yesterday when l called 70
III, o,.or tbis attack. Your mind was
nm single private soldier instead u
on the welfare Of the fafheriahd.
"Let us try again." Schrieber repileu'
And moving out to the front OF the
line. he seized standard from Color
nearer and led charge that was MOI
only successful, but was maintained
Soon after this fight Schrieber re-
ceiyed an order from the general com
manding the division to send Prlyaoe
Oelrich back to his regiment. IL was
evident to the recipient that Genera
Wenz had reported the failure OF Ms
effort to secure his colleagues atteh'
tion when he had called to arrange the
details OF the coming attack and the
cause. Had not Schrieber by his gal
lantry accomplished the object OF the
charge he would not have got OH SC
lightly.
Nothing was heard of the stumbling
block in the way Of General Schrleoers
efficiency till the Germans began their
attempt to reduce Verduh. Then AFTER
one of the terrible and unsuccessful
charges in mass made on the French
works the general was seen by his III
vision commander leaning over Fri
vate Oelrich, who vas lying on the
ground in a pool of his own blood.
General Schrieber, what are you 40
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 moi
know that he was addressed. The 9th
or was about to pour forth some sting
ing rebuke when he saw Schrieber fall
lifeless across the body before him. dc
had been struck by the fragment or O
shell.
When the Red Cross workers went
over the battlefield they took up the
bodies Of General Schrieber and Pri
yate Oelrich together and carried
them to the rear. Their Identification
tags were examined, and it was found
that they hailed from the same place
in Westphalia. Their bodies were sen,
home addressed to the same person, al
old farmer, the father OF General
Schrieber.
TIE neighbors got together to do the
last honors to the dead. Some troops
in the neighborhood were detailed te
carry the generals body to the grave
and fire the customary salute over It
Old Schrieber took the commander OF
the escort aside and told him that
Fritz was to be buried with the gen
eral and 1t would please the family
If his body could 60 on the same gun
carriage. The officer said no, but when
the old man whispered few words in
his ear he consented.
The funeral cortege attracted more
than usual attention, not only on &C.
count Of the high military rank Of Gen.
eral Schrieber, but because the secret
Of his attachment to his comrade was
known to many Of his fellow citizens
who lined the route over which 1t pass.
ed, some Of them shedding tears.
s. The two bodies were lowered into
the same grave, and volley was fired
over them, and the mourners dispersed
In due time headstone was placed
over them, on which was inscribed
I'm Memory Of Carl Schrieber and
Gretchen, His Wife"