Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-18

door. Sometimes when the cold got
too much for them, the men nearest
the door would duck into the bar
rncks. As they left the ranks the
other men would close up and this
kent the line even, with the center stIlI
opposite the barracks door. Finally
almost nll Of the men would be In the
barracks and by the time the roll was
over not one remained outside. This
I seemed 10 peeye tho German officers
great deal, but they did not punish
us for II until we had been doing II
for some time.
For severn, days I had noticed that
someone else answered for two men
who had dIsnppcarcd nj Ienst I had
not seen them for some time. I did
not think much about Il. or nsk any
! questions. and I did not henr anyone
else talk about II. hut 4 was pretty
sure the two men, n Russian and a
Brltisher, Ind ESCAPED. but they were
marked present nj roll cnli and all
accounted for. Everything went along
very well until one day when the nnme
"FontaIne" got by without being nm.
swercd, FontaInc wns n French flre-
man from the Cnmbrinn Rnnre md
that WINS the first time no had not been
present We saw whnt WINS coming
aud we began TO get pretty sore at
4, FontaIne for not telling us. 40 We could
answer for him and keep the escape
covered.
The minute they found our count
one short they blew the whistles and
squad Of sentrics came up ns an
extra guard. They counted us again,
but by sneaklng back OF the line and
closing up ngain we made the count
all right except for one man--Fon-
tnlne. We wonld have tried 10 cover
up for him. except that they had al
I ready discovered his absence. Now,
we thought, they win nab FontaInc
but win not discover the escape OF the
others.
but evidently they suspected some
thing. for soon they brought over a
petty officer from II. NJ. q. Nomnd.
who had not been with us before, and
forced him 10 call the roll from the
mastering papers. while they watched
the men ns they answered. Then they
discovered that two more besides Fon.
talnc were missing and begnn 10 search
Tor them.
The ether two spoke German and
hud been missing for nt least three
days and. | think. had escaped by this
time. They were not returned while
was at Brandenburg.
4 This wns about 4 a. m. They drilled
us down TO the little lake. where the
cold was much greater and kept us
there until p. M, without food or
drink. At nbout eight that morning
they found Fontnlnc In French bar
racks and kicked him all the way to
the lake where we were.
All day long we stood there, falling
one by one and getting kicked or beat
en- each time until we dragged our
selves up again. Two or three died.
do not know the exact number. But
we had enough strength, when ordered
back to the barracks. to Kick Fon.
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