The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-07-19

When they brought me my UNIFORM 1
FOUND that the star Of my rank which
had been on my right shoulder strap
had been shot off clean. The one on
my left shoulder strap they asked me
for as souvenir, as also. my K. f. G.
badges, which / gave them. They al
lowed me to keep my wings" which
/ wore on my left breast. because they
were aware that that is the proudest
possession of British flying officer.
7 think am right in saying that the
only chixaIry in this war on the Ger
man side of the trenches has been dis
played by the officers of the German
giving corps, which comprises the pick
lof Germany. They pointed out TO me
Tint / and my comrades were fighting
1fure.y for the love of ii, whereas they
were sighting In defense of their coun-
.trS. but still. they said they admired
us for our craftsmanship. had mo-
ton 70 ask them II dropping bombs on
Tendon and Killing so many innocent
srecpie was In defense of their country.
y lat | was in no position or condition
70 rio. n quarrel atthat time.
7ii.tt same day a German officer. was
brought into the hospital and put in
t,tc huha next to Elinc. OF course /
casually lcultc' at him. but did not
~I,c. prslcu.ar attention TO him ut that
r'iiiin. lie iaN there for three or four
hours before ! did take q real good
,l;nk mi him. i wns positive that he
cc,ttr not Spcnk English. and naturally
! did not say anything to him. Once
when looked over in his direction his
ercs we're on me. and to my surprise
~ Said. very sarcastically, what the
lt- are won looking at" and then
smiled. At this time I was just be-
trimming TO say a few words, as my
wound had prevented me from talking,
';m ] said enough to let him know
what I was doing there and how /
happened to be there. He evidently
iI;a heard my STORY from some OF the
others, though, because he said it was
tno bad | had not broken my neck;
that ne did not have much sympathy
Nth, The. flying corps anyway. He
asked me " hat part of America came
fir Ht, aud 1 tod him California"
after n few more questions he
learned that I-hai.ed from San Fran
cisco. and then added to my distress
rlsy saying. .IIow would YOU like. TO
lave a good. juicy steak right out of
tie IIofbrau2" Naturally 1 told him
t would "iilt the spot" but hardly
Wrought my mouth was in shape just
zen TO eat II. Immediately asked,
- course. what he knew about the
s1ofbrnn, and he replied, II was con-
Injected with the place a good many
n; ears, and I ought 10 know all about
After that this German officer and
" became. rather chummy; that Is, as
So as could be chummy with an
,henly. and we whiled away good
many long hours talking about the
fAays We had spent in San Francisco,
Hnd frequently In the conversation one
of us would mention some prominent
eCaliforRian. or some little incident oc-
curing there, with which we were
both familiar. ~
W He told me when war was declared
yhe was, of course. intensely patriotic
and thought the only thing for him to
do WIS to go back and aid In the de-
sfense Of his country He found that
he could not 60 directly from San
Francisco. because the water was too
well guarded by the English. SO he
boarded a boat for South America.
There he obtained a forged passport
passage for New York and from there
TO England.
u He passed through England without
any dimcuity on his forged passport,
bur concluded not to risk going to Hol-
1and Tor FEAR OF exciting too much sus-
piclon, so went down through the
Strait OF Gibraltar to Italy, which was
neutral at that time, up to Austria.
and thence to Germany. He said when
they put in at Gibraltar, after leaving
England, there were two suspects
taken of the ship, men that he was
sure were neutral subjects, but much
70 his relief his own passport and Gre
q. X. psa'oo
The Hun spoke OF his voy.r~ 49,,
America to England as being errsr-
uonaily pleasant, and said he h,d
me time, because he associated u,th
tne English passengers on board M.
nuent English readily admittfnr b,rr,
70 several spirited arguments ON ri.
subject Of the war, which he keenIv
enjoyed One little incident he related
revealed the remarkable tact which
our enemy displayed In his associs-
lions at sea, which no doubt resulteI,
aovantageously for him. AS he or.
Pressedit, he "made hit" one evening
WIEN the crowd has assembled for a
lttie music by suggesting that they
GaS. God Save the King" Thereafte,
niS popularity was assured and the de
4rca eject accomplished, for very
oon French officer came up to him
Fno SAID. It's too bad that England
Ano ourselves haven't men in our army
nke YOU 1t was too bad. he agreed.
W. teulnI me about, IL because be yaS