Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-21
|lICHMOND YOUTH TELLS
OF DAYS IN HUN CAMP
Corporal Barfoot Refused To Work
While German Prisoner, and
Russians Had to DO II.
PRUssIANs RETURN PRISONERS
sChicago and New York Soldiers Also
Voice Their Sentiments Regarding
Certain Enemy Officers, and Re
s grct They Hadn't Any Bayoncts.

Certain Enemy Officers, and Re-
grct They Hadn't Any Bayoncts.
BY DAMON RINYON.
WITH THE FIRST AMERICAN
IL FRANCE November 20.
"a Two hundred and fifteen American sol
S. sdfers who had been held prisoners OF
ss war by tho Germans were brouGh, into
AZ the town of ReviGny carly this morn
ing gy ,,,o ri - ,.,>.o ,,o ~
Isl Heinies the oid raspberry when left
gP UP rondcr." said Sergeant Walter
S Chicago: who was one OF TWO men left
a& of his platoon of COMPANY T.. Snc Hun
II dred and Thirty-siNth Infantry after
"a charge.
@ They had us at Mon;medy first"
" said Sampson hut our bombers came
over and bombed he'll out OF the place,
4 were aiming at Then they took MS
70 GorSy That's where we were when
the hght!ng stopped.
SIS I'VE know the finish WAS in sight.
because the German privatos kept tell
ling us what was going on outside.
day they'd lie around saying the
war was going to end next day: they
were ere tickled To death about it. too.
geant-a little short guy who was
X always yelling al US .raus Amcriianor.'
and we started "a SONG for his benefit,
1921 wish ] had that son OF gun at
the end of II bayonct rieht now in
terrupted Fred soma. Of New York. who
was with the onr hundred and Thi,
feenth Infantry. "l!c was certainly
* ornery''
'None OF them liked our song very
much, but the sergeant hated ii most
81 of ALL" Sampson went on. so we sang
it whenever he came around. We sang
,{sit when they marched us out or Corey
Gown the roadways toward the Amcri-
81 can lines and turned us loose Here
III sing ii for YOU It goes like this:
'Raus nit him. Just heary that funny
'Raus nit him. just let him have it,
M boys.
Wen turn tho old n!ace inside out. 3
i Well turn it cutside in.
+ Treat every putchman alike,
And 'raus nit him
you could hear us whooriug and hol-
lering for mile. all right"
Fl COREY pEOrLE NErr MEN
'FR0M STARVING no DEATH
yes, if il had not been for the peo-
pie OF Corey we would have starved
said Louis Morris OF Barncsvillc. Onto,
who comes from the Twcuty-siXth hi
vision. They gave us lots of bread.
wouldn't have lasted long.
They didn't have much 20 cnt them
selves. them nutchmen didn't said
John Powell, of CarnphcllSvillc. Ohio
the only man from the First Division IN
the party which represented about
d fifteen American divisions which were
on the line in the Arronnr- Meuse drive
Nm going 10 dream about Dan Patch
+ stew and barley soup long as I
live" Dan Patch stew is horse meat.
he explained. 1T WAS meat from horses
3 that had heen killed in buttlc. You
could see how it had been torn by
They treated US better than they
treated the Russians or French" said
Ser.cani Herbert Orchard. OF 209
South Twentieth Street. Omaha. who
was a member OF the Eighty ninth III
81 vision. They had about Il thousand
russians there: They booted them
i though Russia was supposed TO be Mt
peace with them
erin moI "a W., fap .,"rSG niehara
the German lines one night. saw
a lot OF guys laying on the ground
Sg sleeping and thought they were our
NJ them and telling them to wake M
4 FINALLY | heard one guy say. 'Vo, iss"'
The The IN next Sn i him knew about FORTY
RICHMOND CORPORAL
RELATES EXPERIENCES
Those Russians certainly rot a
y rough deal" said Corporal 4. Earfoot
], of Richmond, Va. from the one Hun
II ared and Eleventh Infantry When
a we refused 10 work around The rail-
\ head where the hombcrs were drop-.
\ ping explosives the French prisoners
also struck. so the Russians had 10 do
.all the work there They worked us
s-un the roads and when they ala work
us .V they paid paid, Us i. cents day
e when they cktrs.t you four marks
~ for loaf of bread. We didn't have
any blankets until a couple o! days
on the concrete floor. That is we tr;cr
to sleep there. Generally we sal m
AZ night The coolies wouldn't let Us
u sleen much"
The German coolies are terrible"
aVerred Frank kocurek OF 80 south
Halstead Street, Chicago. who was cap
\ tured from the Thirty-third Division.
IS They can bite worse Than any / ever
y saw. We had stove in the church
SO II WASH SO awful cold there
worked in the kitchen myself"
I'm the only cook in This outfit"
s he added proudly Il managed ono or
7 Thompsons Joints, and WHO do you
when so GOT" 5here M Why '' ,bI3 f cfmn
here--one Of my old customers
he tragg.a f6rth Jack Morton sea-
caEo.
WEARS GERMAN CAR AND
rAiH OF THEIR EAGLES
Sanford r. Howton, of Johns. Ala.
{ just outside of birmingham. who be-
{ longs TO the Twenty ninth Division.
&.w wore German cap cooked s,ylishiv
q on the side OF his head lie had n
L pair OF German eagles taken from :,
. Prussian helmet pinned 10 his breast
s. Some of the others wore the helmets
2 themselves. They are the most pri3cG
s oI an war souvenirs. Several had
Belgian caps given to them 10y tho
.--nooDis OF Gorcy, which is no, far from
IS the Belgian border.
3sSss They asked us all many questions
when they got us" said How,on. Who
10 n tail: rang!ing. serious looking
IS chap. They'd take us before tn,
81 German' Ollie, wiio would Try 10 &c;
ssftnforinaiion out o: us aDout the army
He ASKED me how many men IS,
T#had over mere. said | wasn't sure
but thought about 5000, QUO Thcn IA.
SAgot out iia notebook and said. You
sssbaHe little "vtr Loot, ZOO IL,
y&showed me maps Of our lines lhar
sSEshowcd just what American divisions
IN the line and where they were
S55lte aoid me The name % my battalion
WIS Major Eiri He wa.u'i
sstHseorrect about that, howevs. MairI
shskirk h@d been away several days.
Yes. one Of Them told nae what dat,
s. our division had sailed from America
and said wed been attacked hy SUI
rs marine, giving "a" d~te' said anothri
ssSSFman, don't know whether No va,
go right about the date a.. not hectus.