El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-25
P0LESFIGHT AS
NATIONAL UNIT
United States Furnishes
Training Camp for Polish
Regiments in America.

Washington. %. c.. May 25--An in
dependent Polish army OF 5000 men
bearing the Polish flag and wearing
the national insignia. is now fight
ing on the SIDE OF the allies on the
western front
This army has been recruited from
many different sources-from Russia,
from England. from France and from
the United States During the past
year the Polish national committee
has established recruiting stations
wherever there Is a Polish colony IN
this couutrr- the success OF which
might well be euvied by American
recruiting officers. For every ere
Poles are fIockiuE euthusiastically
20 their national banner, leaving
highly rcnumeratlvs positions, devo-
ted families. careers that have been
built up by years Of hard work
Last winter the enlistment OF Poles
was so heavy in American mining
districts that Mr. Garfield was com
PEELED 90 ask the national Polish COM
mittee TO close its recruiting oruces-
The Poles is a fighting iuheri-
lance. and the greatest ambition OF
his life-the fulfilmeut OF all ms
dreams-is TO fight for the freedom
Of Poland
For years he has been waiting Tor
the opportunity he has borne the
oppression OF Germans and Russians
quietly and patiently. but an the time
his soul has been seerhinE in renelllon
and his mind has been fixed on one
definite goal-the restoration or 70
fish nationality. The Poles have de
veloped a strong national spirit out
Of their oppression
HErryinE Into Var
And now that the opportunity has
#nnaasn NlnHnH Giving nfarann-
pations that are raging Well-suna an
enterprises such as corner groceries
shoe shining parlors and fruit STANDS
established only by constant THRIFT
and saving-to give their lives, IL nee
essary. 20 that cause
For q long time the Polish training
camp was IN Canada Now however.
the American government has turned
the military reservation at Fort Nag
ara over TO them. and is lending them
American transports. II is now urged
upon the war department that the
ush-Americans drafted INTO l-o
American army be transferred 20 the
Polish army In support OF this sug-
gestion &c IS pointed out that the ma
joriiy OF these Poles speak little or
no English and are. therefore, prov
ing difficult to train
Wisdom OF Polish Army.
The wisdom Of a separate Follsn
under the American army. is based
upon the LufailinE allegiance OF the
Pole for Poland Poland. now entirely
occupied by Germany, is fun OF young
men whom Germany would Ike %
draft into the German army The
only thing that keeps Germany from
accomplishing this is the presence or
this Polish army, fighting with the
allies. They are fighting for the
freedom Of Poland. with the Polish
flag and the Polish insignia ana
hence the Poles under the bondage
OF Germany cannot be lorced 70 tight
against them Twice Germany l4s
sent uniforms 20 Poland with the de-
maud for military support and twice
they have been sent back again
The L-turaI autipathy between the
Poles and the Germans IS greater than
even between the Poles and the Rus
SLAMS Ever since the Geneva co-s4er-
euce. which divided Poland between
Russia, German and Austria the
Poles OF the provinces held by Ger
many have lived on the thought or
revenge. Germany had hoped TO
force the Pole out by oppression and
by buying up their lands, but for
once the German government was
bafled
EzasperatinE to Poles.
While the Germans. in suppressinG
Polish institutions and the Polish Ian
guaga committed no greater oulrlg
than the Russians i'm their Polish
provinces, the Teutous have incurred
a greater enmity by thelr assumption
OF superiority. IN Russia the Poles
at least are respected for their brave
ancestry, while I'm Germany 10 is
taken for granted that every Pole
should desire TO become q German
For a people who had q university
long before Germany conceived The
idea OF one fH.E has been eEueclULLE
cooperating
Thus ir happens that the Poles Of
the German and Austrian Polish
provinces. drafted unwiuinEly into
the German and Austrian armies. are
seizinE the first opportunity 10 es-