Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-22

us and our doctor. we would have to
sleep with the soldiers IN II barn. You
can INA Inc the fury or SchmiCt. cs-
pGclally when he found out taat ii
strutting around all alone in a man
sion.
The next day he went to the COM
andcr OF the place ana ordered him
70 PROVIDE a, large house for his stan
riGht away. The smart lieutenant re-
ceiEed an order to vacate before noon.
ne then started To IKE away wit:l
him everything that he cou;G ind even
the stove Knowing that II would he
impossible to find even IL cnair in the
VI oli'a age, l hurried to inform schmin,
niedihtc!y placed sentinel with
loaded gun before the door OF the house
win orders TO fire On any one COM
ing out .. the house with anything
IN their hands. lie ordered me more
over. TO inform the lieutenant OF wat
ne had done. The lieutenant. H. spite
OF the fact that | was but the bearer
of the commanders message. became
very insolent with me:
First OF all. who arc you. young
man? Get out Of here before l whiI
had explained to him very plaInry
Schmidts orders. but ne would not
lSteh. w hen J reported what han
taken place. Schmidt sent me back
win Lieutenant Rickert ana the order
TO- put him out whether he would or
When he saw Riqkert with me. the
out wi,hou, saying IA word He had
never seen Schmidt 80 angry lie
shouted so that the soldiers who were
IN the streets got out ur sight. Tney
expected TO see him hit the ;ieutcnau,
with his whip. and they aid not wan,
to be witnesses against him
How dare YOU. how dare you:
dare YOU abuse any one VINO goes WITH
my orders? Halt. Don; move IA step.
or l Will accuse you o. Gisobeying I.
What Is your name? What a fool you
are! Whit right did you nave to ta,-
away anything from This house.
Ehasperaied. Schmidt brandishcd his
whip.
Il have the honor or making nv
report to the commander carried
away tho beds, the piano and all inc
household goods from the house pc
cause | considered them as mv prop
cr,y, also the stove and all the w;nc
found there"
Have YOU no honor?" replied
Schmidt. TO talk thai way? i;ut.
no. you tell the truth: that as to saw
that 1t has come TO be that you are ali.
every one of you men in the req:
shameless thieves. who are running the
reputation of the German army while
"c break our heads in the trenches. /
Will prefer charges against you for
stealing"
once installed in the place OF that
trooper. Schmidt asked Inc TO do m,
best TO md some eggs ror breakfast.
] went TO the home OF one or the VIZ
layers who nd hens. Sir" he said u,
me i have hens. but mus; not se.i
them nor give them away. 80 .or III.
eggs. 1t is the same way. Everything
mas been comma ndcered by the com
handler OF the village, who gives me
am doing as ordered. If there IS "a
single one missing | am taxed. 100
marks
COMMANDER SCHMIDT TRIES
TO ST0r TItESi: ABUSES
Sci = ,dt. who had tried In vain 70
stop nose abuses, went to IN, com
nandcr OF the place and mace a scene
ana forced him [" resciru such ORDERS
when TINS came TO the knowledge o.:
the people of the village they carried
a has'.et OF eggs TO him.
IL $ at Givry that saw for tho
hrst time man refuse TO obey :.
soldier threw down MS gun at the
Get OF Lieutenant Schullcr. command
OF Company Two. and said:
Take your gun I''it me in pr:s"u.
! had AS soon be traitor as blar:-
guard Schallcr had the man ar
rested and taken before the comma ndcr
Well my man" said schmidt. what
are YOU thinking OF? However. De-
cause iN you did not desert, | will on:y
the sake OF your wife and children this
report will not be lhade public.
Ihe man was tied to tree. his
hands behind his back. y sentinel was
placed before him with a loaded gun.
The sentinel sat comfortably on a char
ana smoked cigar, which showed the
s"iuicr what an ass he mad been. ana
that thereafter il would be much wiser
to obey.
ON the .2nd we received orders 20
go TO SariSny because our division
trenches. About o'clock ! was about
to enter Nouziers with LoTelhardt
when policeman stopped US. No one
was allowed To 20 into vouziers be-
ing the guards. EytraorC PFC
cautions were being taken for N.
security of the Kaiser. :, fleet of Ger
man aviators were on guard in the
air above Nouziers all the time tie
Emperor remained there, and he was
also a protected by verltabie wall OF
fire The next day the Ardcnnes
French. announced that His Majesty
had been visiting the firing line tvou-
ziers was then more than twenty klio-
had distributed Iron crosses Ia MS
heroic guard tin spite of the fact THAI
they had been defeated at Kheims ana
had surrendered the fort a; i;rlmon:,
Nonzirs was often bombarded by IN.
French av!atorS. 1t was the general
headquarters OF the COMMANDER IN
chief OF the Third Army, Colonel-Geu-
eral Won Einem.
After Il review we entered Vouzicrs
The soldiers OF The guard were walk
ING up ana down The streets. the
greater part Of them being drunk. be-
cause after the great presentation
ceremony there had been GistriDu-
ton of beer.
AT Savigny. Kedor. who had had
enough of being i'm the trenches, pre-
tended that the wound In his arm pre-
vented him from mounting a morse.
and he was sent to Mayence.
SECTOR KNOWN
As "TIIE DEVILS HOLE"
On the 25th of March we TOOK over
our new sector. called by n descriptive
name, devils hole" between lie Mes
MILES Hurlos and Vile -Sur-Tourue.
1t is what is called a nasty position.
with hardly any shelter and almost
without any communication with the
rear. During the four days that we
held the first line we did not receive il
thing from the Kitchens.
Each man w:.s given on leaving
fhree pounds OF breao. piece OF
bacon, some butter. some cheese ana
l can Of coffee. lie had TO remain -FOUR
lays-in the trenches. lie also carried
his weapons his clothes and blankets
position WIS second, called the sup
porting position Behind that was n
third line. the reserve line.
fllcd with Erenadcs. Bcnind this nrst
Never since the beginning OF the