The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-31
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BY Damon Runyon


With the American Army OF ,Qseu-
patton cohteny. Dec. so.---lieutenans
raske. the German aviator. who Is
said tn be the man who killed Lieu
tenant poentin Roosevelt. Of the
American army. in an air doel az.
rived at ccblens yesterday.
! He IL one Of a bunch OF flyers sent
+ ar the German army 70 repair and
deliver 10 the Americans about forty
Chase planes. which have been turn
81 over to- them In accordance with
! the terms Of the armisttce. Thu
planes are an OF the fast Folyker type.
Before delivering them Tasxe and
! his companions wiz maize flying
tests
The planes are nov being assembled
at what is known as the Spi.xburg
Barracks. an cid German military
overlooking Cohlenx There was no
adequate ny.nE field in this vicinity.
bat the Americans are conrtxuctins
one there.
Taske ss Il little fellow about the
s'~a OF ToA Sloan. Moreover, he IN
about ~ cooky IS they como. He
WAS strutting aronnd town today in
slsIl uniform, with his blue cap s.an.-
ed ovs- HIS TAR and hts head half
buried IN our collar On his chest
ne weave the gold Insignia of flyer.
along ~sit', black and white ribbons.
! indicating that he has won the iron
cross Hofl, ~ the srst and second
c,asese
he attended The opera last night
| after whiting the hi;letinE officer and
being assigned TO tho homo of Herr
Werner. Of 20 Gnsanos strasse. hut,
, this morninp he became restless and
moved out to the barracks at Spitz-
/ burg. Ti5eY said At the Werner
house fisat he was mutt ring some
thing ahent his uniform, when he left.
! In the t.nlsh sector, where he was
J located before coming here. Tasks
| vas not allowed to wear his uniform.
hat German officers actually on duty
! in Coblenz are permitted 10 retain
their military apparel There we're
NOT many of them loft They have
I To keep certain hours and report reg
uiarlv.
! Taske was down at American head
/ quarters this evening reporting in.
!, He seemed "nthral,cd hc the lighted
+, Christmas tree which stands over the
+ old fortress or EhfenhreitEtein. across
tn Rhine, like a beacon Of hope
1t was siae'in~ tonight The air
was SO thicklv f71ed with particles
of ice that If was hard to distinguish
objects Ear away'-h,,' the allowing
tree blazed out OF the darkness az
brilliantly IS that star which guided
three- Wise men in the long ago.
TasRs stared at the eNene over his
fur collar for Some minutes, he Is
about twentr.four years old. he Ia
said to admit frankly that he IL the
best flyer in the German army
This wos suggested to on older
German officer. who was among the
party left at CDblens 10 complete the
delivery Of material to the Americans
He SHOOK his head, He said Taske
Is pretty we'll known. hut hardly in
The class With Hauptrann. Maxmnel~
lor, or another fellow who started life
AS a roofar. The name Of this LAST
chap escaped US, hut we gathered
! from what the officer said. that he
4 was famed throughout Deutschland
The officer kept laying stresses on
The fact that he was q roofer Then
he took pains to mention that Max.
mueller began as an under offlcer,
but some one reminded him that ed
die Rickenoacker. Americas greatest
ace. was originally sergeant TAske
claims to have downed thirty-two
British, French and American planez.
Quentin Roosevelt was flying with
. oarty Of fopr or five other Ameri.
ran aviators In the vicinity of Fere-
En- Ta,denois in France. when they
4 ~ 4. latste &C Hf,A1,SaS ~ >rsI&fAs Az
s.9,ssf ~ D gf.s;
made q fearless dash at the bunch OF
bochcs
One OF them pulled OF from, the
group ana met him This lis supposed
to have been Talske
In the fight which followed I1e
. Young American was shot down. tTis
body WAS. later recovered. havinr
been buried by the Germans. whd
, have always expressed their greatest
, admiration for his bravery
Quentin Rooseveit's elder brother
Theodore Roosevelt. Jr is tonight
commanding the Tw-ntv--lxth snfan-
FRS acroee The Rhine
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