Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-06

Lieutenant Schallrr .tor having exposed
US to the fire Of the enemy while
crossing an open stretch with his com
pany. Schaller replied ironically that
ne mad forgotten to ask the Russians
to stop firing while Commander Lind
"uIm crossed In front of them
mere was Il Bavarian division at
DopZa. one OF the regiments of which,
the Nineteenth, was Incorporated into
our division 49,
On the 18th OF June we passed by
hawaie. where two days before "A ter
the Russians and the Bavarians No
quarter had been given, and all the Rus
sian corpses had the skulls crushed in
not hesitate TO say that II was better
TO XIII all the Russians than to have to
Ieed them. 1t is true that 1t was very
umiacuit TO iced even ourselves. The
Bavarians seemed TO have mania for
cutting the throats OF the wounded and
prisoners. Bavarian lieutenant said
10 me himself that he gave no quarter.
1T is serious war, war to the knife:
ana want to see blood"
we were now under the command of
general who commanded a Bavarian
army corps. We received the order to
take the village of WoleZsby Lind
wurm. according to his custom, stayed
IN the rear with his telephone, and it
we TOOK the village without much
trouble. but with a good many losses
That night Rickert and l went to look
for Lindwurm, who as have alreauv
said, WAS never in evidence during Il
light. When we told him that We were
in possession Of the village, he had the
enrontery to say TO us with enthusi-
asm: II am very glad to be at the head
or such Il brave battalion, and I thank
you, my friends, for the help you have
been in the carrying out of my task"
as soon as we were alone we roared
with laughter.
AS we entered the village we saw
wounded RUSSIAN captain laying by
ribly. We went up to him to see If
we could help him. He had received
several slashes with n knife, and had
his head nc opened his eyes and said:
Go away. assassins Why do you
soldiers commit such crimes? l was
no longer an enemy after l had given
myself UP with my company. Without
arms We were all killed, my men and J.
Crush out my brains so that l auffer
no more" We called for the stretcher
bearers and went on our way. Later
they told US that they had shot the
poor fellow because II was Impossible
70 move him: We found out later that
what he told us was true, Tor we saw
the Russian guns In a pile about fifty
meters away from the place where we
FOUND the captain and his men who
we occupied the Russian trenches
until the 18th OF June On the Goth
we received orders to seize the village
meters from the Russian frontier.
Lindwurm was annoyed with this or
der and said on receiving it that il
was easy enough for those in the rear,
sheltered from the bullets, to give such
orders.
Why is 1t, captain" we asked him,
That you have not been made gem
eral? Haven't you proved that you can
direct battle while remaining hidden
in Il wheat field? You have been adj
5utant Of regiment for twelve years.
you know as much as colonel"
Lindwurm shrugged his shoulders
p, II have tried every way. but in vain.
They are not willing!"
The taking of Dornach was easier
than we had thought. we found many
dead, men and horses. and also great
destruction. One man. his body cur
still in that. horrible position. We
found three Russian officers killed by
me me. sword S and completely stripped.
inhabitants Of the village had run
away. but some of the terrified cattle
were running around. Rickert caught
mess. Our cook, Dirrig, was delighted
We ate those eight calves In two days
we ate the meat without bread. but IL
WAS long time since we had had any
thing so succuient.
From there we went to Cewkaw, af-
Ter, to Oleszyn; where We went
x 1nsn ea ihers There rs plenty Of
all the soldiers were drunk. On the
gath we were in Poland, locality that
was almost completely destroyed by
in house that happened TO have re-
sisted the destruction. He threw all
those that were living in the house
who was sick and lying in her bed
That evening the band played
On the 25th OF June we went to Jaro-
slaw, from where we were to go bv
fn TIN,
our killing. We left everything but
our Russian horses that we were GO
ing to take back to France, for it was
to France that we were to go after
two months absence.
We crossed the German-Polish from
tier. , where dis,nfecting plant had
to get rid Of the vermin. Everything
had to pass. through this establish
ment: men. horses, wagons. even the
field kitchens.
Each man made two bundles of his
effects, one containing his clothes. the |
other anything made of leather. These
We, were marked Ark i, with number. We were
TO pool filled with hot water into
which we plunged up to our necks.
We scrubbed each other with brushes
killed the lice and their eggs. 1t was |
then that we saw the ravages made |
by these little beasts. The bodies of
some OF the soldiers were all sores. |
shower. and then each one got a new
shirt. pair of drawers and pair of
stockings. These things came from
France and Belgium. They were OF |
all colors imaginable. One Of the Eel
lows wore red shirt, blue drawers
and yellow stockings, another had a |
pink shirt. green drawers and black
and white stockings. In that style
we Went into a room where a meal was |
served. 1t looked more like fancy |
dress ball than war. The soldiers, too, |
were full of fun. We were given back |
our own clothes after they had been
disinfected Naturally, they were in
a terrible condition, but we were glad |
to be rid OF the vermin.
TOOK FIVE DAYS TO GO
FROM GALICIA TO FRANCE !
1t took us five days to go from
Galicia to France. On the LIST of July |
we reached Brussels. where we stayed
for several hours. When we were
crossing Germany everywhere we were
greeted with cheers, but here no one
paid any attention to us.
Our battalion went into cantonment |
at Herin, not far from Valencennes,
where we were to rest for while |
after our G"lician campaign. Lind |
wurm and Ri. cert lodged in chateau.
lIoffelhardt and / were put In little |
house where n woman and her two /
little children were living. Our divl-