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

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/ ened OF the troops VINO were quar-.
tered upon them.
| III and went back to Germany on the
2tth Of February. Roggc was mad.
eoi,iinander OF the Eighty eighth Hegi-
| as lie said. The ndjutani Of the rcri-
| ment was made the commander OF
n,onpany Seven. and Won Stein took
reserve officer. was made aid de -camn
20 Rogse. thing that had never been
m"ne oetor re- u sshieiein: pig vine
/ now been the head of the commissarv
ucpa rtment. lost his place and was sent
Tbin Amspach TO Company Seven
IN 1arSe sum. ana he hoped
20 set rid OF his creditor by senuing
he hah ,s so me nrnS line Shortly betor"
OF champagne. but he refused. c.aIm:n.
mat he would never pay for il, Lieu
,enant Ri'ker,. OF the reserves. ;,
OF the Second Battalion.
Tnat day Rickcrt. LoneIha rdt ana
went 10 see Commander Schmidt. who
was In command over Il detachment or
young recruits in Ham. 10 tell him all
ABOUT these changes lie told US tina;
d mere was to be a great review in TWO
10 be sent hack TO his own Da ltaiion
SOLDIERS WE'RE GLAD no
HAVE -PAPA SCHMIDT"
The review was held. They were in
spcotcd by Grand Duke Louis o: Hesse,
VA, declared himself we'll satist,cn
"i,h tommaHder Schmidt's recruits.
ana bestowed medal for bravery upon
| him Having finished instructing these
recruits. Schmidt asked FOR and on
h;i au,hority TO take command OF
soldiers. who loved and called him
Papa schmidt"
Naturally. relations between Schmid,
d"tes:ed each other. and Roygc let no
opportunity slip 10 criticize Schmidt.
oh March . We Received the order TO
give III our guns and our ammunition
because We were going 10 receive Rus
Siai' guns In their place. The three
G hat LION lilo, wos We're to 6,v9uac ne NEXT
-. second battalion had to go 10
f!tIHicres, where the conveys tina,
rarf."d the munitions to the Two Hun
drcd and Tenth batteries, who were d
Soyencourt. were also. I.onelhard,
and ] went 10 the house OF the com
mandcr OF Ham. who was a lieutenant
chateau there. He was very kind. and
told us that Commander Schmidt ana
his stan could lodge with him in the
since the 10Th Of August. 1919. we
could not hear cannons.
NATIVES WE'RE AFRAID
OF GERMAN SOLDIERS
IN inc city. where mad 10 look
'or lodgings for the men. we were no,
we'll received by the inhabitants. vino
compla med bitterly of having soldiers
quariered upon them constantly .or
I'VE months. We don't Know now 10
protect our wives and daughters" COM
nre slwa one ,1 mh,rs. rnese iermans
matter how they get her. The com
mander OF the place always uphoIGs
the soldiers. and he keeps a young giri
IN INC chateau against ner Wall whom
he has made his own Mistress
"hcn We saw the commander again
we repeated this gossip. He laughing
looking FOR swcetheartS, anu 1, We
were amateurs with the i"rencn women
i-ofelhardt told him that We were
hghtinS unit and that We rourht Win
soldiers not civilians. ana above All
not with women.
ing NY r soTd fe 'hs very anus
rate. Tor the sake of safety. am going
10 hide my little angel so that no,h.
ing VII II. happen a TO her"
Who was his angelo" Probably som.
poor unfortunate girl that he had hia'
uem somewhere in the chateau.
We told these things to schmidt. VINO
Said' Every one makes war in his
own way" As the officer was makin.
o ' stay In Ham as agreeaoie as pos
ON the sth Of March we &c eampe "t A.
Brohain. where we stayed for some
lime. ON March II We were given our
understand why they gave us sucn
gun" mn AS rs hey 1s,, were e5 N very poor.
he following order:
The Thirty MN, Eighty -eighth ana
o ons H 6f Iriant and Eish,een,h Reg5
part OF the Eighteenth Corps, viii
form the One Hundred and Twelfth
d IN AM ,,l Brigade; which Will form part
talon ~ to furnish twenty men who
will form bicycle company. who will
march march with the STAFF officers of the
hiSision. me Fifty-siNtn Division will
Thirteenth Hussars and the one Hum
dred and Eleventh and one Hundred
batteries. three heavy batteries"
The commander Of the new division
structor of Prince Joachim Of Prussia.
The commander OF the brigade was
Colonel Muntcr. who had been head OF
the Forty-hrst Brigade since Deem
on the 10th of March we received
the order TO be ready to leave thai
afternoon Our battalion. who had con-
spoiled their reputation when LEAVING
Brohain by stealing quantity of wine |
Some men, OF Company Seven broke
open the door of Il cellar which bore
the seals of the commander and took
possession of all the wine they could
ind. Almost all the company were
pany. Dombach by name. loaded onI,
wagon 200 bottles of wine. which
he intended TO drink later with MS
friends. But he did not drink a sipg:c
bottle because We informed Com
mander Schmidt. who gave me an order
to commanders IL all Tor the battalion
staff. so it was we VINO drank the
stolen wine.
we took a train at = O'Clock in the
afternoon for Catca, Charlevil!c, Sedan
and Attigny where we TO stop. |
The journey was mclancno:y one |
and the train did not bear tho sign.
Express for Paris. or "Declaration
of War Received Here as did those
In which we travelled to Luxembourg IN
August. 1914 Nature alone seemed
unaware of the war, and was decking
the bitches and fields with fresh greco
QUARREL BETWEEN TWO
OFFICERS OVER SOME HENS
About 10 o'clock in the evening we
received an order to get ready to leave
Attigny to so TO Givry, wncrc VIC were
TO remain until further orders. Lone:-