The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-08-06

dentials were examined and passed
O. X.
The Hun spoke of his voyage from
America to England as being excep-
tionally pleasant, and said he had n
fine time, because he associated with
the English passengers on board, his
fluent English readily admitting him
to several spirited arguments on the
subject of the war, which he keenly
enjoyed. one little incident he related
revealed the remarkable tact which
our enemy displayed in his aSsocla-
tons at sea. which no doubt resulted
adyantngeously for him. AS he ex-
pressed it, he "made Il hit" one evening
when the crowd has assembled for
little music by suggesting that they
sing God Save the King Thereafter
his popularity was assured and the de
sired effect accomplished, for very
soon n French officer came up to him
and said. ITS too bad that England
and ourselves haven't men in our army
Ike YOU" 1t was too bad. he agreed,
in telling N" about ii, because he was
confident he could have done Il whole
lot more for Germany If h" had been
In tn" English army. In spit" Of his
apparent loyalty, however, the man
didn't seem very enthusiastic over the
war and frankly admitted one day that
the old political battles wnged in Cali
fornia We're much more to his liking
than the battles lie had gone through
over here. On second thought he
laughed as though It were good joke,
but he evidently intended me To infer
that he had taken II keen interest in
politics in San Francisco.
When my "chummy enemy" first
started his conversation with me, the
German doctor in charge rcprmandcd
him for talking to me, but he paid no
attention to the doctor, showing that
some real Amcricnnism had soaked
into his system while he had been In
tn" /. 5. \. ! asked him ON" day what
he thought the German people would
do after the war; If he thought they
would make Germany IL republic, and
much to my surprise he said very .,lt
tcrly, 'If | had my way about it,
would make her republic to-day nnd
hang the ID kaiser in the bar
gain" And vet he was considered an
excellent soldier. / concluded how
ever. that he must have been Ger
man socialist, though he never told me
50. ON one occasion ! asked him for
his name, but he said that ! would
al, 4 ,t
didn't matter what his name WAS. ]
did not know whether he meant that
tn" Germans would StHryc III" out or
just what was on his mind, for Mt that
tim" | am sure h" did not figure Ou
dying. The first two or three days
l WAS in the hospital I thought surely
he would be up and gone long before
| was, but blood poisoning set in
about that time, and just few hours
before l left for Courtrai he died
one Of those days, while my wound
was still very troublesome, ] was
given an apple; whether II was just to
torment me, knowing that | could not
eat 1t, or whether for some other rea-
son, | do not know. But anyway
German flying officer there had several
In his pockets and gave me IL nice one
Of course there was no chance of my
eating 1t, so when the officer had gone
and | discovered this San Francisco
fellow looking ut It rather lOngingly.
| picked ii up, intending to toss 1t
over to him. But he shook his head
and said. "lf this was San Francisco
| would take II, but cannot take II
from you here" | was never able to
understand just why he refused the
apple, for he was usually Socinblc and
a good fellow To talk to, but appar-
emily he could not forget that was
his enemy. However, that did not stop
one of the orlerlies from eating the
apple.
One practice about the hospital i'm
pressed me particularly. That was.
II German soldier did rot stand
much chance of recovering sufficiently
t. take his place again In the war, the
doctors did not exert themselves to see
that he got we'll. But If Il man had
a fairly good chance of recovering and