Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-08-25
Victorious CzeChO-SIOUak Arny
Loyal Lite Band Of 50 900 Soldiers Who Hare Accom-
pished the ImpJssibie, Holds the Trans
Siberian RdiilDGy for Allies

tHtterH, their feet bound Ia rigs IhcY
were, IN fact. AN army of Intelligent
patriots. revolutionary idenllEtH. ~
whom 80 per cent were university
mon. Every company carried "A H.
hrary OF several hundred volumes.
They published ovory day oven
crossing siberia, ID daily Newspaper
~ eight pages And II was their in-
tolligcuce that saved them. outwitted
the Germans. the AnHtriunH tho 1901
sheyiki uyorchme all their difficult
ties and ended by dominating tho
continent through which. at rr7t,
they asked only safe pussaEr.
Horses weak
Their horses wrrc too wtlk 90 pull
thoir wagons Thcy pulled "a" w1E.
ona Themselves Hnd ate the horHe
meat Thoy lived on dogs. cats and
frogs
when We came tu a pond" they
HHy. fhr froF1 greeted uH with a
chorus when We had passed.. there
was mot u frog Co be- heard They
roasted barley 90 mako themselves
coffee. and rolled 10 out with bottles
tu crush ~. ana when they had drunk
M" coffee hoy ate the grounds They
did not try 90 loot the pcnannu
Their Intelligence saved them from
that dlHtater They knew they could
not fight their way through u hostile
nation. ana when they came 10 n vile
ltre and the natives refused them
food. they gathered In the market
place ana stood patiently. IN silence,
sometimes from morning 90 night
full. untll the villnEcr rrlcuted and
took pity on them Then they paid
Tor what was brougi. them ana went
ON with the assurance that their
comrades who we're following them
would receive good treatment when
tboy could got grain they carried IL
wilh them till they came 10 "a wind
m'll, whore they ground a. They
say:
"Wo ala not need toothpsstc The
mlllstonos were 80 soft that tho flour
came out half dirt II kept our teeth
sharp"
In that way they approached the
railroad junction only 10 find u Ger
man army between them and any
further progress. when their whole
force had come up. they attacked
The battle last for four days Then
the Germans asked for an armistice
to bury their dega when the ar.
miHtiCe expired. they found that the
German army had retreated. leaving
only,R rear guard that foil back be-
fore them They reached the rail-
road. They advanced along II toward
Moscow and opened negotiation with
the Bolaheyiki FOR a sat0 passage on
the trans Siberian railroad TO Nldi-
vostok
eve TIP Supplies.
II was granted them on condition
that they surrendcd their arms and
munitions, which belonged to the
russian government They had toui
hundred machine guns TO each regl-
mont good rifles, aeroplnnes. large
supplies ot hand grenades and plon-
" Of ammunition. They gave up
everything but their hand grenades
and one rifle for every ten men.
Then they entrained Tor the Journey
across Asia.
They had difficulties about get
ting engines and cars. They com
mandcered them. They had trou-
blea with the engineers They put
guards on the locomotives with per
suasiye hand Rrenades when every
thing else failed. they found locomo-
tive engineers In their ranks. ran
the trains themselves. and when they
needed fuel they stopped the train.
cut down trees and fliled the tender
with wood.
AZ thoy got further into Siberia,
they found that the German and
Austrian prisoners Of war, quartered
In tho villages, had taken advan-
tagc OF the revolution 10 work their
way into tho confidence OF the
peasants They had obtained places
on the local eoviets under pretcnse
" being International revolution
lsts German and Austrian officers
representing themselves as opposed
10 militarism and sympRthiSinE with
the peasants had obtained great In
fluenCe over the unsuspecting natives
They made difficulties for the czech
Slovaks Tho latter avoided an
open conflict until they reached
lrkutsk
Refuse to Surrender.
There. when tho first contingent
arrived they were met ht the sta
tion 10y two thousand RED Guards
under thv leadership of German and
Austrian officers in Russiou| uni
forms They were ordered 20 sur
render their remaining rifles and
hand rrcnudes. They refused The
German officers gave their men the
ortFy 20 fire nut IN their excite
meut they gave the order In German
The Russians did not understand IT,
Tho Czcchs did. They threw them
selves ON the guards harchandcd,
with pocket knives. or with stones
which they picked up, and In "A brief
rough and tumble struggle they dis