Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-10
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that no enemy passenger could drop
bombs on the bridges we crossed. 1t
was a hot August night and the lack
of ventilation was most oppressive.
Our compartment was crowded with
officers on their way to join their regl-
ments and very grand and important
they felt in their new feld-gray uni
forms which may have long been put
away in moth balls for just this oppor-
tunity, but which took the German peo-
pie as well as the allies completely by
surprise.
At Naumberg, which is about half
way between Frankfort and Berlin,
company of soldiers boarded the train
and guarded the corridors while non
commissioned officer questioned the
passengers.
Ny wife, who was asleep in cor
ner of the coupe l, was the only wom-
an in the compartment. Believing that
her sleep might be feigned and she
might. in fact, be q! man in Womans
clothing, the officer yelled at her:
"yVhere are you going?" Her Ameri-
can accent, revealed when she an
swered him, incensed him the more
ana ne uelilali"su "ho'' :.
have you to use this train? Where Is
your passport?'
by that time Hi,o pIoUuIIu -, 'l's
papers OF ldeil'iiicatIoii l eou',. ttt'4
trled 10 te'l MN 'ii''' NY w." =, Dbl,
were returning " oui i,'.Ne - N 49,. -h
but he was TOO eAci1eQ " 'i1'en "'.o
would nave uFasSeu Us u, ''e -
had not an ohicer, Win "lio''i l nav
been talking en- route lhter'eiieu a." l,
said: ! shall maze lHSSe't s,eiS,,n"''s
responsible Tor IHeSe peoi''e' was
glad had admired HIS he" uhiioi LIE
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una AFTER il"il an iioui
RON the statlon l iouiiu an Wv |t''
river VINO thought ne eou'u ''Ne
or the liDeral Donus asieeu ~ pa.
aim. we had hardly got seaIeu "lei
N cflcer trled 10 force us out, aiie
only my wires QUICK pea VI iliile";
'&ved him black eye ana me lron
bars or Il large line.
After England declared war, the ef-
forts to capture spies were douoied'
and the mob had Il new lot OF signs 10
tear down. We were forbidden to talk
English on the telephone OF on the
street. we kept W oul iioiheo' any
closely. Most or the buses, taxlcapS
and horses had been communicated
and the only signs OF LIE IN Berlin
were furnished by the officers driving
madly about in high-powered cars
which exceeded all speed limits ana
0ther trallc regulations.
After.a few days things began to re-
turn to normal again. The food sup
ply seemed ample ana the headllnes ID
the newspapers were so encouraglh.
and the reports Oh victories upon VIC
tories so convincing that every one eA-
pected the war 10 De over "lthln d
very snort time anu tliey Desah ~ saI
up TIE stoieS lies ii"u ~ e->et'e
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oul 'ie "illoul' "i'o"eu vas NJ 49, 49,
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