El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-17
Germans Prominent
In Al Oar Vas
Even In This War. German Ameri-
cans Form - Percent Of Our
National Armyg Are Fight
ing for World Freedom.
BR MADISON c. PETERS.
were 225.000 Germans In tha

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only a moor GINGER bread baker but
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wig. known in history as Mollie
Pitcher. was q Pennsylvania. German
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san --1 ---s 81 paper il -AlileIlca To
announce the passage OF the declara-
ton Of independence. was July 8. 1776
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" ashlns ton oouy guard II oiti-
GERS and So men, were all Germans.
Nicholas T4a-cbl-af-,s- and trs
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VlileloIe Germans OF the AlohaWk val
ley, beat back Burgoyne and St Lee
GER AZ Orisl-auv
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termaster general
Gerhart Won der Wfede,- horn in
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hanover Aho"n IN history as Gen.
George Weldon, Weussenfels. Ham
bright. 1IuhIenbere- Cfst- DeEa1b and
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o-i same OF the -AilleIl-
can army. leader at Yorktown OF a
brigade consisting Of Wayue's Penn
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s -llls-l ~ eu Q, isl Mary lanqers, more
man mar German occupied the hon
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me llme Wnen the crisis came and
mere IL was lnat SteuDen received
me AlIsL over tuIs OF surrender from
OoInW ans
r. -,Lllllaei fllIIe5asi Fenns5 wanna
90 illaL, vas lhs Iirst continental
S u - lrsr' ana rederlck Augustus
~ ulIe noeI5' another PennsylVania
German. was the speaker Of the first
national house Of representatives.
Hesslans Were Sold Outright
me 1esslans were victims OF the
tyranny or Jnelr rulers who sold the
lives and services Of their subjects
to the highest bidders, a crime Fred
eIl-A me great opposed, refusing to
al-OM the Hesslans VINO were intend
ca 1or American service to pass
lhIoush MS domlnlons. the Hessians
we're not only brave sOlclers, but good
IelloWs, and such was Washiuston's
opinion or the Hessians captured at
eAcnanSe
Many Hessians deserted and volun-
leeIeq Aor Lls American service More
would nave done so had not Washing
. On Ilsc9 llasea II we've thousand
Lc-Lldlls1' u5au OF awe IN FennsYl-
tanla, Maryland and Virginia, many
becoming good GtlZenS-
zen george A custer famous cav
airy leader In the war Tor the union
and fearless Indian fighter had for
H
sian soiuler' paroled IN l4ie-
Germans IN other Early Wars
among lne German heroes in the
var OF lel- were Gen HambriEht.
W aloach and Stricker and Mai
george Armlsted tArmstadtls OF Viz
slnle, who so bravely defended Fort
-lcfi enTy lnal ne INSPIRED francis
Slolt Aey 10 write our national an
mem
one oI me most imposing Igures
o. Lns AleNlcan war was Cen john A
= " tLlta H. son OF a German l-ullera
preacher AT hnlnepeck on the Hud-
son
Ato.oA" ueFmanA IN NlFu war
IN =. me ciVu war ll6,sls men born
IN Germany Volunteered. while the
IiIlslInenl calleu Tor IN proportion
20 the population was only llS,ig2,
sur passing IN excess by $3.50 the
8 e ne, A. eIass OF an olner races
~ men hooerl T. Lee resigned ms
9 ON IIlIl lls;3 % per cent or the OFF,
IS 1yl-o" ca MN anu many OF LAe
ger mans VINO nad seen mllitary ser
wee loon lnelr place Nlne OF the I
major 6eHeld ais III tle union army I
" ere porn III Germany. among them .
a uoI stem" elr- FeJer oSternaus, ]
ar ScnuII and Franz Sisel and SO I
-sa-ieI Feneiels' aInon- tnem AIn- /
,llen. blsn PEGS 52nlen- iJllser- heine, Z
5ecker' Haupt, Heintzelman. holtos. I
wagner Woedtke and Weitzel- The /
2. 5eI mans every "nere had oelesta- /
lloH Tot human oonuase ana very rev. Z
y any, Germans porn IN Germany 7
drew Jnelr SWORDS with the slave F.
5 100 W., WIN NE hoIlnsIn states
shot rive Ilmes " ithout n scratch. I
AT A4lssl 9-laIE Elnse one OF the /
1eEH41n so4ulIIa, cescllolnE MS mar /
~ anu Almost lhcreuille escape /
sald- LsooH mere, pullet MT the I
Z 'oN' q 49, ~ mem tt.il'
JeF shoolS me llIe tunes ana mem I
XII IN Is nor scratch
rllleeu per cent OF the enure num-
Der ENLISTED IN the war against spain
Nefe 1e iina.is- NJ lnIlelo Scout HcnleE'
Zero q santiago. nad LOT MS ances-
ol - .lel il.ali stlloulllias ~eI-
- fer Cent Deriii'in- Americans
envy I'VE per cent or tne new
-@l-ollal a4LlL IS .oIn2 OF men
whose Iatlers, srandIatners ana
sreat grandfathers were born in
,i,ay anu = S ~ Ii-Li..I!- '.he
J uii4i su OUT OF -7'.Vy mem GERS OF lhe
.nlted German societies OF New YORK
15Ht4 a nov ll OUT ALi4. anu navy
"a M an AlleIl -s.i.s. IesaIoless on race
.1Sllls ueptoLe L-l--t ~ sIeal ms on
ItT lil1Ils W9o nave peen wise enough,
nouthed few. ' '1