Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29

"nu ar IL. ~ woman brought US some
bedding and some fresh straw and
drove the family out She only con
sented 10 do this OH our promise that
sn ,,, would be well paid; but she is still
waiting Tor her money.
Eager was Disguised when he saw
ms lodgings. In spite OF our airing
These piaD peon me odor was still atrocious
living In dunghill o.: else there
you'd have been more epidemics
M a We went through Galicia il
IN dirt and covered with yermin. We
i nu were to sleep in that little room.
Wien We a''c cHe Loneihardt and l..
our beds Eager chased " them our IN
Int ihe rest r Of the family, slept under the
on piles OF straw before the chinnev
| we did not shut our eyes that night
nccduse tne air was SO bad and the
'cTmin did not let US alone minute.
the next day we saw a woman care
iuiiy examining the head OF another
woman. When we asked her what she
~. Lice. We were determined that
We would not spend another night in
.mat mole. Our new companions, how
were on the eastern front
our march TO Jaslo was very hard
T iou.s TOT me men were almost swal-
hardt and l.. who had gone on ahead
on horseback. met The famous CEN
.rai Mackensen with his stan about
PASSED pMo f''1 On. rs from there. AS ne
cheered him. He said nothing and
acted as though the acclamatiSns of
soldiers wearied him.
AZ the southern entrance to the ,,it,
tue russians had destroyed tn. rail-
road bridge. The troops crossing the
c ~ ,n.pKa passed , over bridge hastily
In order TO hasten our crossing We
round ford, where our horses crossed
The station OF Jaslo was conplet.Iv
destroyed We could not ind out If
the Russians had done II or the Aus
,aI,,h, themselves; AT any rate. i, GER
VINO mad just evacuated Jaslo four days
! before; for you could see that it had
oeen destroyed for some time.
The inhabitants of Jialicia who re-
NAMED dld not speak very badly of
the Russians. save the middle class
m merchants. who told terrible tales.
US when we bought things from them.
AS the inhabitants could not under
sianH us; We had to talk to them by
TO show them that he wanted "A stable
ON tho 10th Of May We were joined
Dy the greater part OF our division.
the One Hundred and Eighteenth.
Then came the Eichty-eigh,h Infantry
ana ana the one Hundred and Eleventh
iery. The Thrty-tifih Infantry came
last.
An Austrian regiment advanced
parallei win US. some OF their men
Polish. ''
our soldiers replied:
You bunch OF towards! You have
Dccn beaten by the Russians and now
we nave TO come TO help save your
airty country that is alive with YER
MN, mn. me officers prevented the men
from hghtinE with the Aus,rians
Columns OF Russian prisoners also
marched along the road. on seeing
them. Eager said to his men: Make
away their tobacco and cigarettes from
them" Rosge's order was carried out
In the twinklins OF an eye. There
slams.
As the roads were in such a terrible
condition. the men. loaded down with
through the mire. Eager was very
rough with them. always Complaining
a .nat ihey we're not moving quickly
back par, of their rations. Then there
was ihorus of Iyotestations and
. sries OF anger from the soldiers.
cre% all ,o s59Ie OF we F0g hsys thy
nothing to eat because you always take
away the best things, and now You
abuse US while you ride on your horses
ara VIC nave to carry your luggage
and walk through the mud But the
war VII end some day, and we will
s o,', men ne who ,, VIII be the master Look
,h naSer furious; pushed his horse on
wounded one. No ono. however, dared
natred that every one felt for him.
RosEc, to whom he told the story. an
proved of what he had done. and said
20 him: You should nave shot some
OF them; IL was revolt These swine
do not deserve to die before the
enemy" We wondered to ourselves
tore the enemy. for we knew that
Rosge never risked himself in anv
race were III llets we're falling thick.
German newspapers have written that
the Russians. We found out that this
Was TO! Sc Turing the six months
,rY , i l taSs occupied this conn
ground was worked and everything
WAS ready fer the harvest 1t was the
Germans. their would-be liberators.
VINO, OF: the contrary, destroyed every
thing The t'a!ic:ans themselves were
distressed because we had pushed out
l ria-s E aud s,nic The soldiers offered
as trit,ss 10 submit themselves to
then. Royce himself ordered them TO
ring hin !.,, a Pretty girl for the night
By the Russians had perhaps better
he done ovc- aiS,in by The Germans"
iru :, Eager Was tyrant and a brute
conduct. of course, encouraged the sol
diers who pursued the women even to
the church where they had taken
refuge. The inhabitants of Galicia
will never forget their delivcrers.
For example, the merchants never
lost Il chance TO steal from us by al
ways demanding high prices for the
goods which they offered. In order to
get atund us they began by Hatterng
us. saying: How brave and generous
the German soldiers are! What a great
and good man your Emperor is! With
what great kindness you have de-
litcred us from the Russians. The
whole world has admiration for the
Gcrmans." etc.
But some of the soldiers. If they
saw something they needed, did not
refrain from taking II without pay
ing nj all If the merchant demanded
too much. In such cases Eager always
inclined to fSvor the soldiers.
do you dare to rob German SOL
diers!' said he TO the merchants who
came to complain to him.
They had the wit to reply: Captain.
the Russians were such thieves that
we are obliged TO charge a little more
for thfnpg " ha n