Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-06
MANY GERMAN AMERICAN
SOLDIERS IN HOSPITAL
Display 100 Per Cent Americanism.
anu Unreservedly Condemn
German nIilitarssln,
MANY STORIES OF HERoIsM
Beautiful London Quarters Given
Over to Treatment of Wounded
overseas Soldicrs-Obusina and sis
ter-in-Law of Pershing on Duty.

LONDoN; October 6.---Not unlike the
Tsmnla e Ola DAYS castle n.,e grounds Of Knights
OF beautiful shrubbery, trees and acres cae
dens. Enclosed on all four sides b. .
kmerieagg h bo wa is the Einsbpry Park
| end OF London. Stated by doctors and
noptsin from I'M. Denver; the hospital now
can soldiers, and preparations are now
un naa way for extensions to accom-
nan internment camp. evidently there
s the boche 70 send some. Of hi his oWs
mis- aviators ny over for the "kultured'
purpose of bombing the American hos
Troops from every part, Of. the United
states r are here: Surprising it is the
Who despite tie II p fact pt sSai S 9s
was born In Germany. is now out with
POI hoth feet for the avowed purpose OF
| ne is Itching to get we'll -hurriediy
ana get Ell, back in the big game again,
Of h,s tells story e Of Chicago friend
lost In mo mans laid" and wandered
straight sn into the arms of three OF the
1 "SCOTTY" LAMBASTED -Ss
HIS WOULD-BE CAPTORs
When they told him to stick UP his
nanGs, ne stuck up his dukes instead"
laughed ;;uI Duda He lambasted and
mans and scampe I'd across mo mans
land with them shooting at him. BY
pure luck he reached our lines un-
In one ward about SO per cent Of the
occupants bore German names. and
per cent for Unele Sam and "tha q devil vii
Among them was Ralpher Umberger.
louis: Frederick Ho a4hasrs OF and nd
George voith. of Pittsburgh; Joseph ].
Meyer Meyer. Of Dubuque. Iowa; Walter G.,
General John j. Pershins is not the
doinE its M 5t Hysr therf HIS sister
erssne n is ms cs aS at ft tRs sSaqs
Both are from Denver. as are mem
hers of the hospital staff. with Major.
Dean and John Amesse Misses Maud
Ruth Anderson. Elizabeth Block. Clara
Stevens. Nellie McNeiliy. EIidabeth
Yale and others.
FOLKS BACK HOME
ARE. PROUD OF BERG
student, Sergeant Berg. In the ner-
Xous. pathstlc stammering speech OF
brother in New York. I'VE are all so
proud proud Of you and t to think yGS hero.
OF your exploit on the somme front.
wading through machine-gun Are and
single handed capturing fifteen pris.
proud she cried And dad and all the
rest of us have been sticking. out our
by ali our friends and neishbors. -
Berg smiled happily as he read the
It was noth:ng" l learned that It was .
gallant british allies, last AUGUST
mel and held It against all counter.
attacks. The hill was honeycombed
attempts to recapture 1t had met with
| severe casualties.
Together :. the Tommies and New
stream OF lead. bayonettins. German
gunners. There were some allied cas-
ualties. surprisingly few at that, but
s he G Ike htll SIDE With 0 Germas
| corpses and wounded and reached the
top. where they stayed despite all ef-
| forts Of the enemy to hurl them back.
MILWAUKEE MAN
On, nearby cot lay Sergeant II.
| Greeder, Of Milwaukee. riddled with
honor medal for heroic service under
with his commander missing. he took
charge OF. the zoo men and; though
wounded, led them up heavily forth
fed hii sttainnE his Obj ,,,s a tna
Finally he fell wounded forty yards
from German machine gun which had .
ing Americans. Through excruciat.ng,
palm Grecder used his rife and picked
Off three foes working the gun; he
medical medic school in Cincinnati. he said.
| and used his knowledge IN banoasinE