The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-09
POLISH ARMY FROM
U. S. IN BATTLE LINE
A. II. Quincy, Y. NJ. c. A.
Worker in France, Tells
Of New Force.

For the first time IN $50 years the
Polish flag is flying ., the head OF a ma
tonal army, and that army was re-
activities OF Jan Ignace Paderewski.
In letter from A. H. Quincy, one of
the organizations workers In France,
and made public yesterday by the Ma
tional War Council OF the Y. NJ. C. A,
something Of the new Polish army of
freedom as 1t appears on the front is
told. The letter ran:
Shoulder to shoulder with the Allies
in meeting the latest smash OF the
Germans is small. new army which
wears the blue gray of France. speaks
English with considerable fluency and
carries the flag OF Poland.
1T Is the first time in a hundred
and fifty years that the Polish flag is
flying at the head Of national army,
But 1t is by no means the first time
that the Poles have rallied to the sup
port for freedom and democracy.
Less than a month before the Ger
mans started their July offensive, the
new army received its colors and be-
came part of the fighting line. For
months It had been in training, first in
Canada and then in various camps and
bilets all the way from the south OF
France up TO within range of the battle
guns.
with the exception OF perhaps
two thousand mer from South America
and several hundreds from other Coun-
tries. the whole army was recruited in
America. Every reader undoubtedly
knows how active lgnace Paderewski
has been in the recruiting, and how he
ari his committee have worked 10 see
that the Amarenth flag of Poland with
its silver eagles shall fly once more in
common with the banners of freedom.
Most of the new soldiers were in
eligible for the American army because
they were not naturalized. Others are
well above draft age A few have been
fighting with the French almost since
the beginning OF the war. The standard
bearer of one OF the regiments. Lieut.
Jan Chodzko. has been wounded twenty
times since 1914. In the battle Of the
Somme he lost leg. But he now has
an able American substitute.
His Is the spirit OF most of his cam
rades They are eager to fight, ever re-
memberng the words of President Will
son that after this war Poland shall be
free and independent country.
For six months an American has
been working with the Polish army. He
is Walter Stanley Schultz, a lawyer Of
Hartford Conn The soldiers call him
'Schutzki Americanzki' But for all that
they like him and have taken him with
them during their slow but steady prog
ress toward the front. He runs their
Y. NJ. c. A., teaches them English and
otherwise makes himself agreeable and
useful.
They are a splendid body of men,
Mr.. Schultz said shortly after they had
been reviewed by President Poincare and
had received their colors. They feel
that they are az much American as they
are Polish. and they are continually
telling me that II they live to help free
Poland they will return to America
''They come from nearly all parts Of
the country-from New England. from
Pennsylvania the Central States and
from the West, Not long ago | met a
war correspondent who had come up
with a trainload OF them waiting on a
/ siding. He thought, Of course, that they
were French and he was very much sur
prsed when soldier leaning out of a
car window yelled:
elbows things In Pittsburg?
| "Others were wanting TO know imme-
dlately about Boston, Detroit, Milwsu.
kee, in fact a good many places of which
the correspondent was completely igno-
rant"