Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-15
of empty bottles lying on the ground


They lost no time filing themselves
started BY accident one Of the sol
dicrs was killed before the sidcboard
In the dinins-room. lie had been hit
! had opened his head like a melon. III;
Trains were bursting out. HIS eyes,
large as MS list; were bursting ION,
because OF that we could not establish
| his identity. his inurderers having
, ,iaa his papers and military identihca-
sim under him. but its contents had
been clipped onto the ground What
proved plainly that it was not civilians
No had killed this man was that he
ned his gun in his arms. The
| gan of the murderer, also, with the
buit-.nd all covered with blood. was
j stll there
GERMAN HONOR MUST
NOR he sULLIED
LIEUTENANT kedor, under officer Dorr.
OF the commissioned officers. Hallen-
back. Lonelhardt and ]. wcro the frs,
crowu o. CIVILIANS and soldiers VINO
were before the door did not dare TO
enter We decided Immediately wha,
been no one but Il German soldier who
had committed this murder Kedor put
me question: Who will give up the
Meanwhile. We must not sully the
honor OF the German army With
these words, he went out OF the house.
ana accused the Inhabitants Of having
asSassin3tcd Il PruSsian soldier.
immcdiate!y on the order OF Colonel
fudcr. Lieutenant SrtafitZel, adjjutant
OF the regiment, arrested all the In :
hab!tanis OF the houses ada jcent to the
mn. numbering twenty These unfor-
Inmates swore that the soldiers were
iney We're innocent. on hearing this
Pndcr cried: shoot Immediately every
one OF this crowd that the guilty and
innocent suffer together AMI set fire
houses" '''7
He thought that perhaps one of the
uhiortunatcs would ienounce another
on inc. bnt IN this h" was mistaken bat
before he was able TO counterinand his
order, the soldiers threw themselves
Ike savage beasts on the fifteen o.
twenty men and women condemned
without trial by Colonel puder and
savaEciE ext.r'ninated them with their
bhEoncts. While this was going on
others ran TO the inn and Sc, nrc 10 n
and TO the nearby houses. which were
In , names IN In Few minutes.
through the village. maltreatinc and
terrorizing the Inhabitants The men
, werr lei! ielt perfectly free TO do what
The battalion bivouackcd in field
outside the village. where bodies Of
French soldiers belonging TO a colonial
regiment were still laying
We suffered greatly from the lack OF
tobacco. Commander schmidt ana our.
sninss S SIN! tea The soldiers
dhs M. the dead 20 find tobacco. which
they sold afterwards for gold For
some cigarettes the soldiers gave up
their matches their rings or T1icces ~
French or Rclri-.n gold Where did
these things and this money come from.
since The German soldier had received
cnlN " marks for the las; ten DAYS"
Tn. next sunday. a day OF -,st. n re-
!t'ouS service took place, at which
the chap!nin OF the Twen,y-,irst Divi-
SION delivered Il sermon on III. theme.
Love your neiGhbors yourselves -
AZ 1870 a mass was said for Catholic
Soihs'rs III ne church a. itancour6
s!ohca ohhcers, Commander schmidt told
me that was detailed with Loffel-
haTdt 10 try hard 10 find some. l in
duired Immediately among the inhabi-
tants OF the village. who directed me to
20 10 villa situated at the north end
Q, Kaue9urt; This villa was occupied
son, and who said they, ought 10 have
great deal OF wine in her cellar
Kn mhen We presented ourselves,
and 1. at the villa, We were met at the
door by young lieutenant. who was
already installed.
We then returned to Commander
Schmidt TO tell him OF the failure Of
our mission. kedor. who in such cases
mad plenty OF assurance. told us that
we we were to return there with him
was not there. and we were able TO
speak immediately with the woman
we explained the reason of our visit.
thing in this house is already com
numbered by the general who is here.
ana where is this gentleman" I
He has gone out" said she.
Well. when he comes back YOU
snow MIN this requisition order"
On that we descended into the cellar
a~l-
champagne and other wines As We
were ABOUT TO go out with thirty
So me young officer, met US at the
door OF the cellar with these words:
II will teach YOU TO drink my cham
pagne; You can drink water, you
icoundrels!"
i' snI Ked9r; h Who :, was as afraid OF no
What are you saying? Who are
I"% .. what are you doing in this
Il am the generals adjutan,. and
you are to leave this Wine and leave
TINS house as quickly as you possibly
Keep still and shut your mouths!
am your senior! think YOU are only
common soldier!" replied the fearless
Kedor.
Finally we got back to Commander
Schmidt with our stolen wine, but we
could not drink much, for we had to
Leave IN tour hours and half; We
starting out on the march
But we had only gone six kilometers
from Raucourt when it was necessary
for us to halt to allow other troops TO
pass as, because we were the reserve
This gave Schmidt the idea of sending
us back again to hunt for wine in the
old lady's house, because we were prob
ably going to pass through regions
that would have already been piiinCcd
by the troops which were preceding
Us. So set out with Lieutenant Abra-
ham. OF Company Eight. and with Loft
fclhardt We were delighted to go
back once more TO get the best OF the
young lieutenant. In the village Lieu
tenant Abraham stopped moment to
chat with some soldiers that he knew
so that Loffclhardt and | reached the
door Of the old lady's villa alone
Old LADY ABUSED
ny GERMAN OFFICER
We raped several times, but no one
came to open the door. We tore of
an iron bar from the wall around the
garden TO force open the door and To
fasten our bicycles. Suddenly we were
surprised to hear menacing words in
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