Evening star., 1918-07-22
Charley Ginsberg's Prisoners.

l .hs iouuthiH IN the center with tho
gesture of . caress.
Charley Ginsberg's Prisoners.
Charley Ginsbere enters. We didn't
know him for Charley Ginsberg at
all, except vaguely as q rather UNDER
| sized soldier. carrying a gun, covered
| as to the head with a helmet, his face
| streaked and criss-crossed by lines of
perspiration in which dust has dried
| Attention is centered upon the Ger
man prisoner Ginsberg 10 escorting.
Some one comments that one can get
ooche like that tied up, six to the
bundle. In the Berlin markets. He is
| shouldered German. His trousers
seem too wide for his legs The split
tailed coat of the Prussian Guard he
wears seems a misfit. A curling.
hangs about his chin. His helmet 10
as much too large for him as though
ne had clappsd a coal scuttle on his
c,n HE !s.rs amt aa.ess. sc.rsd any Charley
say Kamerad' when we got him. We
Finish. seidaten. Jesus Christ. I'm
giad I'm through fighting"
"a little" said Charley Gins5ers.
| New York. had a newsstand"
we watch the German. A nasty lit
tie German this Is. who is happy to
no means frightened. He obeys the
orders Of the oficer who 10 superin-
tending the searching Of his clothes
put he has mean, wary. pig-iike
lively Until he made sruntiag pro-
cest against a dirty package Of pa
pers being taken from him. Tho dis
ike faded when one saw that the
papers included photos OF his wife
or three rosy little Kids. They were
most surprising exhibit Of all.
German Soldiers Starving.
It was a photo Of the prisoner him
self. dressed up in his best Prussian
Guard uniform. wearing his fatigue
cap. and with . bold and martial look
man in the photo than he did In real
life. until Charley Ginsberg Volun-
teered the Information that for four
days the prisoner had not eaten at
all and nd for ,.t two wsek. Prssious he
slept just now and then. and fought
all the time. He had been fined down
almost to a skeleton. No wonder he
ala not At his clothes. We asked
SluSuCI8 IL LILO QEiSOACI 66iu tuak hll
the German troops opposite were
Most Of them were not fed at all.
he says. was Ginsberg's reply. He
says the Prussians got the food hrst,
others got It. There hasn't been any
left lately. because the American artil-
lery has smaahed the food convoys."
do the other Germans like the
2russ.Ans7' we asked through Gins
nrtaanAH aNnU1a
What difference?" he asks. A most
unpleasant Frussian. A big soldier
| 10 called on to take the Prussian to
the bullpen half q dozen kilometers
II haven't got a rife" says the big
| soldier, in answer to an ofncer's ques-
tion. "I don't need one. could kill
this boche with my fists."
How the Bochs Was Taken.
The prisoner starts on. stifny. We
note that his clothes are dirty and
greasy, but that they seem new, never
theless, and Of good quality. His
boots are strong and new. The New
York nswsboy tells Of the capture.
~Hs and his partner were lying out
in the grass" said he. when We come
up on 'em. His partner 10 hit BY 20
many bullets that he's darn near cut
in two. He DIES right there. This
guy Is Just trying to get his gun to
| his shoulder when one Of the bunch
| takes q running jump and lands with
| his feet right between his shoulders.
/ He fiatterns out-pow! All his breath
gone. He didn't even try to tight.
seems to stick In Ginsberg's craw.
| He apologiBed for his looks Hadn't
even had q chance to wipe his face
let alone wash up-for the past four
days, he said. He guessed he was
pretty dirty: But now he must be
getting on hack. He had walked the
prisoner four kilometers In from the
front line, whore he was captured, ana
must walk baok-unless he could
catch . truck. oh. yes. trucks run up
close 70 ths front line herr: y im't
l-but it's been pretty tough 1t times.
$50 long. fellers." said Charley Gins
berg. Ha sloped his rafe across his
l shoulder and started back Tor the
line. A fine. self-reliant, courageous
little soldier: 10 this Jewish boy. who
went from Washigton, Ga. to New
1 York to make his fortune. Perhaps
he 10 type OF the Jewish soldiers to
| come. The general is standing in the
doorway OF the farmhouse. beckoning
| to US:
IN uV0 1uAuuto9s BAlQ no, nlB 0y0u
on his watch, "the. marines will go
over. Do you want to look at the map
and see what they'll take today?"
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