The Washington herald., 1919-01-27
SLAYER OF TEN
HUNS ARRESTED
AS A DESERTER
Chateau Thierry Veteran,
Unpaid Seven Months,
Faces Court-martial.
RETURNED BY GUARD
Absent from Walter Reed
Hospital, He Sought to
Borrow Money.


Private Joseph Narewski. OF Com
pany c, Medical Detachment, United
states regular army, who fought at
Chateau Thierry. who was Gassed in
the ArSonne campaign and was in
Nalided home last November without
receiving any army pay in seven
months, was returned to Walter Reed
Hospital yesterday from Philadelphia
under guard. charged with being hVe
days absent without leave.
Private Narewski is a hospital or
derby and enlisted January = 1917. in
the regulars, as he explains, because
this is a great country. l am proud
q OF it and 1 was and still am willing
TO fight for Uncle Sam"
Having walked the greater part OF
the way from BaltimOre to Philadei-
phia, he arrived there Thursday at
the local headquarters of the Red
Cross. without food for three days.
and asked for railroad farc to Wilkes
barre. where he has friends from
whom he hoped to obtain the $50 he
needed to square his accounts with
three members OF his detachment.
Sought Price of Ticket.
He told the Red Cross officials he
was absent without leave. explain
ing the circumstance. and asked for
the price OF his ticket, which he
promised to refund. According to
regulations. it was necessary to no
tify the police and he was lodged
in \ cell.
Il don't blame Uncle sam for
this" nc said. 1T is not Uncle
Sans fault. Somebody has forgot
me. Nobody really cares for me.
! never set letter from home, like
other fellows do. am very lonely. l
thought I was dead several times
over there in France. when l got
that gas said to myself. Well
this is about all for me- But here
am still"
Tears started down his check. He
quickly brushed them away with his
roat sleeve and pulled himself to-
. Ecth"r again.
Going Back to Texas.
"DCIr old Dallas, l wish I was
back there again" he said. rcsum-
. ing his rcverie. Il am going to get
Il little money together when I get
uut Of this army and ! am going
bark To Texas. It was so beautiful
down there. II was spring when !
J. lott fhcrc. and the flowers were
blooming. pretty flowers, and the
wind seemed SO pure and sweet.
J have always wanted to be happy
a thought when l got back here to
America l would be happy; but it
always seems just a little way on
beyond Some day I'll meet my
mother. Then maybe. I'll be happy"
lie wa asked about the trenches
= and the men of the 10th Infantry. for
10" had served as a stretcher bearer
when that regiment went into the
chateau Thierry fight. Joe looked up
and his face lighted.
They were great" he said. 1T
vas an awful fight and we left lot
"f them there. They didn't give an
inch. Four of us saw what appeared
tp hc dOughbOy leaning against a
tree. His face was buried in his arm
end he appeared to be wounded We
thought he was. We beat it over to
him, but hadn't got within five yards
" him when we were met by a fusil-
lade OF shots from the brush behind
him and Two of my companions selI
dead.
Trap Set by BOchc.
"Ir was a trap set by the Boche.
They had tied a dead Yank up to a
tree in that position as a decOy for
us Well I quickly picked up a rifle
found on the ground at my feet. and
my buddy picked up another. I
fired. There was only one bullet in
my gun. and I don't know where that
bullet went My buddy had found
three in his gun. ard he killed three
OF the Germans. The rest beat it,
VIC carried the dead American back
TO orr lines"
Then his mind wandered off to Wal
Ter Reed Hospital He said: You
500, ] had been months without any
pay. It's been seven months since I
got any pay. 1 had been working q
l0r- time there at the hospital. /
wanted to get out and see something
"lsc. l borrowed $40 from one fellow
and ! went to Philadelphia to spend
New Years Day and to see a girl.
] gave her my mothers wedding ring
I used to love her very much. 1
found that while I was away in France
she had married another fellow. lie
ia happy now, | guess. ] thought a
Tot Of her. I wouldn't want her to
hear OF what has happened TO me for
anything"
Pvt. Narcwski says he left the hos
rital after having been three times
refused a furlough.
Huns Mean BcEgnrs.
lie was asked concerning the Boone
as lighters. They are mean beg
Ears. he responded. Il found a wound
- 81 one on the battlefield once and !
picked him up. ! sIung him over my
shoulder. for | had no stretcher. 1
did not pay any attention to whether
he had any arms or a bayonet. But
as was toting him along 1 felt
something. 1t seemed like a sharp
pain in my back. Then | felt a tug
at my coat dropped the German.
Il found he had drawn his bayonet
and had been trying to stab me in the
back. He had cut a slit in my over
coat and had jabbed me a little-just
Snough to make the blood come, but
not much. That made me so darned
mad I jumped on that Boche and
stamped the life out of him. Gee,
whiz, it made me mad" He said he
had killed ten Germans in all.
From Baltimore he had got a ride
little of the way to Wilmington, he
said. but had walked most of the
miles. intent on reaching wilkesbarre.
Worked in Coal Mines.
He was born near Scranton and had
worked a little while in the coal
mines. He had taken a turn in the