Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1919-04-11

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ambassador and four German officers
and Swatts came to u barracks and
the ambassador told me ! would be
released II was all | could do to
keep from fGlntlng again. Then Swntts
asked me IN English n | had anything
10 say about the treatment In the
camp. and | begun "a think maybe
IL was a frnme-up OF some kind. so all
| said was, "When will I get out OF
here2" and he snld, "Why, you will be
released tomorrow"
did not wait to hear any more, but
rushed Into the barracks again, singing
and whlstllng and yelling as loud as
could. The boys told me my face was
very red and | guess what little blood
] had In my body had rushed TO my
hend. because l could hardly walk for
II few minutes.
Then the men began to think I was
crazy. and none Of them believed |
would really be released. but that |
waa going to be sent 10 the mines. MS
so many were. But | believed II, and
| just sat there on my bunk and be-
gan to dream OF the food | would get
and what ! would eat first, and 50 IN.
| did not sleep that nlght-just
walked from barracks to barracks UNI
TN they chased me AWAY. and her
walked up and down In my own bar
racks the rest of the night. when |
got ~ the Russian barracks aud told
the two doctors my news, they would
not believe me nj ell, although they
knew there had been some important
visitor at the camp.
But when | walked out OF their door
| said. "Dobra vetshav." which mems
Good nlghtw Then they must have
believed me, for they called me back,
and NIL the men gave me addresses Of
people to write to In case ! should get
away.
They were all talking NJ once. and
one OF the doctors got very excited and
got down on his knees with his hands
In the air. ALBERT" he said, III you
have the God-given luck to get out OF
Gcrmany-not for my sake. but for
the sake of us who are here In this
hell-hole. promise me you Will tell all
the people wherever you go what they
nre doing Ia us here. Tell them not TO
send money. for we can't eat money
and not meat-just bread. bread,
bread"
And when | looked around all the
men were sitting on their beds crying
und tearing their hair and saying,
bread, bread, bread" over and over
ngnln. Then each tried to give me
something. rs II to say that even II
they did not get out, perhaps their but
ton or belt or skull cap would get back
10 civilization.
When | left their barracks / began
to cry, because II did not seem pos
slble that | was going away, aud al
ready | could see them starving slow
ly, Just as | had been starving.
The next morning II sentry came Ia
my barracks, called out my name and
took me to the commander Of the
camp. They searched me, and then
drilled me back 10 barracks again.
Then the men all thought they were
Just playing a Joke on me, and they
said so.
The same thing happened the next
| NANf WiNA MHfn WV VI wv NA'N NAA'
that probably | would be slammed ~
against a wall and shot. began 10 feel
shaky, l can tell you.
But the third morning. inter they
had searched me, the commander said
well. you1l have 20 have n bath be
fore You leave the country" and
was SO glad that l did not mind about
the bath, although | remembered the
last one / hnd, and IL did not agre,
very well with me. After the bath
they drilled me out into the road.
There were four sentrles with me
but not Swatts. nor ala ] see hin
anywhere around. for which ! was scr
ry. hut all the boys came down I,
the barhed wire, or 10 the gate. anC
some were crying, and others were
cheering, and all OF them were yer!
much excited. But after a minute o
two they got together again and TN
last thing / heard was the song abou
pncking up your old kit bag, and then
"Are we downhearted7-Nol" The!
were certainly game lads.
They did not take me straight Il
the station, but took me through nj
the streets they could ind, and rs us
unl, the women were there with tn
bricks and spit. But | did not mind
| was used to Il, and besides, Il wa
the last time. SO I just grlnned a
them, and thought that | vas bette
on than they, because they had TO sta.
In the hole chilled Germany.
| was still half naked, but I ara no
mind tho two-hour walt ON the statloI