Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-29


! flee. established about Ave blocks
away, but only got as farY as the
nrst floor when we again stopped for
our mornings repast of cocoa and
This very ttIs II sure rrs was rsisin oFsaa
Wonderfui baker of pastries and after
the months we had seen with only
bread or hard tack we certainly con-
sumed our portion OF said pastries
but the supplysis limitless, It seems.
we were presented with much chat
Ter, with our presents, each of the
d1elIows receiving ring with the
German colors and a German cross
enamelled thereon. 1t will prove q
very attractive remembrance of the
occasion, but is really only very
cneap we were now in sort OF
quandary for we had nothing to re-
turn so We protested our great hurry
70 the Office promising upon our re-
turn TO present them with our pres
ShtS now reposing in our room. We
hurried downtown and invested about
/ tnlrty francs in presents for the
crowd. These were taken back by
watkins and the others went to the
news that We would be paid in about
one hour, so we sent our couriers to
, inform the fellows.
At eleven o'clock we were paid by
lhe major In person, who extended to
us his greetings with the usual New
Years wishes.
l had been completely broke for I
nave not received that cable of 500
you SO kindly sent. The express COM
pany stated in their last letter that
they would mail me a cashiers check
good at any bank or Y. NJ. c. A. imme-
dlately. That was several weeks ago
SO that L am expecting it most any
time.
Felt Like millionaire
My pay for the TWO months
amounted to 3Z2 francs so that upon
fn1e IL IA.
but VIII hold it like one also.
! AT II o'clock we asaIn returned to
the mouse of Schmitz for our Christ
mas dinner, served in wonderful style,
usual hxings.' 1t is such pleasure
20 SIT down to a table with china
dishes and table cloth. Ihe foou
was well cooked and delicious and
we disposed of 1T in true American
style, consuming it in vast quantities,
Tor We all have the, rosiest of appe-
tltes' until 1t was well after one when
we mad to excuse ourselves and pro-
our own kitchen. We were all pretty
Wen stufred but not so much that we
could not clean up some dessert.
Jones' my side sergeant invited
me Tor ride in the side car of one
OF our motorcycles and we drove out
70 castle nearby, 'Schlosse Burres-
helm. situated in the hills, about
%three % kllos from the town. The
greens, which were now covered with
ABOUT SIX inches of snow and present.
ed a picture which l shall never for
get. In and out. around the noun
trance of this old castle but could
not gain admittance because a COM
pany of American troops are now sta
TONED there and the guard would not
did not deter from the wonderful
scenery surrounding and we spent
the balance of the afternoon in Just
gazing about and pushing the cycle
was formerly the property of a Bel
gian Graf but'has not been occupied
for years.
RidicuIe for Kaiser
We returned to the billet and again
were invited to partake of a lunch
with Herr Gadzka and his wife. After
the meal we played chess and other
amusing card games. Jones conceived
the very brilliant idea -of bringing
DOWN from our room a bundle of
american magazines, given us by the
Red Cross and forthwith the fun
started for the magazines were thick
with cartoons of Hindenburg, the
Kaiser and the Crown Prince, all
.caricatured in every conceivable,
ridiculous FORM That started things
arguments in half-German, half Eng
hsh. all, of course. was taken in the
spirit which it was intended and we
all got the greatest amusement from
these comics and the books were inst
polluted with them. Herr Gadzka
proved himself a good scout and de-
rived as much pleasure from the car
toons as we did but the females, es-
pecially one. got peeved. but it soon
wore off,.
Herr Gadzka is interested in coins
and ], too. although just casually as
he dragged out a box containing rare
German moneys. some dating back to
hn
exchanging German for English and
vice versa, not coins but words. He
is anxious to learn English and we
German, so he has requested that,
evenings, instead of remaining in our
rooms to come down to his very
comfortable library and chat.
These Germans make their Christ
instead of one. so that today is as
much holiday as yesterday and none
of them work. We. however, were
on the job and remained there all day
with plenty to do.
| This snow of yesterday was the
first of any moment this season and
In going down to the office yesterday
morning the entire town lined the
which our fellows Joined so that we
were pelted by both soldiers and in
habitants on our way and we re-
| turned the nre. statue or the
Kaiser, bust of him, / should say,
stands in a small park at the juno
tion of two streets and of course that
too came in for its share. The Kaiser
was duly 'strafed' and his counte-
nance plugged with beauty spots.
THE statue is quite gigantic and
could not be pushed over by the men
| so we are endeavoring to get the
gang together some night. throw a
moose around his neck and have one
of our Quads pull the thing over into
the creek. 1t may mean court mar
tial but we must pass IL every day
and the idea of that despoiler repos-
ing in peace on that piece of granite
is more than we can endure. so TO
hell with the Kaiser"
| 1--WE have many times wondered If
| there is some ulterior motiye behind
all this generosity of the Germans
but our deductions always let us in a
circle, so to speak. Are they doing II
because of the impression they ex-
pect to make, in the expectation OF
having the Allies deal with them
more leniently at the Peace Confer
ence? Or is it with the idea of allevi-
ating that existing responsiveness and