Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-05-27
hey BUDDIEl TALK
UNITED STATES, ITS
EASIER 70 UNDERSTA AND
i Rsergcan gol&ier Does Not SaEHy
PoIish Ilegsenss Breken
Esramck


EIght times ont og ten when an Am
erican soldier met 8 man iii the char
acteristie horizon blue uniform tllat
he had come 10 associate exclusively
with the French army. and wearing q
queer. square tam shanler and q
wiiise eagle On q rod patch on his col
aar. and began ID talk 10 him u brok-
I'm French. the reply would come back
fn eh1ice AneTicanese:
Hey. Buddy, talk United States.
al's eaaier 10 understand
For the blue uniformed men were 0E
the Polish legion, American citizens
iii forty cases osa of hundred, and
eighty per cent IL them spoke Eng
ljsh. while the sixty per cent who had
not YET been fully naturalized held
their first papers for American citi-
zenaisip
Last month when their commander,
General HalIer, left Paris Tor bis ma
tive land, accompanied BY his stan.
another link binding Poland 70 the
Western world Mas forged The gem
eraI and his party formed the advance
guard Of the two divisions of Poles,
10000 til all who are 70 leave Paris ss
sonn as transportation facilities can
he provided FOR them.
The divisions were recruited IN
large part Iii the United States from
Poles who volunteered for service on
The wostern front because they had
learned ID value the lessons Of demo-
eracy When the Job here was flIiiali-
ed they yearned to 20 on 81 the ianti
81 tiaai rfatilers and TO assist In de-
liyering ii from its long continued
l,oiitInge. They believe that even their
nresenca there win have D beneficial
moral efTact. but they 10 prepared 70
fight tho German the Russian, the ny
bria Bofsheyfss or whoever II may be
that nffers resistance TO the long sup
pressed desire Tor freedom 81 their
kinsmer
with General Taller went five II.
nj. G.. Al. secretaries, md three more
followed within few daya. Ten cars
of the trim were stocked with tobac-
eo. cakes, chocolate, athletic equip
n1ent and motion picture outfits 500 4
600 wortilof supplies and parapherfia-
liza purchased by the ~ and present
edl ID the Polish army
Tl,e American r. M G. A. secFe-
taries, like tic Poles In the United
states. enlisted for war work with the
Allied and Associated armies on the
western front. Now though the ar
gnistfce has been signed, and the peace
negotiations appear to be reaehing
conelnaion, they purpose 20 give the
Polish natlonalists exactly the same
hnt service aa the doughhoys were en-
ioyiEg III their hands q few months
mo. and as those still remaining ~
germany. France and Belgium are
still receiving.
The Y.sAa. G. A. men who are accom-
panyfng General HITLER to Poland are
prepared to remain just as long as
the froops themselves Most Of them
ministerea to the Polish divisions an
France and Ii was 81 the request q
the army heads that they Joined inc
present expedition,
la the party were Walter ;. senutz,
who has been selected as general sec.
Rotary for the Association IN Poland
stanley Moara III Brooklyn. who re-
celyed i Croix a. Guerre for notable
service at Chateau Thierry Burt Il
winchester of Newark, New Jersey
ana inc University Dc Michigan; the
Rev. II. Al. Kingsley, pastor Of the Peo-
pla,s Congregational Church. 8 hicago
Harry &. Olmstead, Danbury, Connec-
flent. nurt N. Welsh, Newton KAN
aas. Thomas +, Russell, Springfield.