The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-11-02
Physical and Mental Torture
Making Bolsheviks of the
Yankee Troops.
Under JAPANESE CONTROL
Private Roy Morris Says He
Wants to Forget His
Months in Near East.

Rp, Morris. recently OF heaoquhrte
rompany. 3lst infantry, American
c,btdtlouary forces In Siberia, az
hsmade the above remark.
Morris only returned to his home
ot 9sl7 East Third street. last Mon
day and he says that he wants 10
forget the hardships. miBtreatment
and abuse that the American soldiers
endured in the far east, which have
converted thousands OF the Yankee
lads into radicals
The Japanese, Morris says, are re-
anonslble In a way for much of the
discontent among the Americans
who were commanded by Maj. Gen,
william S Graves. The commandin6
general OF the allied armies In 81
beria was a Jap and the locations
for the camps OF the Americans,
British, French. Japanese and Rus
sian forces were all determined by
Ofandi. the Jap lieutenant general
yellow, Men Hate Americans.
THE Japs tried to rub II I'm at
every opportunity, continued Morris,
"and the clashes between Americans
| and the little yellow men were fire.
The Japs are distrusted by
Everyone, their sole ambition being
= to seize Siberia. 1t is generally felt
up there that the Japanese are real
ly aiding the bolshevik forces.
Admiral Kolchak, who 10 trying
10 rehabilitate Russia. In very friend
ly to the Americans, but his three
aids, or divisional heads, Generals
Kolmikoff, Seminoff and Gameoff.
are really bandits, far worse than
villa. The Mexican situation Is as
Heaceful az village co impaired with
Conditions In far eastern Russia.
'Thesc men have bands Of ex-sol-
diers, who take orders only from
them and they have created a veri-
table reign OF terror throughout 81
IBERIA. They are financed and armed.
so It is believed. by the Japanese, and
1t was one OF these bands that re-
Gently captured several Americans
and flogged one. General graves de-
manded an apology and j don't know
whether II was given or not, but
do know that Admiral Kolchak has
striven continually to keep the di-
visions Of Slavs under control. That
is why he has not been as victorious
as he should be. because he could
never lay his fingers on his leaders
Morris returned TO the states sew
eral weeks ago. coming home on the
transport John A. Logan. which had
1000 men OF the 27th and 3lst in
fantry on board. In addition TO the
healthy doughboys there were -
men being transferred to an army
hospital In the ships brig, or jail.
there were three prisoners serving
court martial sentences for offenses
committed In Siberia, and In the
hold the bodies OF 1s Americans
killed fighting the bolsheviki
Officers Treated Men BADLY.
Referring to the three prisoners,
Morris said that one of tho reasons
! Why the American soldiers in siberia
Yere 80 bitter against their treat-
$ent, was the way that many of
Their own officers had treated them.
He said that the men OF the 27th in
hntry were particularly bitter
against their leader, and that some
The American soldiers either en-
listed. or accepted induction into the
service to help fight the Germans.
continued Morris" not TO be sent
hall way around the world to do po- |
lice duty In a land they know nothing !
about. and being subjected to treat
ment. they claim was worse than
would be given a dog.
THE men OF the 27th were very |
bltter against their commander. Col. |
II. I. Morrow, nicknamed "Bull of |
the Woods" The men say that Nor
row 4ected stockades and herdcd It |
iull ef American prisoners, placed !
There for the most trivial OF military |
violations.
"One man. Edward q. Bell, h com
pany, 27th, said that this stock nde |
was built of logs and designed to |
hoId $50 men. There were about 1is |
men In II at all times. To use Bell's |
own words: We were made TO double |
time TO and from work or any place
We were driven. Life inside this
ISsckade was n living horror. Every |
hours during the night. officers, |
'mmanded by Colonel Morrow,
Ysouid come In, wake us up, take our
veoding away from us. force us TO
iihe up and answer to roll call and
men VIC would be double timed for a
rev m. Ntes. Then we would be al
lowed to get a snatch OF sleep on the
,ioor. only to be awakened and dou-
ble timed again. We were sent to
,he s'ockade for charges that would
III most places escape with a rebnke.
Morris said that J. Shapiro, of L
coinpany, 27th. charged his officers
WIN grating OF money to be used
~ the men. He said that German
u"'cers. held as prisoners, we're bet
i treated than the Americans. and
ulr some OF the Germans were al
''~ed 10 wear American uniforms.
one private, Arthur Herraea, was
even sentence OF Il days for slur-
ing German officer seen wearing
d" american uniform,
Morris said that his regiment saw
wee about 1900 miles west of
''s-u,Nostok at Verkhne Udnisk.
me Tulsa man said that the eff
tg'H mat Sen. Hiram W. Johnson
Hd other senator's had made to have
,ht Americans removed from Russia,
,au been communicated TO them, and
i.it Ia me men, to a man, were for
me day that Morris arrived at
IN n Francisco another transport
- neg @ Tor Vladivostok with recruits
.s axe their places. on this Morris
LIS dirty shame 20 take young
'N's INTO that hell hole"