The Meeker herald., 1919-01-18


anA W could not Asure ont WY.
man told - hs thought the water was
pelsoesl, and . Russian doctor. who
WAS q prisoner. clipped a. word about
II also. 30. after that. very few Of
- drank water from he hydraat. I
was scared stiR at 'hfst, bscauss I had
had some Of the water. but aftw that
I'D not tooch hydesst water.
n WAS . good thing TOT - that
there was always plsnty Of Snow in
Germany, and even luckise that the
Huas did not shoot ~ for eatias It.
II was about the emily thing they did
not deprive % of-lt was not vssbotsn.
I thought knew what toash coolies
were. In the breaches, but thsy were
regular mollycoddles compared to the
psfs We had In the prison camps. After
we boiled our clothes We would b
free from them for not more than two
hours. and then they would come
back, with re-enforcements, thifsting
for vengeance.
The camp at Neustrslits was sur.
rounded By big dogs. which were kept
Just outside the bar6ed wire. We bad
them going ali The time. Every once
In q while, soma fellow would make
an awful racket, and tie next thing
We knew. there WAS ytits coming like
. shok. with muskst at his hip. Just
M thsy carry them In . charge. and
blowing Whistles at each other until
they wsre blue In tAs face. Whea-
ever they thought some one was -.
Gaping. they ran twice - fast ~ !
ever Aw them Run. sneept when IL
Toeeisn Legion was On their heels
at Dtxnude.
whea they got up 10 ths dogs. they
would arst tslk to them and then kick
them. and after that. tAsy would rest
their Rises on The wire and yell
-zaruck I" at -. We an sajoysd this
innocent pastims very much. and We
wses giaA tAsy had ~ doeA
There wore eoene tAlags ~ Huns
"a hat yos 3ust eeaM not expaaiA.
1oe inaeanes. eoe Il Tie RaasianS
Wulhea cot Il ths kucAs, - We wses
passing. ard ~ hard . bansi al
tha Russ1aA kssisd evse and wsat
vsst. Now. ws I'D ~ asos anything
md ~ etAef 1asslans salA - haA
bshaveo hlnasa&. worried hard and ~
never had ~ 6eaose. Ihsy ~
!iisea -. aad tnes = a. tseee wee y
Il 1se ~ - q - csese aess
CT WY.
Atsf ~ Aad bsea Ct Nessersaes
M tnsse weeaI sney oflSsd % eos e
NJ camp 10 ANYWAY seasioo: ens
1904 " ID Ne now xoe foor houzs
weluAe 1of tne ueie. We "sfS
bausssd ana began nIunS. ooe ~
~. ara each time enc q - 1sll. ~
eeots1es would yei. Niche kraak r
ana eive ~ the rsos outt. we nad
on eno'ce q stenoinS Up and oslas
% tsl'ans cow .no oesns AA'eo. soo
1ns esoses =" save !" ..1'
Toe cars nnaiy poueo N. ano ~
essal ~ windows were snashed' me
doom open. snd the eoopartmsoes 1ose
PACKED with snow. Whso w saw uhsa'
we knew Ne were going to get worse
tfeatment. svee. than We had been
Eettine. and Daay Of - wanted 70 ne:
u Aed NOT oeeo anuses1 TOT somo Q!
ne mea 10 tesi tne oefane 70 snoos
theta TOO ana II seems - tnousn u
was e!waye man VINO Wsnteo 10 Nv
VINO dd GET u ana went west
However,. all Of us nearly got KILLED
when Ne reached Wlttenberg. Wnen
the train stopped there. We saw olS
w&xonlaad OF sliced bread on the sta-
ton pIatforO 90 We all stared q II.
We stood 1t - eo0e as We could. esd
then We made rush for 1t. But when
We got bearer. We saw that there were
four sentries guarding It and -FOUR
women issuing 1t out to the German
soldiers. They would not give % any.
Of course.
b Ne stood around and watched the
Huns sat Il, while they and the women
laughed ut %. and pretended that
thew were fnrviaR and WOufd aF0an