Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-05

Copyright, 1919. by Universal Press)
LONDON. May Alive soldiers of
Infantry-Detroi,'s own-thc first
American prisoners from Russia just
arrived here by way of stock holm to-
day. gave a wonder-tale of adventures
in the black heart OF mad Russia.
They are:
( Wai,sr H nfmnr. MHsksgon Nj; Mich
Anton Wants. Chicago.
Mike Iiaurilak lnaturalzcd Russian).
| Detroit.
William scheul,e. AIanistcc. Mich.
They were six weeks en- route from
Moscow. where they had been i'm
prisoncd via Finland and Sweden
They left behind John Triplcr, a Ken
tueky mountainecr who was lost in
the crowd just az they were entrain-
ing in Moscow; NJ. J. Arnold, of Ne
released with them. and John Rycli.
OF ohio, another "Y' worker. Three
other Americans remain prisoners in
Moscow, together with siXty-siX French
and English soldiers
When interviewed At the Eagle Hut
caps and nondcscript clothes. The
latter were supplied by the British
consul at liclsingfors. Their faces
were Eaunt and lined with deep fur
rows from months Of emi-starvatiol.
~. they unanimously gave this cheer
ful pledge:
We're going back 10 get those Boil
Shics as soon as We get rested and have
mad big feed
Typical Heart Appeal.
Hcfore giving their narrative must
earnestly put TO me BY young Schcuitc:
Tell everybody's mother back home
no. no 70 worryl r our boys in Russia are
ter with them except homesick ncss."
seated in a circle in an inner room
hanging on the runGs of chairs. the
boys spun Lrcathlcss yarns about their
e sxn,.ri ran,g2ing from digginE
mat had starved to death to address
ing Socialist congress in P.trograd
and visiting tho Winter Palace.
Their narratives We're Kaleidoscope
OF weary marches in tho bittcrCst cold,
their comic opera Imprisonment ut Mos
COW ana Wild junkets through the
Boishevist capital. BY mutual con-
sent Alb.rs: raw bonrd lad: VINO
miN.d Russian words with his Yankee
speech, was appointed spokesman. Said
II was captured on November. 3.
Scheultc didn't Get caught till last
March Il. bu, all had the same
aS Sh..s,, Sone Of US; l guess .oh i
They got ms hgh,ng. In my case the
guy w ", White nigh, gown
lit night when was on sentry. gun
huttcd me sensclcss and took me with
him. When came to was being
carried on a strc;chcr, headed for
BClShyland.
Steal His Fur Coat.
The frs; thing they did when I got
into the Bolshevis, camp was to swipe
gave me Bolshevist uniform. and
! then. together with some French and
ribe nike for more shan 30 on miles to
/ VoloGda 1t was about 30 below zero,
| otherwise we were having hot time.
/ were fed irresularly with black bread
al a nE NTH ysr slTpt W eontGn h sE
/ to our captors. because they did not
5TSSy, Ensiish But J laughed and
t hey Iaugh h and yell tme sn 40
From Vo!ogda | was taken by train
/ the barracks, not u regular prison.
was the first American to get to Mos
COW. but French and British fellows
were w:th me. also Captain Wilson. of
the Royal Engineers: Major Frazer. 4
British supply officer. and Canadian
his name. but he was regular prince.
For Two months ] was the only
American there and then the rest OF
in. ! nearly died OF lonesomenes be-
fore they arrived.
Boys Suffer Much.
"All these boys suffered worse than
hell in marching TO the railroad. be-
cause they were captured later. when
II was colder Houston was captured
on November ~. He didn't get 10 the
al I!bdu UNI! NC" car ana was all
in.
How did they feed YOU: queried
the correspondent.
Then big. schenltc beloved, "Kasha
All laughed and sang a song in
queer Russo English. about black
bread. kasha and fish soup which
makes your belly stick Then AL
bcrs resumed his tale
I'VE were all in bed when the first
meal was servcd-scup. God knows
what's in it-occasionally somebody
would make mistake and leave a
bit of meat in il, but it was mostly
dried peas and punk fish I'll never
eat another fish long as ] live.
The last two months they began
putting horse in the SOUP. I know,
because ! found a horseshoe nail in
mine. We got pound of black bread !
daily. You had 10 soak ii in soup 10
bite it.
Get DniIy Passports.
imprisonment was joke Each |
day we got Il passport permitting us
TO go anywhere we liked in Moscow |
but we had to return by p. NJ.
The Bolshies treated us fine. We |
never got rough word because we |.
were !AmericanS--in fact, the Reds |
tried their best to make us comfort
able. We had as much as anybody TO |
eat and they paid us % rubles when