The Bismarck tribune., 1919-04-07
TC0LLAllRE! ! !! SAYS $
RUSSIA IS PURE,
UNDILUTED HE'LL
Former Underwood Representa-
tive Here Long for Return
to Land of Law
TELLS OF HEAVY FIGHTING

Out of thu snowbounds heart of Rus
sia. where about 1000 American sol
dicrs have been fighting Bolshe-
wiki with the Allied expedition, came
today gripping story of wars terrors,
recited by Arthur F. Collar, a Bismarck
soldier, formerly manager for the I'm
dcrwood Typewriter Co., here. -"
Fighting day after day in the intense
cold, with the temperature 81 degrees
below zero; with men falling out of
the line through sheer exhaustion and
left to die of the$cold because there
are, mo means Of transporting the sick
and weary fighters, and with constant
fighting day after day, it is terrible
picture that Lieut.. Collar paints in his
letter, received by J. e. Gaffney, OF the
Underwood Typewriter company. !
In a letter to his sister. Miss Ruth
Collar of the. VIM. III. White Lumber
company Of Fargo, Lieut.. Collar says
he longs for the day when he will be
cable to start for home and live in a
country which has a government that
can control it's officers; where you can
walk down the street without gun,
and where you can, sleep without a
sentry standing by"
Lieut.. Collars story in his own
words. written under date of February
2; 1919, best depicts the conditions
under which Yankee soldiers have been
fighting the "Bolos," as he refers to
the Bolshevik troops.
His force was 300 miles from the
nearest port when the letter was writ
ten, and he, tells of men marching
and fighting in their stocking feet; of
Drawing >the Arctic colds without over
coats and without mitteas, and living
on frozen bully beef. nEass5. g..
Here is. Lieut.. Collars thrilling mar
rative, which, though brief, brings
probably the most gfaphicsstory of the
American, expeditions experiences in
Russia. Il
Somewhere in Russia,
Feb. 2. 1919 ..a-..s
The Bolsheviki have surely made it
interesting for us in the past two
weeks. What 1 write may not be
cheerful, MT am sure it will be inter
iesting
Two weeks ago this morning ut
6 80 o'clock an artillery of six IS
founders opened on us and shelled our
village for two hours. Then 500 in
.fantrymen advanced on an outpost, Of
which wrote you before, Eight men
out Of 40 got away. It was 30 degrees
below, and it was at least ap hour
before we could get out to pick up the
wounded. Many of them were nearly
frozen. Some of them froze their
hands and arms to the elbow. Got
the wounded in under heavy fire, and
sent them to the 5rear. Our hospital
was sshelled and burned.
3. They shelled us for nine hours and
in that time shot over 500 shells into
u.s. We drove 1.-TWO 1arge infantry
attacks with heavy losses. to them. We
stood that Hell for foun days and
nights, and in that tinleswe got@lo
sleep and Just frdEen bully beef to
eat. Then the fourth day they cut Che
line q cor nnunicat16n and had us sur
rounded We had two guns. they six.
Our infantry was about 500 stheirs
5000. We retreated at night and got
away and fought a rear guard action
the next day, and got away again at
night. Next morning We took up a po-
sition on a hill in q church yard and
helf them 0ff for six hours, our men
lying In the snow, That made six
days of it. Getaway again and made
our way to the base.
In the meantime they had come II,
on the flank and cut the communion
ticn back of our base, and things sure
ly looked bad. At .:30 a. NJ. we
evacuated the base. Marched SO
miles without a stop. Rested over
night and day and were on the go again