The sun., 1919-02-25

terlng his leg. breaking his left arm and
innicting fifteen other wounds on hi,
body They had to cut of his leg in q
hurry to save his life. and he spent q
month in French hospital before COINS
TO England. He was also wounded In
the right elbow at Messines Ridge or
October II. 1915.
Capt Astor had the usual architec.
tural wonder spasm over the skyline that
was not here on his previous visit. He
will stop In this city at the Waldorf
Astoria about ten days to attend to
business matters, and, as he said, TO look
after little property he happens &c
have In this neighborhood.
Negro omcer Speaks.
A negro officer who was n cabin pas
senger aboard the Olympic said his fell
low officers were as happy as larks UNI
I'll they learned. after boarding the
Olympic, that they were to be separated
from the white officers in the dining
saloon. He said:
I'VE ate In the side dining room. nrst
class. while the others ate in the main
dining room. We sent letter to Brig
Gen. Charles Erhardt requesting an ex-
PLANTATION. He answered that there was
no attempt to scyresate us, but that we
were fed In different sections because of
the large crowd. The General Is a
mighty fine man and officer, and al
though we all thought good and hard
we said little, and let the explanation
stand. There was no segregation on the
battlefields OF Europe. We all fought to-
gether as Americans through and
through, all intent on bringing peace and
happiness to all the world"
Col. B. Roustem-B ek, Cossack. who be-
lieves In the ultimate triumph of Russian
democracy, said he thought the cause
OF Bolshevism was on the wane and that
the army officers put into power by
Lenine and Trotzky would be their un-
doing
The Bolshevik army officers" the
Colonel said. will establish a military
institute that will mean the downfall of
the Bolsheviki and the creation OF a
military dictatorship. Then the political
parties Of Russia will get together and
order will be restored"
The Very Rev. George Joseph waring.
vicar-General for tho Atlantic Sea-
board and Chancellor to Bishop Hayes
Roman Catholic Chaplain General for
the American Army. returned from a
visit to all the ohaplains at the French.
DOAb Athllhn nc 6hlQ ne
found Father Duffy Of the old Sixty
ninth in fine spirits and very popular
with all hands, Catholic and Protestant
Rear-Admiral w. II. @. Billiard re-
turned from q tour of the Adriatio as
commander OF the American feet. His
last flagship was the Birmingham. He
said the sea was stu strewn with mines
and that ships of all the Allies. chiefly
Italy. were destroying them to enable
commerce to get busy again.
Corporal Gottlieb Bruegger Of Massil-
Ion, Ohio. who fought with Company B.
147th Infantry. wears a Belgian war
cross, presented to HIM by King Albert
He told how he got It.
"On the night OF November TO-" said
Corporal Bruesger. "our frst battalion
received orders to 20 over the top early
the next morning. We started soon after
midnight and tho German artillery FIRE
was playing hell with us. We were
bound for the Scheldt River. and on our
way discovered that the bridge had been
blown away by the Huns. go that we
would be unable to get our outfits
across. We also learned that there we're
three machine guns at work on us, one
right down in the centre or the road and
the others UP on either side, near the
river.
II crawled up through the thick bushes
that lined the road and was soon behind
one OF the gunners. jumped UP quickly
and pointed a pistol In his face and or
dered him to surrender. He didn't under
stand me, so I spoke in German, and he
stared at me in Amusement. When he
had recovered himself ne said In his
mother tongue: What the he'll do YOU
mean You're a fine kind OF German (!
For Gods sake let up!' I Just told him
the war was Germany's own making,
and that while my parents were once
Germans they were now Americans to
the core.
Il made this fellow tell me where his
other comrades were, and you may be
sure he was glad enough to lead me to
them. made him carry part OF the
gun. and soon l had rounded up the
other three. two OF whom were working
at one gun. In crossing the river I was
severely injured by Slipping from the
rocks. I was later sent TO hospital in
Dunkirk"