Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-03-02
yANKS MAKE FRIENDS
IN ARCTIC REGIONS
American Troops In Archnnsei "A''
won the Hearts Of tho
Natives.
CLIMATE LIKE WISCONSIN
,.,crc You Put Him the Nnnk
shows Himself n Modest
Hero.
, MARGARET wALTER

.
,,>poN March Quite like a
,.,w Town on tho American IRON
.,, 4. is Archangel. where many
,.og. are wintering. Among other
.,.,r,s they run the street car
- a., ArchAngel whenever the
u,,,u,ru and conductors feel tne
,l.hrIk epidemic coming over
rhr log houses, the flabby swamp
,.t. The site Of Archangel, It's
a,,n,.,,r arrangements have lus'
49, l.scrlhed 10 me by Capt. VIII
'.. II Mvnne, OF the American
T,, ross. who until recently was IN
, ,t,rRc OF the Red Cross contin-
.,rt AZ the far northern Russlan
and who carried up sufficiefs
.,i.,. vhen he went last July 10
| f,, men in comfort for . year:
S,,,,Ir Wvnne took many photo
oy,p14 which he has turned over TO
h1 American Red Cross. 1t has been
,,,r prrytlegc to see these interesting
uec,risr OF the swamp every street
,aa vide wooden road for wagons
nr redestrians. down It's center.
a., From this corduroy road run board
uaIkg into every nome anu hhop'
BOOSTED the Census.
=, rormal times Archangel has
,onuI,iion OF 10000 but owing to
Inc disturbances In the surrounding
.ourtry which have driven many ref
,,,ses to the town for protection. and
w. nrcsence OF allied troops, there
srs about 10000 souls there this
winter to he fed and clothed
one Of tho largest buildings In the
town the former prison. Is now
barracks for American soldiers and
may are also quartered In the large
schools which before tho war were
omong the best In Russia. The chill.
dren OF Archangcl still go to school
hut they have been accommodated
In one hullding In order to make
room for the Yanks.
oOur soldiers have made a hig hit
with tho Russians" said Captain
Wynne THE boys in Archangel are
Mi from the west, the 33sth infantry
from Michigan and the first battalion
NJ the 3lOth engineers from Wiscon-
en-.
Much Like Home.
There are many things about tho
country of Archangel that are Ike
home The plains and the summer
climate. the farming country ana
he loneliness. Life during the long
ice.bound winter too is very like "
ls with our frontlersmen. Just as
Al home our boys are as busy az
bees. Al summer we spent building
houses for this winter and improv-
ing roads which are the worst In
me world 20 that II would be possible
70 transport goods and provisions
over them. Then we little by little
undertook TO improve the town it-
sell and help the inhabitants to get
more comfortable view OF things,
with this has come n certain respon-
slbiliy"
How about fighting the bolshe-
vlks7" was asked.
well. OF course. there Is GER
tain amount of that but by tho
time our troops got 10 Archangel the
vast stores which they had been
sent TO guard were already gone so
there hasn't been any fighting I'm the
town. Our troops who have been In
action arc six or eight days journey
away or more. These troops have TO
he kept r>ovisioned and this Is the
chief work OF the Archangel contin-
gent
Music Not lacking.
I'VE have provided recreation for
the long winter evenings. There
are plenty Of pianos ~ Russia 30 we
have as much music as we wsrr>.
FAe Y. VI. c. A. has n complete out
III up there and they keep thlnsn
lively
Even IN winter we have com
municatlon with the world every
fortnight when by almost superhu-
, man efforts sledges are dragged
down the river TO meet the boat from