Abilene weekly reflector., 1919-01-02

I
received bowl Of soup made o
cabbage, carrots and | can't guess
what all. Anyway, | know l ha'
never seen anything like II before
Sometimes we might receive n sid
dish at noon, Of u bowl Of soup bu
that was seldom. We remained a
this place four days.
We were then sent to the prison a
Karlsruhe which Is sort of a distribu
tion point. We stayed ten days a
this place, locked up in a hotel.
never came so near starving in my
life as | did while there. We re
celved n corn coffee in the morning
bowl of soup for dinner. and side
dish Of either sauerkraut, potatoes
slaw or sometimes fruit-they
called it-made out OF the culls from
the cider mill. No one could eat It.
II VS. awfully disagreeable there.
We were locked up In a small room
with frosted windows and had moth
ing to read. We got so hungry we
were willing to eat anything. was
fortunate IN having little money on
me and was able to get the guards
TO buy some extra bread or anything.
For these we had to pay ridiculous
prices. We were allowed to get out
In small yard about twenty feet
square, for an hour day to get a
little fresh air. The most disagree
able part of all, was that the place
was just full of feas and lice l
did not get any though. At this place
met Lieut. Sumner of Manhattan,
Kans. Our squadron had lost three
that morning; Sumner and ! taken
prisoners and Petree, whom the Ger
mans said was dead when they found
him.
We were then sent to a camp in
park In town. This place was sur
rounded by board wall and barbed
wire. We lived in wooden barracks
and were able to take a shower bath
twice week And best OF all, we
received Red Cross issue of food
twice a week With this and the
Hun food we were able to get along
quite wen. At this camp we re
malned fourteen days, along with
French, English and Belgian officers.
From there, we were sent to Lau-
deshut, camp for American fiers
only. We lived in the courtyard of
an old castle, built in 100 and fur
nished by the King of Bavaria, but
who never lived in it. We were in
wooden barracks and lived quite com
fOrtably. The Hun food was much
better here and the Red Cross issue
was very good. At this place, we re-
ceived incubation for typhus, ty-
phoid and cholera. We were at this
place when the revolution broke out.
We thought things were going to be
rather serious, but they were not. We
We're all moved into stone barracks
and given extra guards. Frequently
we could hear firing In the town, but
we were not disturbed.
On the 10th of November we left
fhfo n1aoa For Ui11tnuon W. ,x,oxo
told we were going straight back,
but we stayed there ten days. While
there / met Col. Brown, who was
captain Of my company at Ft. Riley.
At Villingen we were given our pa
role and were able to see the German
troops when they came back. They
were in awful condition. 1t must
have been sad affair for lot of
them, but they took it very WELL
We left there on the 26th Of No
vember and were told we were going
straight through Switzerland, but we
didn't. We stopped at Constance, a
place on the border, leaving there on
November 20. In Switzerland we
were given wonderful reception
one l shall long remember. Large
crowds met us at every station and
treated us simply great. The Red
Cross had something for us to eat at
every town and the civilians loaded
us with chocolates, cigarettes, etc.
We arrived in France on December 1.
Now, we are quarantined at a hos
pital, called Ellerey. What they are
going to do with us and how soon we
are going home, I don't know. They
don't seem to know much about us
either. suppose they will give med
ical treatment to those who need It,,
and those who are not needed for
active service probably win be allow
ed to go home.
As for myself, l have been in good