The Arizona copper camp., 1920-10-23

AAICi o0VSldl udyS watching the
southwestern boundary, we were sent
to Eastern Galicia to clear that coun-
| try of 'Haydemaks-the Ukrainians.
We stopped in the town of Brody,
where we had a chance to see the
, work of "a la Villa and the so-called
pogroms at the hands of the Ukraini-
ans; but only the Jews were killed,
as were the big landowners, and the
priests of all faiths, The Ukrainian
army was composed of all imaginable
elements; some units were Jews.
Many of the larger landowners es-
capped with their, lives, but their prop
erty was destroyed or burned. After
that the conditions were worse than
before for the people in general. At
ter clearing the Ukrainians from Ga
licia, the last division was sent to the
vicinity of Lutzk against the Boil
sheviki. While in Galicia l obtained
six days of furlough to visit an uncle
at Alexander. The country in which
he lived was the prettiest and best
developed of all Russian-Poland. My
people emigrated from there thirty
years ago. That portion of the coun-
try is built up in manner similar
to the United States. There are many
schools, plenty of cooperative stores
and institutions, but here the minority
nations have poor chance of doing
business, so the people of those ma
tionalities are leaving the country as
fast as possible.
after joining my unit I was sent
to Czenstochova to study radio-teleg-
raphy. Later, / was sent to Krakow.
I'm that quaint old town there are
many things of interest to be seem
the University of Yaziello (Wszech-
MICA Jazielloviska), it being the first
of it's kind in Europe, having been
established about 1443 by the King
of Jaziello. There are many churches
of rare architecture, typical of the
early ages, all of which are interest
ing to newcomer.
II did not like the coffee-cooling jot.
at school, so, after short stay, l re-
turned to my battery at Lutzk In
this and other parts of Volynia there
are many German and Bohemian colo
nies, and they are attempting to ap-
ply our modern implements on the
farms. Moving eastward through the
country, we had an excellent chance
OF seeing the country, the people, and
OF studying their habits. For in
stance, while walking along the river
saw a woman apparently dancing
jig, and when arrived closer, found
she was washing clothes with her feet,
but her movements were rythmical,
and person seeing her from a dis
tance would think that she was dane
ing 'Kozak.' CA Russian Kozak is
something of jig or clog dance, but
requires more skill)
A Bolshevik Plot
I'm the fall of 1919 we advanced by
jumps. Arriving at Novograd Volyn-
ski, we took that town without using
artillery. We marched from Koretz
in rain and hail for twenty-four hours
without eating or sleeping. That day
we took no shots at the enemy, even
though we changed positions five
times. We stopped around that place
until spring. Before our arrival the
Ukrainians and Bolsheviki disputed
the country, with the result that some
towns were missing; they fought "a
la Villa their main object being to |
rob, according to the people. Often
the Bolsheviki bombarded towns
where there was nothing standing but
dilapidated masonry.
"On March 23d there was exposed a |
plot on the part Of the Bolsheviki
against Poland, which plot was frus-
trated by the prompt action of the
Polish military For three days, how
ever, the fighting was rather severe.
81 saw at Szeptcoivka, the railroad |
junction town. some miles behind our
lines, that they unearthed two field |
pieces of artillery, several hundred !
muskets, hand grenades, auto trucks, |
ETC., with the result that several plot |
ters were caught. A Jewess was the
main plotter and native soldier Ga |
Jew in native uniform) and five civil |
ians of same nationality were caught. |
The attack failed, although it lasted |
for three days. March 23d to 25th in /
elusive. Our line was thin and in /
part of Haller's army we had little |
faith of their hearty or effectual sup |
port. The Bolsheviki almost sacked |
the town. They did surround the 9Th |
Eattery, but the action of some engi- |
neers of our army saved our lives and |
the town.
"On the 26th our army was ordered |
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