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TpE DAILY BEVJEW, WBDNIg^pAY, MARCH 23, 1921.
inMniNG M OF LO^ 1 GERMAN PRBW CAMP RELAe BY SERGEANT SMmi OF FREEPORT
who were present; it
fully jRjoycd
Captured First Time ' ' Over Top; Escapes; Recaptured
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' Freeport, M^rch 28.—Howard Smith •( Smith's Hptel baa brougtjt bo«k from i Ike World War a ta^e of Interest tbat nds out from the ordinary war talpa. !o talk with bim of bis experiences la have the days of tbe Great War tm- ireled, telling a story not of the front and the trencb, but of the Oerman camp, and life within Its wire re. ' Howard Smith is well able to recotm* l^a tale, and can tell it in a most en jitglng manner. It runs as follows:
Be enlisted in the 28rd Regiment June U, 1916, and served on the Mexican IrBardef at Pharr, Texas, with the rest A( tbe N«w Tork guardsmen. In what VM to become tbe glorious 27th dl- ^tkton. •
' B^ WflBt to Bi>artanburg, S. C, In tbe Mte summer of 1017, and camped among the pines of tbe South. When the aiTlslon waa Issued overseaJi equipment ¦nd started across, seversl changes had taken place in the old outfit, and what VMS once the 23rd Regiment waa now a ^lniBeb mortar battery. Sergeant How¬ ard Smith was with them. At that time lia was transferred to tbe 106th Sanitary Ztapartmeot. In order to fill a vacancy. Soon after getting In the front line tranche^. Sergeant Smith went over the top. It was at 6.30 a.m. on September iWt. He was captured a few minutes Ikter. This was on the Hlndenburg Um. There was heavy shelling at the time of his capture, and ho saw many OC his comrades picked oft by sharp- abooters. German offlcers banded him tbeir Identification discs as tbey fell. , 'tiontlnuing the narrative in Smith's
¦ ©wn way:
' "1 was quite amazed at the treatment w« received from tbe German offlcers.
: X txpected to be killed, but was treated admirably. That was at the front, how- •VW. Tbere Is a different story from
^ tM rear.
^,: f'Wa were taken about 20 kilometers
: feaok. luid tbere were cuffed and bandied •ajrtblng but genUy. When Flits found oii| I waa aa American my treatmeai iMCame worse.
"One of our buddies was wounded. Tha Qennana bad no stretchers. We
^: Wid9 one of bagging, and bad to carry
Pkqit on this Improvised hammock for
' inist of something better.
'^'At tbe end ot our loumey we re-
, Mired one slice of bread made ot po-
^..t^o loeal rolled In saw dust, and a bowl
\'^'9t ooflee made of barley.
"Next momlng we were marched an- ipther 16 miles, where our pedigrees ware taken, and we were allowed to write home, telling of our capture. The cards we wrote were then destroyed. "Another long hike, and then our cage.
' At Caurray, I wa.s put on a Kiave dig- (lag detail, and some duyH we burled as many as 28 "Tomrnie.H," who had
¦ died of Htarvation. There were about i600 of UH huddled tOKether like ciittle,
, tutd tho .sanitary condition'H were awful. ; They were not fit for .swine, and that i. Is what Fritz loved to cull u.s, "Amerl- kaner .Schwein."
"We stayed there nine day.s, and then were marched ncros.s the I'-rench border Into Haval Helglurn. We could hear tlfe big guns of our boys, who were pr5iifilng;pthe llun hard. i"^t was like playing ches.s, the way we were moved from pillar to post and back asain. From Unval wo were jiaiarched to llcaumont, Helgium. From ff 4 p.m. until 3 a.m., we had no food, and arrived at our dcHtinatlon in a ;' drenching rain. Our billet was a cow . a^ble, and we fell exhausted In the
¦ »kr. .
'*Some of tho men sifted the hay. In i itOpes of getting a' morsel of whole i,- wkeat to eat, and lived on this ^or two days. Finally, we arrived at another ^l¦aSlP that had been an old pipe factory, lure they had bunks, the flrst we had •f(|n. To offset the good conditions the water. The water for our and tea came from a swamp that ived the drainage from the camp ll^trlne. We would not wash or shave It, and yet if ere ^orpe<( t^^ ^'t'*'' 'Vlh
otbei^ and myself planned an
aipiJItpe. Qqcie was a i;ellow named
Iker, from the 106th Infantry. The
were from a sputbern outfit,. After
ai^g job of cutting tbe wire we waited
a dark nlsbt, afid ^«n made a g*\-
It was October 23. at |.S0 p.m..
4t|i^k, with a heavy mist hanging over
•i^ythlng. We passed the sentries and
fired upon, but escaped MlOV^- ^''Pf
days i^d ^tc)>^ we traveled over
and ill rough woods, and pelie-
tbe German artillery lines.
> decided to make a final dash on
Maubeurge-Landrecies rjoad. V*^
through the town of Morwaller, we
redOtKlsnil^ and retvnvd to our
oasrei ¦"¦¦"
IT Raw'turnips aad potatoes,
on the third day tbey'tasted itood?
were takMi before A OiBfina^ i,h-
Of t«r«^{]^-nYe hlch ollioers. Upon
aaked' Wby we escaped from tbe
we toM of tbe polluted wtiter sup-
asd aeTMml e( the oflldart «x.
tad. "AHA.' iaate OUtr' Aa a ^n-
were exonerated astf Mat (>adk
tatmua wtth tao away
and appreciated.
The Merrick cbolr baa rmra talent among its members as cne will see by noting the following names:
Mrs. F. O. Hill, Choir I^eader, Mrs. A. C. Dosse, Mrs. Fred Baotar, Mrs. Wm. B. Wolff, MIm Itay Alder, Miss Mildred mil, MUM Halen Otto, Mlas Myra Smith, Miss Grace Tween, F. O. Hill, Gustav Muller atid Harry Nortb- rldge, Mrs. Wmimm P.' ttobl^L
Rev. W. H. UtUebrandt sent broad¬ cast an earnest appeal for Raster con¬ tributions to meet the year's deficit. "It is too bad 'tbat we have a deficit," he adds, "but we bare, and we need all that you possil^ly can give, a.nd I trust that all 1" town will answer the appeal."
The program for Holy Week, follows: Maundy Thursday, 8.16 P. M., Memor¬ ial Celebration qfm the First Lord's Supper: Good Friday. 1».80 A. M., Morning Prayer and Sermon and Sat¬ urday, £:aster Eve, 6.00 P. M., Evening Prayer.
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ROCKVU-LE CENTRE
At the Oerman Hospital.—Sergt. Howar4 Smith is the man seated at tbe extreme right
that I had an infectious skin disease. As a result, I was sent to a hospital in Schleswlg Holstein In the northern part of Germany. The Journey waa made la a cattle car, and sometimes we had a handful of tiny German crack¬ ers and a lltUe water.
"At the hospital conditions were hor¬ rible. There were no bandages. Every¬ thing was made of paper. The doctor camel once a week. I was operated upon and developed blood poisoning.
After the armistice I was moved to a concentration camp containing about 80,000 men of all nationalities. From there I was sent to a Danish military hospital, and finally came back to the good old U. S. A."
Howard Smith says that his experi¬ ences bave added several years on to his life, but that he would not swap them for anything. He has a Uttle diary, that bears an account of every day's doings, and it is more precious than gold. He also has several souven- iera that are priceless, among them a cake of tbe bread that was made of po¬ tatoes, rolled In sawdust
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Garden aty Notea
Mlaa Alice Turner of Ntptii street <¦ spending the Easter vacation with ber parents, Mr. and Mra. C. P. Turner.
Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton of Brooklyn were the week end guests of Dr. and Mrs. George Sandhulen of Nassau boulevard.
Nelson Turner of Fourth street Is celebrating bla ZUtater vacaUon by In¬ dulging In a caae of mumps.
HEMPSTEAD
Justice of the Peace Walter R. Jones and bla law partner, Henry L. Maxson, who bave been spending a month in Porto Rico, returned Monday night, bearing the marks of a sojourn beneath a tropical sun.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Browne have re¬ turned from their wedding trip.
A future candidate for Odd Fellow¬ ship came to town Sunday night, when a son was born to Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Welch, of Forest avenue. Mr. Welch is drill master of Rockville Centre Lodge I. O. O..F.
Frank Swim of Doaktown, N. B., is visiting the Rev. and Mrs. S. W. Stack- house of Washington street.
Charles McAneney formerly of Tenth street, Oarden City, but now living In Douglas Manor, spent the week-end at the Cherry Valley Club.
T. W. Latham of Jamaica, who 65 years ago was a printer on Uie Hemp¬ stead Inquirer, was in town "yesterday looking up old friends. Mr. Latham is still working at the case and from ap¬ pearances can make many of the young¬ er "prints" hustle to keep up with him.
The Easter vacation In the Hemp¬ atead public schools will begin Friday pf this week. School will reopen Mon¬ day, April 4.
The fin* weather of the past few days baa started tbe baseball pracUce among the high school boys who are warming up on the lot in the rear of the Prospect atreet acbool.
Sons and Dausbtera of Liberty will bold a dime social March 81, at tbe Moose Club. I^rs. L. Freetb, Mrs. L. Brooks, Miss G. Smitb, Mlu A. Freder¬ icks will entertain. ¦
NEW mUGE CLERK CHOSEN FOR^NMOLA
Eaile U. McCartft^, Saa a( Fnsi-
doit, SKCMds Albert UM
—^Tw« TiMtees Seated
Mineola. March 22.—MaUnc It a sweet little family party when the Board of Village Trustees of this village met for reorganisation last night, Earle U. McCarthy, son of Village Preaident WUIiam McCarthy, was appointed vil laga clerk to succeed Albert Buhler who refused ra-appolntment.
Philip N. Krug and A. J. Kienzle were seated as village trustees and the
BALDWIN iiARBOR »ADOWS WAKUVaY BONfIRE
Baldwin. Marcii M.—All the flra-flcbt- ern ba Baldwin aad rkitQity were cklled out laat night to curb a fire la the meadows at Baldwin Harbor.
An alarm waa rung about I p.m., and the flra Mated for sereral houra. Flra- men and ettlT,wia luiltad In thatr eflorts to put out the Maae.
The Slare of tbe flames attracted peo¬ ple Crotp Rooeerelt and Freeport. Mo property danaca waa done.
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M. C BLACK, FINANCIER, DEAD
Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Quin announce the engagement of their daughter Alice, to Pierre E. Tfeets of Glfford Park, Tuckahoe, N. T.
Walter Behrens, of Centre avenue, injured recently by a falling timber, is reported to be improving.
MERRICK
Richard R. Schlcuter, of the repor¬ torial staff of the F. W. Dodge Co., is on an extended business trip through the eastern end of liong Island.
Christina Mans, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marz, Is reported recovering In Mercy Hospital, from an operation.
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GIRLS' SERVICE CLUB DANCE
Everyone who attended tbSi. Service Girls' dance on the 16th was pleased. The Hall was decorated In green crepe paper and orange streamers. In addi¬ tion to a number of lively nantuckets a streamer dance and a favor dance were grreatly enjoyed. The favors all made a noii^ of some sort and In the hands of so many created quite a din. George Schneider and Norma Sammla won the lucky ntunber dance. To pay for their luck they had to dance adorned with green hats. The music waa unusually good and there waa plenty of "eats."
Baltimore, Md.. March 23.—H. Craw¬ ford Black, financier, pioneer bituminous coal operator, founder of the Black- Sherldan-WIIson Coal Company, direc¬ tor in railroads and other corporations^ board was ready to start the year's ,3 jead at bla home In this city today, business. I following an attack of heart failure. Mr.
Daniel Harrington, as collector, and i Black waa bom In Cumberland, May Uen^ VonOehsen, as treasurer, were 114, 184S re-sworn, each having to succeed hbn self In offlce.
George Schmidt the retiring village president- presented to Preaident Mc¬ Carthy a gavel with wishes for a suc¬ cessful administration. The retiring officer remarked aa he banded over tbe gavel and the reins of village govern¬ ment that th^ past twelve years th> village board meetings had been c>i'io<'< to order with a lead pencil and be wanted to leave the gavel for his suc¬ cessor.
President McCarthy thanked Mr. Schmidt and accepting the gavel r»- marked that he hoped there would be no occasion to rap for order since he hoped to have the business of the board go along: without dissension.
The matter of the appointment of the police head was left until a later meeting.
Surrogate Howell paid a flne tribute to Mr. Buhler, the retiring village clerk, for the excellent services he had rendered during the many years he had been In offlce.
Tn any orp.inlzatlon. when a new move is suggested, there usually will be one-third for It, one-third against It, and one-third non-committal. The non-committal third, therefore, becomes the dominating factor when the vote Is taken, as It holds the balance of power. Thus, It becomes necessary for tbe other dlrlsions to battle for that support. It Is held tbat a third of tbe people, In the same way, are for any¬ thing that is started, a third opposed to whatever It Is, while tbe remaining third has to be shown.
TWO ALARMS OF FHtE KEEP IffRIICK FKEMEN ON JUMP
Merrick, March 22.—At bait paat tea Friday momlng, a brush flra apraad with auch flirceneas and rapldlty'*ga Smitb street, as to endanger dwelUocs. An alarm was given. Merrick's are- flgbters of Company 1, Immediately la- sponded. Prccnpt and efllelant woric succeeded In saving Robert lOel'a beiautUal boms and a b«w houae en Smfth street that Jacob Poet, of Free- port, la building. No damage was 4k>ae.
In the afternoon another fire alana called Conpany 1 to a bam belonglne to Archie Rhodes. Excellent work waa ^igaln done and tbe bam was only allgbtly damaged. There tata no In¬ surance on the barn. The ^Ik)^ gf the fire waa unknown. "" :^
The hard work done by Robert John- eton, Jr. and H. A. Colvln—digging trenches about houses threatened by the brush fire deserve special commen¬ dation; It was certainly appreciated by the owners of the buildings saved.
•* O. M. HAWKINS
Mrs. Moyer of Florida is ' vlsitinij Mrs. John N. Moore of Wellington Road. A number of Informal tea and ciir(9 parties are being given to enter¬ tain her.
The last meeting of Crulld for Lenten sewinK wjis held at Ihe home ot Mrs. Henry Ferris, Tues¬ day. A large number attended ami a quantity of work was atcompli.shed.
Miss EtU Miller, formerly of Mer¬ rick, and a resident of Harniyu; Lake, N. Y., for the past fourteen years, died Friday, March 18. She was Frank Miller's slater; Mr. Miller works for J. ! i* VV. Birch, Sr.. atul is a familiar flgurs Y in town, delivering coal in all localities. 1 .\ MisH Miller lived with a married sister I V who ie also ill and reported to be verv | •'. low. IJellnito arrangements for tht-l|rj fdneral have us yet not been made, i Symijathy Is extended to Mr. Miller; — the Catheilral ""'^ family. , i
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And all because he iu,light he didn't ncid .'i i)iing- overcoat! *
A.s "ounces oi precati ion" may we .sus^erest our •r'lt wciirht *Scotch Mistsl*
To the eye—just smart Nnringf overcoats of fancy ¦colti.'^h cheviots.
To Spring^ showers—the Iryest kind of a joke—won't vet through even in a real •cotch mist — hence the 'ame.
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at 12th St. "Feur at 24th St
Convenient Broadway Comers" Fifth AvSk at Warren at 41st St.
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DONE IN ROCKVILLE CENTRE
Mrs. Harry Kuhn of ("athedr.1l ave¬ nue entertained informally at after¬ noon tea, Monday.
.iiihn 11. SnodKru.ss, although stead-i ily impruvlnt; iu health, has not fully '¦ recovered. He comes home al' night quite worn out and very tired, unable to attend to any of the social affairs In town. Mr. Snodsrass is such an earnest, enthu.Mi.istlc worker In almost all local orRanlzations, that when he The man In or out of politlf's who pets Is uiiuble to attend meetings he m .my satisfaction in hearing the crowjl missed. All In town hope he will so > 1 appla\id him when be knows himself have re'-ovced his normal good hea in he is wrong, has a unique sense of again.
philosophy. But the man who can ,
¦stand attack and criticism when be The presentation of Gounod's beauti knows he Is right. Is the man who will ful Gallia by the choir of the Church win out big In the end. of the Redeemer held those spellbound I
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