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SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, .SUNDAY,. MAY 25, 1919.j TERRIBLE CRUELTIES OF RUSSIAN “REDS” DESCRIBED BY I] SPRINGFIELD OFFICER WHO SAW SERVICE IN VLADIVOSTOK;i ■ ■■■- - ’ S'Mr. sic] a mgher,sock.Vll-?aulploy3venliteriele-1pie more cruel than the Russian Bol-shoviki,” said Lieutenant Martin Eb-ner, who lias but recently returned from vladidst-ock, .Siberia, where he was stationed in the service of his country. Lieutenant Ebnor is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Eliner of .402 East Columbia street. Ho enlisted May 21, 1917 and went from this city to Fort Wilde, Michigan. The lieutenant has seen service in many of the camps of America, before being sent to Russia. At Fort Wade ho took a course of training and remained there for two months, after which ho was sent to Camp Sherman, staying at that camp for eight months. From thero Lieutenant Elmer was sent to Camp Johnson, Florida and then to Fort Sam Houston, Texas, going from that camp to The Presidio, San -Francisco, where ho embarked for Siberia.“Our trip across was made without any mishaps of any kind,” continued the lioutenant. I do not know why I was sent to Siberia, but it was not for us to ■ ever question Uncle Sam. We just did as we were told. I was tlio only local man on the transport Logan. It did not take long to become acquainted however andal made manybeenI ' KEY TO PICTURES. . j| 1—Russian street conveyance. I? 2—Russian sentry. •i 3—Lieutenant Martin Ebner. j0 ’■■■■*'1 A—Offici rs quarters, Ulysses bay j7 5—Russian and Korean types. J.-4lasting frieadr. When in Springfield I enlisted in .the quartermasters’ corps and it was. j.yhile at Fort Sam Houston that I was Transferred to the hospital evacuation Turps. We landed at Vla-didstoclc, Siberia, September 29, 191S, and it mue i colder than America at the same tl.no of the year. Our headquarters we •« riot right in the. city but six miles it alii ltot -take''ion's to get into the. city when we. wished to. Here wo stayed, until the first of April, 1919 and let me tell you that 1 have no desire to get back there. America, for me every tinie. 1 was one of the supply officers of the hospital, which was stationed In Vladidafoek. ‘ This hospital took care of men coming from the border and also some Russian refugees. ■;ie init was our ousincss also 19 gua.ru and protect the property of civilians, that is * Russians . and government stores and .supplies. It seems to me that there could be no .nation more cruel Umn the Cossack and Bolshevik! Russians. The civilian stands absolutely no chance at all in Russia. '[’lie Cossack and the Bolsheviki is court, jury and all. If a Cossack takes it a notion that a civilian is a Uolshe-viki, he takes him out add shoots him. After the Americans came this was stopped to some extent, that is the actual shooting, but other moans were found wherewith to put innocent civilians to death. Holers would lie du into the ice of the river through which they would be shoved. Civilians would be tortured in the , moat liorrl-.hlo manned. J For Uismnciy strins of lilesh would bo cut froni their legs and chunks of it dug out.“The street railway system there, is about as bail as can he imagined. There is absolutely 110 system at nil. The cars are about one-half as large as the street cars of Springfield. When once you get in, it is almost impossible to get out and it is worse if you cannot understand or talk Russian. Gestures do no good at all. TheurusKis, tinicn is an open oiiggv usually driven by two horses. The trans-Slboiian railroad runs across the country and tlielr most luxurious car is about as. comfortable as our pox cars. .“The sanitary conditions of the city are terrible. Jit fact sanitation is unknown, no .ivatcr works,. 110 sewers and many people die there of fever. The; morgues a e almost, always full and when they ,;get too full, the victims are buried ill 'rough wooden boxes. Of course you know that now there is no hiialt;l to the Russian government. Everything is at sixes, and sevens. Vladidstock had a military mayor and other officials- The last we heard of them they had been suspected of Tlol-I shovikism jyid were interned. At Xhar-'. Pulooe..]'. fim hundred Consults mnt'ny.l I over to tJiil Americans. Vladid.stoek is in normal limes a. pity of perhaps 1D0.090 persons. There are many refugees there now and the American Red Cross is doing a splendid work in earing for them. On our way home ive were lilt by a typhoon in the sea of Japan and had to remain at Nagul sakl for twenty-four hours. Our headquarters in Russia were old Russian artillery post.
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Springfield Sunday News
Springfield, Ohio, US
Sun, May 25, 1919
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