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Show YOUNGEST OF AUSTRIAN SOLDIERS 4 -tA ? : 7 II V)$rr , v, w I r fi rw I til i 'I I i H 1 $1 If VVVY ! 1 ii ffU t y i A i is r - J ; 1 i 1 f V- X r 11 A ''I - 1 i) V- -111 (.wi -y - V . s7- f v . 7 ? Av '4- ;,,?-H 'L;? i .vjwJ fx 7- ; Joseph Kaswurm has the distinction of being the youngest soldier in the ranks of Emperor Franz Josenh s armv. He is attached to a telegraph detachment as a messenger boy, and the photograph shows him with his royal protector, the Archduke Joseph Ferdinand. The youngster wrote to the archduke asking to be permitted to join the colors. Upon inquiry it was learned that the' youngster's mother was dead and his father was a private in the ranks. Little Joseph was thereupon admitted to the army. |