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Show IN TRACK 0FRBATTLE FAKJS. Sept. IS, r.;:; p. in. Trylnp ex-pfiritMic'cs ex-pfiritMic'cs belVli Major Edwin .Incob Stivers, U. S. A., retired, and his niece. Miss Stivers, who were caught in the track of batile ut little village callpd uumnise. tibout forty-five miles northeast north-east of Paris. American embassador Myron T. Her-rlek Her-rlek ieanifd yestmlav of tho maior's situation sit-uation and s-nt V.ieutenant Kdwin Grebel. Jr.. one of the younK army officers now attached to the embassav. in an automobile automo-bile to bring the major and his nieco to Paris, Lieutenant Grebol found the American, who is in hin eightieth vear, broken in health. The major said the Hrltish troops had been iu the village on August 3ti and :U and the Germans from September to 10. There hud been a good deal of shooting around his -cottage. He painted a small American flat,' on a piece of board, which he nailed to the cottage, and this was usually respected. Miss Stivers, however, was made to do ah kinds of work for the German soldiers, such as serving them at (he table, making tea and watering their horses. All their food was taken except potatoes, po-tatoes, on which they lived several days, yome of tho last Germans to pass. Major Stivers said, declared they had had almost al-most nothing 1o eat for three days. He says he saw them eat raw potatoes and carrots. As all means of communication with Paris had been cut, Major Stivers was unable to send word to Embassador Her-rick. Her-rick. Tears came into his eyes when he saw the automobile on which was painted "In the service of the embassador of the United States." Within an hour he and his niece were on their way to Paris. Major Stivers was horn in Brooklyn, Ohio, and distinguished himself in the civil war. He was mentioned by General Kosccrans for conspicuous gallantry in the battle of Chickamauffa. His home recently re-cently has been in Paris. |