Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-04-26 | Page 9 | Russ Officers Ask to Serve with America

I RUSS OFFICERS ASK TO SERVE WITH AMERICA 1 I Trained Military Men Offer to Continue Battle Against the Hun By United Press YOKOHAMA April Possibly Possibly none of ot the many tragedies which has befallen Russia in the past year is more pitiful than the plight of the patriotic and loyal officers of ot what was once the Russian army Stripped of ot their rank robbed of their re resources resources resources re- re sources in danger from their own men yet unfit for tor anything save the military career to which they have turned their lives thousands of ot these officers remain loyal to the allied cause Many of ot them in the last few tew months have arrived in from Harbin and Vladivostok on their way to America where they hoped to gain admittance to the forces serving under the Stars and Stripes Others having dodged the searching I Tort Red guards slip into the ports of ot the the China coast coast remove their disguIse disguise disguise dis dis- dis- dis guise and with the money they have realized from the sale of ot their personal personal personal per per- belongings attempt to get passage pas- pas sago sage through Suez to Italy or France where they believe belleve they can be of ot service to the aUl allies s. s MANY IN YOKOHAMA Not a day passes but what these patriots may be seen in the streets I of ot Yokohama some in their frayed uniforms others In soiled civilian clothes They generally Journey to I Tokio for tor an interview with the American military who however however how how- ever is not able to promise them a aI I great deal Some who speak French are offered encouragement in obtaining obtaining obtaining obtain obtain- I ing positions as interpreters others particularly aviators are told the 1 united States may employ them as instructors I Ac According to the reports brought here hundreds of these officers are I in Vladivostok awaiting a chance to toI I I get away in the Interior there are l thousands more who would come i if it they could and there are are generals who would accept any post In the American army but hut in R Russia they are watched persecuted and shot i robbed of ot their authority reduced to the rank of privates and allowed a aI I privates private's pay pay 71 7 rubles a day Tales I have hae been brought here of how they I have been mercilessly shot by the I soldiers they once commanded All AU these men want today with their I country in the grip of the German is isto isto to show there Is still an element In Russia with faith in the allied cause