Show TELLS OF BRUTALITY OF HUN OFFICERS german deserter describes brutal treatment inflicted on men in army FATHER CRIPPLED FOR LIFE crimes wilt darken history of kaiser ism forever when people of the world learn the whole story marion 0 curt hadlich a young german mechanic employed in local shops onetime one time aviator in the german army soldier of fortune fand finally an american citizen not only believes the stories of german brutality that have come from across seas but he thinks when the whole story has been told crimes that will darken the pages of the history of forever will come to the people of the world they will be told not only by victims but by the very soldiers of the kaiser him self hadlich thinks he is a deserter from the german army because of treatment he could not stand ills father Is a life cripple from the indignities even of peace times the german soldier la treated like a dumb animal says hadlich he must grin and bear it there Is no appeal story perhaps Is the more interesting because be has traveled enough seen enough and learned enough outside the confines of germany to appreciate conditions that ex ast 1st there father crippled for life my father la a living example of the effects of german militarism he sad after the war it he still Is living I 1 expect to have him come to this country to live ns god intended people should live he too can tell stories of how brutal german officers are to the soldiers under them like all young germans he entered military service when ho was twenty one day his company was practicing scaling he had been and was un able to get over a fence at which practice was being held an officer him ft ath a sword he fell and his arm was broken it was not properly cared tor and that arm has been useless since while I 1 was stationed at the forts at metz and strassburg I 1 saw things happen myself that would make an american soldier that the bisci allne he sometimes complains about Is heaven in comparison the soldiers get sunday off at certain periods and look forward to them because they can visit home 1 I have seen it happen time and time again that officers kept some of the men in barracks apparently mere ly nursing a slight grudge of a per bonal nature perhaps merely to have a bit of sport at the privates expense these same officers would think up all kinds of punishments for their men often putting a fellow at eoma task on his day off while several hundred other soldiers were idle and could hn e done the same work just keep them busy I 1 have seen officers order men to carry water from the big barrels kept in barracks sometimes three or four stories high merely to give them a task after they had emptied the barrels they would be forced to carry the water back up and fill them again 1 I have seen privates put to work on sunday morning with a bucket of water and a tooth brush and ordered to scrub the floors it a private does not or march as well as the officer thinks he should he Is certain to be punished one favorite treatment then was to require a private to stand erect then kneel to the ground repeating the performance for an hour or more I 1 ve seen boffl cers beat and kick soldiers who became exhausted from this task it frequently happens that n three days strenuous drill on bread and water diet follows has taken out his first naturalization papers and although reals terca as an enemy alien Is listed in the aviation reserve corps and hopes to be able to enter the american army aviation section in the near future |