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310th Engineers Near Bolsheozerki

[Illustration: Two soldiers carrying a large bucket.]
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Hospital "K. P.'s"

[Illustration: Two women in heavy coats standing outside.]
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Red Cross Nurses

[Illustration: Soldier and two civilians standing by a scale that holds
a slab of meat.]
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Bartering

[Illustration: Three people and a small bear.]
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Mascots

[Illustration: Officers and soldiers; a large artillery piece is mounted
on a rail car in the background.]
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Col. Dupont (French) at Verst 455, Bestows Many Croix de Guerre Medals.

[Illustration: About thirty soldiers around an artillery piece.]
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Polish Artillery and Mascot

[Illustration: An artillery piece behind a log rampart, with tents in
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Russian Artillery, Verst 18

Suffer he did occasionally. Many of his comrades had a lot of suffering
from cold. But aside from the execrable boot that Sir Shakleton had
dreamed into existence, he himself possessed more warm clothing than he
liked to carry around with him. But not a few soldiers forgot to look
around and take sober stock of their actual situation and fell prey to
this sob-stuff. Fortunately for the great majority of them, and this
goes for every company, the great rank and file of officers and men
never lost their heads and their stout hearts.

And now we may as well deal with the actual facts in regard to the
alleged mutiny of American troops in North Russia. There was no mutiny.

In February Colonel Stewart had cabled to the War Department that "The
alarmist reports of condition of troops in North Russia as published in
press end of December are not warranted by facts. Troops have been well
taken care of in every way and my officers resent these highly
exaggerated reports, feeling that slur is cast upon the regiment and its
wonderful record. Request that this be given to the press and especially
to Detroit and Chicago papers to allay any unnecessary anxiety."

He was approximately correct in his statements. His intent was a
perfectly worthy one. But it was not believed by the wildly excited
people back home. Perhaps if the war department had been entirely frank
with the people in cases, say, like the publication of casualty reports
and reports of engagements, then i