much to
keep up their morale. One of the last acts performed by the Red Cross
for the American Expeditionary Forces in Archangel was to help and speed
to their new homes eight war brides.

The veteran of the North Russian expedition will never look at his old
knit helmet or wristlets, scarf, or perhaps eat a rare dish of rolled
oats, or bite off a chew of plug, or listen to a certain piece on the
graphaphone, or look at a Red Cross Christmas Seal without a warm
feeling under his left breast pocket for the American Red Cross.

[Illustration: City street with several large buildings.]
PRIMM
View of Archangel in Summer

[Illustration: Soldiers at attention with rifles.]
U S. OFFICIAL PHOTO
General Ironside Inspecting Doughboys

[Illustration: Many soldiers standing at grave.]
U S OFFICIAL PHOTO
Burial of Lieut. Clifford Phillips

XXXVII

CAPTIVE DOUGHBOYS IN BOLSHEVIKDOM

Doughboy Captives Still Coming Out Of Red Russia--Red Cross Starts
Prisoner Exchange In Archangel Area--White Flag Incidents In No Man's
Land--Remarkable Picture Taken--Men Who Were Liberated--Sergeant
Leitzell's Gripping Story Of Their Captivity.

In August, 1920, came out of Bolshevik Russia, as startlingly as though
from the grave, Corp. Prince of "B" Company, who had been wounded and
captured at Toulgas, March 1, 1919. This leads to our story of the
captives in Bolshevikdom. One of the interesting incidents of the spring
defensive was the exchange of prisoners. It was brought about quite
largely through the efforts of the American Red Cross, which was very
anxious to try to get help to the Americans still in interior Russia,
especially the prisoners of war. When the Bolsheviki captured the Allied
men at Bolsheozerki in March they took a British chaplain, who pleaded
that he was a non-combatant and belonged to a fraternal order whose
principles were similar to the Soviet principles. Thinking they had a
convert, the Soviet Commissar gave Father Roach his freedom and sent him
through the lines at the railroad front in April.

News was brought back by Father Roach that many American and British and
French prisoners were at Moscow or on their way to Moscow.

Accordingly, the American Red Cross was instrumental in prevailing upon
the military authorities to open white flag conversations at the front
line in regard to a possible exchange of prisoners. A remarkable
photograph is included in this volume of that first meeting. One or tw