Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 180, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1917 — A Modern Classic. [ARTICLE]

A Modern Classic.

The following war anecdote was told by British Consul Nugent at a banquet recently: “They tell a story about a Greek army corps that surrendered to the Germans and was taken into foodstripped Germany to be the guest of the nation. , “At Chemnitz, the story runs, a committee of- famished Greek- soldiers waited’ on the German commandant and said: ; ‘“They told us that here in Chemnitz, commandant, the government would at least give us some rations. “ ‘Yes, and that’s right, too,’ said the German commandant genially,' as he took a huge packet of cards from his desk. “ ‘Here are your Greek ration cards specially got up by us for our revered Greek I 'guests. They entitle every Greek soldier to six olives a day five days per week, and, furthermore, on the two "oliveless days,” tfiey entitle each and everyone of you to a cracker and a half plat of coffee substitute.’ ”