War Service Letters 



473 



[The following is a translation of the German army order on which 

 Mr. Malville's letter was written. See original illustration opposite 

 page 471.] 



VI RESERVE CORPS 

 HIGH COMMAND 



I lA 10600. Imperial Headquarters, 



Order of the Day for the Corps— L 4, 1916 



The Iron Crosses granted by me today and yesterday will be, as far 

 as possible, conferred on the 6th of this month, the birthday of his Im- 

 perial and Royal Highness the Crown Prince, 



Order of the Day for the Corps — //. 



1. (Ila) The troops are reminded that they are to immediately an- 

 nounce to the Reserve Forces the arrival of officers in order to avoid 

 further inquiry as to the whereabouts of such officers. 



2. (Ila) The nth and 12th Divisions on the right, and the 2nd Di- 

 vision on the left, will submit by the 15th of this month lists of posi- 

 tions occupied according to their positions on May loth, 1916. 



3. (Ila) The money for the transmitted pictures, "The God-Child of 

 the Fifth Army," is to be remitted to the registering office of the Gen- 

 eral Command by the 8th of this month. 



4. (IVa) According to an announcement of the War Department, 

 only those troops and authorities within the scope of the command 

 (jurisdiction) of the General Government of Belgium will receive im- 

 mobile pay. 



Those attached to the Field Army, who are lodged in Belgium (e.g. 

 Field Recruiting Depots), are qualified to receive mobile pay. 



V. s. d. G. 



(Signed) Baron von Ledebur 



Note: 



(1) At 7 o'clock, P.M., on April 28th, a stretcher-bearer of the Ild 

 Bavarian Jager Reserve Regiment 13, was wounded unto death (severe- 

 ly wounded) at the Bayerweg. He carried a sleeping-bag, blankets, 

 and various pieces of laundry, everything packed in a tent. 



(2) A Red Cross dog, a German shepherd dog, wolf-gray with a 

 black back, answering to the name of "Lux," ran away at Septsarges. 

 Communications to be sent to Reserve Red Cross Company 20. 



As to correctness : 



V. Linsingen, 



Major and Adjutant 



Headquarters Air Service, 



2nd Army, A. E. F., France, 

 To Sierra Club friends, Greetings: Nov. 20, 1918 



A Merry Christmas to you one and all. May the New Year be happy 

 and prosperous and bring us all together again for a glorious reunion. 



