Anna Louise Tittman Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield

Anna Tittman
A. Well, he couldn't use it and this man, he thought I ceuld.
Q. Did you ever meet him?
A. C&, yes. He was an Arnsrican Red UPOSS mn.
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Q. General Senrenoff, I man.
A. No, no. I didn't met Semnoff. I knew about him an4 Semnoff had
a-see, these mn, when they declared themelves as dictators, there would
be a change somtir~s every little while. And maybe a Czech would Cb it,
then this Semenoff, he had a flat car, Just a flat--which! he arranged as an
outdoor garden with chairs on it and so forth.
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Q. Did you see it?
A. Yes, I saw it on his train. Tnen they'd go back and orth to, you know,
to advertise. And the Mrst thing you know they' d be thrOwn out and sorebody
else would becom dictator. But as I sad, the Bolsbeviki dtldn't bother
us. But anyhow, we [our train] pulled out.
Q. But dld General Semnoff send the fox scarf to ym?
A. Not directly to E, no. He gave it to the man.
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Q. And the man gave it to you?
A. He was just sort of thinking him for somthing. I don't know wklether
it was because he was working mng the Russian people or what. Thq liked
the Americans in those days, and we never saw any of this ashoneetg that
we're getting now, this agreeing to somthing and then not caning t rough if
they could. They can't always do it, I man the little thin@. S thing
about their work or about their lives and so on. But we did a soci program,
you see, as well as a health program. Not just a hwldred per cent because
we were linxlted in our personnel who had experience in the fl ld. But
all the nurses had som. And in day, you went in to be a nurse, 'not to
just W e your mey , a good way to W e your mney, but you went in because
you were dedicated, you just wanted ta sem. But now s much of it has a
comrcial aspect to it, but mt all, not all. There som very fine
womn in it, very fine.
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Q. You saw General Semmoffts trajul? Me was called a wasn't he?
A. C&, let's see. I don't knnw about that.
Q. Was this up in the W in area where you am his flat ar garden?
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A. No, I saw that down in Vladivostok. Nm walt. see, they had
prisonem t med up on the >ailroad. They traveled in b xcam , you know,
it was bad. "Their guard expressed feelings against At u Semnoff and
Ataman KaJmikoff, calling them mcals."
'.'Oct&er 9, "1919; Arrived Vladivostok at 6: 30 a.m.
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