[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] conscription age

[Richard Benert]

Paul.

Was your Luis Gruenke possibly still a German subject?  If already a Russian 
subject, did he have dual "citizenship"?  In either case, he might have been 
obligated to serve in the Prussian army.  Of course, he may have felt 
patriotic, too!

Dick B.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Rakow" <rakow at ifh.de>
To: <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] conscription age


>
>  Dick,
>
>     I know that two of my great-uncles were in the Czar's army in WWI,
> one spent the War in Vladivostok, and one on the Turkish front, so
> neither were sent to fight directly against Germany. I've always thought
> that that was rather considerate on the part of the Russian command.
>
>     Since you are asking about which land had the GRs loyalty, I also
> have an example of loyalty to Prussia lasting a long time after 
> emigration.
> When the Franco-Prussian War broke out in 1870, my great-grandfather
> Luis Gruenke travelled back from Liske in Volhynia to Bromberg, and
> enlisted in the Prussian army, even though his ancestors had left
> Prussia by 1820.  I confess that when I first heard from relatives
> that Luis had been in the German army in 1870 I was a little sceptical,
> I thought there might be a muddle between the Kaiser and the Czar, but
> I've confirmed this by finding records of his service in Berlin. The
> elderly aunts really do know what they're talking about.
>
>        Paul Rakow
>        rakow at ifh.de
>
>> Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] conscription age
>>
>> Thanks, Bruce, Kyle,Willi and Rita, for the war stories.  There must be 
>> more
>> of them out there, waiting to see the light of day.  Right?
>>
>> Dick Benert
>>
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