[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Germans drafted in Russian army

[Susie Lewis]

Yes, apparently Germans born in Russia were subject to the draft.  I know of a family of three brothers who where ethnic Germans born in German colonies in Poland which at the time was part of the Russian Empire.  For years I had been under the impression that they had been in the German army but to my surprise, I discovered that all three of them had actually been drafted into the Russian army in World War 1.  

> From: wilke013 at umn.edu
> To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org
> Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 22:07:37 -0500
> Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Germans drafted in Russian army
> 
> My great grandfather emigrated from Volhynia in about 1896, taking a  
> ship in May of that year.  I'm not 100% sure where he was living but  
> my grandmother was born in the village of Michailoska in Kreiz  
> Zhitomir in 1894.  According to family stories, he was about to be  
> drafted into an army and so left for America to escape this draft.   
> I'm curious if Germans were subject to a draft (and what army?) while  
> living in Volhynia around that time.  Anyone know?
> 
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