AMUSING MILITARY ORDER.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, 28 October 1915, Page 2

AMUSING MILITARY ORDER.

SCARECROWS BANNED. The military authorities at Breslau 'had already made a name for themselves owing to the curious orders which are the result of their superhuman efforts to do some service, but their latest decree is hailed in Hungary as a most enjoyable piece of humour, sayg the Morning Post. It is directed that all scarecrows in Prussian Silesia must be removed from the fields and vineyards, as it jhas been frequently found that Russian prisoners who escape from the concentration camps make good use of the suits on scarecrows, which facilitate their escape. A Russian major was captured not long 1 ago dressed in the shabby suit of a scarecrow. A [young Russian count also resorted to this means of obtaining civilian costume after escaping from the.camp. These incidents (have brought about the expulsion of scarecrows from Prussian Silesia.