Dr. Jicinsky Arrives in Chicago Returns from Siberia, Richer in
Experience, to Continue the Work in the Interest of Our Heroic
Legionnaires
Dr. J. Rudis Jicinsky, well-known Sokol and national worker,
returned to Chicago yesterday, after spending almost nine months in
Siberia. Well-known Bohemians greeted him at the Northwestern
station. He wore the uniform of a captain of the American Red Cross
when he arrived.
He looks well, after all the trying experiences of his
profession, working with the American Red Cross. He was active
first in the Russian army, then with the Czechoslovakian army, and
finally with the American Expeditionary Forces, and reports that he
is well satisfied with the work accomplished.
While in Vladivostok, he was asked if he preferred to go to the
newly created Czechoslovakia, or with the American transport to the
United States. Knowing that the legionnaires of the Czechoslovakian
army are very anxious to go home, he decided to go to the United
States. He knows very well that it will depend on the United States
as to how soon the legionnaires will go home, because this all
important matter is to be financed by the United States.
Dr. Jicinsky wishes to be active in the future, and in order to
speed up the negotiations, he asks our representatives in Congress,
who admire our Czechoslovak legionnaires, to bring this matter to a
satisfactory conclusion.
He said very little about himself. After a short rest to recover
his strength, he is very anxious to start on the above-mentioned
task.