▁Ko ści usz ko ' s ▁death , ▁and ▁on ▁ 2 6 ▁November , ▁appointed ▁Jan ▁K uch arz ew ski , ▁a ▁lawyer ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁working ▁in ▁the ▁government ▁since ▁June , ▁as ▁Prime ▁Minister . ▁ ▁Administration , ▁however , ▁strictly ▁remained ▁in ▁the ▁hands ▁of ▁German ▁authorities , ▁now ▁head ed ▁by ▁Otto ▁von ▁Stein meister . ▁In ▁March ▁ 1 9 1 8 , ▁a ▁resolution ▁of ▁the ▁German ▁Reich stag ▁called ▁for ▁the ▁establishment ▁of ▁a ▁native ▁civil ▁administration ▁in ▁Poland , ▁Kur land ▁and ▁Lith u ania . ▁However , ▁the ▁German ▁authorities ▁refused ▁to ▁transfer ▁administration ▁to ▁Polish ▁authorities ▁and ▁merely ▁considered ▁Pol es ▁as ▁candidates ▁to ▁be ▁trained ▁under ▁German ▁super vision . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁o ath ▁crisis ▁of ▁ 1 9 1 7 , ▁rec ruit ment ▁to ▁the ▁Polish ▁army ▁had ▁received ▁sc ant ▁support ▁and ▁achieved ▁neg lig ible ▁results , ▁reaching ▁merely ▁ 5 , 0 0 0 ▁men . ▁In ▁May ▁ 1 9 1 8 , ▁the ▁force ▁was ▁strength ened ▁by ▁General ▁Jó zef ▁Dow b ór - M u ś nick i ▁moving ▁his ▁Polish ▁corps ▁— ▁assemble d ▁from ▁the ▁former ▁Ts ar ist ▁army ▁— ▁to ▁Poland . ▁In ▁August , ▁the ▁leg ion aries ▁arrested ▁for ▁ref using ▁the ▁o ath ▁were ▁released ▁and ▁some ▁again ▁volunte ered ▁for ▁the ▁Polish ▁army . ▁ ▁In ▁August ▁ 1 9 1 8 , ▁Ach ille ▁R atti ▁arrived ▁in ▁Wars aw ▁as