Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-12-03
The Department of MeuSe Is Strongly
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GOTULIGQ xNG0IOH


/ fnnc0n. spinoourt. TrOyon and Com
mercy. sach eloquent with recent mil
ifery history.
The Mcuse River flows through the
department from 10 southeast corner
10 re Northwest border crossing the
latter only about ten mfrs from the
historic battlefield ~ sedan. ycrdnn.
81. Alhlel and GironVllle defend It's
eastern bsnln ard the great fortified r
! ticns % Toui form an outpost ~ itE
valley. About one-h half ~ the total
ara ~ the department ~ embraced Ia
The valley ~ the Meurr, which IA en-
closed on The west BY the forest ~ Ar
fonnc. and on the east by the hills
{ known ~ the Cote de Mouse. Stlli
further % the east lies the forests ~
, The WDeyre district Dne-fonrth ~ the
entire department Us covered with for
cats. and thcy wete. prior TO the present
war those finely Kept fOrectA ~ France
that resemble wooded pafkH in our own
country
"'fhc three hundred thonsnnd people
who lived la the department ~ the
Nrusc In nofmai times are devoted
mainly 10 agriculture and manufic-
orally 20 those ~ the Mohawk Valley
~ New York. the supauehannah valley
~ Pennsylvania. and the Shenandoah
valley ~ virginia sugar bccts are
An important addition 20 the ilst ~
things produced from The soil
Their hr" many industrial eetsb
lishm"ntH 10 the department, such as
textile MILLS. lumber mills. paper mills
carriage works aud dialillcrlea LlRny
n.liarrios b. fammis for ~ output ~
scientific instfumeuia aud 10 fiapH
hardware aud edged tools ~" famous
important waterways cross the de-
pnrtmcnt, ono Vf them connecting the
hnrur in France with tho Rhine Boz
Germany ANA the other running up and
down tho McuHr valley Their nrgrc-
cate length appruNimntes ii6 miles. ~
ncnrly three times the length ~ the /
Panama Canal Ia times ~ peace I
these canals are rrcat thorouehhrs
~ ohonply tfnnafcrged commerce There
sfr numerous railways. among them
tho main line from Paris % Strhasburk.
AsHiug through tho southern part ~
The department. and the line from Paris
to Metz. passing through the middle
section Another important line la the
ono which follows the MeuEo valley
with moro ~ - panhandle than
'iiher Texas or West Niwinln can boast
~ the Department ~ Nrdounrs. ln
northeastern France ls one ~ The smil
Icr ana SGT nn" ~ the MOST historic Ut
81 ~ The departments or FRANCE. npd .
lne which has figured prominently Boo
he present war in Europe
I'm fact Nfiitst4fttH l..a.afa q t,....
panhandloa inHtrnd 81 one THE main /
inr shoots northWnrd into nclrium for
4 diHtAnc" Of about a. mNra. aud has
an average width 81 about arvcu miles 4,
rhe other TRUSTS itself eastward he
Iween the lielrian horlef and the pr.
lnrtmcnt ~ The Meusc for some H. !
mites, ANA has . width Of some eight 4
~ nine miles
The department slopes generally 10.
ward the Aisnr. witch flows through |
ts sputhcaHt central section. although /
ne Mrurr flows through lia northeast |
section ana thence nnrthward through I
ne Belgian panhandle Although the |
'irline distance between the pnint 4
sheie the Mcusc comes into Ardrnnes /
b lcas than 30 miles the waterway dis. /
ance u III miles
For q lnigo part ihc department ls
i,cup,"d hN the remains of the Erench 1
i"eilun of tho girsat forest ~ the Ar.
lrnnca through which Julius Cnennr
amlmiGnod ANA which separated the
'clts and the reutonR ~ early Euro
lean history Tho foreats have nrech
unhppcared with the cncroachments ~ |
aNlliHnuon but the sharply marked (
linguistic boundary between tho tlcm
nR speaking people of Flanders sn3
he French .apcnkug people NJ southern
belgium stlll tells of tho 6aciont har.
ior % intnruursc between the two &
peoples
The ncpnrtmont 81 Nrdcnncs has an
'rea IT only 2,oss Hpuau mllcs bat IL \
'oHseeaes a population ~ nearly sga 600 /
ieople. In parts of t ,hcrc are stock
arms that remind one ~ tho blue nfas.
'"sinn uf Kentucky The common crup
" tho northeastern section ~ the
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