El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-13
Christians IN
JERUSALEM
Gen. Allenby Sends a Re
port on Occupation Of
the Holy CITY.

/ of commons -odsy premier LIoyc
/ George read the following Telegram
from Gen. AIlenby. dated Jerusalem
/ Tuesday
"I entered tine city officially al
noon today with q few of my staff
the commanders of the French and
italian detachmentz. the heads of N,
political missions and the military 7t-
taehes of France. Italy and America
The procession was al afoou and
At iatfa gate t was received Dy thi
guard represeutiuE ENGLAND. Scot
land. Ireland. Wales. Australia. New
Zealand india. France and italy.
The population received Ile wel
Guards over Holy Places.
Guards have been placed over tro
molly places Ny military governor is
lu contact with the acting custodian q
aud the Latin and Greek representa-
Z lives The governor has detailed an
7 officer 90 supervise the holy places
E The mosque Of Omar and the area
I around ir Eay. been placed under
i Moslem control and a military Gordon
] of Nohaumedau officers and soldier
I has been established around thu
mosque. Orders have been issued
that no uon-uI0slem Is 10 pass within
I the Gordon without permission Of the
/ military governor and -ne mcSlem5 in
7 charge.
/ The telegram also stated that e.
proclamation in Arabic. Hebrew. Eng
. lisI. French. Italian. Greek and Rus
sian had been posted ia the citadel
and on all the walls. pr0claimiuE mar
tial law and intimaullE thar all Tho
holy places would be maintained ana
protected according TO the customs
and beliefs OF those with whose faith
they are sacred
shake hands with the Americans.
There were rumors that one or
Two douEhbOys had been kissed.
hut 7 was unable TO auhstantiase
these reports. Probably they ere
not trus, for n would not be the
sort Of tHinE company would
forget.
Germans Light Up TreneheS.
Although the trenches Tor the most
part are far from the German lines.
there was noise cnOu-n 10 attract
attention over the way. The Ger
mans do not seem 10 have known
what was going on hut they wanted
TO know. and they sent lr "a number
Of star shells These are the shells
which explode 20 release a bright
light suspended from O. little silk
parachute These par2-hures huns
IN the air for several minutes and
brightly iliumiued No Mans Land
IT. was lmuoz>' bic 20 keep the Amer
leans entirely quiet then. some said
ION" and others exclaimed All
after the manner OF crowds ar O. fire
works show IerSiflaEe Of this ki-u
helped go make she men feel at home.
Indeed, the rreneneS did not seem al
together unfamiliar Tor they mad All
been drilled FOR hours in practice
trenches back ir camp. and had spent
the night IN them
They saw posts hob around.
Theirs was a quiet sector. TO he
sure. hut there was no telling.
what the Germans might do.
some had predicted that their en-
try in the trenches might mean
The beginning Of big German
Str1fc. They were looking out for
that And perhaps that Is the
rrzroE why many n soldier, after
gazing for minute or 80 At
post in the wire. fancied ia was
moving
Mems Eyes DeceivinE.
Il saw one grow q pair Of shoulders
and @ helmet" confessed @ dcuEhboy
q few days later
Officers kept watch and saved am
munitiou hy forbiddinE any unau-
thorized firing ar the uneasy wooden
posts that lobuei around or IN the
direction Of stray noises out I'm the
hlaclyEess Of No Mans Land
The soldiers had been drilled Tor
weeks in putting on gaF masks and
would be q green rocket After they
had been iU the trench q few minutes,
the Germans sent u1 o. green rocket.
which may mean a birthday iu the
imperial family or what not lut A
any rate the doughboys played IL
safe and put on their masks. Thirty
seconds had been set as the time Tor
adjustment. divided into five counts.
but some or the men cat this 20 ten
and the counts TO two and half
Things seemed more normal when
DAY broke. TX was possible then 20
see the German lines and they looked
just about the same as any other
trenches. soon after dawn, too. there
was hot meal The cooks dbl very
well and got hot food up 10 tine men
regularly
soldier Kicks at -slum.-
nsked one soldier some little
time after the entry into the
trenches how he WIS being fed
and he said, why we get moth
ing but SUM-"
that sounded Encouraging.
didn't know what stun was. hut
it didn't seem appetizinE. I asked
vhnt "a was ~ITS stew Ne
said. .-heef stew. with potatoes
and onions and carrots"
The sympathy 7 had been pre-
pairing 10 feel vanished.
Good slum T. ROurishinE and
sustaining food. although. per
haps. II may become monotOnouA.
in time.
After rhe first day the men had
adapted themselves to- trench life.
They had learned 10 sleep in the dug
outs Even III it was necessary 90
fold up and make a little extra room
for other sleepers- They had also
learned that there is time for recre-
alton even in the trenches. and some
played cards and Others shot craps