The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-16

Former German soldiers now ap-
peared in the height of German CIV
ilfan fashion--which is not so high as
II may sound--but with the inevitable |
cockade fe/hers in their new alpine
fedoras. stood on the yard wide side
walks critically cycling their con-
Querors.
Twenty-cighth Infantry First.
1t was the Twenty eighth infantry
which first entered the town They
marched az IL on parade. Their brown
faces were shaded by steel helmets.
They bore their heavy packs as light
ly as If they were pillows. All the way
through the town the band knocked
! all quiet out of the atmosphere with
! Il steady 'boom- hah."
It played Hail to the President
the came march with which the band
of t4e One Hundred and T>wenty-sec-
ond played out the war that morning
| OF November IL back on the Meuse.
Then 1t played another march which
an excited Rostonian insisted was
Fair Harvard It would haYe been
! somewhat appropriate at that. For
not far behind the Twenty-eiehth in
fantry famous Harvardian was lead
ing the Twenty-sixth infantry into the
outskirts of the town He is Lieu
tenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt.
Ir. Besides the Twenty-eighth the
Sixteenth and Eighteenth regiments
are also in the first division.
! At noon today the companies pass
ing through the city stopped right
where they happened to he and had
dinner from roiiiRg Kitchens.
GCaan located staass ssssss,
the public squares right in tho heart
of the business district. Az each man
of the mess got his plate fun of steam
ing grub he sat down on the curbing
and started to eat Presently they
were all surrounded by children and
even adults
1t was a great object lesson, White
bread WAS especially an object OF
comment and soon some children we're
In the happy possession Of ptecca
There Ia one thing tho Germans have
not had. however. much they may
have had Of other things. and that
is chocolate. The children seem to
have an idea that every American goes
around loaded with sweets. and are
constantly appealing for II.
i All the principal hotels were quickly
taken over today for rooms for head
quarters and officers.
InfoYmal OceupattOn.
Up to this morning the American oc-
lcupation OF Coblenz has been entirely
informal. and tho Germans gathered a
slightly mistaken impression. They
evidently thought the whole invasion
would be what you might call self
efraclng the policing has been.
Today. however. burly signal corp.
men began stringinE new wires into
hotels without saying much about the
rmatter to the proprtetorS while mnf-
tary police took charge of the traf-
1c, and the whole city found itself
under the complete control Of business
like Americans.
The Rhine here Is lined with beau
/ tifui homes Some officers were bill
leted In houses.
Tomorrow the troops cross the Rhine
river and take over that section OF
| the town. probably including the For
trcss Ehrenbrietstein.
| There was great race yesterday
among the war workers to get into
I Cohlenz. Two stalwart members of the
knights OF Columbus came ralloping
| in hrst They were Fred Ritter, OF
! Torrington, Conn, and John j. Donno-
van, of Boston.
| They brought five tons of gumdrops
and other supplies. Soon aftcrward
| the first American women TO reach tho
! Rhine arrived. They were Of course
girls of the Salvation Army. God bless
! en-. Miss Eddie Hodges. of Richmond.
Va, and Miss Florence Huntington, OF
! South Manchester. Conn. are their
names. They came with Fred Ander-
son. of Tacoma. Washington. and were
| three days and three nights on the
road
The war workers were not allowed
tc remain in town yesterday. because
they got here too soon. Our army is
very squify about those matters. but
they came back today.
! The salvation Army made a record
| in this war which viii never be for
gotten. You may not have heard much
about II so far. but you1l hear plenty
when the boys get homo
| handing TIE organization In YrancA
why he didn't hire a press agent
! why, He said innocentiy. Y never
! thought Of H."
The knights of Columbus too have
done great work. II lis about a toss
/ UP between them and the Saivauonists
Breaks ThrsU3h mack Dosr.
| w. c. Collins. manager Of tho Mayo
| Auto supply company. s35 West Broad
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