The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-12-02
YANKEES ENTER
CITYOF IREvES
Third Am1 = Army Crosses
Frontie > Prussia, Ad-
vancf E~eIve Miles.
HEADEl SSNARD CoBLENz
German :: 'olutionary Flags
Max ong Contrast to
sd GLORY.
HEADEr ENARD coBLENz

/ Max : ong Contrast to
! I'D Glory.
I (By Bert Ford.)
| With the American Army Of oc-
cupatior In Germany, Dec. IL
N. tS.)-With colors flying and
bands playing. the Third American
army (the army of occupation)
crossed the frontier into Prussia to-
day, advancing twelve miles and o.
cupying the historic city of Treves.
Il AS the mighty American columns
swung forward. accompanied by roll
ing trains of artillery. machine guns.
transports and hospital units. the
Prussians maintained an attitude OF
mingled curiosity and awe. But the
! fears OF the populace fessened AZ the
day advanced, and in many villages
crowds came out to hear the band
| concerts when the musicians struck
up The Stars and Stripes Forever" :"
or "Ovet There"
The streets of Treves were hlled
with crowds whose admiration for
| the sturdy young doughboys was
!, plainly in evidence. Many German
soldiers who had lost arms or legs
In battle stood upon the sidewalks
watching the United States soldiers
swing by. 4
Many OF the Inhabitants of Treves
spoke English and they openly ad-
mitted that the Americans were In
/. striking contraat with the beaten
German armyf that had passed
through the city week ago.
The Americans crossed the. Moselle
and Sauer rivers along with four
bridges soon after. dawn and i'm
mediately the frozen roadways OF
western Germany began to ring with
the tramp of the doughboys' hob
nailed shoes. The roads were soon
swarming with olive drab and the
Americans were keenly interested in
everything they saw. It was very
cold and the landscape was buried
under q heavy frost, The sun was
shining, but there was little warmth
in it.
Watch Soldiers.
Before noon many German civil
ians on their way. to church paused
into IN i'rnssisn tarritSfy Thsre we're
large crowds on the Luxembourg side
of the Moselle and Sauer rivers, but
the roads and villages on the Prus-
sian side We're deserted.
In many of the villages no faces
could be seen at the windows OF the
houses at all. The Germans seemed
uncertain what to do and frightened !
at the number of troops that were |
rolling down upon the countryside. |
AS the Yankees passed some of the |
village houses, the faces of women !
and children could be indistinctly |
seen peering out. but they stood far !
back from the windows.
Pcpulace Stunned.
The population appeared to be |
stunned and melancholy. AS it grew /
later. however, the Germans became
q trifle more friendly. coming out into
the roads to get closer view OF the
columns of infantry, cavalry. artil-
lery, machine gun and ambulance
units that ware passing by in steady'l
str .ams.
Sixth infantry. !
The first American troops to pass
Treves comprised the Sixth infantry
under Col. Charles T.. Hunt. 1t was
a dramatic scene as the men marched
swiftly under the famous old Roman
gateway, the chill direct sunshine
upon their rife barrels. The
| o'clock, and it presented a scene
of great activity and gayety, with
flags waving everywhere and the
bands crashing out popular airs. The
were followed by a ma
chine gun battalion.
When the Americans began to flow
into Treves, they got a silent recep-
ton from the population of the city.
There were crowds in the streets.
but they refused to applaud. The
silence with which the Germans
watched the entry to the city was
of the profoundness OF
their feelings. While some American
officers and correspondents were din
ing at hotel crowds began gather
ing in the street in front or the
building and children pressed UP to
the windows peering in. Newsboys
entered the diningroom with news
papers, the first page of which bore
The headline: will Foch Keep the
There were no overt exhibitions of
hostility toward the Americans. but
he feelings of the Germans combined
! quiet reserve and sadness. -,
It was announced that the forward
march would be resumed from Treye
.oday.
Glad to Get in Action.
The troops were glad to get into
action today, as they had been wait
ng for many days in camp upon the
.uxemburg border for the entrance
nto Germany. 1t had been a long /
line since there was such hustle and |
Lctiyity in Treves as the city wit
lessed this afternoon and evening.
rhe streets hummed With motor cars
md motorcycles, and the Sidewalks
we're crowded with soldiers. The air {
vas filled with the bonk OF motor
ar sirens, and at times the streets
umbled with the passing of batteries
+ guns.
On to CobIerz. {
The Americans expect to reach
,oblenz by Dec. IL, although the re- {
iring German army left the roads
n bad shape behind 1t. Movie {
ameras. carried along with the I
ruops, registered historic scenes q
long the line Of march. They had
lcnty Of material to work on, for Y
he American infantry looked at its \
est and swung along in columns of c
ours, making a most impressive pic G
lre.
Choked With Warriors. 4
Every road leading into Prussia
-om Luxembourg was choked with o
Tncle Sans warriors throughout n
'unday. This was the first time IN Il
istory that an armed American Z
orce had ever entered Germany. The v
americans crossed into Prussia just I
ds days after the United States de- G
Jared war. and four years and foiu o
,onths after the outbreak Of the
onflict. 10