Arizona republican., 1918-11-25
SILENT MARCH
 |NTO GERMANY
 CARRIES GRIM DETERMINATION
Communication With Hun Soldiers Disallowe ed = Their Sad Farewells Un- noticed-Many Are Wear ing Red Emblems-Recon- struction Follows Army Of Occupation.
Republican A. p. Leased WireI

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY OF OCCUPATION. Nov. 24.-CBy The As sociated PreSs)-The American forces resting Sunday along the German frontier. spent their spare time at var ious points watching the Germans op- posite them. In numerous instances the Germans waved farewell Waen their detachments started on their home ward march.
 Reports of rioting continue to reach American headquarters from various souces. One report was to the effect that a German coloned had been dragged from his horse by soldiers and beaten severely. Before crossing from Luxemburg, many of the privates told the LuXemburgers that when they reached Germany they would decline to obey their officers, do as they pleased and if taken to task by their officers. trouble would result.
 On Saturday the Americans observed individual German soldiers carrying red flags, but these men did not al tempt to cross to the American side, nor were they apparently in any hurry to withdraw from the frontier. The seventh corps. under command of Major General Haan, has been at tached to the army of occupation. It is composed of the fifth, eighty ninth and nintieth divisions. The work of the seventh army corps will consist chiefly of handling the. back area communi- cations.
 AMERICAN ARMY OF OCCUPA- 1 T1ON, Saturday, Nov. 23.-The front | lines of the American army of occupa- | tion tonight rested along the IIuxem- l burg German border on the Sauer riv- CT, and thence along the Moselle river to the region east of Remich. The Ameican army will mark time until | further orders. At least three or four days are expected to pass before the next move is made to ward the Ger man border.
 The Germans apparently are with drawing according to schedule. Re ports reaching the third army today | were that the Germans everywhere were whistling and singing as they marched. The general line of the Ger man withdrawal is along the Peri Saarburg road. The southern limit or the fifth German army is reported to be the line Sierck- -Thionville.
 Several instances are reported where Americans encountered Germans along the roadways, and each time the Ger mans showed the Americans every
 
 While an American officer in an au- tomobie was riding along the Remich- Treves road. east of the Moselle, he en- countered German troops marching northward A column of German in fantrv and some German trucks with drew to the side of the road in order to clear the way for the Americans. Ow- ing to the shortage of horses, the Ger mans are using oxen to haul their sup plies and some artillery.
 DemoIish Verdun Barriers
 WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY OF OCCUPATION, Nov. 2S, Saturday. !, American forces have completed de- molished the barriers which guarde d the old German front east of Nerdui.. consisting of reinforced concrete pillars stretching along the old front for two miles.
 At Mars la Tour, just at the edge of the village, the Americans encountered
 tan kbarriers some of which were only
 half completed. A few blasts of dyna mite soon put them out of commission At Etain, the Germans had barriers of logs chained together on four wheels
 the logs being movable like gate. On
 these barriers the Germans had in-
 stalled ingenious devices to remove the i wheels from beneath the logs. which would then drop across the road ~+ the , main road entrance into Etain. This log . barrier was just at the western en- f trance. the logs acting as a check ir
 the event that the mines failed to de- , stroy the bridge.