Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-12
Armistice Formally Announc-
ed and Future Conduct of
Soldiers Outlined.
TEUTONS KEEP UP
RUTHLESSNESS TO END
Fighting Men and Civilians Join
in Celebrations When Fighting
Comes to Standstill.

! BY the Associated Press.
WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES IN
FRANCE. Monday, November 11.-Or-
ders announcing that the armistice be-
| tween the allied powers and Germany
had been signed and giving directions
as to the future conduct of allied SOL
diers along the line were sent to every
corps this morning. They were trans
mi.ted to the units in the front ranks.
Text Of the Orders.
The orders follow:
"One-You are informed that HOSTILE
ties will cease along the whole front
at IL o'clock am, November II, 1913,
Paris time.
"Two-No allied troops will pass the
line reached by them at that hour in
date until further orders.
"Three-Division commanders will
Immediately sketch the location of their
front line. This sketch will be re-
turned to headquarters by the courier
bearing these orders.
~. All communication with the
enemy, both before and after the
termination of hostilities, is abso-
lutely forbidden. In case of violation
of this order severest disciplinary
measures will be Immediately taken
Any officer offending will be sent to
headquarters under guard.
rs. Every emphasis will be laid on the
fact that the arrangement is an
armistice only and not a peace.
"6 There not he the slightest
relaxation of vigilance. Troops must
be prepared at any moment for
further operations.
"7. Special steps will be taken by all
cipline, and that all troops be held in
readiness, fully prepared for any
eventuality.
"8. Division and brigade COM
manders will personally communicate
these orders to all organizations"
Orders Speedily Sent Out.
Signal Corps wires, telephones ana,
runners were used in carrying the
orders, and SO we'll did the big ma
chine work that even patrol COM
nanders had received the orders well
in advance of the hour. Apparently
the Germans also had been equally
diliSent in getting the orders to their
front line. Notwithstanding the hard
fighting they did Sunday to hold back
the Americans, the Germans were able
to bring the firing to an abrupt end
at the scheduled hour.
The staff and field officers of the
American Army were disposed early
in the day to approach the hour Of IL
with lessened activity. The day be-
gan with less firing and doubtless the
fighting would have ended according
to plan had there not been sharp re-
sumption on the part of German bat
teries. The Americans looked upon
this as wantonly useless. 1t was then
that orders were sent to the battery
commanders for increased fire.
Ruthlessness Rampant.
Although there was no reason for
1t, German ruthlessness was still ram
pant Sunday. stirring the American
artillery in the region of Dun-sur-
Meuse and Mouzay to greater activity.
Six hundred aged men and women
and children were in MouZay when the
Germans attacked with gas. There
was only a small detachment of Amer
lean troops and the town no longer
was of strategical value. However,
/ it was made the direct target of shells
filled with phosgene. The enemy hurI-
ed them into the town until every
street reeked with gas.
| Not contented with this, the Ger
mans again drenched the place with
! gas last night. even while they were
/ evacuating Stenay, few miles to
the north. Prompt work by the Amer
/ leans saved most Of the civilians from
serious consequences.
Hailed as Deliverers.
/ Poorly clad and showing plainly
evidences of malnutrition, the inhabi-
! tants crowded about the Americans.
! LiSGipfr their. hand hoi
as deliverers. They declared they had
had no meat for six weeks. They
/ virtually had been prisoners of war
/ for four years. and were overwhelmed
with joy when they learned that an
armistice was probable.
! The little chil,iren between five and
ten years spoke German alternately
with French. 1t was the first time
/ they had seen Americans, and they
showed plainly their amazement.
I Stenay Last Town Taken.
American hands before the armistice
went into effect was Stenay. Patrols
reported they had found it empty not
more than a quarter of an hour be-
/ fore IL o'clock. American troops
rushed through the town and in a
ming to appear from the windows.
/ AS the church bell solemnly tolled the
hour Of II troops from the 90th division
were pouring into the town.
only a line of glowing campfires
! marks the front tonight. Except for
! the rumble of thousands of trucks
I and other noises incident to the stir
ring Of enormous armies, there is not
| a sound to indicate that two great
forces are still facing each other So
FAR no violation of the armistice has
been reported, there not being even
an accidental burst of machine gun
| fire.
People Seem Dazed.
The greater part of the sO0-odd per-
sons still remaining in Stenay were
! still in their cellars. fearfully await
ing the bombardment which they be-
| lieyed would surely come as the
Americans entered Stenay. Many had
yielded to German persuasion or force
and had retreated with the enemy.
Into the streets greeted the Americans
with tears in their eyes and fairly
Edeluged them with questions. The ma
understand that fighting had stopped
With trembling. hands they offered
coffee and bread to their deliverers.
T. The town is not badly damaged by
shell fire. but. according to the re-
dered Of nearly everything of value
huge heaps OF furniture. indicating
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