The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-29

Troops In England First Home.
LondOn.-The first American troops
to depart homewnrd as u result ~ the
signing OF the armistlce will be lS,OOO
men stationed in England. The Amer
lean army expects to start the first
shlpload OF these soldiers homewnrd
within a few days, aud TO have nll tho
men ON their way back to the United
States ten days later.
The plans for clearing England OF
American troops are incomplete, but II
Is desired 70 remove these men imme'
diately, as some shipping is available
for this purpose. Most of the $4,000
men are helping the British air force
The American hospital units will be
left In England until policy for car
ing for future cases of Illness among
the Americans has been decided upon
The belief is expressed at army
headquarters that very few Americans
will be left long In England, as II is
thought that the hospitals In France
can care for future needs.
Serman navy SURRENDERED
London There has Just been seen
the greatest naval surrender which the
world has ever witnessed.
A great fleet of German battleships,
battle cruisers, and light cruisers and
destroyers left port for an unknown
destination. They were met by the
British fleet, accompanied by Ameri'
can and French representatives, and
conducted to their destination.
A Berlin telegram received in Am
sterdam gives this list Of the vessels
comprising the best of the German
navy that were to be handed over:
Battleships-Kaser, Kaiserln, Ko-
mig Albrecht, Kronprinz Wilhelm,
Prlnz Regent Luitpold, Markgraf,
Grosser Kurfurst, Bayern, KONG
Friedrich der Crosse.
Battle cruisers-Hindenbur Derf-
finger, Seidlltz, Moltke, Won der Tam.
Light cruisers-Bremen, Drummer,
Frankfurt, Kolln, Dresden, Emden.
Germany has been stripped OF at
least half of the fleet of dreadnaughts
which 1t had in commission or building
when war began, and Of practically all
of its battle cruisers.
Yanks in Triumphal March.
With the American Army of Occupa-
tiOn.-The American army of occupa-
ton, which is moving forward steadily
over the territory evacuated by the
retiring Germans, is being received
with wild demonstrations of Joy by the
residents Of the towns which are now
being liberated after more than four
years Of German rule.
When the American troops entered
Briey, the heart of the Lothrlngiun
iron fields, they passed under trium-
phal arches that had been hurriedly
erected by the people of the town, and
the streets through which they passed
were bedecked with flags. On one
arch through which the Americans
passed was a homemade American
flag four feet in length, flanked by the
French colOrs. The flag, which had
been made by three French girls, had
eleven stars and seven red and white
stripes. At st. Leger, as the advance
units of the Americans entered the
town. the church bells were rung and
the mayor and his wife stood in front
of their home to welcome tke officers
and correspondents, who were invited
TO become the mayors guests. Wom-
en-, children and aged men crowded
about the soldiers, embracing them
and presenting them with flowers.
Similar scenes were enacted as the
Americans reached VirtOn, Longwy,
Audun. La Roman and other towns
evacuated by the Germans.
Everything moves smoothly as the
American forces proceed toward the
Rhine. Some 100000 men, with their
supplies, guns and ammunition, must
be moved along three main roads
each day The job is one that would
tax the abilities of the quartermasters
Of any army.
Flags FIutter over British.
With the British Armies.-Innumer
able flags fluttered over the heads of
the British troops as they moved for
ward and started on their march to
the Rhine. The cavalrymen had their
own guidons and some of them rode
with French and Belgian flags sticking
out of their boots and fastened to their
brides. The gunners had flags on
their limbers and the aXleS of their
wagons; their steel traces were pol
ished brightly, as though for mill
tary tournament. and their steel he'll
NETS were shining. They had spent
many hours In spit and polish" since
the day of the armistice, so they should
look well on the road to the Rhine.
The advancing troops met thousands
of civilians who were coming home
after years of exile. AS the soldiers
went forward the Homecoming civil
ians halted to wave flags at them,
it seemed, by the smart
ness of the men who, after four years
of war, rode out, spick and span from
helmet to spur, on fine horses, well
fed and grOomed, in sharp contrast
to the sorry-loOking German horse
flesh.
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Impressions.