The courier-index., 1918-11-22
TITS ALL OVER NOW;
 LET'S GO BACK HOME"
AMERICAN DoUGHBoYs GREET END OF WORLD WIDE WAR WITH CHARACTERISTIC AMERI- CAN HUMOR.

With the American First Army, Nov. Delayed For the benefit of certain historians, some remarks by American soldiers, uttered at one of the greatest moments in all his tory are here set down. They were collected while a column of infantry was standing in a deserted street in the town of Stenay yesterday. The captain in command of the troops had just glanced at his wrist watch It was II o'clock The officer called the war off for the time being The men were looking around empty hous- es, kicking the mud off stheir shoes
 Then they spoke dramatically, as follows:
 Well, she's off I wonder when they'll send us homer
 "This is a helluva looking town. wonder if we get anything to eat?'
 Who's got cigarettes?'
 Somebody gimme match
 That stuff in them bottles in that joint over there looks as if it might be good to drink"
 'I wouldn't trade Topeka for this burg"
 T wish there was a first class res taurant here"
 q wonder if that stuff in them bot ties is beer? Them Heinies certain ly know how to make beer.'
 Well, the old wars over. l hope we hit nothing but high places till we get back to old St Louis
 They tell me the ole crown prince hung out in this burg. wonder which way that guys runnin now?'
 Guess I'll. see what's in them bot ties at that. It might be easy to take"
 About that time the order came to l fall out" Then someone changed | his mind and another order to fall in" was shouted.
 "Hell's fire" mumbled one man, | disgustedly "Tve got so all I know about this war is fall out fall in and forward march!'
 Thus dramatically passed the most dramatic moment in that section or the American front.
 Twenty years ago this writer saw the end of another war in which the Americans were engaged. That was when the eighth corps marched into Manila It is coincidence that yes terday he saw men from the states represented in the lines which enter ed Manila among the troops that brought the Americans part in this war to a temporary pause, at least In Stenay. the largest town before which the Tanks were fighting when the great halt came.
 There was quite a contrast be- tween the two scenes. Twenty years ago Coloradoans, Minnesotans, Penn svlvanians. Nebraskans and other mid, western and Rocky mountain troops tramped into the teeming town where some 20,000 Spaniards had laid down their arms. There was big flag raising and much ceremony. They went into the city in columns. They had their generals at the head.
 Peyton C. March, now one of the highest American commanders, was in column heading the Astor bat tery, with it's funny little mountains. March was a captain then. There weren't as many soldiers in the whole corps that marched imposingly into ! Manila that day as there are in one of the numerous veteran American divisions which rest on their arms i along the wide front in France to- ! night. Half dozen machine gun | companies still facing the beaten Ger mans could probably have taken care | of the whole Manila army of occupa- tion, minus the support of Dewey's 1 fleet
 Yet, in the main, the soldiers were much the same soldiers who entered Stenay without any ceremony what ever, coming from the same sections of the same country and acting much the same They walked into the town like skirmishers, instead of column, They were nightly mconcerned.
 They went in like bunch of plumb CTS who had come to repair that leak.
 The difference between Stenay and Manila was that Stenay was deserted save for few very old inhabitants, who came out of their houses batting -