Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-08-16
PLAN Is 10 PUT THEM ALL IN
THREE REGIMENTS so THEN
CAN HAVE HOME LIFE.
QUARTERS FOR THE FAMILIES
War Department. Believes This Mos
Only Would BE Better for the soss
dlers and Their Wives, but Would
Encourage establishments
az EDWARD b. AK.

put all the married regulars into three
regiments and to station them at posts
where there are living quarters for
families and where the men can en-.
JOY the homo life.
Nothing of this kind ever before has
been attempted In the service. In tha
old days of the rcguIar,arm when IN
enlisted man lock unto himself wife
he vas not always certain that he
could provide d home for her within the
limits OF the garrison where he was.
stationed. The result was that the
VIE frequently Was compelled to, lISs.
Ia some nearby town The arrange
nent was good neither for the man. for
his wife. nor for the military service.
II was found out hi the old days
however, that married enlisted mea
who managed II secure quarters with.
iii the garrison for their faislilies we're
likely to re-enlist In the service This
re.enlistment of seasoned soldiers WAS
4 good Thing for the army Apparent.
liz III is the belief Of the authorities
Tint hy proper provision FOR he wives
and children of enlisted men. rc-en.
listments Will he encouraged and the
service benefited,
Many Regulars Married Abroad.
1t Is said that 10000 American sol
iiers married foreign brides willie they
were Oh service abroad. tlf course
not all of the 20. 90 soldiers were regu-
lars, nor anything like all Of them
but ii n said that enough regulars
married 10 mike + possible 10 create
three regiments, the largest proportion
on the enlisted personnel Of which will
be married men.
The soldiers Who have married, md
who are to be INT INTO special reEi.
rnents nre called tho + #. VS. No.
this does not mean First Families q
Virginia, but Father Of Family Vet.
Grams.
Two OF the regiments into which
married mem are TO be inaucted are the
Third and Sixth cavalry, both of them
famous In American history for their
ightng qualities. The Third and
sixth have seen service wherever the
American flag has been unfurled, ex-
cept In one or two places where mn.
zines alone entered Into the fight An
infantry regiment With d large pnrt ~
It's personnel composed Of married men
also Is to be named, but ny yet the
particular regiment Inns not been se-
lected.
There was n good deal Of marrying
and giving I'LL marriage In France dur
ing the stny In TINT country of the
American army The authorities u
French municipalities whore soldiers
were biIleted took d fatherly interest
In matrimonial matters on hehaf Of
the daughters or fair France. They
ala not want any of their girls tn he
deceived into marriage with men who
already might have matrimonial ems
fanglemenfs, IL acknowledgements Is the
right word to use So 1t was that
the mayors IN many Of the French
town obtained from the soldier who
contemplated matrimony his home
address, the names Of his parents, and
the name Of his postmaster. Then he
fore the marriage was allowed TO he
solennized, the chief town official
would write to the soldiers home to
make inquiry concerning him. When
the good news came Dack that the sol-
der was all rigl; the marriage cere-
mony was performed. perhaps by the
offielal who had nude the inquiry TO-
establish the good reputation Of the
groom
french Girls Are Attractive.
The larger part Of the marriages COM
fractod abroad were those of soldiers
VINO were In what IL called the s. @. 8.
area that Is the area of service Of
supplies. These men we're charged
with the greft work of forwarding sup
plies OF food, ammunition. clothing and
other things to the men Of the front
They were also charged with the build
ing OF parks FOR the incoming Ameri.
can troops. with the operation Of the
raiiroads and with dozens Of other du-
Ties which were essential ia order that
the army might be able 70 fight asgood
fight,
French girls nre pretty. vivaclous.
and what one might call fetching To
d staid old soldier. husband Of d wife,
md father of family In fur or Amer
len. and who could look On them with
the aioofness Of a patriarch, Il we@@
not surprising that many Of the young
unmarried Americans speedily fell vic
tins Ia. the arrow Of Cupid, who shoots
inst as well In France. and perhaps
better than ne Dies III the other coun-
tries OF the world.
There have been some nonsensical
IDEAS iii America about the French
girls. People hare read abcnt Paris,
its extreme gayety and its frIyoiity. but
the truth III that there ID no more
frIyolfty ii Paris than there Is In some
big American cities. In the provinces
cf France. lii the small towns and VIZ
lages, there Is staidness of conduct on
The part Of the young women which
well might be emnlated ii like places