The Washington times., 1919-06-15

leans. II Is war Is the mOLLO lOf
their dealings, the refrain of their
speeches. Therefore, let there be no
fraternity
Keep Away From Women
CAS- has been said. the American
authorities strongly forbid any deal
ing with young women. They know
what confusion in family life would
arise if in a city OF $4,000 inhabitants
a force of $4,000 soldiers, exuberant
and unOccupied, were allowed a free
rein. In order to spare themselves
trouble and to prevent relations with
the people who are not specially
sympathetic toward their sex and
ethical feelings, they have declared
the celibacy of the soldiers perma-
nently. When in an officers casino
at a late hour a lieutenant who not
only had drunk heavily of Rhine wine
but also was much taken by the
charms OF the German serving maid
gave her a harmless caress was pun
ished with a loss Of his officers rank
and in addition the head OF the regf-
ment apoIogized to the keeper Of the
casino for the conduct Of the officer
and informed him of the punishment.
ITO the sorrow of many who had
thought in a beautiful dream OF
America as a fairy with a horn full
OF butter. eggs, and ham. the Ameri-
cans show themselves very careful in
regard to food. The common soldier
lives like a passenger in the drst
class on an ocean steamship. He re-
ceiyes meat every day two or three
times and il does not need to be
first discovered in a thin soup Of vege-
tables and potatoes. but ii is prepared
in a good bourgeois style with sauce.
When he has satisfied himself with
steak, and after that for good diges-
ton coffee with milk and sugar, there
remains for him and, Of course, for
the officers a pound daily OF the finest
chocolate or candy to be bought at
marks. A lively use is made Of this
excellent arrangement, since the com
mon soldier receives s marks q day
and a lieutenant 40 marks salary for
his dolce far niente.
Woe To Seller or Buyer.
But woe TO the soldier who from
his superabundance gives or sells
anything, and thrice woe to the civil
ian who accepts or buys anything.
Even a few cigarettes which one has
received when offered may bring the
charge of forbidden possession or
the cause of twenty-three out Of
sixty-six sentences which were IN
ficted and published by the American
court in Coblenz in the period from
January to %. Such a misdemean3r
can be punished by a fine Of from 500
to l 1000 marks. while for the puT-
chaser of American property the least
punishment is three months in Jail
The correspondent says that an ac-
tive secret police system enables the
Americans to find out the guilty pei
sons when any of the laws OF the
army are violated, and there is an es-
pecially keen hunt for those who sell
liquor to the troops. The Americans
he says. have made a minute study o;
all the industries in the occupied dis
trict, and know just what each es-
adjustment has and can turn out.
But in one good Characteristic.
he continues, the Americans are dis
tinguiShed from all our enemies: they
are animated by no spirit of chauyin-
ism. At the time of occupation they
entered without any theatricalism,
they dispensed with a meek greeting
from the head Of the city, and con
sidered presumptuous proclamatiors
unnecessary. Every man seeks with
out delay to arrive as quickly as pos
sibIe at his quarters, to wash and go
to bed
The German-American Myth.
The correspondent says that the
Americans, as a rule, look with some
depreciation on Germany, but without
ill will toward the inhabitants. There
is no advantage for Germany in the
American soldiers and officers of Ger
man descent. The correspondent
quotes an American officer as saying
We know no longer German AmCri-
cans. We know no Irish Americans OF
French Americans. only Americans"
The Americans he saw on the Rhine
have only one great desire. and that is
to get home, the reporter found. The
American is hOmesick," he writes
"and that cannot be concealed. When
he is at home in the evening and
while all voices arc still he spreads
out the photographs of his loved ones
before him and Surrenders himself to
longing. Peace is the saving wOrS
which he impatiently awaits"