The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-06-13
BY WILBUR FORREST.


Ncuwicd, Germnny.-In many ways
the American soldier, forced to main
tain Il "Wacht am Rhein" here In Ger
many Is to be envied by 'those who
have hurried back through the French
winter months to home and fireside.
The hOmegOers are possibly well
pleased with their lot, but the stay
abroads" are beginning to come into
their own.
The American army and the Y. nj. G.
A. have combined into II harmonious
partnership here at Neuwied-on-the-
rhine, which gives full compensation
for enforced foreign service. 1t Is
called the Third Corps Recreation Cen
ter and Is today operating full blast
for the benefit Of morale of some 3d.
600 OF Uncle Sans boys composing the
Third American army corps. command
cd by Major General Hines.
Eleven hundred from the First, Sec
Ond and Thirty-second divisions come
from their prescribed villages md
towns of the occupied area into Neu-
-wied every three days to rest. recre-
atc and see the sights OF the Rhine.
"rhe Third Corps Recreation Center,
made possible by the folks at home
Through the Y. NJ. G. A." Is the slogan
you may read In Neuwied today. And
1.-THE doughboys are beginning to appre-
scintc Il and tnlk about It,
American army engineers have built
tire largest Y. NJ. G. A. club and recre-
alton hall in Europe-the home of the
rccrenting doughbOy. in which he
neither worries about revellle nor sa-
Outing. II Is here that he first goes
when he arrives from the area, and
NE IL told to make himself comfortable
by one or all of six comely American
girls who. have come from home to
cater to John Doughboy and he alone,
natty young officers Notwithstanding.
The boys are invited to make them
selves fright at home" and they lose
no time In doing so.
How the Idea Works.
Follow Mr.. John Doughboy through
n thrce-day leave In the Neuwied Rec
rcation Center. He packs up his blnn-
kcts. towels, toothbrush and safety
razor and departs from the scene OF
duty. He arrives In Neuwied by vari-
GUS routcs-1 100 of him-and is greet
cd by brass band mt the railway sta
tjou. A guide conducts him to the big
recreation hall and turns him loose
among ported palms. and deep uphol-
stored easy chairs, divnns aud lazy
backs" set hastily In great room
tlauked on two sides by big red brick
la, oh rhnnru lnn Hrpa
arc burning. He Is assigned place
In double-deck bunk and he throws
his blankets aboard and returns to the
dig room to loaf.
Perhaps he sits down ut n table and
writes a line or two to the folks back
tome. Then he meets n friend and
ploys n game of billiards or pool on
the ovcrhanging balcony at one end of
the room. Or he just Tolls around on
those easy chairs and sofas until lunch
time.
Then some one suggests that he
stroll down to "Uncle Sans Hoter'-
tho Mace that used to be the "Hohen-
zo,lern house" Here the Uncle SAM
Y. M. C.. A. combination serves meal
fol. him and his 900 companions that
nc has never seen equaled in the
A. T.. r.
crockery suffero Sadly.
This "crockcry." as the doughboys
call It, Is in reality an excellent grade
or German china, and as Sergeant j..
w. Seidenfelt commander In CHER
OF Uncle Sans hotel. explained,
breakages Mt the hands of some scores
OF German Mattresses run up to
per cent o meal. or nearly 100 per
cent a month. But II Is Uncle Sans
party, and the boys enjoy It,,
Sergeant Seidenfelt was head wait
CT at a hotel In Cleveland when Uncle
Som drafted him, Ills home. however.
a. Hartford, Conn. md he never
dreamed the armistice would bring
Iare Of RHEIMS with well-preserved
him here to run ''the biggest army ho-
81 In Germany" where nearly 800