Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-06-17
Fifteen MINUTES Tn
ADVANCE
ALL THE NOTICE TROOPS
NEED IN RHINELAND
SAYS DIR. CARRIER
Declares Men Are Slightly Impatient
But Believe that Best is Being Done
speaks Sixty-TwO Times in Two
Months wv

| me following interesting letter wa 9
received this Tuesday morning nv tbe
editor OF the Pilot from DR.. W n
Carrier, formerly pastor of the E;rSt
Presbyterian church of this citv and
more lately president of Carroll COL
| lege, VINO is now serving as v NJ
Z. A. secretary in the army of oc-
cupation:
manhattan, Germany, May 30. 1919
rms is tn close of a delightful dav
Ii is now 1890 but 1 am going to tel
you about it and then retire II 10
decoration Day and committees have
gone out from all the regiments To
decorate the graves of their fallen
comrades In France-and the dav has
lDeen well observed in the army of 90.
cupatlon. L went in my auto three
miles TO Moschiem, where | smoke tn
TWO companies, three hundred men at
memorial service then drove To Hat
ehDach, ten miles farther and spoke to
Two more companies. The services
were out OF doors and the latter in the
iIosI picturesque spot l ever saw. IT
was on great hill $50 feet high
where are the ruins of an old castle
anu from where a flag pole on the
Top OF the old tower, floats the dear
ola stars and stripes. After this meet
ing went TO an adjoining town
1erSchDach and had dinner with the
battallon officers and then came home
L uld some business about here this
AFTERNOON and went to good base
Dali game for an hour. We do have
some OF the finest games in the world
mere IN the army and they have a fine
neld here. This evening I had a song
service in the 'Y" building as 7 do
every Friday and spoke again.
NOW TO go back a little nv two
friends, DR.. Barnett of PHILADELPHIA.
and DR.. Elliott of Oregon and I took
our faithful Ford and drove to Coblenz
item miles, and then up the Moselle
River about twenty-five miles to the
famous Burg Eltz Castle, q enclose a
plcture.) 1t is one of the oldest cas-
ties, dates back one thousand wears
ana Is also one of the largest. II is
still complete and is used.-Tbe kaiser
was entertained here. 1 enioyed if
immensely. 1t is way in the forest
ana an old man showed us through.
some day hope you can see it.
Last night l spoke at Roseback
ABOUT hfteen miles from here and the
fatherland-point from headquarters
ana right on the outpost, where I
could step over into the neutral zone.
L enclose some flowers which picked
In the neutral zone Ten kilometers
away is the German army and there
was quite little excitement last night
over the actions in the armies and the
men ON guard were all alert.
L may say thousands of great trucks
and cannon tractors and trains of am
munltlOn are all up here right on the
line and every man knows his place
even to "Y" Secretaries to move for
ward on fifteen minutes notice il the
peace proposition is not signed-we
are quite impatient and vet believe the
best thing is being done.
These Germans are still proud and
unrepentant
do not know much of my plans for
the reason we are waiting but 1 have
given up the religious dictatorship
here of the first division. | came here
April Bird and am leaving June 3rd. |
want to be travelling secretary from
now on and only speak and not do this
executive work. Mr.. o E. Sellers of
Moody Institute has come to take my
place and my program will close on
Sunday night. l will have spoken
sixty-two times in two months besides
all the executive work. There is much
to do over here but l think | can
come home in month. 1 am going to
see Talbot's grave soon and go into
the battle front and take a little time
for sightseeing. 1t is bedtime and
past and the time to sleep here is
when everybody else is quiet as they
usually are from 1920 to $50.
We have had four weeks of superb
weather and this is fine day. 1 went
down to look at a fine bunch of about
five hundred mules, Poor fellows they
all have to stay over here but l know
no one kinder to their animals than
the Germans. w. o. CARRIER.