The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-06-07
BY WILBUR FORREST.


Neuwied. Germany.-In many ways
the American soldier. forced to main
tain a "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-
nbroads" are beginning to come into
their own.
The American army and the Y. M. c.
A. have combined into II harmonious
partnership here Mt 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 49,
600 of Uncle Sans boys composing the
Third American army corps, command
ed by Major General Hines.
Eleven hundred from the First, Sec
ond and Thirty-second divisions come
from their prescribed villages and
towns Of the occupied area into Neu-
WED every three days to rest, recre-
ate and see the sights Of the Rhine.
1.-THE Third Corps Recreation Center,
made possible by the folks at home
through the Y. Nj. c. A." is the slogan
you may read in Neuwied today. And
the doughboys are beginning to appre-
ciate it and talk about 1t.
American army engineers have built
the largest Y. Nj. G.. A. club and recre-
alton hall In Europe-the home of the
recreating doughboy, in which he
neither worries about raveille nor sa-
luting. 1t is here that he first goes
when he arrives from the area, and
he is told to make himself comfortable
by one or all of six comedy American
girls who have come from home to
cater to John Doughboy and lie 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
a ihree-day leave in the Neuwied Rec
reation Center. He packs up his bian'
kets, towels, toothbrush and saiety
razor and departs from the scene OF
duty. He arrives in Neuwied by vari'
Gus routes-1 100 of him-and Is greet
ed by a brass band at the railway sta
ton. A guide conducts him to the big
recreation TALL and turns him loose
among potted palms, and deep uphol'
stored easy chairs, divans ana lazy
backs set Hastily In great room
f1anked on two sides by big red brick
nj, DhnnrV nreS
are burning. He is assigned place
in double-deck hunk and he throws
his blankets aboard and returns to the
big room to loaf.
PERHAPS he sits down Mt table anf
writes line or two-to the folks bacF
home. Then he meets friend ant
rlays n game of billiards or pool or
the overhanging balcony at one end OF
the room. Or he just Tolls around OF
those easy chairs and sofas until lunci
time.
Then some one suggests that M
stroll down to "Uncle Sans Hotter
the place that used to be the "Hohen
zollern house." Here the Uncle Sam
Y.M. C. A. combination serves mea
for him and his l 900 companions tina
he has never seen equaled in tn
A. Il. L.
crockery Suffers Sadly.
This "crockery," as the doughboy
call it, is in reality an excellent grad
or German china, and as Sergeant j
W. Seidenfelt, commander in ehief
of Uncle Sans hotel, explained
breakages at the hands of some score
Of German mattresses run up to
per cent a meal, or nearly 100 pc
cent a month. But it is Uncle Sam
party, and the boys enjoy it.
Sergeant Saidenfelt was head wait
err at n hotel in Cleveland when Uncl
Sam drafted him. His home. however
is Hartford, Conn.,, and he neve
dreamed the armistice would brin
lage of Rheims with well-preserve
him here to run "the biggest army hi
tel in Germany" where nearly 90