Jackson County journal., 1919-03-14
1t Has Become Largest and Most
Modern of Debarkation
Points.
SANITATION ALMOST PERFECT
Every Facility Is Provided for car
ing for Camp Of 10000 Men Of
"nom Large Proportion Are
wounded or Sick-Men
Will Be Fed and
Housed.

, o'elle tllat JutS out into
lile Atlantic ocean, is destined TO live
long IN the memory of the American
solulerS That came to save the allied
nations from the iron heel of Ger.
nitlly. From its ancient ramparts tb.
people of France will see the LAST of
the stalWart doughboys that traversed
the Atlantic ocean TO aid them in
suppresSing the expansion Of Teutonic
adtocracy, writes Louis Seibold. New
York orld correspondent.
During the next eight or nine
months more than 100000 of the
-'ooo'ooo nghtlng men that were sent
oS The United States to vindcate tbe
principles of democracy will find their
way through Brest back to their
MONIES. Consequently. the Rrest tba,
knew the legions of Caesar and thp
ueedS of the Phoenicians will ALWAYS
inquire prominently in the historic mar
rhtlNeS OF the soldiers who will ON
park to recount their deeds on En-
ropean soil
City Not Much to Look At.
breSt is not very much Ia look 81
Ihe most striking thing about if is
us hlud. 1t is Il Sort of mud that
Sticks TO ones memory as we'll as to
ones clothes.
Iaere rs no other mud in the world
like that Of BreS. Ii is ALWAYS nres
ent, for. with the exception OF a very
Few days during The Year. the low
erin&- skies of bleak Fnisterre are
momentariIy freShening up. because if
always seems to rain in Finisterre.
AT first it is diSagreeable. this mud
OF BreSt, but. like other things in life
familiarity breeds contempt for if md
lnufeS one To the disadvantages of
always having it about ones person.
one OF the braveSt SpectacleS to be
witnessed. with the mist that nearly
always cOncealS the sun and fertil-
lies the mud, is thar provided by the
American girls. who now number sey-
eral thousand that have come over
seas TO administer to the wants of
the American boys who have come TO
night for Americas principles. Some
or these girls, gently reared and more
accustomed to luNurieS than to pri-
vation, have become SO accustomed 70
the mud that it is difficult to dis
sociate them from memory of it.
Recalls the Golden Gate.
BreSt is a natural port This is
the precise term employed by the
technical men of the army and navy,
In Il.
ports eastern bound enter the grim
rocked harbor. whose outside aSpects
are not diSSimilar to those of the
Golden Gate at San Francisco 1t is
q valuable marine terminus, which
the French have used for many cen,
turtles III which To shelter from the
depredations of the hostile fleets that
preyed upon its commerce.
There is deep water through the
gate and in the harbor itself, which
spreads fanlike in an almost com.
plete oval confined by ramparts that
rise from 100 to 300 feet along the
shore lines
The United States engineers and
marine experts, after comparing the
advantages Of other harbors, decided
that Brest was best suited to the pur-
pose of the western democracy asked
to transport It's fighting men to assist
In the crushing of Germany In all
the population Of the venerable
Breton town Is about $4,000 The ne
cessities of war have doubled this
and at intervals it becomes three
tinfes as much. But the influx OF
population with the restless and i'm.
patient Americans has exercised lit.
tie influence on the ancient burg.
The city's hotel accommodations are
just as primitive as they were a cen.
tury ago. with the exception that there
are now electric lights instead Of tai
low dips in one Of the hostelries and
an elevator which groans under the
weight of two persons.
Other than that things are pretty
much as they were before. Ancient
forms and customs prevail generally
to the Inconvenience of the energetic
American and provide excellent ma
terial for moving picture artists. The
water supply-the one paramount
problem to be solved by the American
engineers obtained by ancient
processes. There Is no sewerage sys
TEN. The suggestion of making one fol-
Brest as they have provided at Ha.
vana and Manila nearly precipitated 8
revolution.
Why Waste Useful Material?
A new sewerage system was all
right in it's way, declared the leading
| citizens Of Brest, whose ancestors rur
| back to the time Of the Roman wars
| but what was the good of wasting
| good fertilizer material through the
Introduction of modern sanitery de
vices?
| Confronted with this problem which
| they were not able tc answer to the
satisfaction of Brest, the American
engineers, holding the advantages Of