The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-03-04
RAINBOW men
LIVE LIKE LORDS
's2th Field Artillery Is Bi||eted in
Famous German Health
Resort.
TAKE BATHS, SRuN WATERS
Buck Privates Elevate Heels on PrI.
vate Balconies and Hear Music as
Often as Military Duties Per.
NIT in Neuenahr.

With the American Army of Occu-
pation.-The competition for softest
hillets. open to all members Of the
american army of occupation. appears
to have been won by the One Hundred
and Fiftieth Field Artillery of the
Rainbow division.
Its members are leading near-mil-
iionaires' lives. when not otherwise oc-
cupied by military duties, in Bad Neu-
enahr, "the Rhenish Karlsbad."
This "world fame cure and bath
resore" (according to the guide
books was before the coming en-
masse of the Americans. visited an
nually by $4,000 guests, not counting
transients: and though the Teuton
sick. who suffered from ailments for
which Bad Neuenfhr's hot spring wa
ters are vouched sans specifics by le-
gions Of long-bearded German profes-
sors. are giving the Rhenish Spa a
wide berth just now, it is probable that
between the One Hundred and Fiftieth
Field Artillery's Missouri mules and
mixed personnel, and the bathing fans
fiocking in from neighboring garrisons.
the Karlsbad of the Rhine never en-
joyed a more lively or picturesque sea-
son.
MANY Baths, No Bathtubs.
From morning till night. the grand
hallway of the bath hotel is we'll filled
with men and officers. waiting their
turns to take hot mineral baths. The
establishment boasts 100 private bath
establishments and as one of our med
ical officers from the middle West put
it. contains every bath fake known to
science, but our military Kur guests
wisely confine their activities to the
straight hot"water variety.
There are no bathtuhs. The indi-
vidual bathrooms, averaging 10 or II
feet square, are done in spotless
white tiling, sometimes figured in Pom
peiian blue. And the marble baths
are sunk below the tiled floors, Roman
style.
Busting German women attendants
draw these. regulating the tempera-
ture electrically. When the rush
is on the men ~bathe in patches Of
three. After the bath. there are
couches in each room on which they
NAV recline. The German women at
tendants, accustomed to playing mil
lionaires in unoccupied times, may
have been inclined to be a bit snob-
bish at first. and some seemed still
to wear an air Of suppressed resent
ment, but our military authorities see
to it that they give efficient service
to the buck privates and doughboys.
who. after all. are distinguished bath
guests of the German government,
which foots their bills.
From the bath hotel your trail nat
urally leads to the Kurhaus, with its
reading and conversation rooms, its
theater and concert hall and, above
all. the springs that made Bad Neu-
enahr famous. Here the signs of
American military occupation are quite
unmistakable. for certain heavy field
mortars are drawn up in line in front
Of the Kurpark. while along the IA
vorite walks Of wealthy valetudina-
rians are picketed f1ocks of Missouri
mules and long lines Of artillery
horses.
Array Of Mules and Monuments.
You pick your way judiciously
through the park between the mules
and horses and arrive at a large
structural iron shed, with its front
open and sides done in stained glass,
mostly cracked or broken. Over the
entrance arch stands the inscription
in Latin: "For the Edification and
Benefit of the Sick" while ameng the
mules across the pathway is graa<
tie monument surmounted by the bust
of the discoverer of these alleged al
kali sulphurous hot springs.
Mules and NJ. P.'s permitting, you
climb down into the structural iron
shed or pavilion to drink the waters,
If you dare:
A tour Of the principal hotels Of
Neuenahr showed that every man
lack of the garrison had drawn bed;
in many cases, the artillerists were
billeted in expensive suites with pri-
vate baths. In the garden of one ho-
tel, the regimental band was giving an
afternoon concert, and buck privstes
could be seen sitting on their private
balconies with their feet on the rails,
smoking and resting after their miu-
day "chow."
It's a great life at Neuenahr, but
after it's fighting record, it is generally
agreed the regiment is fully entitled
to this break of luck.