Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-04-03
150th Field Artillery Is BiI|eted in
Famous German Health
Resort.
TAKE BATHS, SHuN Waters
Buck Privates Elevate Heels on Pri.
vate Balconies and Hear Music as
Often as Military Duties Per.
nit in Neuenahr.

and Flftieth Field Artillery Of the
Rainbow division.
Its members are leading near-mll-
lonares' lives. when not otherwise &C.
cupied by military duties, in Bad Neu.
enahr. "the RheniSh KarlSbad"
This "word fame cure and bath
reSore" (according to the guide
books> WAS before the coming en-
masse Of the Americans. visited an
nually by 10000 guests. not counting
transients; and though the Teuton
sick. who suffered from ailments for
which BAD Ncuenahr's hot spring wa
tiers are vouchcd sans specifies by le-
gions of longbearded German profess
s0rs, are giving the RheniSh Spa
wide berth Just now. II is probable that
between the One Hundred and Fiftieth
Field Artillery's Missouri mules and
mixed personnel, and the bathing fans
fOcking In from neghboring garrisOns.
the Karlsbad of the Rhine never en-
joyed more lively or picturesque sea.
son.
Many Baths, No Bathtubs.
From morning till night, the grand
hallway of the bath hotel Is well filed
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
1t, 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 bathtubs The indi-
vidual bathrooms, averaging 10 or -
feet square, are done in sp0tless
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 battle In patches Of
three. After the bath. there are
touches in each room on which they
may reclIne. The German women at
PENDANTS. accustomed to playing mil.
lionaires in unOccupied times, may
have been inclined to he bit snOh,
bish Mt first and some seemed still
to wear an air Of suppressed resent
ment, hut our military authorities see
TO 1t that they give efficient service
to the buck privateS and doughhoys
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
thenter 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
vorlte walks of wealthy valctudina
rians are picketed focks 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 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 Publication and
Benefit of the Sick" while among the
mules across the pathway Is a gran
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 a bed:
in many cases, the artillersts were
bileted in expensive suites with pri-
vate baths. In the garden of one ho-
tel, the regimental band was giving an
afternoon concert, and buck privates
could be seep sitting on their private
balconies with their feet on the rails,
smoking and resting after their mid
day "chow."
It's great life at Neuenahr, but
after It's fighting record, it is generally
agreed the regiment is fully entitled