The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-05-08
DAVID TAYLOR'S TRIP
THRU G E Il M A N Y

Slue SHFlne---SOmeClmeS very, very
small affair with the cross and the
saviour in it, sometimes some favor
lite saint; at times the shrines are
trife larger and can shelter four or
five people.
Finally we reached Coblenz, which
is at the point where the Mozelle riv-
er flows into the Rhine, about noon,
so we Immediately started out to find
something to eat as we were one
hungry bunch. After putting reg
ular dinner away, we proceeded to see
a little bit of Coblenz The streets
Of the city are well built, either paw
ed or of asphalt and are kept immac-
ulately clean. The homes and build
| ings gives an impression of being
very modern and up-to-date, and they
| have some very fine homes on the
promenade bordering the Rhine. The
stores have good display windows and
are very similar to the kind we have
back in the U. S. A. The stores do
ing the big business now are the ones
handling souvenirs and other articles
appealing to the American soldier.
The street cars were all very clean,
and seemed to be in good condition,
well painted, etc. 1t was rather anus
ing to watch the German motorman
of street car held up by an Ameri-
can IN. P" on duty at corner, OF
waved to proceed. just wonder
what they think about this ? ? ?? :?
Their cafes are very attractive, much
the same sort of thing you will find
in many spots in New York, Chicago
or indianapolis, with their tables,
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has it's own orchestra and the music
is great. While we We're in one
cafe the orchestra played "The Stars
and Stripes Forever. (Can you
imagine them playing that particular
piece in that particular place six
months ago ? ? ? ? J. The, beer in
Germany is very, very bad, and is
practically tasteless. Of course, this
is due to the fact that the food stu
alton in Germany has caused them to
cut down materially on the stuff for
good beer.
The town of Coblenz possesses one
of the numerous palaces of the Kaiser
his grandfather having apparently
spent considerable time in the place,
but he only visited it at times. He
has been very careful, however, to
have large statue of himself on
horseback, mounted right at the point
where the Moselle flows into the Rhine
and there he stands, majestically
guarding the sanctity of this stream.
He has a couple of friends helping
him out now, however, as there are
two American doughboys doing guard
duty at this point.
The American headquarters in Cob
lenz are in the former government
building of the Boche. 1t is really
beautiful building both inside and
out; on it's interior is a beautiful lob
by, then marble staircases, stained
glass windows at many points, etc.
This building is situated on the Rhine
River and from the top floor one can
obtain q good view of the scenery
along this famous river.
Two bridges cross the Rhine from
CoblneZ; one, a regular arch bridge,
under which the boats can pass; the
other, pontoon bridge. The latter
is really very stable sort of bridge,
but I was greatly surprised to learn
that it was permanent structure,
having been built by the Germans in
1870. When boats want to pass. they
have attached to portion Of the
bridge a sort Of tug, which pulls
portion Of it out into the stream, out
Of the way, leaving passageway for
the steamer, then tugs the thing back
into place. Two or three times while
we were in Coblenz we saw an Ameri-
can airplane fly under one of the spans
of the arch bridge. This is certain
~ some "stunt" and he attracted
quite bit of attention.
Across the Rhine from Coblenz, on
top Of the precipitous hills lining the
river, is the Fort of Erenbreitstein.
It seems to be very strong location
for Fort, and dominates the Moselle
where it runs into the Rhine. We
did not make the climb up to the
fort, SO can't tell you about the in
terror. It certainly is a wonderful
sight, however, to see "Old Glory"
waving proudly in the air from the
top of this fort.
Will now drop the city Of Coblenz
on the Rhine, and proceed to the other
good sized German city which we Wis
ited-Treves. This is city Of some
fifty thousand people, and seems
much the same sort as Coblenz, ex-
CCpI CH1t IL 10 IAOlC VI q AAANiu1 oNVuI-
ing city, the leather industries pre-
dominating. It is far more historic,
two hundred A. D. For some time
it was the governmental seat for a
Roman Imperator, for the Roman Of
ficials and soldiers in charge of the
Roman conquests this side of the
Alps. There are a number Of very
old and famous churches in the city;
one having had its commencement un~
der the Romans, with additions plac-
ed to it at various times thereafter
down to about 1900. You can see
plainly where the various parts are
different, in material and age. Both
the Y. M. C. A. and Red Cross have
taken over very fine buildings in Ire
YES and have placed them at the dis
posal of the American boys. Every
afternoon, from two till five they