Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-03-09
thoroughly infused into their per-
sonnet
sFineSt Army i'm the World"

thoroughly infused into their per-
sonnet
FINEST Array in the World"
The result Is that these draft re-
placements, whom a break of luck as
signed to regular divisions of the
army of occupation. with the proba-
bility OF being the last to get home,
! take a common-sense view of their
/ indeterminate watch on the Rhine.
They will be content to stay over here
and do their duty as long as their
country tells them to. For all-around
morale 'The army of occupation is
the finest army in the world today"
Is the admirable tribute of high staff
officer who knows what he is talking
about. 1T is believed here that should
the governments policy necessitate a
| long American occupation, many
members of these combat divisions
would eagerly re-enlst voluntarily for
overseas service after few weeks
wrestling with the. high cost of living
Land working at home, Il they heard
that the old division was going back.
/ 1t Is pointed out here that, while
March is the meanest month to pull
| through the spring and summer on
the Rhine should prove pleasant
time, particularly with baseball and
beer gardens at full blast and plenty
of other attractive amusements and
! educational pursuits.
No Trouble to Keep Amused.
| Once the army of occupation gets
/ a taste of real joy life on the Rhine
and Moselle in the spring and sum
mer, many men will want 10 stick
around and others. if they go home
/ will have longing to get back. par
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good American dollars, looks bigger
/ at a favorable rate of exchange when
drawn in France, and it goes long
way when traded in for German fapor
marks and invested. say, in light
wines and beer. The army Of nccupa-
| ton is profiting not only by The
double money exchange, but enJHyIng
| the worlds lowest cost of living. 1t
has a chance which in peace times
| has lured thousands of Americans to
eXpatriate themselves to spend an
American income in Europe. 1t is
believed that should the military ne
cessity or the governments policy so
dictate, there would be not the slight
est trouble about keeping the army
here,
Old German Army Useless.
| The official bulletin of the army of
occupation says:
"The following conclusions are based
| upon a great amount of detailed in
| formation. There is no longer any
doubt of the complete nselessness of
the remnant of the old German army,
now in regimental or battalion depots
| throughout Germany. Approximately
| 100000 men, mostly of the 80 class,
/ who have declined to volunteer for
! the new army, are COMPRISED in the
old army in the depots
THE events of the last two weeks
| have demonstrated that the men are
useless in the suppression of internal
disorders, such as Bolshevism, or
against the Poles. one has only to
! read the local papers of garrison
1 towns and note the extent of horse
stealing by men of the garrisons and
/ of all kinds of miscellaneous happen
| ings impossible among disciplined
| troops, to become convinced of the
uselessness of the remnants of the
| old German army. Only in the event
| of q great and fervent national in
SEPARATION would these troops be of any
use. The volunteer army appears to
| number between 1875, 900 and 100000
! at present
Food Shortage Alarms People.
The official bulletin states that the
people in the occupied districts are
! becoming alarmed over the shortage
of food especially of fats and pota-
toes, and are anXiously awaiting food
relief from America. AT Cologne, ii
is claimed, children are dying by
hundreds for lack of milk, while the
| hospitals have no eggs nor butter.
1t is reported that England has per-