The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-26
PAPER MADE IT'S P1RST BOW TO a.
E. F. WITH THE HE1N1Es IN
ANDENACH, GERMANY ON
FEBRUARY 81.
Trips On River Rhine BY 9an1s u
vividly Described AS Arc severn"
Sporting Events Held IN Kaiser's
Domains.

Watch on The Rhine was received yes
terday by Mr.. George Joseph OF SO
North Main street from his son. Cicors"
W. Joseph. who is with 60. L.. Thirticth
infantry Of Tho Third division. OF ING
army of occupation in Germany anu
now located near Cnhlcnz.
The Watch on The Rhine is an ciGht
page paper published weekly by the men
OF the Third division and printed al
-tndrrnach. Germany.
Tht paper made it's first how TO thc
\. Z. T.. and the Hcinics in sour k1aul
land Thursday. February -. ana IS
bright paper. five columns to the. page
filled with tho dnings Of the men ana
officers Of the Third division and is con-
Quoted on the lines Of the average news
paper here in the states.
Tho first page is headed Win inc
|. motto: Your resolution and f"rtltude
arc worthy Of tho best traditions Of the
American army and the news part starts
off with General PrrshinGs report oil the
complete operations OF tho American
forces which nccu pics tho first column
ard is continued on tho third. fifth anu
eighth pages and contains seven ana
three fnurthS columns Of reading matter.
i A picture Of Major General Robert L.
Houzc. commander Of the Third division.
graccS the first page and underneath
the cut is tho generals Biography
story on the first page conveys the in
formation that nearly 4 million men arc
scheduled fr carly return to America.
and in another column is the program or
the Third DECISIONS horse show held at
.tndcrnach the day the paper was issued
and tho story said the city was throngcd
with visitors for the event.
Since the Third has hccn stationed
around Andcrnarh it has become a sport
~, ,,.t~ Ind FfF n
boxing bout to decide 10 decide on the
champions and every class was repro
scented from the 116 FOUNDERS to the biz
fellows who weighed in at 16n.
The semi-finals Of boxing and wrcSt-
ling carnival at Maycn were given but IN
neither sport story docs it say whether
tho Germans were allowed to witness
these affairs.
On tho second page Is description
given Of tho trips given on the RIVER
Rhine for tho soldiers by the Y. NJ. G. \.
whose steamer. the Stadt Dusseldorf.
makes Il daily six hour excursion up or
down the historic stream and from 1:50
to :0n avail themselves az the opportu-
nifty every day for the excursions are
free with lunch thrown in. On Wcdnes-
days and Saturdays. the boat goes down
to Bonn where the American soldier
likes to 80 rs Bonn is occupied by inc
British army. composed Of Tommy At
kins. Scotch HiGhlAndcrs. the only men
who can wear skirts and got away with
il. And the Hindu troops with their
large brown turhans. like frost bitten
cabhagrS. Another thing the ianks like
about Bonn and The British occupation
is that his thirst can be assuagcd any
hour in the day which cannot be done
in the American territory. The boat also
/ hn M I'nhIHnZ
An interesting story Is told by SerEt.
Frank A. Downs Of how he was captured
by the Germans during tho war and
intcrroEated by German officer. rs lie
thought. but which turned out TO be
Prince Eitcl Frederick. second son of
the Kaiser.
On another page is the only advertise
mont in the whole paper which calls at
tention TO the division history which
will soon appear. and besides that is tho
: last Of men in tho Third division award
cd service medals. which takes up two
columns.
The sixth page is the sporting page
and contains accounts of boxing. foot
ball. base ball and any other kind of
sport under that head which is INDUCED
in by American soldiers. .
\ theatrical troupe is being formed
for the coming season according to the
announcement notes ana the review OF Il
vaudeville show acts arc put on each
! night by different units Of the division.
There is about two columns Of tclc-
graphic news from the United States.
and numerous poems by members Of the
division and one is headed Don't Lot
the states go dry" protest against
/ prohibition.
Two comic strips cnlivens the paper
and ono by Harigan under the caption
OF "'Wc'rc here because were here"
shows in tho first picture a soldier talk
ing to another soldier who says he is
homo sick and just has 10 get back
home. His friend finally tells him that
the l. S. has gone bone dry and the last
picture shows tho soldier cancnllInG his
application for discharge and have 1t
fixed SO that he could s:ay In Germany.
At tho masthead is the subscription
rates. which arc S marks for three
months. single copies so pfcnniGs and
advertising rates on application. hut the
initial issue is without an ad, but the
publishers have hopes.
The lead editorial IS The newest re-
| cruit. tho Third division newspaper re-
| specially Salutcs the old timer The
| Stars and Stripes
The paper is like any ordinary Amer
| lean newspaper with tn" exception OF
| scandals. robbcrics and the general all
/ around cusscdncss which tho newspaper
| man AT home hnS to write about.