The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-11
1t Has Become Largest and Most
Modern of Debarkation
Points.
SANITATION ALMOST Perfect
Every Facility Is Provided for Car
ing for Camp Of 10000 Men of
Whom Large Proportion Are
Wounded or Siek--Men
Will Be Fed and
Housed.

Brest, France-Brest, the ancient
town Of Finisterre that juts out into
the Atlantic ocean, is destined TO live
long in the memory of the American
soldiers that came TO save the allied
nations from the iron heel of Ger
many. From its ancient rampartS the
people Of France will see the last of
the stalwart doughboys that traversed
the Atlantic ocean TO aid them in
suppressing the expansion of Teutonic
autocracy, writes Louis Seibold, New
York World correspondent.
During the next eight or nine
months more than 100000 Of the
100000 fighting men that were sent
by the United States to vlndlcate the
principles of democracy will find their
way through Brest back TO their
homes. Consequently, the Brest that
knew the legions of Caesar and the
deeds of the Phoenicians will always
figure prominently in the historic mar.
ratlves of the soldiers who will en-
bark TO recount their deeds on Eu-
ropean SOIL
City Not Much to Look At.
Brest is not very much to look at
The most striking thing about it is
its mud. 1t is sort of mud that
sticks 70 ones memory as we'll as to
ona's clothes.
There is no other mud in the world
like that of Brest. II Is always pres
emf, for, with the exception of very
few days during the year, the low.
cring skies OF bleak Finisterre are
momentarily freshening up, because it
always seems to rain in Fnisterre.
At first it is disagreeable, this mud
OF Brest, but, like other things in life.
familiarity breeds contempt for 1t and
inurcs one TO the disadvantages of
always having it about ones person
One OF the bravest spectacles to b.
witnessed, with the mist that nearly
always conceals the sun and fertil
ICES the mud, is that provided by the
American girls, who now number soy.
eral thousand. that have come over
seas TO administer to the wants Of
the American boys who have come t.
fight for Amcricn'S principles Some
of these girls, gently reared ana more
accustomed 10 luxuries than to prl
walton, have become so accustomed IA
the mud that it is difficult to dis
soclate them from memory of It.
Recalls the Golden Gate.
Brest is a natural port This il
the precise term employed 10y The
technical men Of The army and navy
Coming in from tie Atlantic, trans
ports eastern bound enter the glim
rocked harbor, whose outside aspects
are not .dlssimilar 10 those OF IN,
Golden Gate at San Francisco. Ii j.
valuable marine terminus, whicl
the French have used for many cen
turtles IN which TO shelter from tn,
depredations OF the hostile fleets tha
preyed upon its commerce.
There is deep water through hi
gate and in the harbor itself, whicl
spreads fanlke in an almost CON
plete oval, confined by ramparts tha
rise from 100 to 800 feet along th
shore lines.
The United States engineers an
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advantages OF other harbors. decided
that Brest was best suited to the pun
pose Of the western democracy aske'
TO transport its fighting men to assis
in the crushing of Germany. In al
tho population of the venerabl
Breton town is about 10000. The M
cessities of war have doubled TIL.
and at intervals 1t becomes tire
times as much. But the influx q
population with the restless and in
patient Americans has exercised III
tic influence on the ancient burg.
The citys tel'accommodation AZ
Just as primitive as they were IA cei
fury ago, with the exception that ther
are now electric lights instead Of Ia
low dips in one of the hostelrles nm
nm elevator which groans under tn
weight of two persons.
Other than that things are pretl
much as they We're before. AncleI
forms aud customs prevail general
10 the inconvenience OF the energet
! American and provide excellent m
terinl for moving picture artists. III
water supnlt one paramoul
problem TO he solved by the America
englneers--ls obtained by anclel
processes. There is no sewerage sy
tenn. The suggestion OF making one {,
: Brest as they have provided at II
yana and Manila nearly preclpltated
revolution.
: Why Waste Useful Material1
A new sewerage system was q
right IN It's way, declared the lendl
citizens OF Bfest, whose ancestors r,
back 10 the time OF the Roman wan
hut what was the good Ut wastil
good fertilizer material through Il
introduction OF modern sanitary d
vices?
Confronted with this problem viii
they were not able 60 answer to Il
e satisfaction OF Brcst, tile Americl
;. ouglncers. holding the advantages
/. ths hArh0r To Ice OF commanding II