New-York tribune., 1919-05-27
Glimpses
By Wilbur Forrest
Special Correspondent OF The Tribune

cupation. We're just sitting here de-
tached, and we're probably gon' to follow
the A. E. F. home
Attention was called to the fact that
those in the know" have been talking of
late about all American troops now in Ger
many reaching home not later than Oc-
tober l, and the young New York pioneer
seemed relieved. His worry however, en-
phaslzed that New York may consider her
self foremost in drawing the boys back to
home soil.
The New York National Guard alone put
one complete tactical division, the eth;
two full regiments of infantry, 369th and
Tooth, and seven pioneer regiments in the
field The latter regiments were the LIST.
I'd, 51st, SD, 53d 54th and 55th. Four
fifths of these guardsmen and perhaps
more are back in the home fold TO-DAY.
New York City alone contributed a full
division to the national army, the 77th,
and this division has melted back into
civil life
But, in addition to full units, identified
by numbers, at least one or more New
Workers are to be found in almost everv
unit in the army of occupation 1t is also
written down on the records at Brest and
st. Nazalre that almost every ship that
sails carries also a New Yorker somewhere
in the complement. And those who remain
on this side are all thinking of the Empire
State, the old town and other old towns.
the Statue of Liberty etc. The promise
has gone forth that they will all be home
when the leaves begin to fall, the 51st
"orphan" pioneers included
Cesar Santln, first class sergeant, a big,
broad shouldcrcd, we'll set up figure in
khaki cternally seen behind the wheel cf
General Pcrshing's big car, is a little bit
annoyed. Santin's annoyance derives from
certain amount Of hero worship at home
tendency Oh the part of many to hand
Eddie Rickenbacher, American "ace," credit
for not only beating German fiers in the
air at every turn and stratum but with
credit for driving the Commander in
Chiefs auto on land simultaneously Now
that the war is over, Santin takes his pen
III hand to correct what he calls "lttle
misconceptions" In letter to the paper
he says:
81 came over to France on the same boat
with the Commander in Chief and have
been assigned as his personal chauffeur
ever since. Being in charge of all his au-
tomoblles | know who drives him and
when and where. have covered more
than 10000 miles with the general. and
worked very hard under fire. If any credit
is attached to that service it should 20 to
my hard working assistants and myself"
Santn's announcement that General
Pershing has travelled 10000 miles in his
automobiles since he came to France is the
nr5t' and means that Pershing has covered
distance of more than around the world
on French roads and along the fronts
keeping in close touch with his armies.
The knights of Columbus organization
on the Rhine claims the novel chamnion-
ship Of the world-the doughnut rocord
funchlng holes in an average of 10000 of
these circular things that mother used to
make has been only part of the task of
the knights and their Teuton- hired help
here for many months. They have pro-
duced scads Of thousands Of cinnamon
rolls and scads of hundreds of frosted
thrce-layer cakes. working nighr and day
TO DO 1T. IT is boast Of the knights of
Columbus bakery that every American sol
dler leaving Germany for home has re-
ceived six douShnuts to eat on The vsv
to port, aside from those he consumed
while policing the Rhine. AS each division
leaves the occupied area sign goes up on
the X. of c. bakery, reading: "No more
doughnuts until --," and the "untilv
marks the day when the division in oues-
tlon has boarded the cars and cleared ont
OF Germany. At such times the bakery
puts on an extra force and stretches point
to produce 10000 doughnuts every twenty
four hours. Trucks rush the doughnuts to
the departing troops
German newspapers published in the
american occupied area resort to an
economy Of words never before known TO
Prussian journalism. Shortage of print
paper is the cause. Hence the following
news item, typical of others, appearing in
the "Coblenzer Zeitung":
ENDORF-American area-1O-vear-old
boy-hand grenade hospital"
An Arizona scribe produced similar
one years ago in America like this:
Blsbce, Aiiz.-John Smith. thirty. miner
pet an associate he could drink quart of
"nlskey in ten minutes. He did it in eight.
Funeral Tomorrow
Since hand grcnades and whisAcv
promise to become relics OF barbar6us
past, some believe there is food above for