The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-07-09
Those in Towns Around COblenz
Had No Part in Trouble in
Ruhr District.
OCCUPY 80 TOWNS IN ALL
AfaeFScan Forces in Germany Consist
of z69 Officers and 1929 Men
Coblonz Is Headquarters
of Yankee Army.

New YOrk.-There are still Ameri-
can troops In Germany. We had al
uOst forgotten this. fact until Doctor
Knapp strobe into the days news and
'VahksIied. Strikes, bloodshed and re-
heIIiOn followed in rapid succession.
German government troops entered
the Eiuhr district and Foch moved
forward across the neutral zone. We
au0ad that the American forces In Ger
nzany, like the British, will hold to
seIEeir hrldgehead.
EIIl its center at Coblenz the
American bridgehead forms the mill
sEary occupation district along the
.assnrse Of the Rhine, between the Brit
ylsh 50 the north and the French to the
south The town of Frankfort. re-
vcentty occupied by the French, lies in
German territory just beyond the neu-
fx1I zone which rims the French
AEidgehead. and is only 80 kilometers
south of American divisional head
quarters.
Since the recent "red" uprisings,
katherine Gay, formerly attached to
an artillery division. tells the New
Koxk Post, American-occupied terri
7eDry has been surrounded by disorder,
hMf che American chief Of staff at
sCobienz has kept strictly to his state
n,ent that he has no concern with af-
ifkirs outside his Jurisdiction. Atten-
ytSon may be focused at any moment,
hswever, ON the district held by Amer
fean forces IL German communists
seek xefuge and internment In Amerl-
.ean-~ccupled territory as they have
xecentIy done In British territory
rmffer the failure of their revolt In the
RuRhx valley.
At Cohlenx.
HE American forces In Germany to-
,dazE consists of 100 officers and 1929
men, Inclusive OF 10 officers and 17S
men stafioned at the port of Antwerp,
Belgium. They occupy, all told, IS
) towns A year ago there were some
-sfx divisions holding this same terri
cory. and every little town In the
hr5dgehead carried its quota Of Amer
gfrmnx Indeed, 1t often seemed as II
Ghere were more American soldiers
than German civilians in the hill coun-
Cry. Even Coblenz, city of Rhine
wtnes and gayety, appeared for the
usonent Americanlzed. Coblenz today
gzrrisons less than 400 American OFF,
.ssrs and about 1900 men. Andernach,
.Nunner headquarters of the third d.
-wAxSon, has the next largest garrison,
I61 officers and 4,046 men.
Nest Of us on this side of the wa
Ger have a hazy mental picture of
> CobIenz and have. perhaps. seen a
pnofnxraph or two of Andernach. But
> ~ tIse villages along the neutral zone,
: ne tiny towns that to most Of our re-
enrued soldiers mean Germany" we
( have not the slightest conception.
TAex are alike in size and appearance.
these hundreds of hamlets. and save
rsr ene fact that Paumbach is Protes-
I'll. t1fitC Nc htihhbVts hhhohoSht
.zuarfer kIlometer distant. Is Catholic,
urnen you have known one Rhineland
: xzxiey you know them ALL Here the
-r~msining 6.O00 or so OF our men are
stationed .prey. without doubt, to the
uvfI8est of army rumors. marching on
rB<rsin one day. Withdrawing to Paris
.ss>e next. but never failing to find
ssuse imaginative tale with which to
SEASON the "slum" when "chow" call
ossxS We can find them by the sim
NE process Of alightIng from the train
81 Colienx. and. with few formalities
-sr . military stature. hopping truck"
1suund for the eutposts.
Within American llaes
Battling eastward across the little
E,rufssn bridge which spans the Rhine
sfsr~<ssy IN front Of the American army
xz.naruarters at Coblenz. our battered
E~6 sxia<s again to the north under
o. shaaow Of Ehrenhreltstein's high.
- sszTsness he seeks the security Of
- viilzre street. A eOodly number Of