The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-07-09
Those in Towns Around Coblenz
Had No Part in Trouble in
Ruhr District.
OCCUPY 80 TOWNS IN ALL
American Forces IN Germany Consist
Of 100 Officers and 1929 Men
CobIenz 10 headquarters
OF Yankee Army.

New YOrk.-There are still Ameri-
can troops In Germany. We had al
most forgotten this fact until Doctor
kapp strobe into the days news and
vanished. Strikes, bloOdshed and re-
beliiOn followed In rapid succession.
German government troops entered
the Ruhr district and Foch moved
forward across the neutral zone. We
read that the American forces In Ger
many. like the British, viii hold to
their bridgehead.
With Its center at Coblenz the
American br1dgehead forms the mill
tary occupation district along the
course of the Rhine. between the Brit
ish to the north and the French to the
south. The town of Frankfort, re-
Gently occupied by the French, lies In
German territory just beyond the neu-
britlgehead. and Is only so kilometers
south Of American divisional head
quarters.
Since the recent "rcd" uprisings,
Katherine Gay. formerly attached to
IN artillery division, tells the New
York Post. American occupied terri
tory has been surrounded by disorder,
but the American chief Of staff ut
CObienz has kept strictly to his state
mcnt that he has no concern with af-
fairs outside his Jurisdiction. Atten-
ton may be focused at any moment,
however. on the district held by Amer.
lean forces II German communists
seek refuge and internment In Ameri
can-occupied territory as they have
recently done In British territory
after the failure of their revolt In tn,
Ruhr valley.
At coblenz.
The American forces in Germany to
aay consists of 769 officers and 1921!
men. inclusive of 10 officers and II;
men stationed at the port Of Antwerp
Belgium. They occupy, all told, 3,
towns. A year ago there were SOM
six divisions holding this same terri
tory. and every little town in tn
hridgehead carried Its quota of Amer
leans. Indeed. It often seemed as
there were more American soldier
than German civilians In the hill coun
try. Even Coblenz, city Of Rhin
wines and gayety, appeared for tn
moment Americanized COhlenz tOda
garrisOns less than 400 American of
GERS and about 1890 men. Andernacl
former headquarters of the third d
vision. has the next largest garrison
1877 officers and 4,O46 men.
Most Of us on this side of the W,
ter have a hazy mental picture Q
Cob'enx and have, perhaps. seen
photograph or two of Andernach. Bu
Of the villages along the neutral zon,
the tiny towns that to most Of our r,
turned soldiers mean Germany" "
have not the slightest conception
They are alike Ia size and appearance
these hundreds Of hamlets. and sa,
for the fact that Pauinbach Is Prote
tant. while Its reighbOr. Ransbach,
quarter ktl0meter distant, Is CathOli
when you have KNOWN one Rhinean
valley you know them all. Here IL
remaining 6.OGO Or so of our men III
statI0ned-prey. without doubt, to Il
widest OF army rumOrs, marching &
Berlin one dry. withdrawing to Par
the next. but never falling to fiji
some imaginative tale with which
season the "slum" when "chOw" ca
blows We can flnn them, by. the sir
pie process Of alighting from the tra
a. COt:enx. and. with few formaliti,
81 q military nature. hopping a trucl
bound for the outposts.
Within American Lines.
Rattling eastward across the lit
pontoon bridge which spans the Rhir
directly IN front Of the American arm
! headquarters at COblenz. our battert
Fbrd swings agaln to the north und'
tho shadow Of Ehrenbreitstein's hlg
ne darkness he seeks the security
~ village strset. A goodly number