The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-10
Those in Towns Around CobIenz
Had No Part in Trouble in
Ruhr District.
OCCUPY SO TOWNS IN ALL
American Forces in Germany Consist
of 769 OFFICERS and 1929 Men
CoblCnz Is headquarters
of Yankee Army.

New York.-There are still Amerl-
can troops in Germany. We had al
most forgotten this fact until Doctor
Kapp strobe into the days news ana
vanished. Strikes, blOOdshed and re-
beIlion followed in rapid succession.
German government troops entered
the Ruhr district and FOch moved
forward across tt neutral zone. we
read that the American forces In Ger
many, like the British, will hold 10
their bridgehead.
With it's center at COblenz the
American brfdgehead forms the MIL
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 III
German territory just beyond the neu-
traI zone which rims the French
bridgehead, and is only so kilometers
south of American divisional head
quarters.
Since the recent 'red" uprisings'
Katherine Gay. formerly attached 10
an artillery division, tells the New
York Post, American-occupied terrl-
tory has been surrounded by disorder,
hut the American chief of stall at
Coblenz has kept strictly to his stare
ment that he has no concern with AZ
fairs outside his jurisdiction. Atten-
tion NAV be focused at any moment
however, on the district held by Amer
lean forces if German communists
seek refuge and internment in Ameri'
can-occupied territory as they have
RECENTLY done In British territory
efter the failure Of their revolt In th'
Ruhr valley.
Al coblenz.
The American forces in Germany TO
. dav consists of 769 officers and 1879
: men. inclusive of 10 officers and IL
: men stationed at the port of Antwerp
Belgium. They occupy, all toio'
- towns. A year ago there we're som
six divisions holding this same teri
tory. and every little town IN III
hridpehead carried its quota OF Amel
icans. Indeed, il often seemed as
! tbere were more American soldier
than German civilians i'll the illil coui
= try. Even COblenz, city OF KIM
wines and gayety. appeared for II
ie moment Americanized. Cooienz touu
ID parrisons less than 400 American oil
= GERS and about 1900 men. Andernac
IN former headquarters of the third Q
be vision. has the next largest garriso
r. 1c1 oeicars and 4.046 men.
u Most of US on this side OF the
tor have a hazy mental picture
n Coblenz and have, perhaps seen
81 photograph or two of Andernach.
IT. ~ the villages along the neutral zOi
he tho tinv towns that to most of our
~ trynad soldiers mean Germany.
,as have not the slightest eoneepu'
nut They are alike in size and appearah
these hundreds of hamlets' ana ~
'ur FOR the fact that Paumhach is Prof
ert topt while its neighbOr. Ransbach'
ers cnarter kilometer distant, Is Catho
when you have known one hIlii'e'"
- valley you know them all. mere
remaining 5000 or so of our men
3 ststioned-prey, without doubt, TO
y widest of army rumors, marching
~ Berlin one day, Withdrawing TO ia
the next but never falling 10
~, some imaginative tale with wtllch
-. season the "slum" when CHOW
- blows. We can find them by the
pie process of alighting from the u
at Coblenz, and. with few formah
of a military nature. hopping tru
bound for the outposts.
Within American Lines.
M Rafting eastward across the y
pontoon bridge which spans the Xxi
directly in front of the American a
Headquarters at Coblenz, our bate
Ford swings again to the north III
the shadow OF Ehrenhreitstein's b
the darkness he seeks the securit!
the village street a goodly numbe