The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-07-30
Those in Towns Around Coblenz
Had No Part in Trouble in
Ruhr District.
OCCUPY 50 TOWNS IN ALL
American Forces in Germany Consist
of 769 Officers and 1929 Men
Coblenz Is Headquarters
of Yankee Army.

New York.-There are still Ameri
most forgotten this fact until Doctor
kapp STROBE into the days news and
vanished. Strikes, bloodshed and re,
bellion 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, will hold to
their bridgehead.
With its center at Coblenz the
American bridgehead 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-
trail zone which rims the French
bridgehead, 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
York Pest, Americanpccupied terri
tory has been surrounded by disorder
but the American chief Of staff al
Coblenz has kept strictly TO his state
ment that he has no concern with af
fairs outside his Jurisdiction. Atten
tion may 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
after the failure of their revolt in the
Ruhr valley. ~
At coblenz.
The American forces in Germany to
| day consists of 7G9 officers and 1925
men. inclusive of 10 officers and II:
men stationed at the port Of Antwerp
Belgium. They occupy. all told. 81
towns. A year ago there were some
six divisions holding this same terri
tory. and every little town In the
bridgehead carried its quota Of Amer
leans. Indeed. 1t often seemed as Il
there were more American soldiers
| than German civilians In the hill coup
try. Even Coblenz, city Of Rhine
wines and gayety, appeared for th'
moment Americanized Coblenz today
garrisons less than 400 American Off
GERS and about 1900 men. Andernach
former headquarters of the third di
vision, has the next largest garrison
161 officers and 4,046 men.
Most Of us on this side of the wa
ter have a hazy mental picture o.
Coblenz and have. perhaps, seen {
| photograph or two of Andernach. Blu
| OF the villages along the neutral zone
the tiny towns that to most Of our re
turned soldiers mean Germany" W,
have not the slightest conception
They are alike In slzea and appearance
these hundreds of ha3iets, and saw,
for the fact that Paumbach Is Protes
tant, while its neighbor. Ransbach, |
quarter kilometer distant, Is Catholic
when you have known one Rhinelan'
valley you know them ALL Here tn
remaining 5000 or so of our men ar
stationed-prey, without doubt, 10 tn
widest OF army rumors, marching 81
Berlin one day. Withdrawing to Pari
the next, but never falling to fin'
some imaginative tale with which 4
I season the "slum" when "chow" cal
blows. We can find them by the sim
pie process OF alightlng from the trail
at Coblenz. and. with few formalitie
Of military nature, shopping truck
bound for the outposts.
Within. American Lines.
Rattling eastward across the littl
pontoon bridge which spans the Rim
directly In front OF the American arm
headquarters at Coblenz, our battere'
Ford swings agalf 70 the north unde
the shadow Of EhrenhreI tsteIn's high
| the darkness he seeks the security Q
the village street a soodiy number .