The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-07-23
Those in Towns Around Coblenz
Had No Part in Trouble in
Ruhr District.
OCCUPY SO TOWNS IN ALL
American Forces In Germany Consist
Of 100 Officers and 1920 Men,
Cooisnz 10 headquarters
OF Yankee Army.

can troops III Gerlnauy. We had al
most forgotten this fact until Doctor
Nupp strobe into the days news aud
vanished. Strikes, bloudshed and re-
bellion followed in rapid succession.
German government troops entered
The l:uhr district and FOch moved
forward across the neutral zone. We
read that the Am.rlcan forces in Ger.
many, like tile British. will hold to
,!leir brdyehead.
With Its center at COblenz the
American brtdgchead forms the mill
AIRY occupation district along the
course Of the Rhine. between the Brit
south. The town of Frankfort. re-
Gently occupied by the French, lies In
German territory just beyond the neu.
tral zone which rims the French
bridgehead. and is only 50 k!lometers
south Of American divisional head
quarters.
Since the recent ''red' uprisings.
Katherine Gay. formerly attached TO
an artillery division. tells the New
York Post. Ainericun.Occupied terri
tory has been surrounded by disorder.
hut the American chief of staff ut
Coblenz has kept strictly to his state
ment that he has no concern with af.
fairs outside his jurisdiction. Atten.
lion may he focused at any moment.
however. on the district held by Amer.
lean forces If German communists
seek refuge and internment In Anleri-
ran-occupied territory as they have
recently done In British territory
after the failure of their revolt in the
lsuhr valley.
At cobienx.
The American forces In Germany to-
,iay consists of 7GH officers and 1929
men. inclusive of - officers and l73
men stationed at the port Of Antwerp
Belgium. They occupy. all told. SO
towns. A year ago there were some
six divisions holding this same terri
tory. and every little town in the
hridgehead carried its quota Of Amer
leans. Indeed. II often seemed US If
there We're more American soldiers
than German civilians in the hill c0un.
try. Even Cnblenz. city Of Rhine
wines and gayely. appeared for the
moment Americanized. roblenz today
garriSons less than 400 American off,
GERS and about 100 men. Andernach.
former headquarters Of the third d.
vision. has the next largest garrison.
1871 officers and 4.tLiG men.
Most of us on this side of the wa.
ter have hazy mental picture Of
COblenz and have. perhaps. seen a
photograph or two Of Andernach. but
IT the villages along the neutral zone.
the tiny towns that to most Of our re-
turned soldiers mean "t;ermany." we
have not the slightest conception.
They are alike In size and appearance.
these hundreds Ut hanlets. and save
for the fact that Pau,nbach ls Pr0tea-
tant. while tts neighhor. Ranshach. q
quarter kiloneter distant. ia Catholic.
when you have known one Rhineland
valley you know them all. Here the
remaining 600 or =" Of our men are
stationed-prey. without doubt. to the
Widest OF army runOrs, marching on
Rerlin one day. withdrawing to Paris
the next. but never failing to flnd
some lima ginative tale with which to
season the ''slum" when "chow'' call
blows. We can find them by the sim.
ple process of alighting from the train
at COhlenz. and. with few f0rmallties
Of q military nature. hopping truck"
hound for the OutpOsts.
Within American Lines.
Rattl!ng eastward across the little
pontoOn bridge which spans the Rhine
directly In front Of the American army
headquarters at Coblenz. our battered
Ford swings again to the north under
the shadow Of Ehrenbreitstein's high,
the darkness he seeks the security Of
the village street. A goOdly number Of