Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-29
WONDERFUL ARMY
Occupaton Force of U. S. Orc Of
Best Ever Organized.


i complete outfit IL miniature army,
equipped with I'LL necessary services.
capable Of taking the field at "a hours
notice without the assistance Of any
outside clements and one OF the best
military units ever organized in the
worlds history OF armies-such is the
description. that military men, allie:!,
neutral and former enemies apply to
the American army Of occupation rs
il is constituted today, relates an As
suciatcd Press dispatch from CoblerH,
Germany.
That tho efficiency OF tho. training
system of, the American forces. in Ger
many, the excellence of their equip
mcnt and their faultlcss military bear
ing arc generally recognized through
out Europe is shown by the fact that
missions from various countries have
either visited Coblenz during the past
few months or have applied for per-
mission to come to this base and get
first hand knowledge of how it is done.
\ few weeks ago the chief Of staff
Of the Swiss army, accompanied by
several officers, spent week In CO.
benz rs the guest Of General Allen,
the American commander, attended
inspections, visited the barracks. re-
viewed the troops and returned to
Berne to. tell the Officers of the Swiss
army that the American army on me
Rhine was "the most up-to-date' the
best cduipped and: the best looking
military outfit OF ,;ll the armies of the
worldly Il, y
=. a commission from the Netherlands
made a similar visit and was equally
'favorably impressed and now, the Fin
nish government has: asked permission
to scnd!a commission to :Coblenz. o.
Should circumstances require the
American army on the: Rhine to move
against an enemy or to occupy further
territory, 10000 infantryren composed
OF the First and Second brigades
would furnish the bulk Of the fighting
force.
Their advance would he guarded
against surprises and ambush by 800
cavalry and IS airplanes, which would
do the scouting before the moving in
rantry Three trained pilots arc avail
able for each plane in case Of airmcn
meeting with accidents.
One thousand artillery men, serving
eight batteries Of field guns, would be
on hand to supply a barrage, should
il become necessary.
Three hundred men OF the Signal
corps battalion would look after tele-
phone and telegraph communication
with the base ut 'Coblcnz. The Rail-
way Engineers battalion, which is re-
ccivfng constant practical training on
Il little branch line OH the right bank
Of the Rhine which they arc operating
would. with tho assistance Of tho Mo-
iQr Transports c"rp*, attend to the,
service OF supplies of the expedition,
airy fGrcc::
The Engineers First Battalion would
throw pontoon bridges over such
streams as were travcrsed in the adj
vance Six ambulance companies, as
sisted by Il medical corps OF 600, es-
tabishing field hospitals, would give
first help to the wounded before their
evacuation to- the base hospital.
Only one arm used in modern war
fare is lacking--tanks. AS one officer
remarked fncctiously: we have no
tanks Of any sort in this army
There is Il machine gun section with
every company instead Of one to every
battalion as formerly.
Thus while the army OF occupation
in Germany numbers just little moro
thau half the cfrcctiveS Of one Amcri-
can division on Il war footing, it is.
| nevertheless II real army in the fullest
sense OF the term.
..r'
- The trouble with a great many
young men who want to see life is that