Arizona republican., 1921-04-25
U. S. Army of Occupation Is Worlds Best
NO DECISION ON PREPARATIONS
Military Experts RegardU. s. Army
 At Coblenz Best
 In World History

COBLENZ, April 24.-A complete outfit, miniature army equipped with all necessary services, capa ble of taking the field at 24 hours notice without the assistance of any outside clements and one of the best military units ever organized in the world s history of armies-such Is the de- neutral and former enemies apply to the American army of occupation as it is constituted today
 That the efficiency oe the train . ing system of the American forces in Germany, the excellence of their equipment and their faultless mili- tary bearing are generally recogn.ze1 l throughout Europe IS shown by the fact that missions from various coun- tries have either visited Cobienz dur ing the past few months or have ap- piled for permission to come to ;a.s 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 a week in Coblenz as the guest of General AL len, the American commander, at tended inspections. visited the bar racks, reviewed the troops and re- turned to Berne to tell the officers of the Swiss army that the American army on the Rhine was the most up- to-date, the best equipped and the best looking military outfit of all the armies of the world"
 A commission from the Nether- lands made a similar visit and was equally favorably impressed and now the Finnish government has askcd permission to send a commission to Coblenz.
 Should circumstances require the American army on the Phine to move against an enemy or to occupy fur ther territory, 10000 infantryrnen composed of the First and Second brigades would furnish the bulk of the fighting force-
 Their advance would be guarded against surprises and ambush by 300 cavalry and IS airplanes, which would do the scounting before the moving infantry. Three tralnzd pilots are available for each plane in case of airmen meeting with accidents.
 One thousand artillery men, serv- ing eight batteries of field guns. would be on hand to supply a. bar rage, should it become necessary.
 Three hundred men of the signal corps battalion would look after tele- phone and telegraph communications with the base at Coblenz- The rail- way engineers battalion, which is re- ceiving constant practical training on a little branch line on the right bank of the Rhine which they are operating would. with the assistance of the motor transports corps. attend to the service of supplies of the ex- peditionary force-
 The engineers first battalion would throw pontoon bridges over such streams as were traversed in the ad- vance. Six ambulance. companies, assisted by a medical corps of 500, establishing 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 As one officer remarked facetiously: "We have no tanks of any sortsn this army
 There is a machine gun section with every company instead of one to every battalion as formerly.
 Thus while the army of occupa- ton fin Germany numbers just lit- tie more than half the effectives of one American division on war foot ing, it is, nevertheless, a real army in the fullest sense of the term