The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-01-10
WHEELING BOY
IN GERMANY
roM YOUNG, FORMER MILL MAN
TELLS or EXPERIENCES OVER
ON RANKS OF RHINE
Says American Doys Are Having A BIG
Picnic In Former KIaBtT'S Land at
Present

Tom Young an old Wheeling ooy who
worked for the Whitaker GlesSner COM
pany and later on Joined the army at the
recruiting utIiCc in the lntelligenCer
building. has Written from Cublcnz.
Germany. where he Is with the army Of
occupation.
Young seems 20 ne Wei! satisfied and
states ne IS working * hos" ShocinS
in the morning and training as prize
tighter the remainder OF the day. He
states that the whole army Of occups-
ton has gone daft on athletics.
Young who Is well educated. has
written an entertaining letter 10 friends
IN this city concerning the life Of an
American soldier in Germany and says
tho following.
having 5000 Tine
In speaking or the life Of the Amer
lean yank in Germany, Young states Il
is p!cntc ono big Concy Island. Tho
grub is of the best and the quarters In
which tho troops arc housed We're bull
for the flower OF the k',iScr's army.
And tho doughboy has liberty; lots o.
Ait.
Prize fights between rcg!ncntal cham
p!ons are the main events and many n
man stakes whole months pay on
his favorite pug. The army regulations
permit him TO drink beer and light wine
so he naturally Is looking for whiskey
and cognaC and there IL plenty OF It.
The order concerning fraternizinE
with the Germans has been obsolete
for some time and IL Is a cold day when
a doughboy and German girl cannot
be seen fraternizing on the street.
A Strained Feeling
sgt -
their families with them in Germany
and many army officers have taken ad-
! vantage OF this fact. and arc living ~
, the Coblenz hotels with their families.
The distinction between officer and
: buck private is most marked in the
American force In Germany. according
| to Young.
/ As mater Of fact. the French make
no such distinction. The resentment
among the rank and nlC Is deem. Their"
! In no official order out but Il * known
; that the cafes that are frequrntcd by
; the officers are avoided by the privatcS
! and nom commissioned officers. for they
! would rather stay out than be told t.
get out
Swiped The Lunch
Young doesn't think much personally
! Of the frauleins In Germany. He TOOK
one to a restaurant and she wrapped NJ
tho bread and meat that was left on tn"
table in handkerchief and pu. Il IN
her pocket. Gosh" wrot" n" in his let
ter. "If a girl would do thai IN Wheeling
! IN restaurant and l wa" with h"r. I'd
faint"
. Prices for whiskey. which s. prob
bited 10 the American troops and which
I is sold by bot-lcEgcrs to them in &C.
many are "a high AZ IN this c"untr"
and several soldiers have died from
drinking wood alcohol corrections.
Seventy-five per cent q" -" time If
the American soldier n Germany - now
devoted 20 sport and "c:'r 'a'i'n accord
!rg 10 YnunG's declaration.
In sJ,.:" o: this the i.Nc!p,iuH = %pleH-
did There was 4 CharEc ~ being nm
desirable" i"r Which man was sent
homo Nov hc i" H.~'.r'.n"d tn" t,r't
class girls wont frat~rn'.r with the
soldiers. Young states and The only WY
a man can get sent home Is hy marry
ing.
20 no. many are taking advantage %
t,.u iour.-i ole ~ get home. from Ger
mar.
"h.,"n &c = h!s picnic Snd I think
II viii sta:'," concluded Tom Young.