The New York herald., 1921-04-10
Morale Of This Millionaire" Army Is Perfect---
For Study of Vocations Battle Tactics and
Life Generally the Americans Have Been
Happy in Coblenz- Watching Fluctua-
tions of Exchange Many Build Up Pay
By DAVID DARRAH.

last two months. It's the life of Riley" as
they say it in "doughboy," and there prob
ably never was a better satisfied army, and
certainly there is no army in which the
morale is higher.
Aside from the uniform and the strict
military decorum which each soldier prides
himself maintaining this healthy, bright
eyed army of youths might be taken for
crowd On college campus Every doughboy
is always dressed up except when he is on
duty. Perish the thought that he would
wear an issue uniform when he strolls down
town, listens to band concert attends
a show, calls on his best girl. what not.
No, your doughboy wears a serge tailormade
uniform, handmade shoes and made to order
garrison cap and carries riding crop, which
adds smartness to his uniform and makes
him keep his hands out of his pockets. And
how he does salute That's why the frau
leins look at him with admiring eyes per-
haps and that's why he-but that's another
story We'll come to later.
Life on the Rhine is busy and there are
no dull moments. doughboy could not be
more comfortable or more taken care of if
he were back in the home town making
fat salary. It's a question OF deciding how
much of the activities going on he can
take in.
To begin with, he has his military duties.
He drills according to a regular hourly
schedule and he goes through large unit
manBuvres, for it must be remembered that
he is still at war with Germany, ana the
army is ready. But after that he is free to
do much as he pleases. He can get good
education, academic-or vocational IL he likes
because Col. Young, educational officer has
ofo1l ut,a1 ocI.1 fa- !, xx,ha t,x,
study almost anything from stenography to
political economy. or he can become a black
smith or a carpenter. He also has a large
circulating library in the Fest Hall, an
establishment Of the former Kaiser, where
he can find books on any subject. The army
on the Rhine is also an army interested In
learning. You'll see a khaki clad soldier on
almost every corner you pass with bunch
OF books under his arm, just coming back
from classes as il he were attending college.
The Y. NJ. c. A. also has an athletic club
if he does not get all the exercise he wants
and the doughboy may become a champion
weight litter, a sprinter, swimmer (there's
swimming pool established). or any
kind of athletics are available for which he
has propensities.
Then there are all kinds OF clubs The
sergeants have club, for instance; the
officers have club and the privates. first
class are about to organize one. The Saliva
tion Army offers the doughboy about the
cosiest and most comfortable place to sink
down in an easy chair, drink chocolate and
read the paper that he would want in its
club, open to all. There are hotels where he
can eat regular American food in regular
American style. For the doughboy life is
plenty of work and also plenty of play and
plenty Of comforts.
Our Army on the Rhine
Is Called the "Mx1fionaire"
This army on the Rhine is different. 1t IS
called the millionaire army" And that
term might be opprobrious II it We're not
admitted from all sides that the American
forces in Germany are about the finest or
ganization of troops and the most efficient
along the Rhine. There used to be a time
in A. E. +. days also when the doughboy
objected TO regulations. He doesn't now.
For instance the Provost Marshal OF Coblenz
recently made new regulations regarding
hair cuts. No doughboy may have hair
longer than one and quarter inches. And
no doughboy has.
Once every six months the doughboy gets
leave OF absence, during which he can visit
almost any allied country In Europe he likes
at the Governments expense and stay from
two TO three weeks.
However the Yanks' activities in high
finance, drill. study, athletics. travel and
amusement do not keep him from making a
lot OF friends The esteem with which he
was held in France three years ago has not
been lessened along the Rhine And the
inhabitants of the Rhine city generally would
10 tho sorriest people in the world If the
Yanks were to be withdrawn. Letters have
peen sent to Gen. Allen several times lament
ing the departure OF the Americans when
there were rumors of this. For while the
Americans have given to this German city
such an atmosphere of Americansm that
one can feel almost in his home land there.
they have done 1t so easily and without
interference that the Germans like IT,
The case on the Rhine has been replica
OF the case in France during the A. Il +.
days. The big strapping youths from Amer