Evening journal., 1921-05-05
PAY
EQUALTOFOCHS
Computed in Francs a Sec
ond Lieutenant Gets
More in Coblenz
ARE LIKED
BY FRAULEINS

the Rhine is equivalent. az the pres
ont rate Of exchange. to that OF Mar
shal Foch
This may explain why the Amer
lean army OF $1,000 men costs Ger
many more than 10000 French
troops in the Mayence zone. 10 ac-
counts also FOR the exaggerated state
ments from German sources that
Americas lighting force cost Ger
many more than all the allied armies
of occupation.
Marshal Foch's salary Is $4,000
francs. a second Lieutenant In the
American forces In Germany receives
S2120 year. which extra allotments
bring up 10 about $500. AT the rate
/ OF exchange of 14is francs 10 the
dollar the second Lieutenant draws
about 33.350 francs year.
The buck private receives $50 a
/ month. a corporal f51.SO; a SER
4 gcant. S63. and a technical sergeant.
t7420.
The French poilu at Mayence has
/ TO be content with 75 centimes
+ day, a corporal receives 30 centimes.
and a sergeant 2 francs.
with the rate OF exchange about
so TO So marks to the dollar the
American soldier In Germany draws
a larger salary than many OF the
high German city officials
The American soldier IN the Cob
LEM area lives better than the aver
age bourgeois family OF either
France or Germany. At each OF the
ten huts managed by the Young
Mems Christian Association In Cob
lenz. the soldier can obtain better
and cheaper food than In the aver
age good restaurants OF Paris or
Cohlcnz
Dinner for Half Dollar.
Here is the menu OF tho one Sun
day dinner at the Bahnhof Hotel
conducted by the Y. NJ. G.. A., which
the soldier could buy FOR 80 marks,
or about a half dollar: Cream OF pea
soup. roast Danish turkey. nut dress
ing. cranberry sauce. potato croquets,
Jersey sweet potatoes. creamed cauli-
flower. shrimp salad. radishes. olives.
, pickles. rolls. butter, marshmallow
ice cream. cake. coffee or tea.
There has never been a soldier in
any army who has had az his dis
, position the organization of welfare
which the American soldier on the
Rhine enjoys Officers say the boys
here are living the lives OF gentle
men and are behaving as such.
Although prohibition does not OK
ist in Coblenz. the correspondent hal
% vet 90 see "A drunken American sol
a dier In the city. and yet pay day, tn
u dread Of the military police, ha
come and gone.
The Germans seem 10 bear no AMI
" mostly and the boys are very popula
with the frauleins. and spoonin
might be added 10 the outdoor spori
'e which find favor with many soldier
But II Americans az home imagin
q that the life Of the soldiers compos
% ing the American Army OF Occupa
% ton on the Rhine is one OF idleness
they will be a long way from IN
truth.
The little fighting force OF 1900
men has 90 be kept hard trained an'
\ ready for quick action. and tina
means work-eight hours OF 10 da,
al drill. study. target practice o
maneuvers. for it is the purpose o
d the General stan here TO mainiail
j. union hours Most OF the Americai
y doughboy's eight-hour day is spen
In drill. which occupies from thre
IL to FIVE hours daily, varying accordin
20 10 the circumstances and needs O
" the different units.
Soldiers Are Kept Busy.
i- A visitor TO this American com
e munty transplanted into the cente
ID of Europe would find the America
i boys now preparing for a summer
lt grim war maneuvers. for the ope
ie training season has just commence
1T and will continue until October 81.
ly The regular target season, whic
Pc is now IN full swing. will last unit
g July 81. 10 is being held on the Ia
'n get ground ranges built by the Ge
Is mans a few miles east OF the forire
OF Ehrenbreitsteln. Il includes know
distance practice. combat firing az
company proficiency tests. Fie
work for the battalion will con
I mence as soon as battalions ha'
IL completed all firing
The second period. from August
ed 10 September Is. will include ha
as TALON. regimental and brigade MAJ
or euvres and terrain exercises. Dul
ed ing this period. one week for eac
is brigade will be reserved for hattalio
n combat problems with live ammun
as ton and in conjunction with auNi
iary arms. AS General Allen puts d
we do everything that is done
$. war except kill men" During th
d. period. units will be required TO carr
&C. ont exercises involving movement
r. on short notice 20 distant Locations
OF followed by the occupation or attac
Of of positions.
g. The third period. from septembe
NJ Is to September 30, will be taken u
at bv maneuvers of the full army OF o'
nd cupation and the result expected I
er the close OF the period is thoroug
preparation for war Of the America
forces In Germany.
During the fourth period, fro
he October / to October 81, brigade al
n separate unit commanders will &C
s. rect deficiencies noted during I
OF previous field training.
on During the past winter mont
lis special courses in educational a
n vocational training were taken
to soldiers They included commerC
n training. shorthand. typewriting a
accounting. mechanical training.
cluding automobile driving, pipe
ting. plumbing; also a cooks g
50. bakers school. which had a large
rec tendance In an effort TO live do
ng Marshal Fayolle's famous criticI
OF the American Army - that q
ate could not cook. An engineers sch
hot and a horseshoers' school were a
md filled TO capacity.