The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-30
transport LOOKS
LIKE ANOTHER ARK
r,,Ars, FISH, SOUVENIRS
AMID .MD FAMILIES TAKE ALL
AND AVAILABLE SPACE.

A,nerican transport St. M1hiel
,1 GOOD deal like a Noah's ark
Don che sailed Thursday from Ant
WIZ Belgium, with the last OF the
|pp prican forces in Germany, the OF
An and men being permitted to
NY. o.eer animals and merchandise
ln,' had accumulated in the idle and
[n,5 ac;s1 hours of the last four years
llli" tbo Rhine. Not only this kind OF
VI O.rgo but the German wives OF Amer
.a doughboys caused officials con-
sq Tb az extent and variety of the me-
~ ri the soldiers only began to
n l'n mon the officers during hurried
dawn rat;ons for the homeward trip.
R Pre- men u. have acquired many strange
no ranging from monkeys to
GTea.e" fsh. The exact number Of Ger
Nm n notice dogs in the outht IS IN
i ila, but they are multitude. In ad-
s:.3 there are numerous daehshunds,
a o.,rties monkeys and song birds.
Souvenirs Are Varied.
NJ the inanimate objects there are
oreer little music boxes hxed IN the
G GotS OF beer stems which, when
OronerIv worked, make noises ike
p loUp birds; there are weird collections
s ~ 6os+ cards, antique pictures, and all
VI OF carved pipes; great sup
o IL Of carpets and civilian clothes,
tse latter including queer-shaped hats
and six underwear, bought at low
or;ces in Cologne, together with turs
and other odds and ends. =.
All these are intended either as gifts
% the homefolks, or, in the cases OF
those men who married Wfue on
the H., Rhine, to lend comfort to the new
homes they are planning in the Unit
nJ States. as only a few expect to re-
Min in the army after their return.
German girls looked with favor on
4bs straDping American doughboys,
esoeciallv considering their salary OF
2600000 marks a month was a fortune
to them. All sorts of complications
hove arisen from these soldier mar
RACES or promises to marry, and 9th
or domestic relations formed on the
Rhine.
Chaplains Tackle Big Job.
A bulletin issued by headquarters
exnlans that the laws of the United
State do not permit a woman to ac-
onire American citizenship by mar
race and calls attention to the law
limiting the quota of immigrants. 1t
also shows that soldiers wife must
have a passport, and the responsibility
for getting his wife to the United
States must be assumed by the sol
der husband.
The chaplains have been trying to
straighten out these affairs. They run
across many romances.
The ST. AGihiel, it is announced, has
taken with the troops only the wives
and families of officers and enlisted
men above grade 4. The wives OF
the officers number 20, with 65 chill
dren, but many of these will return on
commercial liners.
The army regulations permit Off
GERS to carry baggage ranging from
5000 pounds for a major to $500 Tor
non-commisSioned officers above the
fourth grade, but privates can take
only a barracks bag full of whatever
they can stuff in a foot locker. This
order will be literally Interpreted,
however and the ST. Mihiel is certain
to be crowded ship.
Dislike to Leave Germany.
The soldiers make no pretense OF
their dislike to leave the Rhine. The
majority OF them are pulling up by
the roots the life they have learned
TO love. 1t is not a regiment, but a
colony that is being moved. The fact
that they are coming home to dry
land is one cause of regret to many,
for in Coblenz all kinds of wet
goods are available at low prices.