San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-12
'DOUCHBOYS ARE
HOME At TER SIX
YEARS ABROAD
German Wives See Many
Strange Sights on Way
to America and Texas.
PAY NOT so BIG
Soldiers Will Be Stationed
at Fort Sam Houston
and Fort Bliss.
PAY NOT so BIG

Home after six years is the half
joyful, half regretful experience Of
three sergeants and twenty enlisted
men of Americas army of the Rhine,
who arrived at Fort Sam Houston
Sunday morning. Some of the men
will be sent to Fort Bliss. The three
sergeants returned with war brides
whom they married at Coblenz.
All seemed to be perfectly satisfied
in Germany until the French came:
They had happy homes, they say, and
enjoyed the association with the Ger
mans. However, when the French
came. quarrehng Immediately began
between the French soldiers and Ger
man civilians and made everything I'M
pleasant for everyone. The pay the
soldiers received over there carried 4
much greater purchasing value in Ger
many than it will in the United
States. This is the chief regret Of
returning home.
Technical Sergt. George +. Sudar,
Technical Sergt. Charlie kleiner and
Technical Sergt. Charles Il. Thruen
are the three non-commisisOaed Off
GERS in the body of men that arrived
at Fort Sam Houston Sunday morn-
ing. 1t had been planned by San An
tonic club women to receive the Rhine
soldiers with an elaborate reception.
However, Mrs. Violet A. Haynes,
state chairman of the Women's Aux
iliary, Thirty-sixth Division, and Mrs.
Ed HaltOm, president of the San An
tonic Chapter of that organization,
were the guests of the newly-arrivcd
troops at the cavalry recruiting bar
racks, Fort Sam Houston. A luncheon
was served. Following this informal
gathering Mrs. Haynes entertained
the three sergeants and their wives at
her home at 30S Arden Grove.
Women Were Seasick.
The trip home was described as n
weary one for the numerous wives
who came back with the soldiers.
Their ship was routed 800 miles
out of her course in order to insure
calm passage, and but for two days
the water was not unusually rough.
On these two days, however, the
women on board suffered greatly from
seasickress. They had TO remain in
the hold of the ship, where, because
of the high seas. the ventilators could
not be opened. The stale air only add
ed TO the sickness and discOmtl-
ture of the women.
The new wives from Germany were
still seeing things of wonder around
their new home Monday morning.
From Savannah to San Antonio the
United States has been a land cram
med full of new things 10 admire and
wonder at.
Two Were Wounded.
Sergeant Kleiner and Sergeant
Thruen were both wounded during the
last weeks Of the fighting in France.
The former was slightly gassed. while
Sergeant Thruen was poisoned by eat
ing gassed food.
Il had had nothing 10 eat for four
days" he said "and took a beef sand
witch off dead doughboy. He did not
need it and did but it was poisoned
and got me for while"
Sergeant Kleiner received common
dation from General Pershing for con-
spicuous bravery in action.
Others returning here are Scrgt.
Anton +. Martin, Sergt. Cosmos Pee
cha, Privates Walter r. Callison, Her
man Altman. Emil A. Billig, Her.
man Bode. Joseph Cherletti, Alfred
s. Dahl. Michael J. Dillon, George
G.. Gilstrap. Nicholas Gross. Joseph
Heinrich. David i. Hynd, Clyde 7.
Mason. Fred Palm, Charles +. Rob
ertS. James Stevens, Percy ]. Turner,
Charles H. Bates and Michael ]. Co
lato