The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-27

small army outpoSts for the U. 5. Army Ferry Command that it would be impossible to enumerate them even if they were not mill tary secret. They are located in three general areas-British Af- rica, Frnch Africa, Belgian Af- rica.
 U. s. Forces also have a base in Eritrea at the mouth of the Red Sea to protect incoming cargoes; plus a force at Basra at the head of the Persian Gulf.
 In India is an air corps unit, plus ground troops for mainte- nance, while China has small air force under Lt.-Gen. Joseph w. Stilwell, with Chinese ground troops for maintenance.
 Finally there are U. s. troops in Egypt, Iceland and Greenland, which brings our foreign fighting stations to 3l.
 NOTE: Supplies are so difficult to get to some of these areas, that one U. s. of1icer, after finally re- ceiving supplies at a minor out post, sent telegram to Washing ton-in code. When decoded, the telegram read: Happy days are here again."
 ROMMEL IN U. s. A.
 Only few inside the War De- parment know it, but Field Mar Shal Ronmel, who lunged almost to Alexandria last month, studied his military strategy in the Unf- ted States.
 He was permitted by the War Department to come here and study the battle fields of the War Between the States. These battles featured some of the most bril- liant generaliship of any war in history, e5peciall for fast-moving lightly-equipped troops.
 As a result, ROmIineI has adopted the tactics of Lee and Stonewall Jackson in the Libyan campaign. Using fast tanks and armored cars, he roved over the desert with the mobility of the Confederate cavalry and was able to hit the British, then be in a new place, before the Brit ish knew what had hit them.
 NOTE: Some years ago Col. Truman Smith, long U. s. nlili- tary attache in Berlin, warned the British that Rornmel was the ablest man in the Germany Army. The British poo-poohed the idea, indicated that Col Smith was in- fluenced by his admiration of the Nazi military.
 TROUBLE IN CUBA
 Cuba and Spain have not been at war for nearly half a century, but behind the scenes, Cuba is preparing to interne many Span ish citizens in U. S. concentration camps. AS a step toward this the Spanish Legation in Havana has been denied further use of codes in transmittin gmessages to Ma drid because of suspected informa- tion which has gone to the en- emy.
 Sending Spaniards to U. s. con- centration camps would be unique in diplomatic history, since Cuba has not even broken diplomatic relations with Spain. But some Spaniards in Cuba are as pro- German and as dangerous, as Ii they were enemy aliens.
 Ever since the Spanish Amer ican war, Spanish immigrants have come to Cuba until now they number between 100000 and 500,- GOO.
 The majority of these are loyal to Cuba. But . consid- erabIe number are members of the prO-Axis Falangist Party, and they will suffer deportation.
 NOTE: Pro-Axis elements in Cuba enjoy strategic location in respect to shipping, since the western tip of Cuba commands both the passage from the Gulf to the Atlantic by the Florida keys, and the passage from the Gulf to the Caribbean by the .Yucatan Channel.
 PRE-WAR U. s. NAZID
 The. Justice Department haS just run across an interesting let -