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S TRO PS ON ONWAY WAY TO LIBERTY MET BY CHEERS Freed Prisoners of War Var Given Ovation 1 by hy Thousands Berne S Jt Switzerland No o 3 BP 3 l By r As Associated d. d Press Pres One On One hun hund hundred red and ind sl si f American officers ers and noncommissioned officers the fir firt t prisoners lers of at war war in Germany 1 o h bo ho released refused through Switzerland v. v wr were r re rc ret toda today Tho Thu majority hap been captured about five the month month- abo ago although some had hail been beel on only 1 five the weeks In German prison camps A large number of ot the men were aviators avi l The men rode on a special train three thre cars of or which were filled tilled with French and British former Cormer prisoners Interest how however ver centered in the Americans since the they were the first group roup to be released Welcome In iii Warm ariu The repatriated men inca left Bavaria Ba this morning an and crossed Lake Con stance The They were met at Zurich by enthusiastic crowds of oC Swiss arid and Americans some of or whom hom sat saL up all nU night to be sure of or p places place from which they could see tho the former prisoners of ot war The Tho welcome at Berne surpassed sur stir passed sed almost anything of or this kind seen in Switzerland since before the thc war began beSan A. A Stovall all the American minister an and Mr Mrs r all Stovall the entire American 1 legation members o of the thc Red Cross the diplomatic corps other allied nationals here and high Swiss military and civil chU authorities lined lIne up at the tho railway station as the tho train pulled in nearly two hours late A Swiss military band furnished a n musical mu- mu welcome While on all sides were S Swiss and American flags la entwined entwine The he croud crowl Jammed the tho platform am and andett ever tt available k Inch of or the UI station broke Into tremendous cheering which was replied 1 to b by hr the American offiCers officers I cers on the train with Vivo la Ia lm d The train was halted for hours during dur Ul Ulin in ing which the tho Americans were showered showered show show- ered with delicacies such Much as aM the they had been unable to obtain during them their imprisonment ut Though the men w were ie lc supposed to r remain maln aboard the train the tire rules lules w were re relax relaxed u sufficiently to tu allow them to descend to greet reet those gathered to welcome them Minister ter Stovall held an Impromptu reception shaking hands with many of oC the menThe men The rhe minister trank frankly broke down hewn when lien some seine of or his hit native naive Georgians ap 31 ap- ap Pea Ilea red The Flie wom women n o of the tho American colony colon were on hand In full tull force decorated uniformly with American m flags lags fastened fastened fast tast- ened to a white back background ruun bearing the names of ot their home hum states Thc They distributed er e every conceivable abl luxury an and necessity such us as 8 overcoats bags bags c containing full lull toilet kiln JeUR writing paPer paper pa pa- Ja- Ja per pencils and anti other oIlier things s which v. the tho men lacked Jacked Hr Quirt Quiet The quiet t of or the Berne Lerne station where ordinarily one hears rs nothing I more exciting than a locomotive I tie the resounded for an nn hour with shouts anti and cheers tho Americans Improvising college yells c especially for tor the tho Swiss R Red fled d Cross Croos which all agreed had hone done wonderful work until t The ie e American Red fie Cross t took ol over 01 the task of or sendIng sending sending send send- ing food packages The T. 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A likewise came in fn for tor tremendous en enthusiasm n- n thu while tho the sleepy little city was stirred b U by rent recurrent shouts of or hata tho the matter with the tho United States States' Its It's all right rl The Americans were wert overjoyed particularly particularly par par- at seeing their country countr women women wom worn en again Some of or them seemed on thc the verge vergo rg-o rg of or a 0 brea breakdown down while talk- talk irig to these women gathered on the platform Tho The officers re responded to toI the gifts h by distributing sou souvenirs I which hl h the they had be been n able ablo to bring Col Continued on Page la J TROOPS ARE i GREETED WITH CHEERS II I I Continued rom ironi Page lage 1 I iron money along chiefly German of humor and with a touch o pieces sour smell sour smell samples of t German bread dark brownish In ing heavy crusted hunks Cad Captors Joree rc The TIte Americans f 1 J related rebated that 0 In a they lucy variety had hadIn Ol Ionian x I but had been I of or German prison camps more j gradually concentrated more and I Ito in Bavaria all were to the Iho south so Some when the lie release or orders ers came carne said that their German captors had admitted a week eel before the armistice e wouldn't be prisoners prisoners prisoners pris pris- was signed much longer because Germany German was unable to continue the fighting I The food of or the prisoners was reasonably rca rea I sonn ly satisfactory r after afler thc Iho Ito packages packages pack- pack I I ages began to arrive e but was Impossible I sible before that thai Several Se of or the thc iheI I wounded had hl high bight h praise for the German German Ger Ger- I The majority o of I man titan mc medical care cart tho the the were junior officers ranking officer being being- Lieutenant Colonel Drown Brown who was captured northwest of Verdun a few weeks ago abo I I I I Allied i Troops' Troops Freed From Constance I Geneva a Nov O 30 Coming O.-Coming Coming front from Con- Con lance GH allied officers including I two iwo British and nine forty Americans arrived here lucre last night from German prison camps Lewis W. W tho the American consul and anti mal many Americans gave a c the men a a. warm welcome The Tho Americans looked booked much more mor healthy than tho the British officers map many of oC whom had been four out our years In captivity Several Se of the Americans had been confined at camps in Rhine thine towns which suffered from the allied aerial bombardments o of reprisal I I |