Show Watch on Rhine Grows Homesick uy liy Damon n l Staff Curro nt Ser lc Iet W WITH Tim THE A AMERICAN ARMY R lY OF OI OCCUPATION Dec 5 By y Courier to Nancy John John Soldier is IS getting betting pretty much bored by this occupation tion teen business and that's a L fact fuet Its It's nil all right n to argue that technically vo we weare still at ut until the pact is definitely signed sig-nc but are arc Will war peace that dont 6 o with John As far as as' as he lie is is coo concerned the thc war is over l anti and ld he be would like to get home hom This marching to the Rhino Rhine sounds romantic but r romance mance cant can't ride on shanks shank's mare malC more than a a. couple of ot kilometers on a n frosty morning Then she he falls Calls off orr nn and the rest Iest of lr the days day's journey Js is Just a plain old time hike h How flow long Ions do you OU thc they'll 11 keep us up there la is the tha question John auks asks the world at largo Back ck In France FIance there thoro are arc arct t veteran divisions querulously ly complaining because lo ca the they were nut not so- so se selected selected for tur the tho army of occupation which the American third army and amid the the nHI members of the third army would probably probably ably be just Juat as RS fretful It If it they hadn't como But Dut now that th they y have havo seen Germany German they are aro more than thUl willing to let someone ciao so have a n peek peck at nt ln her r If tr it will get et them back across the Ow Atlantic Atlantic Atlantic Atlan Atlan- tic any allY sooner Time rIme to tu In lit the years oars to como come It will be many manya a mans man's proudest t boast that ho ht hiked Continued on pace page I 1 1 WATCH ALONG RHINE I L GROWING HOMESICK Continued from Pas Page 1 1 with DIckman to tho the Rhino Rhine but It would be bo a hard Job to convince con him himot of ot that along about noon these days when Vohen a n sixty pound load Is tug tug- I sIng ging at his heartstrings t I Since Limp e Immemorial the Americans Americans Ameri merl- cans Budden suddenly converted Into soldiers have ha loathed police work which Is aCter after after aft aCt er all what their occupation now amounts to When the tho fighting stops John Soldier wants to get back to his old business whatever er It mn may have havo been That takes us back to a n matter of or twenty years ago to go around with witha a soldiers soldier's outfit these days da and liven I up the conversation con We Yo can close our eyes and almost Imagine wo were back in the Philippines with Christmas coming comInS' comInS com com- InS InS' on and thousands of or American boys bos marking time so to speak In their after a t war had had had- ended Everybody's g thoughts then were of oC homo home just as everybody's 8 thoughts are arc now woof The They were eagerly discussing ru rumors rumors rumors ru- ru mors of or or orders es e.'s back to tho the states for demobilization and the they aro are eagerly discussing such rumors this er very min min- ute Old SOD Song Resumed Wherever t two tt-o floO or more moro soldiers arc are gathered to together other such rumors aro are eagerly ater discussed ed Twenty T years ago ngo tile they sanS sang a song sonS which the they are arc singing singing sing sing- ing now with a t slight ht variation Its It's a song sons almost as old DIll as thu tho American arm army It a was certainly mighty old twenty years cars ago Thero There are aro dozens of or verses to It Jt which aro are altered from war warto to war but tho tune tuno Is always alwa's tho the I same came and It Its It's never ne much of ot a n. tuno tune at that 5 Twenty years ago ago the refrain retrain ran r like this Its home boys Its It's homo home I want to tobe be Its It's home bo home back to Gods God's countr country Where here the ash and the oak and tho the bu budding maple I grow row To hell with Manila boys bOs Its It's home we want to go goy Toda Today they merely substitute Germany Germany Germany Ger many many for fr Manila I Its It's a great s-rolt song ong This Jaunt Is JOIng go gone gong JO go- Ing ne ng to bo ho mighty useful for for- conversational conversational conversa era purposes at meetings of ot Dickman's Dickman's Dick Dick- mans man's post I. I Veterans of ot the tho American exp expeditionary forces In tho the future years cars But just at present doIng done do do- Ing ne tho the Edward Payson Parson Weston eston through h the ho Rhineland runs for Sweeney for tor forthe ho tho Johns Toys To- Cn Cause e Home HornC Pang I In tho the towns all along tho the way the I windows aro are filled with toys tbs These I thins things carry the tho boys boys' memories across the he seas Thero There are almost as many i to toy oy stores In Germany German as there are aro children The toys tos are aro not up 11 to tho II old German quality but there la is a great varlet variety Lots of ot mechanical toys tos are seen seen but gimcracks made of oC wood are arc most common Most of t of ot them were J e evidently manufactured before the end of or the war var was In sight Ight Regiments o of tin Prussian guards stand stolidly stolidly- In Ineer eer very every window To Toy guns suns and soldiers' soldiers outfits are numerous Even en Christmas tree ornaments are made mado with Iron crosses worked on them Then there aro are n s of t dolls for little girls These rhes dolls are all dres dressed ed edIn In n German style You see no doll oH char- char characters characters representing anything but bul German German German Ger Ger- man but then you ou see no doll don characters charac- charac at homo home but the allies Children Are Wistful There Thero are aro scores of or children with their heir little noses against every ery store window v Just as the they do at nt home Toys Toy's are ira one thing thing- fairly cheap chelp However you ou can get gel better dolls In America for Cor halt half what they cost here Big doughboys doughboys dough dough- bo boys aro are seen In e cr every store storo buying presents for the tl folks folks' at home There Thero are aro numerous us candy stores but mighty little Ittle cand candy Tho The windows aro are filled wIth tho the most mo elaborate boxes but Inside In- In side the they have little HUlo in the wa way of sweets to gel sc J. The They make pies which Ii look wonderful but which taste like 1110 compressed air They aro arc all fluff I 1 The Germans aro are great rat hands to fill windows with marvelous Imitations of at I cand candy anti and fruit which aro are made mado of or I Ino papier macho and which scorn scone to sere ser sereno eno e no purpose but to tantalize the mem mem- mm j ory or Thor They have o plenty plent of at picture books booles and Christmas cards and Christmas trees tree l anyway It t ought to be a fairly air I merry Christmas on tho the Rhine eo I |