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I Stuff Corr Unit mini 7 THE A 1 AMERICAN a. a ARMY rv OF OCCUPATION OF TILE THE E- E WITH LAND By Courier Conner to France Fiance Dee Dec 12 1 Delayed Iu Delayed In of Old William th the bronze equestrian statue Co lenz there thero l is s an nn enormous tho where tho the flows into of tho end curl Esplanade Great to towering g over r the tho Rhino here Two privates of l Col Lockett's advance guard were gazing up lip at t it this morning ng twin trying to read the inscription on it when a n ayoung and one of or the dough dough- n young German Gennan soldier who speaks 3 English came along boys asked j kod him to interpret u the tho sign sign Tho Tho German made mado Pt attempt but tut could not give 11 the literal tion I r cant can't rend read the tho exact words yards but I Ican cAn tell cu what It tt means ns ho said saH It s ays that German can never bo beaten et ten For Tor tho n next O n minutes the tho gurgle Burgle of or American laughter rolled lout out over tho the Rhino I Advance Ad e Guard nt Rhino I Nearly early all advanced ad elements of ot I IThe The Arm Army of or tho Lord havo arrived at different points along tho the river I Formal entrance into Coblenz will probably be mado made tomorrow Lockett's Lockett outfit Is still sUll tho the only onty troop unit hero horo The rho soldiers patrol tho the town In do- do of ot three or 01 four tour with rifles i across their backs Their bayonets bayonets bayo bayo- nets are nrc always alwn's fixed Tonight somo some restrictions restriction were placed upon the night lifo 1110 of or Cafes were ordered to close at 0 9 o'clock Tho The order came camo from tho the I burgomaster said to be due to lack l of ot coal conI Up p to now the cafes cates havo have stayed open about as ns late as thoy they pleased I Its pretty prett hard on Us to have ha tc to so ear early ono one proprietor re remarked remarked re- re marked to an nn American officer It If must just one fourth of ot tho the restrictions you laid on the tho French and Belgians were put on you OU now you'd still have havo It ItI I mighty mIght easy was the rep reply American Air tl r They Sang eang MIgnon at tho the opera t hero last night The Tho audience was as not note large e and W was S made up of ot almost as m many many American officers and soldiers AS 03 of or German civilians Ono One of or the numbers played by the tho orchestra was wag George Georgo Cohan's Popularity They Thoy dont don't have opera these days in such towns in France Franco as days Rheims and Verdun German officers were still Ull going around tO today 1 In full uniform although h f It is said the they will not be allowed to wear them later Others who wore waro fighting against tho the Americans in th the and along the Mouse only a afew few tew err weeks ago walk walle the tho boulevards t In new civilian attire swinging swinging- canes and nd lifted their hats hat to ono one another In tho the afternoon tho the tearooms are arc crowded Christmas Christinas s shopping Is In full and tho stores arc aro filled with people making purchases Tho The proprietor of or a 0 Jewelry store told ue us today that th business h had hll ll been Yer very good last year Ho lie said people had plenty of 01 mone money and nothing else otso to spend It on on BO so bought freely of or Jew Jow- elry Mountain Men Coming Comins However Ho tho Jewelry offered for tor wale salo w was not particularly elaborate compared with Ith tl trat at to bo ho seen In Fifth Firth avenue shops Prices are aro very cry high Among tho troops arriving at the tho Rhino toda today were tho the first second and third divisions dl and tho the Thirty second tho the pride of or Michigan ant and Wisconsin Tho Rainbows tho the Nineteenth of or Texas Tex Tex- as and ond tho the Fourth are aro coming coming- up bo bo- bo hind Well Wen hack back tho the ninth Eighty from Kansas Kansa Missouri Nebraska sl and tho the Rocky mountain states is moving along Tho roads roads' all around are aro arenow aronow now reminiscent of or tho tho- eul early stages of ot the last o in France They are arc rc choked with traffic rule old duch duchy of or Luxembourg through h which Tho Army of or tho the Lord is passing is getting tho the Impression impression im Im- that all Americans aro are movIng moving moving ing into Germany but tho children thoro there haven't ha lost loot tho the habit of or shrieking shriek shriek- shrieking ing InS Vive rive v 1 10 0 to the tho passing troops Luxembourg Irl It is a big relief to go to Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxem Luxem- bourg where tho the Americans are genuinely genuinely gen gen- welcome from whore tho the people are aro inhospitable to to put It very gon gently llY This is assuredly Gormany Gor- Gor many Even Eon down by the borders It is isa isa a 0 pleasant change chango from this Rhino town Tho The atmosphere there thoro is much different Of Ot course courso It must be bo re remembered remembered re- re that Coblenz Is not yet ot formally formally for tor- mally occupied by the tho American men who aro are here merely as a sort of or preliminary pro pro- police When en our forces really really really real real- ly tako take over or tho the city It la Js likely there thero will bo be numerous changes in civic conditions conditions conditions con con- generally No Americans are aro yet et allowed across tho the bridge to tho the right bank of ot the Rhine whore tho the fortress of or Ethron- Ethron frowns Crowns over tho the city All An Allday Allday Anday day today that bank was 9 quivering under tho the movement of or German wagons wagons wag wag- ons and other othor transports moving mo an army en on In its way back into tho the interior Americans are aro not oven ovon permitted to wander into tho the suburbs where gorgeous dwelling houses line lino the tho Rhino and where German children ren Play Tho The former German soldier who lived lI in the states is bobbing up in these theeo days das with Ith stories of ot how ho was wag visiting Germany Garmany when tho the war broke brote out and ho was as forced into service by bythe bytho bytho tho the German Germ government Most of or them want some flomo kind of ot assistance from American officers |