Show GERMAN PLANS j jAT AT ST. ST MIHIEL I GET KNOCKOUT Huns Oust Ousted d From Salient in 48 Hours Alter After Four Years' Years Possession Ily T A. Ir Press u. u the lie French rench Army In France Saturday sept H. H The H-The The operations by which tho St St. Mihiel salient was emptied emptied emptied emp emp- tied in Ire less than forty-eight forty hours were as aswell well executed as as they were vero planned said a French officer toda today The Germans had held it for tor four tour years they were required to get gel out of ot it much more quickly than they had hall figured on In the estimation of or a a. staff officer of oC the French forces operating co under General Pershing's orders the the- enemy was wa Just about a a. week behind his plans for tor the thc evacuation of the time sal cat t. t He left lett it so 80 O hurriedly that there was no time to carry out d destruction to such a marked degree as in other evacuated regions At St St. Mihiel the Germans blew up the bridge over the Meuse reuse and marched away without doing further damage than what was accomplished four years year ago ao when the they tried to advance over the heights of ot the Meuse and take lake Barrail's Sarrail's Sarrail's Sar- Sar rails rail's army In tho the rear during tho the battle battle hattie bat hat tle tie of ot th the tho Marne On that occasion they g mt no further than St SL Mihiel In the tho subsequent fighting there after the tho battle of oC the Marne the tho town was halt half destro destroyed e It remains In that condition condition condition condi condi- tion today Nearly All AU Houses lilt Jilt lt That portion nearest the river rt Is s en entirely entirely entirely en- en demolished Nearly alt all the tho other buildings were found on examination to have been hit somewhere an and the wonder rn-onder Is where were lod lodged ed the 2500 Inhabitants that remained out of or a a. total of ot In the town through the four tour years under German yoke oke So far as can be bo learned learne the tho Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans appear to have been on their be best t war behavior here They Thoy ar are aro credited with committing no atrocities and the they took few fe hostages and treated treat trtat ed cc them with far less brutality than elsewhere h The They contented themselves with pil pillaging phI phI- laging houses anti and purses Half Hal a a. million francs was demanded Immediately Imme Immo- after th the occupation as ran- ran oom Jom for tor the safety of oC the town to-n It was paid after great effort b by collectIng collectIng collect- collect In Ing all the tho money and securities that could be found Another half halt million francs was deman demanded ed later and was wai raised on bon bonds s of ot tho the commune All tho gold the Germans found after that was selz seized In etc exchange ane for other bonds of the tho commune making the pillaging a collective ra rather ther than an individual ual affair Villagers Pillagers Run Ran Rampant Nothing much remained in the houses except woodwork that could not nol be re removed re- re moved d. d Every copper kitchen utensil had long long- longaro ao aro beer eer shipped to German Germany The fine old furniture of or the well to do rio families had gone one to furnish comforts comforts com com- forts Corts In the tho trenches and dugouts Beds an and bed clothing were vere requisitioned a L mattress OVen even being taken talen from under a 3 sick man 64 Ea years e rs of or age With Ith thc these o exceptions and ov overlookIng overlook overlook- Ing Ing- the fact that they appropriated part of ot the provisions provided for tor Inhabitants ts by tho the international corn corn- mission the conduct o of ot the troops of oC occupation was n above o the tho 3 average v raAe For the greater reater part of ot four tour years the people remaining In St SL Mihiel lived hived or on three-fifths three of a pound of bread a n. da day while the soldiers of or the garrison were well fed ted T a r |