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Show GERMAN TROOPS Hill ILL FLO I Americans Learn That Foe's Morale Has Not Yet Broken Down, AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, Tuesday, Sept. 24. (By the Associated Press.) Concrete information obtained from thousands of prisoners J taken by the Americans In recent operations opera-tions does not indicate an appreciable breakdown of German morale, according to examining officers. It is true tha t individuals occasionally say they are glad they are captured, tired of fighting, hungry and badly treated, but officers point out that the same Is possibly true of allied prisoners taken after several days of bo m bard ment. H is explained that a man s morale is naturally at the lowest ebb at the moment mo-ment of capture. At such times men are inclined to say things whir) they would retract after rest and nourishment. Great value, therefore, Is not placed on prisoners' prison-ers' utt eranccs reflecting on the true conditions in the German army and among the peoole. At any rate, the authorities au-thorities say that the number of Germans Ger-mans uttering such sentiments Is not j great. i Many thousands of prisoners are in the hands of the Americans and this number is being constantly increased by iis-sant iis-sant raids. fc From a great mass of prisoners' lr,wjr- i matlon and observations from other sources, military authorities say they 1 find the enemy weil fed and well I clothed. The German soldiers- clothing is of good quality and is plentiful. Their rations are generous. whirVi in testified to by American soldiers w ho ate rations taken from the d-ad a nd wounded when their rapid advance around St. Mihiel carried t hm beyond rarh ef their supp"' kitchens. G?:man I arms are al vays w Kept and there is a ust suddIv. |