Show OLD GLORY is HAULED DOWN ON THE RHINE American Forces Sadly Turn Faces Homeward From Germany CO CONDUCT IS PRAISED Privates Bid Goodby To ToLand ToLand Land Where Dollar Means Great Wealth Germany Jan 24 B By By Associated Ire Press s Vic American ring nag v cas as hauled do down doan n from at noon today toda The American forces in German their heir watch Rhine completed turned homeard today and many a German that gay refrain retrain The fhe the Yanks Yank ro Coming must now be amended to 0 The The Yanks Tanks Ha Have Hao 0 Gone and the UK Are Here Herd I IThe The dawning danning of ut the We day that was to 0 see the lie American goll g gurison march marc I Illo of or llo n the he steep stein em across the Rhine Into luto ind io company the oth r units or Of o the Eighth infantry to the he Antwerp Ant trains found the tho md ind Stripes hoisted bolsted to its accustomed I place at Te reveille while doughboy see see- tine Is still mounted guard Juard at uL the sail sally ports lOrIs ThUr packs fackS were nerd cr as ready as LB at any moment 1 during u ring the tho r great lt ear ar but today the final fall In meant the home home the place where here us lIS many nany a private put lul it a mc dollar is isone one hundred tents lents and not eral be thousand marks COLORS LOV 10 LIlt It was as a l dai da of ot simple ceremony mony lour I our picked from among amon the Lile etel ns of tile tue he machine gun Jun battalion Third ISlon who Hught at the last battle of the tho Manic tarn acre ere acc accorded the honor of or a assisting Major General Henry 1 1 Allen Alien In low low- ling eting the colors at the last retreat this noon These non commissIOned non I officers serc ere Sergeants Dewe Dewey Kit Kit- nel lie Leslei Lestel Kelbaugh Charles Long and 1 rank Together with thur comrades of Company D and an the tile etel an sergeants waited nailed wit with i full pack beside the hal halyards ards for thi moment when ahen hen the flag flab should hould nut I do down don n the staff 0 over oter er ancient and the tn-color tn of ot 11 liance ance take It its place or I-or 1 or the latter part ot of the tile ceremony two t no details of French Fren soldIers numbering men and a 1 band were acre present TIny THEY lJ lJ I I After completion of the nag cere- cere cere I I mon the order of the day called for forI forthe forthe the tue formation of the troops into a I I column of squads i which ici 1 m to la lass lassin 1 In re lev Lefor Major General Central Al- Al AlIen AlI Al Alien I ien len and in through the postern I II i I gate s-ato of or the fortress Descending the I I lull hili tile the tle garrison v as to join the n- n nI r r I of ot the Eighth early In the I aftel noon an and 1 the he 1 crossing I I lilo hc Rhino Rhine Into was as to pa race pass s the lie city to the Mo- Mo Motion sta station tion lion to entrain for Anh Antwerp erp and the i I tran transport port St Mihiel I i I Time The first section of ot the I to leave leae lea e the station at 3 45 o'clock 1 1113 to be follo cd b bv the second detach detach- I I at 9 S 30 In the evening The fhe St t tI I Mihiel sails Th Thursday night with the iho II PH PHI Il I I O BY V I COBLENZ Z Jan 24 24 4 By By The As- As Associated Associated As Associated Press MaJor Major General HenlY T f 1 Allen Alien received d last e a brief letter leHer from Chancellor Cuno com C In the compliments of the tho Ger German man government go on the occasion r f fhe the he departure of the American forces In Germany and asserting that their conduct had bad been exemplary In reply to a letter from General Major General Allen Alien saId lie he would 1 formally turn the American zone tono ono over u to the French on January or any day dy thereafter It It Is deep regret he lie that that I must mut bring to an end the de- de de delightful official relations a which ha e has e eala as al ala a 5 existed harmoniously between u us and tel tei minate the str sen services Ices the I I troops commenced in the thear nar ar and continued on the Rhine t I I Lord or l Kilmarnock o h the British h Baron the tho Belgian n representative called upon Major General Allen Alien and begged to be excused from attendIng the ceremony at The said the they hoy were nero too saddened 0 over oter er ti the e departure to be bi plesent at the lower lower- lowering lowerIng ing thy of the colors but that thy th y I I be at nt the tile railroad station when the troops departed |