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Show GERMANS AMAZED AT AMERICANS Prisoners in France Refuse to ll Believe Troops Will Fight itjl - Their Countrymen. PIH FRENCH GIVEN SURPRISE Soldiers Leave by Companies jH for Camp Where They Will Hl Go Into Training. IH A FRENCH SEAPORT, Wednesday, 1JK June 27. (Delayed by censor.) Only KctI a few hours after the arrival ot the lul'H American expeditionary force at this llR'il port tho men wero established in their w i H camps. They were assisted in prepar- I''H ing their quarters by-ra" few score of I lH amazed German prisoners, most of I- H whom refused to believe that Ameri- I cans actually had arrived to fight their s Jk ffTI countrymen. fljf fH The general commanding the troops MiPfl remained aboard his transport until rH the middle of the morning and then f H proceeded to his make-shift quarters I jH in a great wooden shack constructed Stil long before for other troops. He and fP'M his staff sat down to an American , yl luncheon to which the general invited (il the correspondents. The rustic inhab- m itants peered in from the nearby road H as they ate. 'TtH Crowds Cheer U. S. Flag ' 'tH The first American transport to r jH reach port arrived during the night I 9 and because of the late hour and un- 1 .jB expected selection of this town as the "gTi ' scene of the historic debarkation, they M I f were seen by few. In the gray of the mm (iH early dawn, the remaining vessels Hil ijl could be seen nearly a mile down the cl !H harbor, preceded by a battleship ant m M ' surrounded by destroyers. Aatievjni m JWRt floating on the topmasts, whipped in 4 lH the breeze, became visible And a great fll cry of welcome surged from the wait- - iH ing crowds. As the vessels jieared thp ; IH quay, bugles sounded and the soldiers and sailors who had been leaning H along the rails in such numbers that H the ships careened slightly, turned H sharply toward the stern and saluted H the flag. Jp , H People Stand In Awe I lH The crowd stoodilent as though-in I jjH awe for a momentlHats were removed I H instinctively as tB'e strains of "Amer I vH ica," pealed out. The people joined VBI in a tremendous chorus of cnthusias- I tic welcome as the morning salute to P-.WI the colors was concluded. U&tl Although the arrival of the ship? xlM came almost as a complete surprise mpH to the inhabitants of the town, the Stmmmm tlmo taken in unloading gave every- u.l-H one opportunity to hoist flags from IZfH the housetops and by the time tho 1 WiH troops were in the streets the town was ablaze with colors. By. com- JlTf ll panies the soldiers started ,for the iHM'H camp, two miles from town where PkIH they are to remain for the prpsent in B' training and in preparation for orders ,11 transferring them nearer to the front. ' ffi-j The people cheered each company a? My it passed, even each van and I ruck )l k' and then, in their enthusiasm, forget- LVcl ful of the heat, turned toward the camp. ' . tWlJI |