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Show jU.S. Officers 1 i Taking Over the ; German Arms ' COBLENZ. Saturday. Dec. 2S. (By The Associated Press) German war material to bo turned over to tho A1-, lies by January 1 continues to orrivc here and at places in this vicinity. Among the arms surrendered are 500,-! 500,-! 000 rifles. 20,000 of which were cap-Iturod cap-Iturod from the Allies. The heavy ar- Ullery Includes two six-inch guns I manufactured in 1S73 but used on the front during" the later days of the war. -Both guns were in first class I condition. At Mutternich, near Coblenz, American Amer-ican soldiors havo taken charge of 75,000 fancy dross helmets intended for the use of officers of the Eighth German army. Tho United Slates receiving commission, com-mission, the chairman of which is Major Ma-jor Lewis Landres of New York City, meets daily with a commission of ! five German officers to arrange the details of the transfer. |