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Show GERMAN OFFICERS INU. S. All! Men of Undoubted Loyalty But German Accent Not to Serve in France. WASHINGTON, March 6. O ulcers and men in the army who are of enemv nnflnnnlltv hut nf wlinno lnvnltv there is no question, will not be permitted per-mitted to servo on tho battle fronts but will be detailed to insular posts when their regiments are ordered to Prance. Tho war department has adopted as a policy for the treatment of sdeh cases the sending of men to duty in insular possessions, realizing that there are other men in the regiments who can best be Bent to France. A recent case of the kind was that of Chaplain Franz J. Kdlnlor, captain of a regular regiment and who wont with his regiment to France. He Is of German birth and speaks with a marked mark-ed German accent, although he has been in tho army since 1909. No doubt has been cast upon his loyalty but it has been decided by General Pershing that tho feelings of the French authorities au-thorities must be considered and no man of enemy nationality be included in his forces even though he is personally per-sonally satisfied to have them. Chaplain Chap-lain Keinler therefore was sent back and assigned to duty at Fort Shatter, Hawaiian islands. Many regular army non-commissioned ofllcers and private are of Austrian Aus-trian or Gorman birth antl have failed to take out naturalisation papers. When the units to which they belong are ordered to France such men are detached and transferred to regiments in the insular posBessions. The war department feels that this is no reflection re-flection on tho transferred men. It has no doubt of their readiness to serve the United States wholeheartedly wherover they may be sent. |