Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 144, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1919 — YANK ARMY READY TO MOVE ON BERLIN. [ARTICLE]

YANK ARMY READY TO MOVE ON BERLIN.

The concentration of troops, preparatory to advancing further into Germany if the Germans refuse to sign the terms of ithe treaty, will begin Wednesday throughout all of the occupied area. Orders to this effect were received Wednesday from Marshal Foch, commander-in-chief of i the allied armies, who sent similar orders to all the allied forces on German soil. i Lieut. Gen. Hunter Liggett, comI mander of the American forces in I the Coblenz area, stated Wednesday |that his men were all ready to move I ahead at a moment’s notice. Leaves jto soldiers, permitting them to visit ■ recreation points within htd American zone, have all been suspended. If orders come to go ahead, the Americans will advance iin combat formation, -prepared for any emergency, with the artillery and supply trains following glose upon the heels j of the infantry.