Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 145, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1919 — SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND READY TO ADVANCE. [ARTICLE]

SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND READY TO ADVANCE.

The concentration of AJmerican, British, French and Belgian troops, began by order of Marshal Foch preparatory to advancing further into Germany, will be completed Saturday when several hundred thousand allied soldiers will stand ready to march toward Berlin if the Germans do not act to sign the peace terms. Artillery and great trucks carrying various kinds of war material.are being moved across the Rhine at Cologne, Coblenz, Mayen£e and other bridge points within the occupied area. In the American area there was marked activity Thursday, particularly among, the first and second divisions, which are holding the bridgehead. . . . On the left bank of the Rhine the third and fourth divisions completed ■minor details for advancing if the word came to go ahead. The fourth division, which had beei\ ordered home several weeks ago and had turned in all of its equipment, is being re-equipped for possible action. ,