(A) To insure order and proper behavior by enlisted men at all
times....
(E) To prevent enlisted men from addressing or holding conversation
with the women inhabitants of the town.
(F) To prevent enlisted men from entering any building other than
their respective billets with the exception of stores, places of
amusement and cafés.
By Command of BRIGADIER GENERAL ERWIN.
G. K. WILSON,
_Chief of Staff_.
Official:
(Signed) EDW. J. TURGEON,
_Major, Infantry, U. S. A._
_Adjutant_.
When this matter came to the attention of the women of the city, the
leaders among them formed a committee and waited on the French Mission
with the statement that they were mistresses of their own homes and
morals, and knew with whom they wished to associate, and did not desire
American officers to interfere with their social affairs.
Following is an extract from a letter written by a French girl to a
young man who was located in the camp where the writer gave her longest
period of service: