European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I  is it 1 he Atlantic pact s unknown army is shaping up Man for Man As one of its Best. Since grand Duchess Charlotte s Rich but Little real of Luxembourg could t go in for mass it has chosen  grand duchy which had t had a real army for years decreed conscription at the same line the late Gen George s. Patton or s 3d army was booting Hitler Stroops out of Luxembourg. Now Luxembourg has 2,000 men underarms and in an emergency is preparing to mobilize a division of trained Reserve  an emergency Luxembourg s troops would fight As guerrillas or attached tothe forces of an Atlantic pact neighbor. A Luxembourg spokesman explained we know we re not very big but we want to do our part in the Atlantic pact and we figured an extra division might come  Young As it is Luxembourg s army has several claims to distinction. Battle hardened its officers Are mainly professionals trained at Saint Cyr and Sandhurst and its no cams veterans of the French foreign legion and heroes of the wartime  a daily ration of Over 4,000 calories the Luxembourg army ranks jus behind the . Army As the world s Best fed established under a statute similar to that for the civil service Luxembourg regular army is paid on a similar Scalo. A married sergeant is paid 4,594 Bel Gian francs a month plus allowances for children and housing a married warrant officer first class receives 6,653 francs plus allowances. Non corns and officer receive automatic pay increases every three years amounting to Between 300 and600 Franca a month. Since the bulk of Luxembourg s troops Are conscripts called up at the age of 18 for six months training the Core of the regular army is the officer corps of 90 men and the no cadre of 130. The grand duchy s 2,000 fighting men Are organized into two infantry battalions and a guar company of 400 men battalions have British organization and equipment antitank can non mortars Vickers machine guns. Bren guns Enfield rifles and Sten  battalion is getting on the Job train ing As occupation soldiers in the Luxem Bourg zone of occupation in Germany. Phe other is stationed at Walfer Dange Pear Luxembourg City. The guard company which includes Afine band does duty at the Ducal Palace. A Holdover from the prewar " Luxem Bourg guard company of 360 men then the grand duchy s closest approximation to an army the band numbers 60 professional musicians from the Luxembourg conservatory of music nominal commander in chief of grand Ducal armed forces is the grand Duchess Consort Prince Felix a lieutenant general and the army s Only general. Felix with a background of British military training is inspector general chief of staff is col Aloyse Jacoby. A56-year-old resistance chieftain and pre War co of the guard company. Trained in the Swiss War College Jacoby was Flung into Dachau by the nazis. Officer grades Are first and second lieutenants Captain major there Are six and one lieutenant  on the pm ladder Are private first and second class Corporal and thence grades sergeant sergeant major and warrant officer first and second  s army was set up 8" War s end by the Allied 68th rearmament in 5 of it or a a a of ext is part of Luxembourg s Little army of fighting men marches on Parade at Waifer Dange near Luxembourg City the men Wear British uniform use British equipment follow the British army s Tahle of organization. One battalion is serving in Germany. Noncom mounts a British end excl Rifle an officer receives a smart Salute from Here during inspection a Rifle barrel Ison tripod in  of sighting. A noncom As afternoon training begins. Examined in a gesture that is Universal. Team commanded by . Col Arnolde Ommer. The team s officers were Amer ican and the cos British. Men like these form the  edouard Kasel is a private second class is the archetype of the conscript. His Home is Colmar Berg where the grand Duchess maintains her summer Castle. Edouard s father is a master foundry Man in Luxembourg s Rich steel Industry and edouard himself was in business College when he received  edouard completed six weeks of Basic at Pitburg Headquarters of the Luxembourg occupation forces in Germany. He was assigned to the quartermaster corps and now is a Quarter toaster clerk at battalion Headquarters Minwal Ferdane. Edouard draws 360 belgian francs a month. He gets a Day and a Hal pass once a month. Garrison life for edouard is on the same pattern As that for americans in uniform. His Barracks have a theater Day room game rooms and pm. Sports Are soccer fencing boxing and wrestling. Edouard s hitch will be up Jan. 15, and he wants to land a Job with the Luxem Bourg postal and communications administration. His chances Are excellent be cause army discharges get preferential consideration for government jobs. At Pitburg edouard was drilled by weathered French foreign legion hands like sgt Louis Peters 29, and Wos Jeanpierre Putz and William Doerfel. Putz and Doerfel who joined the legion in 1936, have fought under four flags. Putz has 17 decorations. When the nazi moved into Luxembourg Peters moved out and joined the legion. Wounded fighting in North Africa Peters was rejected for service with the Luxembourg unit in the belgian brigade persisted until he was accepted an entered Luxembourg with the British. The officer archetype is maj Rud Yensch 53, a Saint Cyr product who joined the legion in 1922, a Veteran of the Riff wars Ensch commanded a legion Bat Talion. After world War ii. He took com Mand of the battalion at Pitburg. While Luxembourg troops moved into their zone Between Trier and Prem. The germans were having fun strewing Nail Sand tacks on the roads. The Ensch reaction was to requisition every White Chicken in the area paint i their necks red and their tails Blue and release them strewing hundreds of flapping Luxembourg flags Over the Countryside. The germans gave up. The stars an stripes