European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page Quot 2 a a the stars and stripes. Sunday August 25, 1991 staff sgt. David vines and his German wife Susanna attend to their 3 month old daughter. International wedding Bells mean extra work and lots of red tape. See sunday  seized . Marshals seize a panamanian freighter whose Crew allegedly stole thousands of Gallons of fuel being transported to . Forces in operation desert storm. A Page 4more Fri discipline Fri director William sessions says eight More agents and managers have been disciplined in the racial harassment of an sex agent. A Page 5�?~lost in jail a Man spent 16 months in the Baltimore City detention Center awaiting trial on shoplifting charges the latest in a series of clerical errors discovered there. A Page 6va ruled not liable a judge has ruled that the veterans administration is not liable in the Case of a woman who contracted the aids virus from her husband after he received tainted blood in a transfusion. A Page 7limp Bank accounts the chairman of the House banking committee says Congress May need to act within 60 Days to replenish the fund that insures Bank accounts up to $100,000. A Page 15 Index Abby Ann Landers 14 commentary.13 letters. 12 Money matters.15 Mutual .16-17 sports .18-24 weather.11 a amps bookstores to close monday stars and stripes bookstores will be closed for inventory on monday. Customers can obtain their copy of the stars and stripes at other vending Points within their  from Page 1 failed coup As heroes of the soviet Union. The chanting of a russian orthodox requiem echoed in the Square. Giant Black bordered photographs of the three and russian flags dotted the crowd of Many thousands. Many cried and carried Flowers or candles. Also present at the requiem was the new . Ambassador to the soviet Union Robert Strauss who told the crowd a the Justice of the cause does not make the loss of Brave men and women easier to  another woman in the crowd 50-year-old Albina Sokolova said that during the coup attempt a we listened to the voice of America. It was our Only link. Please give our thanks to  As the thousands mourned saturday readiness from Page 1 issued no a warning orders that would prepare particular units for deployment. In general they said the military avoided any change Likely to alarm soviet intelligence such As the dispersal of ships in port or significant increases in message traffic Over command and control networks. But senior officers said in interviews that the four main military services and their joint command structures each took numerous Steps informally to anticipate potential threats and ensure that they were prepared to respond. A when you see a situation like this unfold. That a when you get to thinking about your own capabilities a said an officer on the joint staff. In the Marine corps for example a senior officer said the corps three deployed contingency forces a the 26th Marine expeditionary unit Meu in the Eastern Mediterranean sea the 15th Meu in the persian Gulf Region and the 11th Meu in the Western Pacific a army from Page 1 Cuit networks on stateside installations. The general declined subsequent interview requests from the stars and stripes. While most of the upcoming reductions will be accomplished by dramatically lowering the number of new recruits and encouraging soldiers who have passed 20 years of service to retire Reno acknowledges that involuntary separations Are inevitable. A one cannot reduce the army to the required Levels without involuntarily separating both officers and enlisted soldiers a Reno said. But the service is striving to keep the number of people forced out to a minimum Reno said. The enlisted Force will be pared by further limiting the amount of time a Soldier can stay in without being promoted to the next higher rank. A those who Haven to gotten promoted within a reasonable period would be asked to leave the army a Reno said. A that would apply to those with performance and disciplinary  this action along with fewer recruits and Early retirements should make involuntary separations virtually unnecessary in the enlisted Force he said. The portion of the army population most vulnerable to being forced out would be officers with Between five and 14 years of service Reno said. The army anti communists toppled another soviet heroes statue As anger seethed around the retreating party. In a further humiliation the communist party a main newspaper pravda failed to publish saturday for the first time in decades because of a ban by Yeltsin. And Tass the official soviet news Agency reported saturday that Estonia barred the party from its territory and ordered the prosecutor to investigate its a illegal activity a Early saturday authorities arrested the last of the eight coup leaders a soviet prime minister Valetin Pavlov soviet and russian television reported. He had been under police guard in a Hospital. One of the eight committed suicide. Gorbachev appeared Friday in the russian parliament and announced the firing of supporters of the coup or those who remained passive. In a sign of a revolutionary shift in Power Gorbachev replaced Many with a new generation approved by Yeltsin and other Republic leaders. He also said he a were certainly if not on an officially heightened state of Alert More aware of regional  similar unofficial alerts accompanied the .-led buildup before the persian Gulf War,.according to two officials. Army source said Gen. Carl e. Vuono then army chief of staff a sent out a personal a get ready to get ready a message to the three Star generals who commanded i corps Iii corps Vii corps and the xviii airborne corps before formal warning orders from the joint chiefs of staff. _ within each corps the word was spread quietly Down the Chain of command to Divi lacks adequate Means of reducing officers in those year groups he added. About 103,020 army officers will be on Active duty As of oct. 1, which is 3,820 More than authorized by Congress Reno said. Lawmakers have allowed the service to exceed mandated troop Levels temporarily because of the persian Gulf War. Nevertheless by the end of fiscal 1992, Only 95,481 army officers will be authorized forcing the service to Cut More than 7,500 officer slots Over the next year. Reno said the army expects to lose 1,000 of those officers through the voluntary Early retirement release program. Another 1,500 will be chosen to retire by the selective Early retirement Board and about 1,600 will leave the service based on decisions made by the lieutenant retention boards. Six Hundred warrant officers Are also expected to be separated. A personnel official said natural attrition will remove another 900. The remaining 1,900 officer cuts would most Likely be made in the mid Grade ranks of Captain and major the official said. A identified soldiers who done to meet army standards in physical fitness school and work performance would be chosen by a centralized review Board for involuntary separation a Reno said. However army personnel officials arc counting on Congress to authorize a program called the Volunteer separation incentive or Vii to help increase the number of officers who opt to leave the serv ice on their own. Vii would give eligible service Mem and Yeltsin agreed to Transfer Power to each other in Case of emergency. Yeltsin suspended the activities of the hard line russian faction of the communist party banned the party from the Kab and temporarily shut Down the party newspaper pravda and five others. Governments from Moscow to Moldavia to Kirghizia seized communist party buildings and assets. Yeltsin also a banned political activity in the army on russian territory. A ordered the nationalization of the no Vosti news Agency. A ordered the Heads of no Vosti and Tass the state news Agency fired. With Gorbachev a consent the party scentral committee building in Moscow was sealed to assure that documents relating to the coup were not removed or destroyed. Party archives and documents also were sealed at the Smolny Institute in Leningrad Lenin a Headquarters during the bolshevik revolution. Sion brigade and battalion commanders. Defense officials said they considered several categories of risks in the Kremlin coup. Because global War would be in no ones interest they said they presumed that any cohesive government would present less risk than a prolonged period of internal struggle. Apart from their nuclear concerns they said civil War could easily spread into Europe. Air Force col. Jeffrey Pace who Heads the War gaming amp simulation Center at the National defense University said for example that civil War could generate refugee flows that could Lead to Border incidents. Ers a yearly Cash payment based on years in uniform for voluntarily leaving the military. The incentives total value would be higher in most cases than involuntary separation pay. Congress May not cooperate with the military a involuntary separation plans. Provisions added to the House defense appropriations and the Senate defense authorization Bills for 1992 would prevent the forced removal of most personnel with Between five and 20 years of service. The provisions will be debated in september when the House and Senate armed services committees and appropriation committees meet to put together the final versions of their Bills a there will be enormous ramifications if we Are truly restricted from any involuntary separations a Reno said. First the army would have to further limit the number of new recruits which could leave the lower enlisted and officer ranks so Short handed that sergeants would be doing the work of privates and platoons would be without lieutenants to Lead them Reno said. Second promotions would slow especially for Junior enlisted and officers which could lower morale and result in fewer people wanting to make a career of the military he Sard. Finally the army could again ask for permission from Congress to exceed the authorized end strengths. During operation desert shield an it s a great reminder for the military professional and the policy person that things Aren t always a stable As they seem. Life a full of mean surprises and this was just okie of them a a senior military officer