European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday july 23, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 5. A amps Doyle Tillman spec. Patrick Broussard left gets his blistered foot bandaged by sgt. David Hall a medic during the Nijm Egen marches thursday. By Doyle Tillman staff writer Nijm Egen Netherlands a americans marched 25 Miles Friday to end the �?o100 Miles of pain Quot known As Nijm Egen. About 456 . Army Europe soldiers received 100-mile Nijm Egen medals at nearby Charlemagne on Friday As they prepared for the closing ceremony or Victory Parade into Nijm  the challenges Many participants see the event As a party. From his perspective pfc. Joel Russell of the 226th medical logistics in in Parma sons Germany summed up Nijm Egen As a the Best pain party on  on Friday the service members took a break shortly after passing the final Aid station and then changed into fresh uniforms so they could March into town presenting the Best possible image said maj. Larry Perkins chief of staff for the army a Nijm Egen March support group. As the troops entered Nijm Egen a a City of about 140,000 people that ballooned to Well Over a million for the marches a they were greeted by thousands of Well wishers waving flags and tossing Flowers to their favorite teams. The flags and Flowers Are traditions at the annual Nijm Egen marches said Dick Stoll a 10-year Nijm Egen supporter from v corps in Frankfurt Germany. A a it a a Victory Parade and should be a cause they the soldiers have just conquered 100 Miles of pain said Perkins. Staff sgt. Clarence Sumpter of 3rd in 58th aviation regt in Grafe Wohr Germany called the four Day International March "tough.�?T1 marching up one of the seven a Hills from hell a Sumpter said a is not for the average  . Soldiers marched out of Camp Heumen Soord the base Camp in True military fashion just after 5 . Friday said Perkins. The entire army Nijm Egen marches support staff was there to Send off the troops on the final Day. A some teams from other nations began the March Friday helping their members just to Start. They probably did that the whole Way a Perkins said. Perkins was referring to the practice of supporting ailing members one person on each Side of the Marcher and helping them walk. None of the americans required assistance to Start the final 25-mile leg a a they re too proud for that a Perkins said noting the other teams dedication to pulling All their team members through the last leg. This year 6,380 military members from a. Is amps Doyle Tillman a Young boy watches As a . Army team returns to the Nijm Egen base Camp. 12 nations registered to March at Nijm Egen said dutch army Cpl. Gaston Gelis sen Deputy registration officer. In All an estimated �?o37,500 a give or take a thousands a military members and civilians marched added British flight sgt. Terry Bryan a five time Nijm Egen Veteran. After the closing pass and review before an International panel festivities got into High gear As the International marchers met and reminisced about the walk. The soldiers then returned to Camp and the a trading Quot began. Soldiers a a swapped uniform items with their comrades in other military forces. A a they la Trade anything for just about anything a said Perkins. A a that a  throughout the four Day event soldiers especially the americans were hounded by spectators a mostly children a hoping to. Claim souvenirs from this years . Teams. On Friday most americans gave up the . Flags they carried through the dutch Countryside during the March. Russian troops despite reported orders to stay Tallinn Estonia apr the russian army continued to withdraw from Estonia on Friday but officials said they were getting mixed signals from Russia which announced a halt to the pullout. A Long train loaded with tanks and armoured vehicles crossed into Russia on thursday and another filled with military equipment was headed toward the Border Friday officials said. Soldiers at russian bases across the country were reportedly Busy loading trains and trucks in preparation for leaving Estonia despite the reported orders to halt the pullout. A in this context its difficult to understand russian propaganda about stopping the withdrawal a said Velio Vare an estonian foreign ministry official in charge of monitoring the troop  a Little by Little they seem to be going a he said. Vare said he was trying to confirm that orders to Stop the withdrawal had come from russian commanders Friday morning. A if this is True 1 Don t know How or if this will affect things Quot he said. A on wednesday russian president Boris Yeltsin declared that russian troops would remain in Estonia until the rights of ethnic russians living in the Baltic nation Are recognized. A until Estonia brings its Laws in compliance with International human rights we Are not going to withdraw our troops a he said. Estonia has demanded that the 2,000 remaining russian troops pull out completely by aug. 31, the same Date that Russia agreed to withdraw its troops from neighbouring Latvia. Russia has agreed to eventually pull All of its soldiers out of the three Baltic republics. All russian soldiers have pulled out of Lithuania and about 10,000 Are to be withdrawn from Latvia. But Yeltsin has refused to set a deadline for troop withdrawal from Estonia because of what he says is discrimination against the Large russian population living there. Estonia has said the charges Are unfounded and that Yeltsin was playing to russian nationalists at Home. U.s., 6 other nations joining in naval exercise Washington a two . Navy ships from the 6th Fleet will participate in Breeze 94, a multinational humanitarian Aid and peacekeeping exercise in the Black sea the Pentagon said thursday. The Effort will include ships from Bulgaria Greece Romania Russia Turkey Ukraine and the United states As Well As an observer team from the former soviet Republic of Georgia. The scenario for the exercise involves the escort and Protection of a Convoy providing humanitarian assistance under a multinational operation. Participating in the july 25-28 exercise will be the destroyer Deyo out of Norfolk va., and the grapple a Salvage ship out of Little Creek a. . Participation in Breeze 94 demonstrates our enduring interest in the stability of Eastern Europe and seeks to encourage cooperation improve the ability of forces to operate together and promote understanding among the participants Quot a Pentagon statement said