European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday november 29, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 3 1 St inf div May move to Germany Baychuc Vinch Washington Bureau Washington army officials Are keeping quiet on their plans for cutting the number of Active divisions from 12 to 10 and possibly re flagging one of the two remaining divisions in Europe. A report in the dec. 5 Issue of the weekly army times quoting Anonymous army sources said the plan May include moving the Headquarters of the 1st inf div from fort Riley kan., to Germany and renaming one of the divisions there. The two divisions in Germany Are the 3rd inf div with Headquarters in Wurzburg and the 1st army div with Headquarters in bad Kreuz Nach. Army officials who have been briefing congressional leaders on the upcoming changes Over the past week declined to comment on the army times report. Secretary of the army Togo West and chief of staff Gen. Gordon Sullivan Are finalizing a plan to stabilize the Force and restructure the army in accordance with the Bottom up review " army spokes Man Harvey Perritt said. Full details of the plan could be unveiled within the next few Days Perritt said. The army times article said that even if the 1st inf div Headquarters moved to Europe its two Man Euver brigades would stay at fort Riley. They would serve As the third brigades for each of the two Forward deployed heavy divisions in Germany. If one of the divisions in Germany is selected for re flagging As the 1st inf div the most logical Choice would be the 3rd inf div since both units Are similarly configured. But that remains to be seen. Perritt said that when Force Structure is realigned the Center of military history rates the remaining unit designations competing to remain Active and awards Points for various criteria such As age and Battle streamers. The Center then makes a recommendation to the army Secretary and chief of staff who make the final decision he said\-.,/the 1st inf div known As the big red one is one of the most colourful army units and has played a Large role in Sullivan s career. He served in the unit As a battalion commander operations officer and Divi Sion commander. Christmas comes Early  a German Santa Claus and his wife pass out toys monday tary school in Hanau. Local businesses sponsored the visit to Rena Tecken s kindergarten class at Portfield Ziemen by the Weinbach Tamarin to the . School. Items returned after tax raids by Jimi Jones staff writer German tax authorities have returned personal be longings to overseas education association employees that were confiscated along with official records nov. 17 in raids on three locations. A search warrant served at the time of the raids indicated that the sea which represents educators in the department of defense dependents schools should be paying German taxes on its $1 million annual Bud get. Authorities with the Frankfurt District of the Ger Man Finan amt Steuer Ahndung or finance depart ment tax investigators said several boxes of records were seized on the suspicion of tax  the key is whether the Union is subject to German taxation. German officials said monday that the investigation probably would take several months. In the meantime they have returned documents unrelated to their invest  meetings last week Between German tax agents and sea representatives a number of grave misunderstandings were resolved regarding the Organiza Tion of sea and the status of its personnel said sea area director Jan Pepelnjak whose Home was one of the locations searched. She said she believes that German officials based their decision to conduct the Surprise seizure on in Complete and inaccurate  the personal documents returned to the sea included Pepelnjak s passport she said. She declined to discuss details of the Case pending the investigation but said the Union has been asked to provide additional documents. German officials also have allowed the Union to re open its Central office in Frankfurt Pepelnjak said. The office had been sealed after the search. The third raid was on the Home office of Michael Bauernfeind a Union attorney. The fact that we Are investigating a company do snot necessarily mean they Are guilty of any crime or Misdemeanour said Ursula Lange a tax investigator with the Frankfurt tax office. It Only Means that judge has found there is a Well founded suspicion of tax evasion in a Case to warrant issuing an order to confiscate office  she said that in tax cases there is not Only guilty and innocent but also Many shades of culpability in be tween. Pepelnjak said the Union maintains that it qualifies under the status of forces agreement As an Organiza Tion exempt from Host nation taxes. Contributing to this reported Reavis in Darmstadt Germany unsafe to drink in Naples area by sue Palud Mediterranean Bureau Naples Italy american families and single serv ice members in Naples May be asking Santa to stuff their stockings with bottled water instead of the usual goodies. Military environmental health officials declared the tap water in More than 500 government leased housing units undrinkable Friday because of bacterial contamination. " " ". A similar ban is in place for those living and working at the Cap Dichino Airport about six Miles North of naval support activity Naples. The majority of Bache Lor enlisted quarters Are at Cap Dichino. Bulletins were posted throughout the  and the nearby town of Castel Volturno warning american residents not to drink the water. Navy Hospital officials have declared the water Safe for cooking washing and bathing. Housing in the area includes the towers High Rise apartments As Well As several groups of houses in Pri vate neighbourhoods called Marcos. The temporary lodging facility and the elementary school also Are in Pine Tamare. "  a. Public works officials said water containers called buffaloes Are in place at the school at Cap Dichino and at the towers. Bottled water also is available at no Cost to residents of government leased housing through the pin Tamare warehouse. The Navy Exchange shop Pette in pin Tamare posted a sign Friday limiting the amount of water famines could buy at one time. This is the fourth water ban in the Naples area in thelast 10 months according to it. Terrence Sutherland naval support activity Naples Public affairs officer. Gaeta the Home port of the 6th Fleet flagship the miscellaneous command ship la Salle also had prob lems recently with its water when it was declared unto table for about a week. The ban was lifted the Day be fore thanksgiving. Last september through november pin Tamare Resi dents were without drinkable tap water for several weeks As officials tried in vain to locate the source of bacterial and Mineral contamination. The water used by pin Tamare and Castel Volturno comes from several sources before it reaches the Rainwater tanks in pin Tamare making it difficult to deter mine where it becomes contaminated. The main water tanks Are maintained by the Coppola family which owns the majority of housing in the pin Tamare area. Housing in Castel Volturno is owned by several land lords. If a landlord knows he has a problem with water pressure he might decide to put the water through his own Well system said Dawn Craig environmental coordinator Tor the support activity. The problem is that water could contaminate the whole system. It is illegal by italian Law to mix private Well water in with City  during last gear s juror Over water contamination italian police investigated the Coppola for unauthorized operation of private Wells. Italian police did not say if the contaminated water was coming through the Coppola Well but authorities had the Wells covered. Military officials also installed an automatic chlorine injector in the water distribution Plant at pin Tamare so they could control the amount of chlorine in the water. Previously the testing and the chlorine distribution were done by hand Craig said. The landlord is contacted to increase chlorine when Levels Are Low