VAST ARMY OF MOTORS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 203, 1 October 1914, Page 7

VAST ARMY OF MOTORS.

GERMANY'S BOY SCOUTS. GUARDING BELGIAN RAILWAYS. (Received October 1, 8.45 a.m.) LONDON, September 30. "The TimesV correspondent says that the Germans have a vast array of automobiles and motor cycles, and the .army of. occupation includes a large • ■number •-of- Boy Scouts from 15 to 17 years old, mounted on bicycles; also 6000 marines with floating mines j'.ud torpedoes for the destruction of the Antwerp docks. The Germans have enlisted the citizens as railway police, and these patrol lines under guard, and are held as hostages for the safety of the railway. So far the main lines are undamaged, but owing to the prodigal expenditure the interruption for even a day or two will spell disaster.