Le Mans Area, Mienne, France.
December 26, 1918.
The special duties with which military police are charged are:—
(A) To insure order and proper behavior by enlisted men at all times....
(E) To prevent enlisted men from addressing or holding conversation with the women inhabitants of the town.
(F) To prevent enlisted men from entering any building other than their respective billets with the exception of stores, places of amusement and cafés.
By Command of Brigadier General Erwin.
G. K. Wilson,
Chief of Staff.
Official:
(Signed) Edw. J. Turgeon,
Major, Infantry, U. S. A.
Adjutant.
When this matter came to the attention of the women of the city, the leaders among them formed a committee and waited on the French Mission with the statement that they were mistresses of their own homes and morals, and knew with whom they wished to associate, and did not desire American officers to interfere with their social affairs.