The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-14
mo SLEEP FOR
THE SOLDIER [
Introduction Of Aeroplanes for Scout
Duty Makes it Necessary 70
March Only at
Night.
CONCEAL MOVEMENTS
March all Night and Fight All Day
Will be the Tirescme Duty
Of the Soldier Of
the Future.
CONCEAL MOVEMENTS

IBy Karl H. Won yYiegand, Berlin cor
BERLIN. November 14.--Night will
respondent of the United Perss.l
no longer be period of rest for SOL
diers on the battlefield in time OF
war While the battles Of the future
as in the past, will be fought by suf1i-
cient light for the man with the rifle
to see the enemy. the maneuyering
and marching on the eve of battle
and during battles that extend over
several days, will be almost entirely
under cover Of darkness.
This extension Of the fighting
day from II or 16 hours to "a, has
been brought about by the scouting
Of the aerial cavalry as was demon
strated by the work of this new mill
sary arm during the last big German
maneuvers. So effective was the
scouting Of the aeroplanes and air
ships assigned to the two armies hat
the commanders were compelled to
resort to an unprecedented amount Of
night work to screen their move
ments
The field OF operations covered
triangular area Of about 100 by 12o
miles, between Dresden and Deipzig.
When the two armies began moving
toward each other through miles OF
valleys, wooded hills and over rivers,
the commanders quickly realized that
the aeroplanes covering as much
| ground in az hour as mounted cav
airy scout could in an entire day,
made 1t impossible to keep the move
ments concealed.
At first it was move and counter
move, like a game of chess Then
both General Won Hansen, Saxon war
minister, commander-in-chi OF the
blue army and General Won Bulow,
commanding the red" army. resorteo
to night work. The blue army
marched all night. covering 81 miles,
and the aerial scouts discovered at
| daylight that General Won Bulow had
! hit upon the same idea. The armies
fought all day and again the night
was utilized to take up new positions
There was little sleep for the troops
until the end Of the three days.
battle, which finally was decided
through clever night movement.
This. military experts declare, is a
forecast of what future battles will
be as q result of the advent OF aerial
craft Endurance on the part of
troops will be. far greater factor
than in past wars" remarked a Ger
man general.
Germany has the greatest gener-
ais in the military world today de.
clared an American military observer
returning from the Kaiser maneu-
vers." Their ability to move vast
bodies OF troops in battle without con-
fusion and with almost scientific
e2actftude, elbows remarkable strateg-
ical ability he added.
If there was any doubt in Germany
as to the superior ability OF the men
in command of its army, II was dissi-
pated by the results OF the French
and English maneuvers. The French
maneuvers were brought to prema-
ture close by the capture Of the gem
eral staff by small detachment OF
soldiers. A hopeless tangle, and con-
fusion in which friend and enemy
were SO MIXED Up that the command
ers could no. unravel them abruptly
ended the English maneuvers near
London.
In view Of the fiascos OF the Eng
lish and French maneuvers, the gov
eminent the army and the press, all
/ three for once, are satisfied with
what the Kaiser maneuvers'' demon
strated to the world. No. In years
has the German been given such a
mead of praise and been subject to 50
little criticism.