The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-10-31
SAYS MANEUvERS
WERE A F|ASCO
British Officers Had Huge Picnic
While Men Starved on Lost
Transport.


the foreign military attaches on the
British army maneuycrs just ended,
differ widely from the stories printed
IN the English papers. From reading
the London papers one would imagine
the British army in the recent exercises
pr, scented tie last word in military eff.
cheney. The ,xerci g, acc rd ny to an.
nouncoments were intended espec ally
TO give Thinning in field transpo y oh
lens and feeding larger bodies of men
while actively enga; ed in war opera
tons requiring Tong marches and quick
changes of lase.
The London papers informed the
English people that the manclvers
de ronstratcd pa ticu arly high efiicien
cy in this branch in the art Of war
but the TO eien attaches say JUS the
opposite. and the tn kish cor espon
dent made partic larry frank state
ments in his ruNort to his 90 ern.
ment. He said the maneuvers repre-
seated a Fl SEQ bv the army ina lily
to cope with the transport problems,
Accord NJ tn his re'o IL V ~ soon
developed That few, if any, officers from
hig es' TO lowest. were capable of full
filing their duties.
This statement of affairs was soon
50 plainlv e"idont to the authorities
that aftCr the frst dav or 80 If Ger
aiions every effort was made to keen
The fofci n attaches as far az possible
from the scene of operations 80 that
the" could not see the lamentable in
A.. om,
me report says the oincers took the
"hhe"'ers' rs nn"e picnic. Inc re-
port states mat while the oihrers were
Ted bountfuiv and enjoyed the picnic
20 the utmost the men In the ranks
worker nara. constantl" anu starved
ne'ause ~ transport trains carrying
1000 srpi'hes Tor them being constant
~ lost In maze OF CROSSROADS. When
tne mpheuvers came 10 an end the
WneTeapouts OF some ''ains were s'l''
pYnown. Inc same tate attended sew
era REGIMENTS supposed to take part
IN battles.
Many Of them were lost and never
rc'orted at the srene of the fighting
Wh'ie others got into the enemy s
country and were reported. The re-
port sums up the maneuvers by saying
they were disgraceful feature and o
bnmiIiatino spectacle of mil tary inetli
cheney. while the Turkinsh attac'e
was h'akln" TINS rsrort on tne hrltlsi
most ;pterost;nr comments On tbo Cor
man and Pr;t;sb na,;os
,.
Aaihirai Ofitieis".
This critic is an admiral in for
eign service. not Germany. He gives
the opinion that in the event of wal
between Germanv and England the lat
ter country would be practically wiped
OIL the map in short tune and thi'
| without tNe necessity of Germany lind
ing single soldier ON English terri
tory The British fleet, he said, is OF
necessity. scattered all over the wor'f
ahn British warships are bniit WITT
view tn VIDE steaming rndins. VIII
means giving up good deal of rom
and weight to boiler snace and co'
bnnNeis. On the other hand, the Ger
man fleet has fe"n fuilt with pra"
t"PIV one object in view-war witt
England and has been built for oocra
ton in home waters, which means 6
small steaming radius. Germany hni
to project the North sea and the Bal
ne. She has connected the two nv th'
kicl canal. bv which her ships can b.
speedily concentrated at any point.
The German View.
For practical nurnosas Germanv
sbins concentrated in ono aoot hy y;r
tue of tho Kiel canal car watch Nh,
North sea and tho Baltic Eno,.nd =,
the other hand in n war with German,
must sun,ort at leas. three hnets-or,
for the North sea ono for the Ralti,
and tho tb;rd ne a reJ;ev;no sou,dron