Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-11
PEN PICTURE OF
CONDITIONS ON
BATTLE FRONT
Associated Press Correspond
emf Win German Forces in
France Gives Intimate Story
of Things as They Are,

INV noraira ,ournsl srscisl lssssp wlrsi
.irnduunftqrs of u Certain German
Army Ia France. Dec. II forwarded
bx Automobile Courier 10 Berlin,
Thence 10 London. f:fi n. M "A
correspondent of the Associated Press
spending week In the field Of opera
lions, has also been the guest OF GEN
erals Won fIceringcn. formerly war
minister and now commanding the
seventh army: Won Zwrnl. the captur-
es OF MaubeuRe. and Won fmmich,
the conaueror Of llege and Namur
Several hours were spent In the
trenches In a picturesque old town
where German rlflomen and french
leelonarircA plan and play grim prac-
tlcnl joker Of war upon each other
from positions a scant 200 yards
apart. A race of German trosoldytcs
was found IN one place on this front
Men, horses, supplies. hospitals and
SO forth, we're housed in hillside cav
crns. formerly stone Quarrlea, whlch
were absolutely protected ny y hity'
foot stone roof from oven the mos'
powerful shell Ere.
Sees Artillery Fire,
The morning was passed in an ar
tilIery observation stand oppvsil'
Rheims. where A powerful telescope
through which the fire Of the aftiiief,
IL directed. brought the observe
within hundred yards Of the eil!
and The cathedral and enabled him .
see that the cathedral and its tower
we're standing fairly intact although
hiackcncd by fire.
A trip Of inspection was mad'
thfouhg labyrinth Of field fortifica
lions ana approaches, along IN
Aisne AT is nearest point TO Paris
where the lines are normally 200 o.
400 yards apart. The soldiers, ever
in the foremost trenches, were founs
living In comparative comfort in thei
underground shelters They are wei
supplied with blankets, food. waite
and clothing and are IN good spirits
despite their long resistance IN IN
trenches Desultory infantry fire
always In progress here and the rat
lie OF machine gums breaks out nov
and then. The artillery on both side
has thrown tons OF iron daily bn
there have been no great fights OF lat
| In this section OF the front
Harvesting French Wheat
OF all the impressions on the tril
one OF the most striking is that lei
T by the countless stacks Of unthreshe'
grain, stretching for miles n ever
direction throughout this Rrannry q
northern France over a hnndre
German threshIng machines OF tn
/ largest size are working In the re-
eian occupied by the army and 81
new ones were encountered toda
plugging forward TO reinforce thes
harvest batteries which are dom
wurk quite az important 81 that
the AZ centimeter cannon, The arm
Tia not only living on the supplies
flour aud wheat derived from N
section Of the country, but is actual
sending wheat and flour hack
Germany
The German soldier at the front
Ymllmg ana we'll fed. as he has on
more warm meal daily Than In peat
time The lean greyhounds seen y
ter the dash on Paris are again roun'
ing out into purtly Germans.
Doesn't Sing 40 Much.
The normal soldier at the froi
does NOT sing ~ much as formerl
partly. because he has sung hinse
iuut aud partly because singing ~ u
Immediate vicinity Of the enemy
apt 20 draw fire but he Is neith'
discouraged nor exhausted. There
no indication whatever that his nerN'
ARE breaking under the strain Of Il
pr0trhcted war.
No trip to tho front would be con
plete without visit TO the field ho
pital. Health conditions are remarl
lahiy good. the surgeons state ev'
better than in peace times There HI
been considerable typhoid. but "a
is now wen in hand, owing 10 Il
Vigorous use Of the auh'typhoid .
rum The medical department is ia
now cleaning out three villages IN 4
Immediate vicinity OF hcAdquarte
which were found 20 be typhoid cc
ters. The surgeons are dcvoting sp
ciai attention TO this matter and a
isolating or vacclnating the inhai
tants OF suspecting villages.
Preparing for Occupation.
Tho Germans evidently are pr
] pairing for an extended oeennatio
1.-THE French peasants, under the =
pervision and TO a certain extent q
lmild compulsion of the German
Ihave planted winter crops and "A
working IN The fields importa
+ bridges destroyed during the occup
/ ton periods are everywhere bel
i permanently rebuilt with steel ffc
4 Germany The roads are being maj
] tanned AZ usual hy French labor a.
Il In some cases factories are being
5 opened.
Your horse. COW or pouitsA EMO,
change OF diet a. much n you
Rolled Harley costs no more III