The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-29

admitted, but he refused to deny the
interview because he believed the
newspaper man reported him IN Soou
faith and that it was his fault II ne
did not make himself clear. Wheh
hostilities commenced dAmade was
given command of an army corps and
placed in Immediate proximity to the
British troops. He is intimate per-
sonal friend of Sir John French.
whose cavalry operations IN South
Africa he followed for the French
Government all through the Boer
war.
Axe. .s.'t
D'Amade IS an ariStocrats WHO
would fight with sword and battle
axe if ne had his way, but who has
made a study OF scientific warfare a4ad"
believes in a~eroplaneS and IonS-als-
lance fire control. When he conanlaru-
ed the French forces in Morocco he
made the first practical use Of Hylpg
machines in modern war.
For SOIme wears he was military at
tache TO tine French Embassy in LOno
don, and he speaks English bike a
eB~Titisher. Nearly six feet tall hes is
thin, muscular and why, as IN ath-
lete has few equals M 0 men OF
his age. 1ffty-eight1 and is one Of the
best fencers i'll Europe. He is a
carefulo student of scientific, machine
made warfare q man of strong char
aNer out of very hot. caustic. temper.
which he does not always control. A
mater Of red tape and routine, he dis
tinguished himself by readiness to act
quickly on his own initiative in the
Boxer campaign, and at the siege Of
the Legations at Picking, where he was
military attache.
'AY1aHa hoora :, hiC ooraor il, Aloe
ria and was sen to TOnking in 1885.
There he Won the cross Of the Legion
Of Honor and was made a Captain.
From then until the BOer war he
served as Military Attache to various
embassies, and in 1906 he was made
a General. Two years later he sue
ceeded to the ma Of the Erench
forces in Morocco. Allowing patriot
ism to get the better Of discretion in
an interview about Morocco he was
retired in October, 1909, for having
exceeded the reserve imposed upon
an officer in actives ervice."
Chosen to Oppose German Grown
), Prince.
Of all the French Generals none
las a more tragic interest than d.
Curieres de Castelnau. who succeeded
, Pau in command at Nancy. OF hi!
, four sons fighting in the army twt
, have given their lives for France, ant
, another is seriously wounded. Llk'
Gallieni, de Castelnau is essential.
q COlOnia Commander. He has serve
e in cochin China and in Algiers, an
8 when this war am on JofTre chos
him to lead the French forces in op
q position 20 the German Crown Prince
Castelnau has served as Chief of tn
= General Staff, and is a great authOrit
on topography. It is said of him tina
Il he knows every farm house and ever
S stream between the German frontie
and the outlying defenses Of Paris.
1t was he who recommended tn
If rs millimerte e 1-2-inch) field piec
to the French War Ministry, and h
It is an earnest advocate Of light artil
n lery capable Of throwing shrapnel Ion
IS distances and able to move quickl
from one spot to another, combine
with bayonet charges Of infantry.
p His most important work in tn
present war has been done aroun
Arras, and in order to carry out h
dashing methods Of attack most {
the Turcos and Zouaves have bee
drafted into his commands.
An ordent Catholic, he recent
- mentioned in dispatches and recon
~ mended for distinguished bravery S.
nuns who, under q heavy Gernla
re fire, attended more than a thousan
~ wounded soldiers at their convent
Gerbeviller.
~ Castelnau is one of the Genera
Pau wished to promote when the O
;; flee of Commander in Chief was O
- fered to him, but the O.
jected to promoting Castelnau on tt
ground that he is a stanch clerical ar
-, has bitterly opposed all measur
~ against the Catholic church. Whe
- this var began Joffre made Castelna
"a Commander Of the Twentieth Arm
re ouipo - huIuaAlat "' 1>aio
80 would be thickeSt.