The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-20
Underground
Shelters,
Arrnored
Trains and
A.rrnored
Automobiles
Are Used By
Soldiers in
Europe to
Protect
Their Lives

Safety First" on the firing line
sounds like misnomer. but that is
the watchword Just the same. Ma
poieon never spared his men. That
y how he differed from the gem
erals OF today. The first thought of
the men who are directing the fight
Ing in Europe is not 70. immediate
success. but for ultimate success.
Napoleon was defeated because
ne lost too many men. He lost n
noble army in Spain. He sacrificed
another in RUSSIA. He took no care
or his wounded and when he wished
to win point he gave the word to
charge and won. In the end he was
beaten. -
Today men are taught to spread
out to protect themselves. They
are taught to seek cover whenever
possible. Their uniforms are made
OF a color invisible a short distance
away. The famous Scots Greys
painted their horses drab color
because the white horses could be
seen toe well in battle. Generals
leave off their braid when thew %
into battle and keep It looking nice
for parade.
In this war more than in any
other. the soldiers have taken ad-
vantage of the defense holes in tho
earth can give. Advantage is taken
OF railroad entertainments az breast
works. The men have covers far
themselves for protection. from
aeroplane bombs. They stand he
hind the railroad embankments
and fire through an opening some
what like the loop holes of the block
houses used to fight Indians.
Hospitals are put underground
IN caves. Wine cellars are turned
into officers headquarters. Ar
mored automobiles and trains have
piayed an important part in this
conflict.
Even the submarine is a safety
first device. It permits an attack.
er to proceed under waite. without
being shot at by tho one he Is go
ing to attack. General BraddocL.
who fought the French at Old Fort
Duauense. is type of the old style
soldier of more than century ago.
He did not believe in fighting un-
der protection. He advanced on
the French at Fort Duquense in full
dress parade regalia. When the
French and Indians hidden behind
trees opened fire on him he was
helpless. His men shot from the
hip because It was dishonorable to
take careful aim at the enemy.
General Washington saved Brad
dock from humiliation because he
had no scruples of fighting to kill.
Braddock probably would not have
used submarine to fight with be-
cause 1t takes advantage Of an I'M
seeing enemy.
a letter telling Of an attack by the
German submarine U-26 upon an
unnamed British warehip is pub
lished by newspaper at The
Hague. 1t begins with preparations
for the expedition two hours be-
fore midnight" in order to make a
strike at dawn. The letter. said to
have been written by q member of
the crew OF the attacking boat. fol-
lows:
around the heavy granite rocks
Of the long pier. monstrously black
In the dark night. the storm sweeps
up the water Of the North Sea in
angry waves. Inside the pier the
water lifts up our submarine in the
regular motion of the waves. Every
thing Is pitch dark. The fact that
10 many people are hurrying about
on deck Is only shown by the SOM
Der figures who now and then pass
In front of the single lantern. From
out Of the engine room. already un-
DER water. there arises the sound
Of heavy pounding and the weird