Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-12
FRANCE IN EUROPEAN WAR
Frank Edward Johnson Speaks Before Central Baptist Mems League-What He Saw After Meditation Orders Had Gone Forth Germany New Map of Europe.

when he lost shot. himself at the head of his troops on September 18th.
 The Germans had not counted upon the resistance of the Belgians or the strategy of General Joffre the taci- turn.
 The speaker gave his estimate of the men in the field as Germany s. 100000, Russia S,000,o00, France A. 5oo.eo0. Great Britain and her colo nies 2,0o0, 0,000, but this did not mean all actually on the. firing line.
 He was much affected as he paid a tribute to the heroism of the French women, whom he had seen bid good bye to 2s500 husbands, brothersA sons mobilization orders were issued. For 1000 of these men, that was the last time they ever saw their homes, for they went into one of the early ac- tions and suffered heavily in fatal casualties.
 Four and a half million men in France joined the colors in the first "A hours after mobilization orders and this was carried on without disorder, although 1t took from every commit nity every man from ages of 1e to 45 on the End day of August.
 Tn support of the statements rs- garding Germany's preparation long in advance, he spoke of a German governness in a French family, who had notice fSom the German govern ment to leave for neutral point, San Seastian, and had had these orders
 MT. Johnson spoke of the way the aeroplanes cooperated with the ar- -tillery in locating the enerSies bat teries, by circling twoce over the sro. where hidden battery is discovered and dropping rockets in the day time and parachutes at night: He said there had been terrific loses in the aviation. corps on both sides. He mentioned the way the Germans got their army across a boggy spci sink in the marsh, l4t it turned our that the solid ground was all marked by little piles of slate which had beer placed there by German engineers who mad surveyed the p ace under pre-. tense of takir.y samples for a pea company.
 Touching upon the subject of tnt wounded soldiers. he said that trains bearing from LOCO to 1,700 were con. | stantly arriving and were given tt:, right of way. but even. with this ar ran ement; it was sometimes or l ts5s before a train load. of wounded l could get from the firing lines tl points where the wounded could b | cared for.
 | The German wounded are given tn, same treatment as the. French. H, | told of Turcos soldier in a Frencl I | that he could be bathed and when tn, mans clothes were taken off what wa the wonder of the hospital staff to fnt | that he wore a cord about his body ol | which were strung a collection of hu I man ears, each one a left ear, fruu men the Turco had slain.
 In conclusion, Mir. Johnson spoke O the new German map of Europe whicl
 he had seen, indicating whatfthey ha,
 expected would be the changes afte
 the war. German territory ran nortl
 of Petrograd and down along the gull of Finland. Belgium was wiped out
 only a little of the south of Franc
 was left. England was labelled as
 German protectorate, with London a It's capital, and Ireland, Wales an
 Scotland were left as free states. 1 Election of Officers.
 The league elected the following off
 cers: President, N. Eugene Smith
 retary and treasurer, John c. Darby. They were presented by the norni
 mating committee, consisting of Adam
 P. Carroll. Carl W. Brown and E. !
 Messinger. The new nominating com
 mittee was appointed as follows: H.
 Adams, M, D. Willard and Arthur I
 Wyman.
 At the supper, where a clam chow
 der was served, there were 7S pres
 ent-
 After the supper there were shoI
 remarks bv Rev. pr. J. B. Slocun
 Shepard B. Palmer, and by L. (
 Smith, who represented the Par
 church Mems league James L. Gas He'd in the singing of a number ( hymns, Joseph S. Adams playing th aecompanimepts.