Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-11-06
WEEK IS LIMIT
IN ARMIES OF
Average Duration on March
and Battlefield Is Only
Seven Days.

to the estimates made by military ex.
perts abroad and high army officers
In Washington in discussing and writ.
ing of the reign of death and destruc.
ton OH the continent This figure
varying slightly for the various nation.
alities engaged in the conflict, Is q
striking summing up Of the manner
In which living creatures are being
hurled by the hour into the vortex of
the greatest war in history.
So accurately have the averages of
how long man or horse may live
in the face of fighting and quick
marching under fire been compiled that
the following table can be given:
Life Of man-French. six days:
English. seven days: Russian. nine
days: German. FIVE days. Belgian. six
days: Servian. eight days
Life Of a hOrse-French. 1--we days;
English. four days: Russian. FIVE days;
German. three days: Belgian. four
days: Servian. five days
War Noisy. but Invisible.
A French officer who had been in the
battle east Of Amiens In France as
serted that this is probably the noisiest
war the world has ever known 1t is
also the most nearly invisible war
Many Of the first line troops have
fought In all the battles from Belgium
to the Marine and back to the present
position without actually seeing any
Germans. save dead or wounded The
have hnn0mn ar m
their enemies that lately. when the
trenches are so close that the French
soldiers can hear the Germans shout
ing orders. the French officers have
had the greatest difficulty in forcing
the men to keep their heads down.
The same officer credits the mitrail-
lellse with being Germuny's deadliest
weapon. Speaking Of ordinary artil
lery. ne relates how few days ago u
French infantryman wns wading
through the mud back to the trench
and eating a pear. A shell hurst near
by. u piece Of It striking the soldiers
haversack and Telling him. He was
Immediately on his feet again swear
ing furiously. Les rochons (pigs)!
They made me lose my pear"
Paris Uses "Shibboleth."
So many spies have been caught in
France recently. says Paris letter.
that the possession Of papers apparent
~ In good order avails a man or won.
an nothing once an accusation has
been made or suspicion aroused. II is
asserted that no German tongue can
ever pronounce certain French words
without betraying itself. 1t is failure
to pass tests ~ this kind which con
dennis the suspects.
4 woman was challenged in Paris
street. seized and hailed to the police
station. She was well dressed and Of
the last type which ordinary home stay.
: ing people would hr likely to suspect
Of espionage-apparently prosperous
widow Of about thirty. leading little
hoy by the hand. hut 1t was learned
that It proved clear case Of espion.
age. She had evaded the war regula.
tion Of the local authorities that stran.
gers must not remain more than TWEEN.
ty-four hours IN any town in This part
. Of France without reporting personal.
, " to the police by changing her lodg-
ings every day for week.
!, Briton Must Have His Bath.
To-day | stAod in the lobby of no.
J tel in Havre when the water meter
man approached the ,proprietress. says
war correspondent
MADAM he said. 1T is strange that
your water meter record Is extraOrdi.
narily high this month. You must
have English soldiers here
II pursued the inquiry myself and
found that II was indeed true that
the extra use Of water in the hotel was
caused by English officers bathing so
frequently. The proprietress Is threat.
ening tn raise the price OF her rooms.
Poacher Keeps His Hand In"
Not long ago couple Of French ter
ritorials bivOuacking In the shelter Of
; clump of trees set about preparing
the evening meal One. whose ruddy
complexion testified to lis open air life.
became communicative and frankly
avowed be was by profession chiefly
pOacher~ The other lent a sympa.
thetic ear to the poacher's musings and
, mentally congratulated himself upon
having so resourceful companion.
Forthwith the poacher produced from
, bag hare which he had laid hold
OF that morning-"to keep his hand in. y
he said AS he skinned the animal and
dressed and prepared 1t for the fire be
, observed that his companion did not
seem 10 manifest much interest in the
, proceedings
, Look here" said he as he sat down
the tasty dish Aren't you pleased?"
"Oh. yes" replied his comrade with
the keenest relish but he did not dare
to tell his companion that he was a
, public prosecutor Eating poacbed hare
: in company WAS in obviously unex-
pected experience In other circhm.
stances it would have been his duty
to invoke and vindicate the law
Zeppelins 70 Carry Torpedces