Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-11-27
jOFFRE'S OFFICE
TRANQUIL PLACE
Head Of the French Army Never
Near Enough 10 Firing Line to
Hear the Heavy Guns.
EvERYTHNG rs sYsTEMATIc
staff WEEKS lake whseis OF Check
IN Gsvias spd Reeeiving InforT
nation in Behalf Of the
Army at 1he Front.

(correspondence OF the Associated Presso
GENERAL JoFFREs HEADouAR-
TIERS. Nov. 7.--The nerve center that
moves more than 100000 Inen IL IN a.
! VILLAGE school house seventy miles Der
hind the firing lines. The rare observer
who Is permitted 20 learn it, whereabouts
ana approach finds an absolute contrast
between the tranquility here and the In
tense action near the trenches, No can
noa. machine guns or rifle fire can be
heard here.
The commander.ln-chief co-ordlnates
HIS Information and arrives AZ his de-
eisions not only far from the disturbances
Of actual conflict but 10 the depth OF the
country away from the first and sscond
line Of, reserves the inoessant movement
kof motor trensports' end the dlslocstion
81 civil NE, An air Of repoac SURROUNDS
the headauerterss but lie Il intense here
slse. asa wenty~four-honr-day Of study
and acts OF judgment
use Young coIJsels.
what young coIonela you have here
remarked the correspondent TO asnsember
OF the staff.
..rhey are thsi men Of the futurar he
replied. s'some OF these young coioneis
ara al their desks at s IN the morning
ana 50 ITO their quarters In pleasant,
private dwellings nearby at 10 at night
They are telieged BIZ others ana work
coca % throushOut the night
General Joffre has slB subordinate
nerve centern IN the SIX armies into which
the field forces are divided. The elk
generals commanding theaa armies are
Pau. Foch Dalstain, BFhnohe D'Esper-
ray. castelIyu ana Manoury. each with
hia general staff, are connected ~ direct
telegraph and telephons wires with head
quarters General Joffre often talks over
situations BY telephone and resolves sug-
gestions and aives orders. which are con.
fismed and recorded by telegraph. He
h aisn "a direct end frequent commuhi-
eakion with F1oid Marshal French and
Belgian headquarters. and with Bcrdeau,
and Paris.
onsy Guards Around.
a stngie eeptiuei PAGES In front OF the
entrance Except for q few forester
guards there arc, no soldiers in General
Joffre's village except tho. yorngish men
on hia staff. picked for their talents from
AMONG the 1000 officers Of France The
roads Of approach are watched BY sol.
diers, and Il Il Impossible 70 onter th,
place except BY pass signed BY n.
CHIEF a General 1offfes staff o. b. GA,
Of the few persons IN the military ad
kninistration authorized 70 align such I
pagu The headquarters 81 n comnandlnl
sencFai used 70 Be distinguished ~ IN.
orderliea and horses IN front. and III.
rank could b pretty well determined b,
their number. Now Il is the number o
motor ears Some fifteen or twenty Ions
h'gh-power Funnera ere usually lined VI
IN the playground OF the school houte
The representative % the British VA
office. Colonel Butler. arrives, or IN
itusslaQs militay,f~ assent. or an ,oefice
from TIC 1mn,ediats 'front.' or deiegat,
from the government. but, Tor the mos
part There e little coming and go,ne
The vast business = transacted by w1re
The meaning and SIGNIFICANCE OF Il al
cen pply be determipsd ~ events renot
from here.
General Joffre. when -he goes 10 IN
headquarters - eno Of the armies. IA
with him An automobile fitted az an OF
flee. Il looks inside very much IKE IN
little drawing rooms attached 70 steame
eapins, "A wr1ting dssk lets down fror
one END. TWO divans are alouf the klde
and there are convenienf devices "a
ooeaetlng, the papers
General Joffra himself appears An
8raYe, calm mood ana In Vigorous hcsi,,