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

pass from the Governors office has
been waved aside by headquarters in
the field.
Likes to Smoke With Men Of Brains.
As a rule the General is in bed ev-
cry night by 10 o'clock, n il he stays
up later it is to work. AS has been
said. he Is no cOnverSationalist. and
rarely, if ever. talks for the mere sake
OF talking. Yet. while he is not ex-
pansive, he is fond Of smoking a cigar
in the company OF men OF military
worth and mental value. He is up
right and conscientious. even in such
matters as keeping an appointment
or fulfilling an off-hand promise New.
eF has he sought a favor nor ever con-
ferred a unless deserved. In mill
tary matters he is as infiexible as he
is Just. and that he has no e OF
that last year he had five Incompetent
French generals o from active
service and all their military Offices.
Like Napoleon I. he trusts absolute
ly in his guiding star and has had the
most extraordinary luck OF any nan
in France. This is shown in small
things as we'll as in great. He has
that hypnotic power which seems to
enable some favored men always to
get what they rant and when they
| want it. Everything Joffre wanted
he has got, and that is why today
Nine. Jofre is perfectly calm. for h
believes he is bound to win simply
because he wants to.
He has d gift for organization and
| administration. To him may be said
| to be due the whole train and trans
| port system Of the army. He once
| said:
ITO be ready nowadays one must
direct in advance methodically and
tenaciously all the Of the
country, all the intelligence of it's
people. all their moral energy toward
a single aim-vietory. Everything
must De organized, everything fore
seen. After hostilities have begun no
improvisation will be Of any use. What
is lacking then is lacking once for all.
And the least neglect may bring about
disaster
Just twelve months ago JOffre de-
livered an address to the pupils Of the
polytechnic SchOo at Pefpignan, close
to his native town. Remember he
said. hat organization means order,
and order lies at the base Of all prop
erly directed human effort. If you are
preparing for war and leave anything
undone what is Wantin then will be
wanting always; the smallest over
sight may act like a broken link in
the chain and defeat the end in view
These words are now written in the
hall where they were spoken AND
sem to stand out like a prophecy, fol
the speaker little thought how soor
he would be called upon to justify
, them.
!, Not the least singular part of The
; present situation is that German tao.
tics are Of the precise kind to call into
play his best powers as a counter
tactician. Fighting in trenches ant
fOrtifying the rearguard may imply
: Iong-drawn battles and lack Of specta
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: plays his strongest cards, and know:
how to wear out the enemy while hus
. banding his own reSources.
Give me 100000 more men to Kill
. and I'll finish the war in a fortnight,
is quoted as n Of his sayings. Blu
he declines to hold human life s.
cheaply. He spares his men, but tn
z result is inevitably the anne.
s"The Victory Will Be Ours"
1.-The victory will be ours" Joffr
. has spoken and France with her allie
: feels that the end will certainly be &C
!, complished at a minimum of sacri
:. flee.
" If the General can be said to hav
a hobby, it is rose cultivation. A
acquaintance who dined at headquar
ters lately asked him when the wa
will be over.
when peace is concluded tn
Genera answered. and I can &c
Al back to my roses"
e., AS in his NJ so are simpIicit
ID and directness Of purpose the main
,r spring Of every detail which regulate
ID his private life. In times of peace h
y. and his wife live in a modestly furr
rs ished fiat at No. s Rue de Michel
re Ange, Paris. There is a retiremer
l. almost amounting to secrecy in the
lie everyday life. For Gen. Joffre the sc
n cial world hardly exists. He shuns a
l. efforts of ambitious society hostess
s. to ionize him.
OF Gen. Joffre is a tremendous worke
US and is never abed after 6 a. m, sun
mer or winter. He takes his roll An
cup Of coffee in his room. dresses an
10 turns in to work by 8 O'Clock. TT
second breakfast is served at 11:3
and follows the usual rules laid dow
by French custom as to selection
dishes. Here again simplicity is tt
IN first consideration. The General usua