Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-12-11

marks Cs12OOooO00) in minted gold
/ coinage in storage there. This pro-
vidcs the necessary funds for the Ger
man army for ten calendar months.
The authorities have no necessity to
ask the country. warning politicians
in this instance the reichstag for
money to start campaign They
have got it ready to hand.
This money is under the sole con-
troll Of the military authorities. 1t
has often been declared myth. /
know it to be fact Notwithstand-
ing the financial straits Germany has
gone through at times, or may go
through, this money will nd.er be
touched It is there for one purpose
only and that purpose is war.
Needless to say. it IS amply guarded.
Triple posts in this garrison town, dc
vices to flood instantly the whloe UNI
der fifteen feet Of water from the
River Havel arc but items in the sys-
TEN of protection. Twice a year the
emperor or his heir apparent person
ally inspects this war chest Mechan-
ically balanced devices are employed
to check the correct weight. 1t is
mo -.I, 81 CHI mi nv
means of which in less than two hours
the whole of this vast hoard of gold
can be accurately checked and the
absence of single gold piece de-
tected.
Almost Perfect transportation FaciIi
ties.
one Of the most important parts of
the organization is the question OF
transportation. Napoleon's central |
European wars owed their success in a
great measure. if not wholly, to his .
uuickness of motion. This applies .
about tenfold in modern warfare. In
nctual armament the leading powers
Of Europe are practically on par.
Tho personnel as regards personal
stamina, or whatever you
wish to call it, is fairly equal also.
There is little difference in the in
iividual prowess of French, Russian,
English and German soldiers This
> well known to military experts
The difference is mainly a question
# dicipline, technique and prepared
,ess, the main factor being, as in
licaatcd. the ability to throw greater
lumber of troops in the shortest pos
ble time against the enemy at a Civ
II point without oXhausting man
nd beast unnecessarily and cnervat
ng the country to be traversed. 1t
IS therefore necessary to have numer-
us arteries of traffic at disposal. This
rll lead MS later to the question of
EQUALIZATION. Germany following
loosely one Of Notifies aXioms:
March separately but fight con-
,intly."
only in "a country where all rail-
Dads. highways and waterways. and
here post and telegraph are owned
rd controlled by the state is it pos
blc to evolve and perfect system
transportation such as is at the .
r1osal of tho German general star.
very mile of German railroads, esq
.ciouy the ones built within the last y
ycnty years, has been constructed
ainly for stratesical reasons.
NINETY per cent of an the railway =,
ucm are ex-soldiers. Five minutes =,
ter the signing of the mobilization ii
-ders by the emperor the whole of -
20 railway system is under direct
iHnry control Specially trained
and railway experts on 4
e general staff take over the direc- =,
,n OF affairs ~
BESIDES this there exists in Ger O.
an standing army number of Els >,
ibahn Rogemcnter railway corpse 6,
all trained railroad builders and me- p,
auics. Elaborate time tables and 70,
cards are in readiness -,
he put into operation ON the instant -,
mobilization. superseding the civic II,
ne tables of peace. Theoretically n,
ID practically the schedules are test l.,
twice "a year during the big maneu- .,
RS. -
operate Railways From One Room. al
The same applies 70 the waterways 81
a hghroads of the empire. \ keen
server will often wonder Of the IN
badness. solidness and excellent In
tie Of repair Of the chausees and DC
untry roads. out Of all proportion oy
n.