Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-05
Frederick Palmer Finds Sir
John French in Command
of Strong Force Fully
Equipped for War.
TOMMY ATKINS HAS
EASY LIFE IN TRENCHES
No Hatred Expressed Toward
Germans but English Are
Determined to Be TOP
Dog" in Struggle,
Frederick Palmer. who is at the
front In France for the Associated
Press sends the following.

Frederick Palmer. who is at the
front In France for the Associated
Press. sends the following:
British Headquarters in France
(vla London, March 4, $50 p. ~
For he first time accredited newspa-
per correspondents have been allowed
to enter that zone where men in
khaki speaking English hold por-
ton of the allied line.
Whore the trench crosses the road,
the French and British are elbow to
elbow fighting the Germans French
peasants and villagers are living and
working under shell fire, neighbors
to the British guns concealed from
aer0panes, which shake their houses
as they fire. Signs in English at
the French cross roads give dreC-
tlons to traffic and all French names
are pronounced according to the
English spelling so that the soldiers
and officers will not fail to under
stand them.
British Resources immense.
one is impressed with the immen-
sity of the British resources, the num-
bers Of motor trucks and the com
pleteness and thoroughness of all the
equipment. All food and all supplies
are brought from England while the
French shops are thriving on the
English Injuries wnicn they sell to
the troops.
The French are learning to say
"top dog" That expression was the
one most often heard the first day
the correspondent arrived at the
front from both officers and men.
TOP dog now" says Tommy At
kns" and the generals. one gets it
in the broad Scotch, Irish and cock
ney accent and in broken French. 1t
expressed the opinion that a turn
in the tide has come and that the
worst is behind them.
Artillery Fire stronger.
The British artillery fire, which
was weaker earlier in the campaign,
now is stronger all along the line than
that of the Germans. once the cor
Respondents were permitted to visit
the British line everybody talked with
perfect frankness concerning the OPP
eratlons and instead of the late starts
and the long lunches, dinners and
other functions which characterize
such tours, they are usually awakened
at $3.50 O'Clock in the morning and
kept going until o'clock at night
with the first aid packages served
out at the breakfast table.
One might think from the stability
of all the appointments that the Brit
ish had no expectation except for a
long war; yet the universal opinion
is that the fall will see victory and
the end
Excellence OF Air Service.
The thin line which held in the de-
Tense of the channel ports is now
deep.
One is surprised at the excellence
Of the aeroplane service when 1t is
realized that the corps is only three
years old. This is not due to the su-
perior flying of the British airmen,
but the thoroughness of the equip
ment and mechanical development.
Everything but the actual manufac-
ture Of the engines is being done at
the front. The engines are assem-
bed and the wings made in different
shops near the aeroplane base. sue
cessful reconnaissance with air craft
has now become matter of mechan-
ical care and organization. the
British aviator seems keenly to enjoy
these maneuvers and the chance TO
chase an enemy machine.
Health I'm Trenches Good.
The official medical corps showed