Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-04-17

loves his soldiers as much as he does.
Maybe the overcoat is one of his ways
.of showing IT, Anyway, he always
wears It,"
Other riders We passed Spanish
riders" the soldiers call them-gi-
'gantic sawbucks, made of logs and
spars lashed together and interlaced
with strands of barbed wire. They
are thrown across roads along which
an enemy might advance, and a
nasty obstacle they make. Copies,
suppose from the name of the light
defenscs Alva used in the Neither
lands
Reaching intrenched helds that
slope briskly to the south, we walked
|dryshod and warm through hun
dreds of rods of winding and con-
Meeting trenches, which had been dug
and sheated with wood in Just three
weeks--a remarkable record when
you took into account the numerous
stormy days and the frequent caving
of the sandy soil
A man can walk almost upright
in them without being seen from the
fields
About every twenty-five feet of
each trench had been scooped out
near the top to admit neat bit OF
Icarpentry in the form of a box into
which the men could reach for hama
grenadcs In case an enemy should
become too familiar with them. other
boxes were provided for ammunition
Dug in the side of the trench foot
above the level OF its floor are nll-
merous recesses where the men can
sit between whiles of firing. Inc
wooden floor OF the recess is provid-
ed with cleats at its outer edge So
that the men will not have To sll
with their legs sticking straight out
a most firing position--but can brace
themselves with their backs against
the wall.
These Germans think of every
thing.
| The bombproof retreats are in deep
/ heavily stockaded galleries, and tht
major in charge of the work pointed
with pride To their furnishings
! windows which look out on encircllni
trenches, white porcelain stoves
lamps. and racks and shelves 10
equipment.
The white porcelain stove brough
out from Mlawa appeared to be TN
| final touch of glory, and the nlaJo
would go up and pat it and tax To II
The trench defenses of Mlawa ar
supplemented by an elaborate system
of barb wire defenses. Fifteen me-
working eight hours day-from
10 3 only. because il gets dark so 500
can do $40 feet day OF the stah
driving and wire strinGing that mus
be carried from top to bottom OF IN
slopes in front of the trenches.
All the barb wire of the orisiha
| German defenses of Mlawa was car
ried off by the Russians one night j
| mid-December when four Russial
corps having been sent against on
of the invader, the Germans withdreN
! i'm a hurry to Soldau, seven ana one
| half miles on the other side OF IN
| frontier
When the Germans got back seVera
davs later they retaliated by strippin
all the boards off the unbaked brick
in the AIlawa brickyard and usin
them to line trenches. The WINDOW
| of the brickyard's office they took I
the hospital to replace the ones IN
Russians had knocked out when the
departed. There is frightful waste J
| war. but there is good deal of sal
| wage, too
! The hoIlows below the position
| have been connected with impounde
waters so that the land can be floode
in case of a general attack. Nor
this all. A hidden fleet of moto
boats can instantly be brought INT
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