The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-02-20
Q NOW DRIVING CAR FOR GEN
GRAL JoFFRE ON BATTLE
FIELDS.
lives Inside Information From the
Western Scene OF Battie-Grest
Dislike for Germana

INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 1s-Georses
solicit Europeis road racing cham
pion. and q participant In the last
iOo-mfie race at Indianapolis. who Is
low driving a car for General Joffre,
owes a inside view OF war conditions
N a letter TO officials OF the speedway
,ere. Inasmuch a. Bollot has been
constantly Al the front since the war
,egan. his words carry more than
ordinary interest They are In part.
" follows.
Since the 9th of July I have been
constantly on the road, flying form
me point 20 another, with very little
money over here. It's life.
The driving OF cars inside the
aghting arena has become a tremen-
dous work as well as a dangerous one.
With annons and all the artillery
stan. with lorries carrying food ana
buses carrying troops. the roads have
been unable TO stand the strain. So
with the rain we have had lately 10
looks a II we were touring in the
bed OF a river instead OF road. You
can imagine what a job IL f. when
you have to be at such a place at an
appointed time and that you are held
up on the road with your car stuck
In the mud as far as your back axle.
We couldn't half get along but for
horses and chains TO pull US out"
Don't Like Germans
Bonlot's feeling against the German.
naturally. Is very bitter. He describes
the methods employed by his coun-
tryis foes as follows
Naturally. fresh news OF the war
Is something ! cannot give. / can tell
you, however. that you can have no
Idea OF what IL r. like and with what
cruel enemies we have to deal with.
II do not know what is Americas
opinion about the war and what news
o can read about Il. I give you my
word that in all the trips | have made
/ have been able TO see such horrors
committed by the Germans that no
civilized man can think OF. In telling
you that after their passage not one
soul neither one stone stand up, you
will understand how cruel IL Is for the
inonensive folk. ! have lived one
rear In Germany. | should lot have
thought that such a country would dis
honor itself in such a way.
Expects Victory.
A the beginning OF the war we stood
with difficulty against the number OF
men and guns that were coming With
tremendous speed on Paris. Since our
great victory. things have altered. and
Il is absolutely impossible for France
now not to be victorious"
In concluding. Boillot gives some
personal news Of his former racing
teammates, GouI and Rigal. and, in,
cidentally. states he has been trying
70 get away for the next indianapolis
50O-mile rahe. but, 10 date. has beer
unsuccessful. He says:
'Goux is still at BelfOrt In very good
health. ! have seen him twice in six
months. AS you know already, Rigal
and my brother are with me at the
General headquarters. You can i'm
aeine with what JOY we welcome the
return OF anyone OF us after a week
or " OF absence on a trip amid the
shells on the front. One never knows
II he will come back alive or not.
i should like very much to 20 "a
America TO ace this year. / an
doing all ! can to obtain two or three
months leave from the army. But II
Is very difficult IL not impossible tc
get IL, for you must not forget that
eny Frenchman is not master OF him
self in these dreadful times OF war
IL ] succeed in my request Goux and
] will go with the last Lyons Grand
Prix racers. Meanwhile, II you want
20 do m betting, you can wager ali
Tou own, even your trousers buttons
ON the chance OF France and hei
allies"