Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-04-04
Bennett Tells How TeutonS In
form Themselves Regarding
Conditions Of Country They
Are Trying to Conquer.
ADMINISTRATION MOST
COMPLETE IN DETAIL
Fight Against Dirt and Disease
More Energetic Than Is
Waged to Overcome Rus
sian Forces in Field.
my JAMES Op0NNnLL BENNETrJ

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Copyright: 1915; BY The Chicago Tribunc1
Lowicz. Russia, March 29.--Make
your widest guess as "a the number
Of maps the German government has
issued TO the army since the war be-
gan.
Making it liberal, perhaps you will
say 500, 900.
Making it lavish, perhaps you will
say 100000.
That has been my experience with
everybody Of whom have asked the
question in the last few days.
But, going as high as you dare to,
you probably won't come within
miles Of the answer nor credit the
answer when II is given.
II is-S6, 100000.
That means all kinds of maps,
large and small, of cities, towns, VIII
lagos, roads, provinces, and depart
ments I'm the parts Of the enemy's
country now occupied by German
troops. the parts Of Germany leading
into the enemy's country and the
parts of Germany now occupied by
the enemy. These last are not con-
siderable now.
Lowick Mapping Instance.
The mapping of Lowicz illustrates
the system and the extent of it.
This Russian town, containing less
than $1,000 population, and distant
more than ten hours by rail from
Berlin. has been charted and dia-
grained down to the last detail es-
sential to the guidance Of a Prussian
major to whom its twists and turns
are utterly unknown fifteen minutes
before his arrival there.
Fifteen minutes later he knows it
as well as he knows Potsdam. Clear
Is indicated to him on a convenient
sheet of glazed paper Axe inches III
size are the river, the railway lines
the streets. the squares, the two rail-
way stations, the military bureau
the hospitals, the churches, and the
prisons of LowicZ. on the little map
of Lowicz before me | count twelve
sharply indicated points They are
The commandants, the north ran
way station, the south railway sta-
ton the provision depot, the assem-
bling place for guns, munitions, etc.,
the lazarette. the information bureau
for wounded. the telephone exchange
the postal sorting station. the o1icefs
home. the casino, the guard.
A little chauvinistic remaining was
done The cathedral has become
Kaiser wilhelm Platz and the large
square at the other end of the town
is now Hindenburg Platz.
streets Named for NictOfs.
The long narrow street that con-
meets the two has likewise been
named in honor of the victor Of Tan
nenberg. Another main thOroughfare
has been given the name Of Gen. Won
Maekensen. For convenience merely
a third is called Railway Station
street. Highways running out from
the environs to important towns III
the zone of hostilitles are carefully
Iettered with names and dlstances--
Kutno forty-four kilometers; Sochae-
1ev iwenty-three kilometers; Boil
NOV. seventeen kiIometers: Skiernle-
vice twenty-one kilometers: Lodz.
stxty kiiometers. and so on TO all
points of the compass.
All this was worked out on scale
Of one TO 10000 centimeters ana the
first issue Of the I4ewicz map amount
ed to 2900 sheets.
on the army pay days, which are
the 1st, the t1th and the 2lst OF each
month. the postal station Of the town
docs a large money order business. on
the last pay day the few hundred SOL
dfers permanently garrisoned IN Lo-
wicz sent 10000 marks back 10 thelr
families in Germany.
curious fact Of the occupation y
that in certain sections Of LoWlcz tne
Germans have made the town grow.
Beyond the principal railway station
there now are rows Of houses wnere
before were vacant fields. Ihese
houses are the famous decker, or por-
table barracks, made OF asbestos pan
els set in frames Of wood anu metal
Three complete houses with tnef III
tings can be transported In one rall-
way car.
They cost 5000 marks each and are
now used principally for the housing
and care of the wounded, each house
accommodating fifty men. The ut-
tings comprise doors, windows, win
dow curtains. partitions. oiled floors.
smoke pipes, ventilators, stoves anu
hanging lamps
Houses Quickly Put Together.
The whole c0ntraptlOn can pc
hooked and screwed together in seven
hours. even BY inexperienced mens
while men who have once set up the
decker can work nluch faster tnah
that Any number Of houses can he
thrown into one. and in one group On
the outskirts of Lowicz the attendants
can pass directly from the operating
room to the Kitchen. thence to the
storeroon. thence TO the room for Of
ficers, ard thence to the long room
v here the wounded privates have got
their Blankets spread and lie DOING
in the comforting heat from two
stoves. Every room is scrupulously
clean and bright.
Surgeons, nurses and cooks are