Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-21
Returning American Also Says
Allies Will Have 100000
Fresh Men.
RIFLE EXPERT APPALLED,
AT WARS GREAT WASTE
John W. Hessian Says Motor Cars
Last But Nine Days and French
Have Best Bullet.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

| SPECIAL dispatch to Inc Star
| PHILADELPHIA, Pa. March 20
| when spring opens in earnest the war in
Europe will develop fury and proportion
| that will make what has already passed
! in this epoch-making and stupendous
struggle of the European nations seem
| weak and puny by comparison
| Five million fresh allied troops which
| have never yet been SCARED by the marks
of battle In this great war will be thrown
against the German forces in France and
Belgium, with Lord Kitchener. the great
English military organizer. who up to this
time has been content to direct opera
\ tions from London, in supreme command
in the field
| The foregoing is part of a remarkable
statement of European war conditions
and developments made today by John
w. Hessian of Bridgeport. Conn. one of
Americas greatest military and sporting
rifle shots and experts, holder of numer-
Gus world records. who has but recently
| returned from a business trip that
| brought him into official contact with the
English, French and Belgian military
authorities from London clear out to the
tattle lines. Mr. Hessian's mission and
his knowledge of military matters and
the opportunities he had for obtaining
first-hand information and material make
his statement one of the most remarkable
yet produced by the war.
'Convinced" the Allies.
Mr.. Hessan proved to the American
military authorities the wonderful pos
sibilities Of American rifles and am
munitton in the past few years. A part
of his mission abroad was to convince
| the allies likewise, in which he was more
than Successful.
This noted rife experts trip abroad
Of study tSa OF as tss
! armies. he being the first expert to
have this opportunity. He talked with
the leading military authorities in
i battle front. ont He vas was taken along the
battle front in France and into Bel
GUM and allowed chance to see for
himself the condition Of affairs.
His statements as to the great body
France have prepared to throw at the
Germans in q last desperate effort to
drive them from French and Belgian
soil are first-hand confirmation Of the
rumors to this effect that have reached
this country. His assertion that Lord
Kitchener would take personal COM
mand Of the troops is also startling
news. as 1t has all along been main
tanned that this warrior would not
leave England under any conditions.
.
Mr.. Hessians statement follows:
France now has two million new
fighting men who have been carefully
held in leash for a last big drive at
the Germans. These men are being
moved up to the front so that a big
movement can be started all along the
line. England will have three million
more men in the fray when this move
begins. Nearly a million and a half of
these men have been sent across the
English channel in the last few months
and the rest are being rushed across
every day. This movement Of troops
is one of the most marvellous things
about the war, not single man hav-
ing yet been lost.
The most appalling thing about the
great conflict Is the absolute disregard
for material. both human and mechan-
lcal.. Men are being killed and broken
by the millions. Those who can be
saved are patched up and thrown back
| into the fight again, while the conn
| tries are being secured for fresh mate
rial. 1t Is almost too staggering a fig
ure to imagine the amount of guns.
shells and other kinds of war equip
ment that Is being reduced to junk
every hour of the fight
Tells Of Big New English Guns.
But little has been permitted to leak
, other side. Of the preparati tions that
England and France. but particularly
the former, are making for the main
drive In the spring. One of these things
that has consumed the English atten-
tion has been the making of great
field guns to; outshoot the marvellous
forty-two-centimeter guns of the Teu-
| tons. Leading English authorities ad
| mitted to me that they are going to
give the Germans surprise In this re-
spect as soon as operations DIRE opened
up. The English have rushed to com
| pletion number OF. big guns that will
shoot as accurately and at least a mile
| and a half further than the greatest
the Germans have produced This. If
1t proves out, will make a vast dinfer
ence in the fighting along the French
| front.
England has also not been idle in
the matter of submarines. The Brit
! ish have been taught lesson by the
| Germans that they will long remem-
ber. Since the first successful German
| operations last fall the English navy
yards have been working night and
day to turn out larger and speedier
submarine boats than those of the Ger
| mans. and they are going to meet the
enemy at his own game. These new
English boats have the marvellous
| speed of thirty-one knots an hour.
| which will make them not only faster
| than the best German boats, but also
able to outfoot the best cruisers and
battleships. Besides they will have a
| greater cruising radius.
| Fruitless Aerial Attacks.
| "In aerial attacks the war has been
fruitless from what / could observe.
! The aircraft have failed as an offensive
arm of the service. However. they have
been of unreasonable advantage for
reconnoitering and for range fndiax
in artillery work. In the latter respect
they have been wonderful aids They
have made possible the accuracy of ali
the great. long range guns that have
done 10 much execution in this war.
However, the English are going to
make one more try at the air fighting
and raiding work and for this purpose
have prepared a new fleet Of aero
planes with the tremendous speed of
| l20 miles an hour. This will make
| them by far the fastest things in the
air.
Probably nothing has so impressed
| me with the terrific waste and wreck
| age of this war as the wholesale de-
| struction Of millions of dollars worth
of military motor cars and motor
i T. l.