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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-05-10
Events Tonight
High class photo plays at Foxs.

High class photo plays at FoNs.
Moving pictures and vaudeville at
Keeney's.
Regular meeting OF New Britain
council Boy Scouts of America, at the
o'clock.
Meeting of the directors of the Y.
M. G. "A. at s O'Clock.
Annual meeting of st. Marks
church at 1880 o'clock.
Meeting of directors and officers Of
New Britain Christian Endcavor union
at Y. M. c. A.
Meeting OF Court Prosperity, +. of
A., in @. Z. a. NJ. hall.
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Meeting Of committee on supplies
and printing OF the common council.
Meeting Of Mattabessett tribe, 1. o.
Fl. M.
Meeting of Gerstaeclser lodge, No.
90, 1. o. @. t., In Turner hall.
Meeting Of A. w. Harvey lodge, No.
40, Ancient Order Of United Work
men, at 1s7 Arch street.
Meeting OF New Britain circle,
Com panions of the Forest, at st. Jean
de Baptiste hall.
Meeting of Court Prosperity, No. 5,
r. of A., at 277 Main street.
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Social and Dance.

why not attend social and dance
given Wed. eve, by Phcnix Guard
club at Q. U. a. M. hall, Hungerford
.court.-advt.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-05-10

Moving pictures and vaudeville at
keeney's.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-05-10

Meeting of the directors of the
M. G. "A. at s O'Clock.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-05-10

A whist will be held Thursday by
tho Holy Family circle Of ST. Marys
church.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-05-10

Annual meeting of st. Mark
church at 1880 o'clock.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-03

ut '@hf police cavalry and both foot
and horse men have beer taught the
IN.nilnblc lesson Of acting in large
units
TN" commltt"" on preparedness
urr'rs that IN future years bodies Of
police should -" int" training camps
tuI -'>'i'I weeks at u time. not only
'uy 'G'i own expert n"o. but in order
that captains 'Hd inspectors can
NIN, urIcIoul experience IN command
.u- I'r-" forces of men instead Of tho
comparatively small squads and pla-
'punS !u'" which tn" police Of the
uiu'iN -uiJ procinvts are divided.
Commissioner Wood, is now ncco-
.tItiiuE tur city property. either in the
Burou-h ui Richmond or I;ronx Bor-
ourh 10 Ice used as police training
o.mp- iu future
puv tl.uG ihat has been causing "A
GOOD deal of serious consideration AT
Headquarters L. the ~, present pos
~luiiitl that b telephone and tele-
graph system in New York might lie
.p3rIly2"d to considerable extent at
aur TIME. This situation might bc
caused los "a tornado of Sufficient power
10 wr"rk "a large number of buildings
and TO cause extensive subway cave
iu~. It would lie expected 10 follow
'iu case Of Commandment 10y an in
y. ding ou,nN.
wish tu" telegraph and Telephone
Wlt,~ uU' ul commission tn" Police
p,Ial|m,ft wu#.I ht,v faced a very
.lH..lI s'.rfluu Iu Years one by.
>uN. .,v..,.. tno read danger from
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tails or To house refugees from other
parts of the ciiy. The police commit
tee on preparedness i, now compiling
a list of surgeons who could Lee called
IN in an emergency.
liut this is only a beginning. COR
responding information has beer gath
erred and CLASSIFIED a. To- the nearest
posts Of the United states Army and
the Navy. with their forces ard equip
mcnt: the entire National Guard Of
~" state and Of the United States ,
the location and quickest means nf
reaching tho biz u wcr houses Of
the various corporations: lh"ui every
large plant wncrc power Is generated
or stored
In q moment by pulling uut a
drawer. the chief Inspector an have
atailab'" for instant u~" the location
of every depot or - .rigc plaC" uf
cNplusiN 80. tn names. addresses and
telephone numbers Of al mnuufactu-
rcrs Of explosives. distributors. e %.
tractors using such material, whether
private citizens or state ar city Off,
GERS; and of course the kind and
quality 4 such explosives * known
definitely.
by pulling out another drawer the
chief Inspector can ascertain in thirty
seconds corresponding particulars
about manufacturers and dealers In
firearms or ammunition ia Greater
New York and of the stock they
carry. as wei, a. details Of Ike nIiur,
concerning pdNnhrpkrrs VIII" lend
m nry on firearms The general sub
J,rt~ ll,adN covered 10y cara cltL-
luguo ave- a. fol. ~ AND the list Is
~cou~tnrIy hr.u- tn,Irt-rd,
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WATTS 10 YEARS FOR A RAILROAD

uuo To The stat" ut PENNSYLVANIA ia
annual Slonno luuus,s for a rlrht of
way lhrulrll 4 rocky corner Of I'ikc
rupIult. llr STATE of r~,unNlNhuia
iH. luiI oIt 81 It's treasury S15.OOU
on Ic cunt Of thhl local railroad and
ludiN uluu.s and sunirN railroad cor
pUlH'Iuu~ have" expended about 500
Goo IA spt,Smudlr experiments toward
hulllIu@ the railroad
Mad now u railroad promoter has
agreed t. huild IN electric railroad
holWrru Milford ANA lulj .Icryis.
equip operate and maintain II, and
provide power for electric lighting in
Milford, if that village will guarantee
hinu q PAYMENT of $4,000, Milford
having accepted that Offer and sub
sCr!hcd The amount, II NOW looks as il
the hope 50 long delayed is about ,n 10
rraliZ'd.'
Ciiin'd liuchui, who's" homo rs ia
Milford, - = ~uhsoril"r to the fund for
huildiu- the road. His patcrnu.
grdudfnth"r was nu" of the leading
factors in successfully opposing tho
bringing OF a railroad " Milford years
ngc.
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upon AN, am,n,u.,, nj, -
tuition or liz, uIc,tin,, ,m'"".sn 'onsfi'
convention IN rr,i.. .", mn. mere he =
tutiou.' ar ,,nnn AM. w. '"n.tt-
mitted Ia I'M, ,I,,,n.. - '"r.iioh sub
this constitution. and ,hc ,.a.r under
whether the pronos,J ,"",ha''on
tutiOn or question hn, r,..i, III '"",''-
her of vote. rruujsjtc f,r ~ " nun
nf su,i, amendment mr. ems, m""n'.nh
decision ~ such 0ue.tiou. mn, n.
IN the supreme. court Il, nm. ,I., To- ;n'-m
'''iuii III "u'h, brought within thrr.
""n,". "I,"' ,n'h election against the
'Ier,,i shall IA. = ~ ~" ,"" ,".s'"rni rem.
,nu,ul. ~" '""'t of
N'-''. 'F"Nt-''h 'u7 To- 70 'li,
ne" ''''' i'' permitting ~" ,'uI''s uf
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iug the invasion OF a hostile force, for
3 example. Then 1t would be necessary
Tor the Police department to tax"
charge Of the multitudcs of homeless
right here where We live.
What would happen, ! beg to ask.
in case ~ an invasion of our coasts
with a fleet lying of the RnckaWdN
shore and bomhardirg all of Brookiyn
and lower Manhattan aS we'll In
stantlv there would he such a panic as
We have ever experienced. bridges.
>uhways. ferries and every kind of
boat which would float would he
TANNED with people. In one day there
might Ice an iuiiuN Of 1000 .Ooo. az even
|. 10000 men. women and children
coming into Manhattan. ana coming TO
stay that's the poirt.
"Whrrc could This multitude he cared
for? How could they he fed. sheltered.
! yiuthcd' How could those who are III
he attended" How about the wounded?
Now You see one reason for this pre-
! ~pdrcdnc>~.' the CHIEF inspector con-
tluued. The Police Department would
/ reed automobiles by the Thousand to
transport these people. We would have
to know how many could br accommo-
dated in every church. public hail. the
atre. school building. museum and
other large structures. And to-day We
du know this-down to the last detail.
4 Furthermore, u stan of telephone
l 'p.rItorS. with these cards Distribute
''ll"I- 'h"in' Al "h'" could h"tiiN
'll"Sr ~ charge "t an these hulld!rES
~" il'''' ready u" receive :" many
scores or =" many hundf'dN "i i"fu-
-''S
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other large structures. Parks are be-
ing mapped both in Manhattan and
Long Island. and far NJ into The
Bronx. where refugee camps could
he established IN time Of need. and
ali the vast and intricate machinery
for maintaining such camps is being
Systematically plotted
Recently the a]ntiuuatCd gun ru
the harbor boats were turned in al
the Navy Department issued IN thril
place machine guns uf the latest an
most efficient tyne.
Finally, in a certain drawer go. .
steel. frcproof cabinet At Police
Headquarters. are portfolios con
tanning orders in blank form. made
out in advance. and covering posi- BE-
emergencies ON a large scale. Th-'a
orders are completely filled n VIII.
tho exception of tw" blank space
one giving the number of men called
on. the other giving tho location In
which they should he rushed Tl.
blank spaces filled in and the Cfiei
Inspectors signature appended. -,
orders could lie shot instantly To Inc
officer in charge of communications
III ieduVudTl'TS THENCE u i've lld~il'Al
to any precinct in the city.
That which has been said thus
far is but the barest outline of tho
plans. Much Of the inYormattp'.
herein disclosed was obtained directly
from the office of Commissioned
Woods. The detail come, from TIE
office of the chief inspector.
In the safe del. ST ,uUlts uf ''r
department is a steel. iircpruut tilI.-
cabinet for som, III. 90" cards. Sy~-
,ematically arranged 10y suhic,' ,
And this cabinet nay be termed t1,
heart Of the whole scheme Il pnl.c'
preparedness. for ON those cards T.
the detailed information which woIl,
ne used at any point IN IN" sr"ae'
city should disaster come of what.
ever nature.
To guard against loss ur injury u'
these cards duplicates rNI,, aud tn,
are kept in safe places at CONSIDER
able distances from Police Head
quarters.
To obtain the information ON th'S'
cards has been spm.thing of a i''
in itself. Several Thousand patr :
mon and s%ergeants have been qulc.,,
gathering 1t for JuSt about = yen
The cdrds are constantly being dddct
10.
1t j. neither necessary nor ad'IHa'
bic I" civ" details of all the inf"rmd-
tion contained III tnat steel cabinet
but there L. no harm IN saying ina
drawer NJ" SO. for instance, contains
the nam" and address "t tn" Nn"'
Of every %arr"rian" Of s~'rNic"a".'
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A lIfblib. tn" capital uf lthr
M cuunty. Pennsylvania. Las
SuiScr ned the s9,,Ouo re.
uu.r,d to insure ia" building "f a.
electric railroad from l'urt I'iN.-
Milford has hrcn patiently ""ltiug Tor
railroad communication Win TIA" out
outside world for nearly seventy year,
and attempts to- s"'Iii" II have cost ~
tu hat" nearly Sl.OO0, 600, with Tin" rail-
road nu nearer butt ,aan h Wts In tn"
lcGlnuInG.
Tn. Milford aud M1tam rds l'ni'-
road Company was chartered Icy tn"
rrunsylvania Legislature ~ lSiS 1t
was urgal.zcd IN 1854 upon IN" CON-
piction Of the bridge acros the Dc!l-
ware at Port .IcrNis, which, IN" New
York and Eric Railroad Company was
Obliged to construct for the prosl'"c-
tive !roai railroad ~ u Cos' Of s>h nnh
re lurul COMPANY slept lntil 1870
when It woke ~ AMI ~suSu",tod that
another ynmpanN w's 'h"u' II" build
railroad up the valley tnI across llIIi
bridge ana 70 mad" a. attempt to be-
Gin work ON It's railroad.
The company failed before more
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F. Schmittbe rger.

Inspector Schmlttberger continued,
there would h" plenty of work for the
Police Department. | have indicated
one IT two things 10 be done.
In case uf a great influx Of p"puia-
t.nu f:um brooklyn. say, II would ~
physically impossible to take care Of
more than a very small proportion IN
buildings available. aud ~ the food
ana water problem became more acute
owing to the increase of inhabitants
difficulty would hc experienced Iu
looking after these. For which rca-
son refugee camps would have to hc
established as soon as possible. pos
Silly one in Central Park. but most Of
them in The Bronx and further away
in the ountry as the situation d.
! mandcd.
Gen. Wood tells me- tina, il is hard
Tor one officer to handle satisfactorily
\ refugee camp of more than 2,uuu
people. Therefore ii needed at any
time the police refugee camps would
be in units of not over 1000. Aud in
case of disaster throwing 1000. 600
people into Manhattan that would
mean 500 camps.
We are now at work listing available
sites for such c,mps and This IN l.
self involves a great deal. Within A
short, rim. ve viI, hay. urJ.r woy
advancement win hacking houses in
the m!ddl,. Wcsi and with -four and
! rr,In men lu,L,n. toward contracts
-. rr furnishing s.ipur,s u 'ur.e
: u,,,tIii,s srnrld me, over 10. needed
! ,no rr,,r f,im. iu i,. Cd ma of
/ ,nur.. sn,,lLI Yd,,,.,f. f.l,yy ur
a.. FIR - p,.,.nl, tn. arm, rat.uus
| DEVISED ID, t.. most ,Np,r,rr,ed
SPECIALISTS IN. th, s,ryir. und,r which
;l,. ann, a, kent .u such >ricudl pl,-
.,.,l curuit,nu IL is tu, ,l-ir., th.uu
a.. ir, vuI.l for a man ignorant of
! II ,is :, furnish one ,rttrl, If uutfl-
mrut which ,uuatcfact, i.r urtrIm...
%. other food furnished at tl, SHINE
? time
-Ntyr, If ,n,k stu,. wui .,.. r.,,m-
mo, dei which ,uuks for $50 adults
when menu. an, arran.,d ~ac,urtu.
! insstap,r Supn. e.. or co!,-. means
20 t~ra.spor;,ti,n mtt,i nr prny.urd for
/ ih, cunkins uu't,. f.. . Wo.ld hr no
small undertaking fee TRANSPORT a.d
Sc. ur l.uuu or 5uuu nf t.tm lr ,ImuS
! ran. a.. over "a large stretch Of terri
I ,,r, Fuel also Wnull hiv. 4, Ice
-. looked uui for. Nl'or pine, 20 each
camp installed sanitary matters in-
,.uu,I. shower ua,h facilities. hurir,
facilities. m,lIrrators for hnr.Iur
laiha., and ~. other refuse
"Nuoth.r matter ~comma..uY sor'-
uus attention T. connected with pu,-
,in'o invasion a, 4,nrr Clturc tir,,
In cas-, OF such an attack am lr.r.
nigh, ca,ilN strike from 'no nor ~
md rush toward New York Djy. 20.
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800. .. r.ut4 III" question shall
! thrtr he u convention 10 rev sr and amend
. tur constitutions" shall he submitted to
tire r~lrVtur~ of the state at each general
{ '%''ttnn neat ensuing the lapse 81 twenty
successive Nrir~ since the last previous
Submission |thyrrui, aud >iiaii hr submitted
Al such dthrr general elections ~ the leg
islt,ur. mrN iN law provide. In ease u
untIpTitN at the electors voting thereon
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amin ,IltmtN such ns carth-
,n,kc. flood lire extending over "A
,ru, y,ri or widespread rioting. or in
.,h, final ,VtutualitN" 90 attempted
sr,asnu h, an ou"nN. The homhard-
wont " LONE island and the flight tn
Manhattan nornugh "f l.00o, o0o or
.,co l.5oo.OuV pauic stricken men,
n,reu and children.
fl is an astonishing revelation OF
,.jce preparedness to deal with any
,os,pIc emergency. and il was made
Police headquarters IN the very
c,y when Washington dispatches ~
rur SIN announced tAit President
wilson had practically decided to ask
Congress for authority To issue bonds
to A big army and navy.
The plans of the police have been
uudpr way for on" year. They are
,ow auur aching completion. and they
| ore bcu. carried forward with the ad-
zee and approval Of the War Depart
,..r. and I've Navy Depa. tment.
A. the ou,sc, IL should he thor
o..hly understood that IN the opinion
n Commissioner Woods New York
CIV l., not facing any special danger.
"No crisis exists he says. There is
~ need Tor any 'l''@'l 10 o"c"'ne APP
Irr'rnslN' e'inl"N because pIans nave
been laid 20 cope with emergency
should 30 come AT any moment AS a
natter NJ fact New York should rest
more easily now man IN me past, Tor
The very '''S"h that TN" police are
bong i""pai'd rs never h't"re 70
al lAaf.
ei'csui'd ihtm ana ihe'f property.
There L. one 'hIhS' III" ommis-
si'n'f ddds winch ! WISH to make
pam so pam ;" d'S'ln''' mat there
can l' ~ ldin.' ihls en-
ire COMPROMISING pam LOT possible
.,N'n" -'''H INV '"in- ''in'lel'n ny
o. '"InIn.'''' on prci''r"'n'~S docs
nor m''u NAT '"' '"''c apartment
4 Is '''u''''- ~ ''''''N W. u H'''''a'A
ii"sfinIh' OF Il e~nu'2NuFlnS 10
'''.'' q 'n''''rN N'n,''ho'''
'''"I'''"'N Y, y" ''H' '""r'een
n'n''H' "'"'>,'' "">V Nno"n l" 'ne
'"n'' ' ''''' "-' ,"H III u "or'u
'0'' i H''', 'n" S"o"'n c'.S'H ma!
come Nhrn '''St expected AIS" tha'
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TN, Iur>,la, fuIlnViuG lnr ad"pii"n h'
either house nf the lrgi,Iatur" "t AM rr"-
posed amendment 10 thu r'Isti'u i"i. th'
iva house. shaft convene H. Iuthi srssi"h
for the consideration tI'It"t urI lh'f'-
after the proposal -iIHll h' considered ana
acted upon h> ,hr huu~r~ separately
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Commissioner Discloses
Plans to Meet Any
Crisis Worked Out
Under Approval of
the War Department
n, uE>WN ROOD.

80 yITIi I've knowledge of Police
w commissioner Woods an
w rulu,cmcnt IL made hcrc.
With of steps already taken
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SECTION g. The ,ni,iii, Of an election
$3.50
j. Nt''"r ~ b%nl,fn,e r. new mat.
vi 10 ula'h'ia | - to he omitted,
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Noto --M,Is In hoi,lfnCc DIV. mat
ter in brackets [ ! L. 10 O' outl.,l,
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Sn'" Matter IN hoIdfsrr 4, ns" r,i'.
ter IN brackets [ is 10 be omitted.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-06-08

the first stop Is usually made at the
Village OF waterloo. tie little steam
tram stopping directly In front OF the
building which was used by the Duke
OF Wellington for a time as headauar-
tiers It Is nova restaurant and IN
order that the American traveller may
understand that the tram VIII stop Tor
some time at this point there Is
sign on the house In English and reads
-Standstin' % This tsSdtrectly under the
French notice announcing the stop
ping of the train: inside one may see
the table and chairs used by the Brit Brit
ish coumander. and tt = quite the
,hine TO drink a glass OF rich milk
while seated at this table A uunbes
OF interesting relics. too. are On essh1-
ibttion- The. house IS well preserved
Almost opposite Wel1ington.s head
quarters Is the celebrated waterloo
church. where hundreds Of wounded
were cared for after the battle. Dur
ing the present war it has been a
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-06-08

qualities he was devoted husband
and a loyal subject His hatred OF
Napoleon was intense. and knowing
this Wellington felt sure that he could
count OF Butcher IN the Waterloo fight
II he could hold out against the
French until the arrival OF the Prus-
slams. Such were the three men who
led the forces IN that battle which
sent Napolee7 to St Helena
Gathering the Forces
at the beginning OF June. 1915. Ma
po1eon had raised an army OF 276.sse
men OF whom nearly 100000 were
ready for battle
The energy and resolution OF the
allies re-e shown by the immense
forces directed against France. al
though the Duke Of Wellington com
planned bitterly Of the inemctency OF
his army .1 have an Infamous army.
he wrote to Lord Stewart very weals
and 1u-equtpped, and an inexperienced
staff. In my opinion they are doins
nothing IN England BY the middle
Of June Wellington from all sources
had raised an army OF a. little over
los, 900 men and 196 guns They were
heterogeneous mass Of British and
Continental troops Their greatest
virtue w5 their implicit faith IN their
commander and their willingness to
carry out his orders on the minute
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-06-08

~HE famous Battle OF Waterloo
n which took place century ago
4 was fought solely for the pur-
pose Of ending the career OF Ma
spoleon Bonaparte. the greatest mill
tary genius the world has ever known
When the news Of Napo1eon's return
from Elba spread over. Europe con
gsternaion reiSned among the powers
who had been wrang1ing at Vienna
and they vowed his destruction. declar-
ing that the peace Of Europe rested
upon his downfall
For fourteen years Napoleon as
First Consul and Emperor Of France
had played a part which developed
every phase Of his character. The NIL
ftary party Of that nation idolized him
He had fed them with glory and plum
der and they repaid him with a devo-
stion such as has never been shown
by the French for any other man. and
when he returned from Elba the army
at once rallied to his standard and
restored him as ruler OF the Empire.
determining to cast their destiny with
him.
Napoleon.
There Is much discussion as to his
preparation and many writer's declare
that his old IRE Of uail1carism was gone
and that the Napoleon Of Waterloo
was far different man from the Ma
poIeon Of Austerlitz and Wagram. he
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01zzaz709~ 0Lze<TeG17c1
a170a2rel7<J
international Syndcate
On June 18th, 1915, One Of the Famous Battles Of
the World Was Fought On Belgian Soil : Men
Who Commanded the Troops : How
Napoleon Was Defeated

was 1orty-seven years OF age. had
grown corpulent and was easily tired
out The reckless exposure and IN
tense labor Of sixteen hours out. OF
twenty-fo11r In his earlier campaigns
had told upon his health and he often
slept TOO much where he once slept
too little He now hesitated to order
the death OF a. traitor, where In the
early days a man was shot on susDi-
cton. He even sought the advice OF
others "a thing unheard OF in times
gone by) and had many conferences
with the patriot Carnot When one
has had misfortunes one no longer has
confidence, which Is necessary to sue
cess" he told the old warrior before
leaving Paris to join his army Ma
poleon felt that he was working at a
dtsadvantage-he stood at bay against
world in arms
Wellington.
The Duke OF Wellington, the hero OF
the Vienna, Congress, who had been
surnanned the Iron Duke" on account
OF his physical strength and indedble
VIII, was to lead the united forces
against the French Like the majority
OF the English generals Of note he was
OF Irish birth He drst fought the
French troops IN Portugal and In
Spain, where he offered them strong
resistance. and In 1914 he fought the
battle ofTou1ouse at Souitz HIS ca
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-06-08

~M horrors OF war have always
shocked the sensibilittes OF the
& average person and whilst IN
progress its carnage and the:
misery and deprivation occasioned.
thereby have been uppermose n the
sthouEhts OF the general run OF man
kind But as time goes on and the
war IS looked upon more from Its his
torical point OF view and the part II
has played In the affairs OF nations,
the scene OF decisive battlefield be-
comes a place Of ever increasing In
terest and fascination It is then the
purely personal phase is lost sight OF
and its importance as an epoch in the
worlds history becomes more pro
nounced One can study the marches
and counter-marches. the charges and
repuIses and the results accomplished
not SO much as evidences OF personal
bravery or individual heroism and
spatr3otism, but rather as they may
have anected the destiny Of some mil
ftary chtefradn or the tnordinate am
sbfdon OF some 1mpertous nation
such q scene Is waterloo. the bat
tiedeId that finally crushed the almost
unconquerabIe Napoleon and estab-