The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-04

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units. Every problem had to be han
died In detail by men who should have
been free to direct one great, compre-
hensive movement. Every order issued
by the commanding general demanded
antolerable duplication
The general had under him command
efs OF brigade who had commanded
POSTS that contained Only fragments OF
regiments. Their brigades, never MS
.sembied in any one place. not only did
not approximate to war conditions, but
Ind TO be DISRUPTED and divided and
Eeformed before the general could dare
10 oyer them IN battle Hardly brt
Hade commander had under him troops
that he had known and trained and
handled ihimseK.
with exception of those who had
been ON the Mexican border. when q
part of the small army had been mo-
hilized In a body for the hrst time.
these men had tried to prepare them
selves with the best that congress
would give tham- battah Hons and com
panias and single batteries Instead OF
assembled armies because the poliH-
clans would not let the army come to-
gether.
The 6ogW-nine army posts OF the
Omitted States. long q subject OF de-
giaion among AL except those who fat
tened on them, might well haze been
.aymbolIzed now dn that camp by Sorty-
nine Rkeletopa-a skeleton army wait
ing to lead the other skeleton army to
death. Its.Wtsle A1e men who wish to
spend the army and navy appropEta-
tion upon unnecessary army posts or
unfit navy yards have such q voice %
well as q sNote''-fi. e., dn the house of
congress great deal OF waste and
,exnayagance Is sure toresult Henry
y. Stim8on, Former Secretary OF War;
no none was this better known than
ito.the enemy. Nhe Invaders Command
or, standing dolly With his hands in his
pockets, was able to say confide IDENTITY:
f'IheyiN not bother rs seriously. The
only thing they'll do, the only thing
they cRa do, is to retreat when we be-
gin to threaten themsn
BE held In his grip the sea, the land
and the air. 5nshore lay ships ready
to sweep part OF his front with pro-
ttective fire. On land bis advance
forces had seized roads and railroads,
his engineers were repairing what had
been destroyed, and his cavalry was
guarding all approaches. his air men,
overwhelmingly numerous, spisd ON the
American army almost with impunity
and parted with sure aerial thrusts
all American attempts to spy on their
own lines.
The aerial guard. steel breasted, with
the wings of speed and talons of fire,
could be broken only by equal num-
bers equaIly terrible. Individual .dar-
ing, individual skill were nothing
against this armored brood. Five times
American fiers rose to try 1t, and five
times they were grappled in midair
and torn with shot and dropped to the
earth far below. NO more!" said the
general in command
He sat with his chin I'm his hand
studying the dispatches that were laid
hefore him. They were piled high,
though twenty operators and half .
dozen aids struggled to eliminate from
the torrentinl confusion the news that
might he deemed most reliable.
There were messages from Washing
ton, messages from coast defenses,
messages from patrols and outpOsts,
from seopts and from company COM
mAndcrs There were Wild reports OF
enemy 3nvaeion from places so far In
land that 1t WIS palpahle that they
could not he true. There were reports
from places 80 near by tisat they might
moan dznminent danger.
Excited po1icials of towns and cities
sent long dnvalHed dispatches or hung
for Icing minutes to telephones TO ne-
count dnternninaiole tales.
One hundred thousand men had aand'
ed, according to spies who had made
their way into Fort Greble in the Mar