The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-21


The old adage that 1t is an III
wind which falls to blow good TO
someone has seldom been better IL.
Illustrated than In the case OF the
lEuropean war and the lessons when
| it has taught the military services OF
the United States.
Prior to the commencement OF the,
IconEict abroad, this country, in COM
mon with other world powers. real1z-
ed that its military equipment was
not exactly up-to-date. SO far as EN-
cheney and preparedness Went Wars
have to be fOUKA1 IN order to pre-
pare for war. and there had been no
conflict of any size since the Russo
Japanese war, the lessons of which
became ant.Quated and obsolete
within the decade which followed.
| The entire world realized that their
military and naval ornaments need
perfect them, but nNe oe the powers
desired to be the teach ers-all wish
ed to be pupils in the school of Mars.
Then the European war broke and
the United States was left in the en-
Iyfable position Of being the largest
scholar, taking course in the max
ing of war from faculty of ex-
| without cost. The greatest war in
the history of the world was being
fought and all Uncle Sam had to do
to benefit by the experience OF ma
| lions that were spending millions OF
dollars q day In the field was to
send few military experts abroad
to study the new weapons Of war
Experts Sent.
Always on the lookout for any
opportunity for benef1ttfng the hun-
bred million persons who owe ale
glance to the Stars and Stripes, the
government dispatched a small corps
of military experts to the seat of war
soon after the firss declaration OF
hostilities and the reports of these
oncers have insured the United
States against lack OF preparation IN
military matters for years to come.
So. when President Wilson called
upon his military experts for re-
commentators with the idea In
mind Of asking Congress to give him
a larger army and navy. those ex-
perts had the 1SGzt information at
their finger tips.
Holding first place among the les
sons they had learned, is the mos
dern method of feeding an army In
time of war, method which has un-
dergone vast improvements within
the last three decades.
III was formerly LuS C4SIOnA
furnish soldiers in the field with
their rations in an uncooked state
The troops prepared their food over
camp fires. using their own utensils
for the purpose. But camp fires are
no longer lighted-they provide en-
tirely too good a target for the
enemy's 1ong-range artillery ana
fire of the Civil war period has
passed into history together with the
tented cities which housed the sleep
ing troops. Nowadays the soldiers
light their way with electric dash
lights and sleep in the trenches.
Range on Wheels.
AS it is hardly practicable to COOK
some other method had to be sub
stituted for preparing the rations OF
the troops. The modern field kitchen
an enormous cooking range on
wheels, capable of preparing the
food for hundreds of soldiers was
the improvement finally adopted
abroad and the result has exceeded
all expeditions.
In the first place the field kitchen
has done avs with the intestinal
disorders and stomach troubles that
troops suffered from so extensively
when they cooked their own food.
Men who had fought hard ana
marched all day were usually too
tired at night to give their atten-
tion to cooking: In conseq gu ,1,s
they provided themselves with any
makeshift and ran down physically
"a a result. The field kitchen now
supplies them with hot nutritious
food. well cooked and appetizingy
served. ~
the trenches is certain to recelve
his 1no1 coffee and bread in the morn
ing a substantial MONDAY meal, and
n supper that will help him recuper-
ate from the 1abors of the day. Be
cause of this he has a greater pny-