New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-11
English Barry No Dead.

The commanding general confirmed
the following grewsome story when
one of his staff officers had told me:
The English apparently do not
bother 10 bury their dead but let
them lie. We are still burylng Eng,
Hsh who fell on September IA ana
later. We found and buried two only
Yesterday That the abandonment Oh
fbeir dead is deliberate Is indicated
nv the fact that we have found the
bodies Of dead English soldiers in cor
ners and hooks of the approaches 10
the English trenches where the wound
cd had evidently crawled TO die, ana
whore their comrades must constantly
have PASSED them and seen them"
More generals were met during a
,.isit IA the "office building of the
Creat General staff in the great head
Quarters Here. too. | was allowed TO
a>ornine the historic room where,
sronrd large mahogany table, the
cbicfs of the staff hold their daily con
foronces. al which the Kaiser himself
;s often present. 4 huge map OF France
.and slice Of Belgium covered the
table and hung down to the moor on
either side. noted with interest Illa1
il was French Genera STAFF map On
one wall hung another map showing
the exact location OF all the armfes III
the west. A.
In the unavoidable absence OF inc
combination Chief OF Stan ana val
Minister, Won Falkenhayn' inc hGw
ouartermaster general, Won WIG uIu
the honors in the long Louis ~ room
,pbere the Great General stan eats 10
oatber~an interesting sight, for IT
Tenresents the roundup of the brains
~ lTcneTdl Won
Wild. until his promotion, commanded
a Givisiou against the English at fpres
and spoke in generous terms OF ms OPP
THE English are excellent fighters
10 eeid 81 have walked over many OF
tbe battlefelds in the north-grewSoIne
s;obts beyond words to describe FROM
- .aw. | am convinced that the
Englisb losses have been much heavier
General Won Will said that puzzling
.nd unexplainable feature OF these PAT,
tIefelds was that so many oil the uea i
,rore found lying on their backs, witH
rigid arms stretched stralght up to"aiu
beaven-a CHASTITY Spectacle
Here. too, was German genera VIM
lnew more about the American army
tbau most Americans, the baVaIiaI
General Zoelner, the Great uehSr"I
Staf's specialist on Americana, ana u
was interesting to note that III SP'e
of its own pressing problems 'ne ~
oral staff is still taking a Keen
-, .bo.e of America and deriving VAIN
able lessons. ,t,. ;,+orested
=. ,bc Mexican troubles" General
/ ZoolIner said. "To my mind, the lesson
For America is the need OF large
tending army. was particularly, I'M
,,rossed bv the speed Of your mooill]"-
,;on and your dispatch in landing YOU
e,.nad;,ionarv force at vera CruI'
- 'also especially interested IN your
sriordid Texas cavalry division we
! - Nothing like it III the German
IN, because such a body OF men
conid not be developed in closely ser
F Ia conntrv. You may not know tha'
o,l,. a short time before beng sent 10
+ Nexico the Texas cavalry had Ieo.. u,'a
/ =. brard new drill and exercise lhstIuV
/ lions. but in spite OF tins tney acqui'-
tod themselves splendidly, showing 'ne
remarkable adaptability OF your SUI
diers. 800. ortiIloyv as
Infantry regiments 20 Mexico you All
ticipated US in a rather simliar uSe 1rt,
onr marine divisions on the coast. ne
most valuable lesson we have learned iIl;
from you is typhus vaccination ms NE
we owe TO the American army pc
lieve it goes back TO the fact 'hat y1u'
! General Wood was mediea, man w
fore becoming Chief Of Stall.
General Zoellner minated tnat NV
whole German army either had Deeh OF
was being vaccinated against iypho,u
on the American plan. "And mere -
! also a very American flavor about oui
volunteer automobile corps their ga.
and speed. They have learned '""'
from you Americans he coneIuu'"
War Run by Telephone.
My previously formed suspicious iaie
the Germans were making war on the