New Britain herald., 1915-04-07

CCorrespondence of the Associated Press)
 London, March 27.--The eighth 1n- stalment of the French official re- View of the war, previous chapters of which have been given by the As sociated Press takes Up the German losses of officers. the wastage og guns and proiectiles. and "The moral vast age of the German army"
 The chapter on losses of officers be- gins with the statement that the con- dition of the Cadres. or basic or ganizations, in the German army IS bad. The proportion of officers, and notably of officers by profession, has been enormously reduced. it says, ana report made in December shows that in a total of 125 companies. ac- stive or reserve, there were only 43 officers of the active army. The ac- tive regiments have at the present time, according to the reviews an average of twelve professional oili- cers, the reserve regiments nine to ten the reserve regiments of new for nation six to sven: and 1t is to be re- membered that these officers have to be drawn upon afresh for the crea- ton of new units.
 Number Very Insufficient.
 If Germany creates new army corps and if the war lasts ten months 1t continues, "she will reduce to noth- ing the number of professional offt- cers in each regiment a number which already is very insufficient"
 The French report points out that, on the other hand, all the French regiments have been constantly kelt at minimum figure of eighteen pro- fessional officers per regiment. At the same time it admits that the com- manders of German corps, command CTS of active battalions and the off, cers to the commanders of army corps are officers by profession.
 German Losses in Artillery.
 The French report then addresses itself to the wastage of material. Dis cussing the wastage of guns, it says: Ut is easy to acertain the German losses in artillery. On December 2S, the SiXty-sixth regiment of artillery entrained at Courtrai for Germany twenty-two guns, of which eighteen were used up. This figure is extreme ly high for d single regiment.
 "The same facts have been ascer- tained as regards heavy artillery. On December 21 and 22, seventy-seven guns of heavy artillery which were no longer serviceable were sent to Coll ogne. These movements. which are not isolated facts, show how lilly the German artillery has resisted the or deal of the campaign.
 Tubes Are Worn.
 -"Other proofs, moreover. are de- cisive3 For some weeks we have noted the very peculiar aspect of the mark ing on the bands of a great number of shells of the 77 gun. When these markings are compared with those of shells fired three months ago it is plain beyond all question that the tubes are worn and that many of them require to be replaced. This loss in guns is aggravated by the necessity which has arisen of drawing upon the original army corps for the guns assigned to the recently formed corps or those in course of forma- ton. Several regiments of field artil- lery have in fact had to give up two batteries. ,f..a ,,.
 These two phenomena--weari out of material and drafts upon bat teIies-will inevitably result either in the reduction of batteries from six to four guns, reduction of the number of batteries in the army corps, or the partial substitution for 77 guns of centimetre cannon of the old pattern, the presence of which has