Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-08
ENGLISH EXPERT
CALLS CAMPAIGNS
TOTAL FAILURES
Major Redway Looks Situa-
ton SQuareIy in Face and
Says Reconstruction of the
Army Is Necessary,
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London. May FIT Is no use to
cry over spilled milk: let MS admit
frankly that our first and second cam
paigns against Germany have been
failures and start new ONE writes
Maj. g. w. Roadway, well known
British military expert, to the Daily
Mail, urging the seriousness of the
war situation and the necessity of a
complete reconstruction OF the British
plan of campaign on a broader and
far more intensiye basis
Major Roadway puts il even stronger.
THE contest, If now stopped, he de-
clares, would be- decided i'm favor OF
tho Austro-German alliance. German
science has been opposed by British
inertia, and science las WON
1T is very difficult to be precise in
suggestions which may SAVIOR of criti-
cism. because this war Is not British
war primarily, and our gallant ally
across the channel must always fig
ure as the senior partner in the en-
terprise. That the French have up
held their old reputation as dashing
fighters is evidenced by their losses
uncomplainingly borne; but II were
much to be desired that we could rs
easily recognize the value of General
Joffre's strategy
Major Redway's criticism of the
French campaign is that II has been
too frequently aimlcss and resultless.
lie says.
THE evasion of General Joffre last
August prevented decisive action be-
Ing fought but such evasion, OF
courfe, involved abandonment OF ter
rtory. The French evacuation of
their ten northern departments en-
ubled the Germans to extend and for
tify a frontier which now seems inn
penetrable
Behind this barrier German indus
try has assembled all manner OF
means and devices to prevent its re-
capture and to support fresh enter
prises to be undertaken at leisure. or
fcnsive strategy coupled with defen-
sive tactics has once more justified
the maxims of Napoleon and so far
as the operations on land in the west
are concerned the war Is over In
technical sense The decisive action
that was practicable last year is no
longer possible, and We need not in
quire into the causes of certain expert
ments that have cost England an army
OF more than $4,000 men during the
winter months.
1T is now not only a question OF
nerves, as the Germans told us long
ago, but a question of wits. We are
confronted with the same kind of
problem as the one that baffled us for
so long in South Africa. We have to
do with an enemy whose ways are
not our ways, and now as then, we
must consider whether ii is better to
be whipped for our fine old sporting
methods or whether we will take
leaf out Of the enemys book and beat
him at his own game.
In regard 10 tactics II ~ evident
that we should deprive ourselves of
nothing I'm the shape of weapons and
appliances that will in1ure and alarm
the enemys troops. The Hague rules
may yet serve strange purposes; the
code once broken may prove to be
category Of devlltries practiced on
those who first resorted to savage
warfare"
Major Redway would also Ike to-
see the superfluous personnel of gov
eminent weeded out and sent to tho
'front.' The censors, for example, more
than thousand in number, could
mostly be dispensed with, he thinks,
and sent to do duty in the trenches.
II Is no longer becoming to tlaunt
our luxurious habits in the face of a
world in arms, he urges "Of course,
1t would be false economy to allow
our wounded TO lie ON straw and re-
main untended for weeks, az the Ser
blans do from lack of means. But on
the other hand, census of able-bod-
led men who are employed in con-
nectioh with hospitals, ambulances,
rest camps, and recreation establish
ments would prove a revelation. Even
the occupants Of the war office, and
the hundreds of staff offices through
out the kingdom could be winnowed
with great advantage, including such
as the censors office.
The personnel attached to generals
headquarters are always too literally
bestowed, especially in camps where
operations are few and far between"