The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-18
KAISER'S ARMY
CoOntsnusd Prom First P.sa,

nevertheless. IL represented important
lessons learned. and those lessons had
been learned in slow-going. thorough
placed German school OF practical ap-
plication. AS a consequence Il would
be no green men who soon or late
would be sent out from the relative Sc
curity OF the chateau grounds to the
actual battle line, but men who lit
orally would in more senses than one
, work like beavers" because they had
for many days been doing beavers
work OF delving and ditching and rein
forcing.
Another illustration OF the thorough
ness OF the training given the new Ger
ment levies even after they have reach
ed hostile territory confronted us when
we got back to the chateau. In what
used to be the great white and gold
drawing room there was a model in
plaster and papier mache of first. sec
ond and third line trenches. together
with their connecting galleries. their
water systems, their latrines, their OBJ
servation posts. aRd a dozen other
quirks and devices and conceits de-
signed TO make a man as safe and com
Portable as may be while he is sitting
day and night before the threats Of an
active volcano.
This model was six feet long and
four feet wide. and II disclosed itself
not only as 10 its surface but in cross
section. II was painted IN the colors OF
nature and the terrain II represented
was planted with tiny trees and mark
ed on with strategic roads and sparse
ly dotted with houses and barns.
! suppose that the reasons for and
n aranNN
the military model showed would make
couple OF long. hard chapters in a
book OF military instruction. but here
all was so vivid and apparently so sim
pie that even an unlettered civilian
could not fail to grasp the intrfcacies
OF the German system OF field fortifv.
Ing and TO be not only Immediately in
terested in but captivated by the work
Another impressive fact to ponder
upon was that the model was being ex-
hibited and studied while the tremend-
Gus Anglo French offensive was AZ it's
height only a few miles from the
chateau
Walls Hung With Sketches.
Nor had the construction OF the
model been the only occupation with
which the soldiers had contrived both
70 amuse and instruct themselves
The walls Of the chateau were hung
with sketches large and small. Some
were bold. imaginative things IN pen
CT or In pen and ink. and had for
their subject the rugged features OF
the commandant. or the good natured
countenance 81 favorite ordonnanz.
or the stately cluster OF Lombardv
poplars seen from tho windows OF tho
~ O. u la "a.
FIRE place az the end Of the room And
some were heroic things en- color
free. decorative treatments OF nr1tree
and scenes from German leronds-
knights IN full armor reecuinr dis
iressed maidens or bismarck apofhe.
osized and waiting from N cloud his
blessing 10 the long lines in rrav
streaming past the towers % Cologne
cathedral and the dome Of Cbarie
magnc'a church ~ AirIa-ChaupeIfo
and on into northern France
Sometimes contemporary figures be
loved 81 the soldiers were shown in
hnighflv apparel. and one Of those
was Ruprochf crown prince Of IA
varia. That seemed approximate Tor
bv all accounts the future king ia n
very chiyalroue gentleman ! know
him to bo simple and kIrdIv-In 90
Tar. moan. aa ono c1n estimate the
qualities ~ "a notable man from 500.
inr him for fifteen Minutes in com.
panv.
stu Shooting az Pliers.
When wc-my German friend who
bad been in America and went ont
into The chateau grounds arain the
LuftiahrzeuFabwchrFoachut wereI
r'ili barking like lcaahod dogs 90 tho