The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-14

AS 70 submarines Mr. prexel saws
England holds them lightly. and has
50 proved ~ continuing her COM
merce without serious luterruptiorl !
The submarine has not been iuyul-
herdble as was witnessed hy the re
cent sinking of 9 submerSi0le of the
Belgian coast hy L bomb dropped
rom an English aeroplare.
rom time u time the sub
marines sink : few merchant YES
IS ne sald. but they are min
teSlmally small i'll comparison with
tAe hundreds which daily and weekly
arrive IN Eneland With supplies oI
an KINDS. Germdnys dream II -t..ly- +
ing England into submission hy Y |
submarine warfare has been ..yrrh II
4 dream-nOthInS more
The submarines have deSlru, - /
many raWlers rs-they seem to ;MH.5 |.
they have accomplished much III tie
destruction Of the httle FISHING Ct.tft /
But the number OF larger ". seIS
wiped out is but small fraction u
| the total number ensa2od in carry
| ing supplies 70 England"
Troops We'll Fed
| Troops Of the Allies III the field
are We'll clothed and we'll fed said
| Mr.. DreXel, Their living conditions
| on the firing line have been greatly
| improved. Trenches now extend FOR
many miles and are all walled up.
| !
water or fight from quagmire.
Trench construction is one Of the
marVelS Of the new warfare.
| There IS virtually no resting be-
tween engagements" he continued
| ''Artillery fire continues necessarily.
day and night. And at night the Ger
mans fire 'whizz-bangs These are
| much like Fourth of July Salutes
You hear them coming with a whiZZ,
and they explode with a bang. Their
principal object seems to be MAX
ing noiso. Furthermore. at night,
both sides set off flares. They
light the battlefield almost as Wen
as the sun, and are invaluable in de-
: tecting surprise attack. Between the
is not much rest.
Mr.. Drexel takes lightly his own
part in the great drama Almost
l constantly, until i'll. he OF duty.
fitting about the battlefield IN Il
high powered motor car, carryin-, Sir
/ John French from point to point. OF
the British commander. DR.. DrClvl
speaks in the highest terms
r 1T is all pretty hard work, he
! said. while | was not in the
trenches engaged IN actual fighting
l was pretty much in the thick q
: it all the time. The hours are long
4 There is not much distinction be
: stantly on the go in the motor sen
t vice ] was just an ordinary rhauf.
n feur, but l had the chance to OBJ
d serve the whole battle, first at Ions
: range and then in close contact. VIII
f General French l came in coDtac
t big leaders of the Allies What the.
e have done is pretty we'll known t
the world. What 1 know of eacl
t personally is that each is big nlal
g in a big job-filling it capably an<
y supported by every man IN the III:
u armies of milliOns.
r Feeding the millions on the 'attle
IS fields is one Of the great big problem
" of the war, said Mr.. DreXel. IN thi
t, connection, he said that after the az
d rival of transport from Ensian'
IS there was a steady procession 70
IL four days Of motor cars and vehicle
1t of all kinds, conveying supplies i
: the front.
n Mr. DreXeI was one Of the frs
e Americans to enlist with the Allies
He crossed to France early last fal
l. and was followed shortly by his faith
l. er, Colonel Anthony ]. Drexel, grand
son of the organizer of the bankin
IS house Of Drexel & Co, of Philad,
d, phia New York, London and Paris
in Colonel DreXel arrived with the Re
l. Cross for a time, and returned i
f. the winter to New York He IA
is gone back to France, and is ae2i
is serving under the tri-color.
is OF world wide fame as an aNiato
n who held the altitude record. game
re by a flight from the Point Breez
g track in Philadelphia, young VI
ar Drexel was kept out of that SerViC
Mt because the Allies We're not then tai
OF ing Americans in the aerial arm.
In August, 191 /, Mr.. DreXel vOlur
or teered for service in the motor CO
he division, was accepted, and aSSi@ne
It to the position of chauffeur for s
a John French. In modern Warfar
it saws Mr. DreXel, the motor car play
a vital part. Dashing from one en
of the $50 miles battle line - tf
ch other it keeps the leaders IN clio:
Lr. touch with the battles every nlor
Ial and with the telephone and tel'
n graph, aids IN cO-ordlndunS u
We movement of forces.