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S.I.srspbiiae Eutis.H.

Sulpmau Ban SSeQ, Der in ben
Sahren 1902 uu0 1903 ungariIher
9remiermiriiter mar, 1T am WtoNtag
in Suodpeit aeItprbeN.
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major Sug6 Stott.
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BON RoOo QleraHbria iino isBt an Dsrs
i4isOensH guHtten al Der Dei6fel an
aefpmmen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-10
Captured Russian RIFLES

His is only one Of many similar
= cases. By degrees. the regular officers
have been reduced or sent back to the
cities to 'recuperate' or, unable to
stand the stigma of reduction, nave re-
signed.
Sx
This succession Of promotions ac-
counts for the many peacock officers in
Vienna and Budapest. The streets are
overrun with them, the coffee houses
are ag1ow with their blue, red, orange
and gold colors and the clank of their
bright swords may. be heard wherever
there is festiyity.
One would suppose that these off,
GERS would volunteer their services in
training recruits; but such is not the
case. They could at least teach the
youngsters the manual of arms or the
parade mapeuvers which are essential
and in which they are so very pro
f1cient; but in all my tramps about the
training camps / failed to see more
than half dozen of these officers rem
soldier is trained from the time he pre-
sents himself until the time he leaves
by sergeant or another private who
work without supervision of any kind
The fall of Przemysl marks one of
the saddest disappofntments in Austria'S
military history. 1t was not the cap
ture of the fortress so much as the
cause thereof. and the great loss of men
unnecessarily occasioned thereby. AS
the world knows. Przemysl was manned
by an enormous army of At fighting
men and experienced generals and SUBJ
ordinate officers who had seen years of
service and were supposed to be ac-
quainted with all the modern schemes
of warfare.
When the Russians approached with
in striking distance. the press of Aus
tria continued to inform the world that
the fortress could not fall. It was i'm
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Critics in the Gallery.

ID OBERT w. CHAMBERS, the novel;
Nv list, said at the Century Club. in
New York:
I'VE novelsts have got to remember
that the public. while claiming stoutly
to like truth and realism, really likes
really likes-well, here's a story:
Two women stood in queue watt
ing to get in to see a melodrama.
-'Thisll be a good show, said the
first woman. Life, you know. Real
life. Nothin' overdone.
".Yes, 1 like life. too said the other
woman. L don't want to be put to
sleep, though. Still, 1 can't stand
nothin' far-fetched.'
Same here said the first woman.
And then they went in and sat
through five acts wherein the hero
killed thirty-six Kaffirs with his naked
hand. found diamond as big as Q
ducks egg, smashed with his revolver
from a mile away the bottle of poison
that the beautiful heroine was about
to swallow rather than yield to the
Establishments of the villain, and final
ly killed the latter in an aeroplane
duel, slightly off stage. inheriting
later an unexpected dukedom. and so
forth and so on.
when the curtain fell to the sound
of wedding bells the two women looked
at each other with glistening eyes.
"'Grand, wasn't it?' said the first.
Life, real life eh?'
You bet said the second. That's
life. that is. Nothin' far-fetched or
oyerdone'"
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despite the incompetence of their Off
GERS. often went off in squads and
fought Independently to the last man.
Were the Austrian soldiers prepared
for this war;" was asked.
Eyes, and no. The common soldiers
were trained to the highest point of
efficiency; but, in my opinion, grave
error was made in not devoting equal
altered conditions of tactics and
strategy have marked an entirely new
phase in the history Of warfare, and
the call on the executive has ad-
ments of the private soldier have di-
minished.
I'm the old days fen fought indi-
vidually: that is, each soldier selected
an opponent and endeavored to stab or
club him to death: but now, fighting
miles apart. seldom sighting an enemy.
the common soldier is no more than a
puppet, a manikin bounced on the knee
of his superior.
"As a result, in most cases the sue
cess or failure of a division depends
entirely upon its officers, who are in
a position to observe what is transpir-
ing, what is needed and what to do
under changing conditions.
This brings US to the natural con-
clusion that the first failure of the
Adrian army rests upon the Shout
ders of its officers. and this attitude is
not difficult of defense.
Always in Austria has there been
a certain halo about the gaudy, rich
son officers, a halo or superstition tnat
has spoiled those who already held the
coveted positions and sent into the mil
itary as officers any incompetents who
craved the worship of the civilians.
These men, frequenters of coffee
houses and winerooms, have gone
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= "a 1olTr1AN Z oeRF7AN

long at intervals of fifteen minutes.
You would hear most unearthly
scream, then a gigantic explosion. and
big building would go down in a
pile of brick and dust. burying whoever
might be near. The third day we had
to leave our billet for the open field.
The shellfire increased. That night we
marched back to the trenches, and 1t
was a relief to escape from that town.
"Then began a long stay of fourteen
days in the trenches. We were safe
enough, for we were too close to be
shelled, but we lost a number of men
in our support trenches. All this time
the battle was going on on both sides
of us, but had left us untouched But
May they had pushed the part of the
line held by the French so far back
that the Canadians had to retire. This
left our division. the 9th. in very great
danger of being cut of and captured.
So We had to retire, which movement
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ted for them to defend and they
were slain by the thousand. Lines of
communication were -inadequately
guarded and the wildly galloping Cos
sacks cut out regiment after regiment
like cows on the plains. Precious time
was utilized to bring up wine and deli
cacies for the officers while privates
hungered for bread in their filthy
trenches.
Equipped with perfect knowledge
of proper dress requirements, but tg-
norant of the latest correct means Of
making line of defense sanitary, the
officers in command figuratively MUIR
dered hundreds of healthy boys in blue
who were eager to go forth and bring
victory home to their country. 1t
sounds bitter, and one might suppose
that 1 am biased; but 1 am not. and it
is all too true.
But there was a rift in the clouds.
Officers of the reserve were called to
the colors, men who had served their
time in the army as privates, and later
officers, without desire for the social
honors to be gained thereby. These
were the men who. because of love of
service. had risen from the ranks with
out influence or money, and, later.
when they had returned to business,
still continued to manifest interest in
things military and studied in their
leisure all the valuable data and in
formation gained by other countries at
war.
"It was said in Vienna that one sue
cessful reserve officer, of whom I shall
have more to say presently, could cite
every move in Gen. Lees campaigns in
the civil war, and knew more about the
larger aspects of the English war on
the Beers than many officers who had
been on the ground.
These were the men who turned the
tide of defeat to victory. They came
from banks, from stores, from farms.
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generally recognized as the greatest
machine-gun operator in Canada's ia
nous reg ment of heroes is considered
browning honor by this Missouri lad
of twenty-six years. Moreover, he
should know, for into his short life
has been crowded the full score of ad-
venture. excitement. good-fellowship,
and al-round experience that has
come the way of any soldier of for
tune" even one of twice Richardson's
years
Wherever the cannon booms and the
rifles bark, this American boy, who en-
bodies in real life the type of moving
picture hero or the soldier of fortune
one reads about but never sees, is
pretty sure to turn up sooner or later
and 1t is generally sooner. Along the
Rio Grande he is known by thousands
OF the adventurous souls who populate
that picturesque and very troublesome
stretch of territory. From Browns
willie to Nogales there is not a dug
out or an adobe hut that does not
know him. Army officers of the United
States will tell you that he is the
real thing. brave as a lion. gentle as
the gentlest woman and considerable Of
every one. except poss! bly, himself.
His friends are legion. and among
them the comma nder- in chief of
the United States Atlantic fleet, Gen.
Scott, the chief of the general staff of
the army. and Gen. Fred Funston. the
little Kansas fighter now managing
the Mexican border situation for
Uncle Sam. In Mexico he was the
crack machine-gun man of the whole
country, and the same was true of him
when he was fighting in Central Amer
lea or elsewhere where revolutions are
the fashion.
So 1t came about that when Europe
went to war. Tracy lost no time in
hiking" to Canada The Princess Pa
tricia's had been recruited to war
strength and was about to sail. To the
colonel commanding went Richardson
Modestly he told his story, letter or
two from some American friends were
presented, and when "A few days later
the Princess Pats sailed for France
and death and glory Richardson was
member of the machine-gun section.
The Canadians quickly found out that
he was the real thing when 1t came to
lighting, and that HIS peer as a ma
chine-gun operator did not exist. For
months his American friends heard not
a word from him. Then came few
letters bringing the welcome informa-
ton that he was alive but full of
holes,'' and that he was convalescing in
a British hospital and was fretfully
waiting the time when the doctors
would let him go to the front and the
ma chine guns Of the Princess Pats.
Down in Ell Paso. in Vera Cruz. at
Del Rio, AT Nogales, in Central America,
where Tracys name was a household
word. his friends had heard that he was
dead; that he had gone to glory" as
one of them put it. fighting to the last
assault. Then came the news from
Tracy himself that he was still very
much alive although considerably
holed up" as he referred to the three
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the day is drawing near for my return
to the front.
Il am pretty well shot up, but am
not a 'goner' by long shot. They
may order me before a medical board
when l get back to Flanders, and
should they rule me out of action for
good I'll come back home to Texas and
get ready perhaps for Mexico. Who
can tell? From the little l hear, things
seem to be up and doing in Mexico. and
maybe the bubble will bust yet.
There are some of our old friends
over here, among them Fred Palmer,
who is with our headquarters, l am
told. 1 hope to see him soon. Gen.
Scott wrote me a letter full of kind
ness and good wishes, and wished me
rapid recovery He is a fine soldier,
is Gen. Scott. They don't make EN-
any better Well, this is enough for
one time. Remember me to the fellows
in FL Paso'
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to work them to get the most good out
of them. and SO on"
He writes thus of the battle in
which he was wounded:
About the middle of April, about 6
o'clock, l sat about 100 yards from an
English battery of 1S-pounders. We
were waiting for our transport wag-
ons to come up to take back our guns
to the town of Ypres. where we were to
rest for few days. Just a corporal
and myself had remained behind to
watch the guns while the others had
gone to the town, about seven miles
away
Suddenly. just as it was getting
dark, we could hear a dull explosion.
and then it seemed as though mil
lion guns had opened fire. The Ger
mans had exploded a mine under Hill
so and covered a gas attack with ar
tillery.
. The English batteries were ordered
to open fire, and tho noise was some
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from shops, each ready and eager to
fight. They had not cared for the sham
of citizenship in peace; but now that
war was on. they could scarcely wait
to equip and harden for the service at
the front.
Naturally enough. when the reserve
officers arrived at the scene of fighting
they were not received cordially by
their predecessors, who. were there by
reason of birth or money. But the COM
mon soldiers hailed their coming with
delight Here were men of their kind,
men who understood and could be I'M
derstood. 1t is well known fact that
many Of those valorous but tempera-
mental Czechs deserted the commanders
assigned them to join the ranks of
soldiers fighting under" reserve officers.
And many more Czechs who deserted
to the Russians probably would have
remained had they been given an OPP
portunity to fight instead of being or
dered 70 retreat, always retreat
IAN interesting incident occurred dur
ing the retirement upon Przemysl the
first time. A reserve officer on the ex-
IRENE right wing went to his superior,
an officer of birth. ,..=
with your permission, sir, I should
like to reconnoiter tonight
You? the other cried. What are
your men for? Send sergeant and a
picked squad
Pardon. sir: but they have not been
trained for that work while l have.
May l go, sir?'
Permission was granted and the off,
Ger, who had been foreman in a ma
chine shop, returned about daylight
with several rough sketches and more
information of real value than his
superior had obtained for many days.
There were heartaches that day when
the reservist was promoted two grades
above his professional comrades.
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nH FIELD KITCHENS

through a sham study Of tactics, treat
ing it as a necessary evil and finding
no pleasure in the task. In fact, the
expression Lazy as an officer has been
used for years in Austria.
There is an anecdote often cited in
Austria before the war which con-
tains more truth than was realized
until now. A traveller was walking
with an Austrian friend through the
streets of Vienna one day when they
met a handsome, spic-and-span infan-
try officer, far above the average in
smart appearance and position.
well, Toni. how are YOU? asked
why, l have got my death war
rant
"How so?'
They have made me adjutant of the
regiment"
"But, my friend. that is desirable;
the soul of the regiment
True enough; but the bother"
There you have 1t" said the Aus
trian, turning to the traveller. Such
And these were the men, the profess
sional, rich-son officers, who led the
first disastrous drive against their
eastern enemies. On every hand con-
fronted by the newest inventions of
destruction. they were called upon to
exert their wits, to rush into execu-
ton all the hypothetical strategy they
had studied for years.
The result is history. Latest dance
steps. society small talk and brilliant
uniforms were of no avail. Ideas were
needed. Imperative; but who has heard
of single successful coup or maneu-
yer executed by the Austrian army in
the first months Of the war?
Handicapped. shackled as it were,
the common soldiers fought doggedly
on. Unfavorable positions were Sc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-10
Mans MateriaIism.

DERRY BELMONT. condemning ma
u terialism at a Newport dinner. said:
Take the average husband. Could
anything be more material than he?
Tell the average husband that his
love is growing cold, and he won't SO
much as lift his eyes from the even
ing paper.
But tell him that his consomme is
growing cold. and-zip-he's OF for the
dining room in twenty -nine-foot leapa"
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pregnable, they said; not alone did it
contain the pick of many divisions, but
1t was commanded by brave, thoroughly
efficient officers who could not be de-
ceived
THE Russians. with their peculiarly
characteristic mode of fighting, en-
croached little oy little upon the covet-
ed stronghold, seeming to believe that
it could not be taken. Now and then
they were driven back, only to return
after short respite; but not once did
they attempt to force home a sudden
assault. Foot by foot they came closer
on three sides, as If doubtful of their
ground, proceeding with a caution that
paredness. For months this continued.
WHAT was happening within
Przemysl all this time? Conditions
were going from bad to worse with
were subsisting on half rations and the
residents of the city who could not
leave were boarding their food against
a long siege The dogs and cats went
first; then the horses; and as matters
hecar,e worse. the people took to eat
ing herbs-anything to sustain them
until the promised relief could come.
1--WE must hold out at any cost tho
commanding general said. Bring in
all food
"a canvass was made and everything
edible was requisitioned except, of
course, the scanty supplies left for the
civilians. After this. did the soldiers
fare better? No! The storerooms were
packed to overlooking with the good
things, which were brought forth only
as needed for the officers mess, while
the common soldiers. the boys who
were daily giving their blood for their
country, were compelled to exist upon
food of the poorest quality and INSULT
cient for their needs.
Hundreds of them died from starya-