El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-27
FRANCE HOLDS
RESERVE FORCE
FOB THEORISTS
New War Minister Says Ma
ton Has Abundant Men
to Meet Emergency.
GERMANS NEAR
END OF RESOURCE

ARTS. France. Nov 27.-The new
- minister Of war. Gen. GaIlieni. has
- made the following statement TO
= correspondent, on the present mill
tary situation:
Without betraying any military Sc
cret I may say that our recent often
sive was very far from being our last
card. We still have all our best trumps
on hand. though we have no intention
Of playing any Of them yet
when Gen. Joffre began an offeh-
sive which could not possibly be de-
cisive at a time when Russia had bare
" begun to organize her new armies
OF millions and when England was
very far from having reached the max
imum Of her military strength. IL was
simply because we could well afford
the sacrifices we made These were
more than justified by the results
achieved.
France Will never commit the i'm
prudence Of riskins her last reserves
until the moment comes when a de-
cisive victory appears to be absolutely
certain, as far as the outcome Of any
battle may ever be looked upon as
certain beforehand
French Reserves Ready.
Throughout France our barracks and
military depots are full. New regi-
ments are being formed, and in sew
eral places We have entire, fully
trained. divisions ready who are Gag
erly awaiting the moment when they
are TO be sent TO the front can say
no more than this at the present
The general impression here is that
the lack Of first class troops is be
ginning 10 be felt in Germany. and
particularly in Sax0uy and Bavaria
Germany stan Has Reserves
In French military circles the fact
is well known that Germany still has
reserves Of Approximately two million
men but it is equally well known that
none of these troops can possibly be
called first class and that behind them
there is an absolute void Next spring
Germany viii have no more fresh
soldiers at her disposal.
The new German uniforms, though
they have fulfilled the demand OF ap-
proximate inyisibility. have proved very
disappointing in wearing qualities
They have worn very badly and any
body who has ever seen German pris-
oners passing through Paris knows that
the kaiser's troops are anything but
well dressed. not even those OF elite
corps IKE the Prussia4 Guards
one OF the minor. but at the same
time very important problems which
faces Germany is therefore how to pro-
vide within very short time four mil
lion new uniforms. If she fails, il means
that her soldiers viii shiver with cold
All winter IN llelE present AdEAeu A-AA =
forms And Germany is short OF wool
as well as Of cotton.
short OF Arms.
Nor is this ALL apparently A re-
cent telegram from Copenhagen tells
Of an accident in which a German
reservist was shot by a cOmrade who
was not familiar with the mechanism
Of the Russian rifle with which he was
I armed The story is undoubtedly true,
for Danish papers are very careful not
IL
viii Of their mighty southern neigh
Dor, but If this incident is taken TO
prove that Germany is arming part Of
her new troops with arms captured
from the enemy il points very strongly
to a shortage also in small arms in
in Germany in spite Of the immense
stores she had accumulated in her
. arsenals for years before the war