Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-04-14

fast If there is only one egg, he gets
il II there are two the chief of stan
gets the other The rest Of az get
bread and butter, cold sausage, ana
coffee.
Al the end of each meal the gem
cral carefully folds his napkin ana
sends II to his room. Always he is so
neat that you would think II must
hurt him.
ON the evening of my first dinner
with the staff we sat down to the Ia
bles at Tao O'Clock, and ! suppose
that. with the visiting. we ate for
good hour--vegetab soup, roast
pork. boiled potatoes. stewed fruit,
cheese. bread and butter and beer.
Camp Hospitality.
At 1890 we were still visiting
those of the officers who had not
gone away TO their work--and the
general said. "You are hungry. Sure
h Won will have bread and meat
with me. and some fresh beer2
They brought him a thick sand
witch lschnittchen) and slice OF
cheese. / was stalled and had to con-
fess il. whereat he shook his head
cutie mournfully. But his grief ala
not seem to spoil his appetite.
nv place is opposite his. so | have
had ooportunity to study him Wei
for the best part of week. He sits
solid in his chair--as picture OF utter
composure, letting the conversation
come to him. or rather be brought 70
him, for when people speak to MIN
they lean forward and bow a good
deal.
lie wears the iron cross Of both
Glasses. one on the middle OF the
breast and one over the heart. At
night. as "a sort Of special touch, ne
wears high necked waistcoat OF
pure white chamois and a whlte
stock. The cross Of the Red Eagle
rests on the channels and the effect Is
admirable.
should say he is about 50 years
old. The title by which one addresses
him Is Herr General" He would ne
"ExeeIlcnz' save for the fact that
the $4,000 men whom he commands,
though they number corps, have
not Vet been technically organized as
a corps.
Poiitest of Men.
He is. | am sure, the politest man
Ii have ever met in any country and
that phase of his character interests
me intensely because. though his
Ipollteness is always working. it never
| is oppressive. lie is not one Of those
| iddle-dee-dee dancing master gen
| tlemen.
| Somehow he makes these make
SHIFT dinners princely, makes you
| feel that they are something memo
irahle. An officer who occasionally
lists next TO me caught me narrowly
observing the general one night,
The general interests you = said
he.
.He does" ] answered Il like the
way he sees and hears everything
without seeming to-.
/ you have hit upon his quality,
said the officer Il don't know that
he is man Of genius, but he has
vast common sense.
1 Perhaps that is equivalent TO ge-
MUS ventured.
| perhaps" said the officer, ANY
tday may tell now"
In any event they have placed SUI
lren at one OF The key places on the
Russian frontier. No mediocrity gets
such a post
Monumental Composurc.
| The Composure Of the man is mon
tumental. All the life and responsive
ness of him are focused in his eyes.
when he listens he listens with abso-
lutte concentration. When there is
nothing TO which to listen he seems
miles away.
/ And yet while he appears SO obli-
vious he sees everything-wh lacks
bread. whose glass is empty, who
iprefers beer TO Wine. whether a
I .fas a
newcomer seems better 10 enjoy ciga-
iTets than cigars You would say that
he has eyes in the back OF his head.
for nothing. absolutely nothing, es-
tcapes him.
/ 1t seems To me wonderful that a
imam who has the destiny Of $4,000
men and the safeguarding Of miles
/ Of conquered territory on his mind
/ can so look to details But an officer
. tells me that 1t is precisely that fac
ultv which makes Suren a represen-
tative German general.
/ He is an ideal host in that he sees
/ to all wants. but makes no fuss
lahont il. A word or a nod Of the
I head 10 an ordonnanz and the thing
is done.
Nothing Escapes Him.
! one evening amid the din Of CON
lversation and dishes there was a
knock at the door ten feet from the
general None Of those sitting nearer
the door heard it. Bat I saw the gem
/ eral summon waiter with nod.
land when the man bent over his
shoulder he whispered. Some one
! knocked"
He is very punctliious about the
service.
Last evening he resented it when.
owing 10 the shortage of dishes and
the arrival Of two or three unexpect-
ed guests, his meat was served to him
on the same plate from which he had
eaten q bit Of preserved fish. He ut
/ tered a mild protest and another
plate was brought
One thing a German soldier cannot
! bear Is confusion. one night. when
waiter dropped fork. the general
summoned the head waiter to his side
and uttered few ominons words. In
twenty minutes the cnlprit. who was
unhappy. dropped another fork This
time The chief Of staff put in his oar
land said
You Try to carry too much at one
time
The Clumsy Matter.
Gen Suren froRned darkly. The