The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-23
The British Army Needs
A General Grant
louisville. Cky.D, Post.

RE london Times says editorially
mat he only thing the matter with
III british army is the timidiv Of
.eg.e Of thee Ulcers of he highest
rank.
II timidity, of course, no lack of
phy.:cal courage is implied The
ENGLISH officers of all degrees have,
from the beginning, exposed them
selyes TO danger and death with a
berntsm that would be altoeet
sn,r.did, if the idea did not occas-
ionally suggest itself that some of it
mas been foolish. The motality
among British officers has far sur
rassed that of any other army
German. French, Austrian, Russion
or Italian.
II seems to be achieved, however
,ba1 somewhere near the top, no.
ably in the Western section, some
NJ the higher British officers have.
sin, last April, hesitated to take
hose risks with their men that are
parable from great successes. On
6s German side none of this hui
uaanty or caution, call it what you
VIII prevails Food for cannon"
Was the popular term for German
r.rrGits at the beginning of the war,
md German soldiers have been re-
aired again and AGAIN to sacrifice
themselves in thousands before their
amnanders would abandon plans,
ViIicl seemed from the first destined
fliure.
Slaco the beginning of the war the
ar. Il and French armies have
a two great drives at the Ger
man line One began with the fight
Ntuye Chapelle in April; the
.s.r. more carefully prepared for.
Wa, laCnched against Loos Sep
amber | and ended three weeks la
,er with nothing more tangible than
,H.a successes FREQ discussion in
H. british press of the fighting
araal.G I.oos is not yet permitted,
III The facts concerning Neuyc
ti pelle and after are beginning to
made known and to be com
/ upon without official dis
ro'al.
f,1 things are definitely known
the iighting at Neuvc Chap
First. it is admitted that the
@ i attack pierced the German
second. it is not disputed that
nst successes, considerable as
we're, were not fruitful OF re-
The British column carried
llIiu before it for several days
a thgu slowed mp What was the
sr9 Lack Of ammunition, say
,aa lack OF commanders who were
flred to sacrifice hundreds or
sands Of men, if necessary to
STRIDE a decisive blow, say othsr
Mi Asquith has promised in Par
Gglreut that all the facts concern
.ug the Neuve Chapalle and Loos en-
-aments will be given at the prop
r time and. in the meantime, the
recall Of the British commandments
aiet is being accepted by many as
proof conclusive that the real trou-
BE has been the inability to press
nome successes.
TIE I.oidon newspapers aver, with
some FEASIBILITY, that what the
British army now needs is COM
manfer as General Grant of the
lnio! army in the Civil War, rather
than some brilliant statcgist. II re-
calls the epithets of butcher
thrown at General Grant when he
continued to sacrifice men by the
tens of thousands in the fights at
The Wilderness. Spottsylvania, cold
Harbnr and elsewhere, and shows
that Geieral Grant, and not his
critics, had correctly conceived the
situation and that the more mercl-
full policy was to keep pounding
away until the war was won rather
Than stopping because of the terri
Me t1sses among the men under HIM
imperial observers in other coun-
TIL will not be disposed to diner
rom this summing up. The British
army III France is now in excellent
condition.; large in numbers Wei
irsllad well equipped. and surpassed
no other army in staying pow
eTs Moreover, hundreds OF COM
neisa younger officers are coming
iarTr while at home a great army
NJ prepared 10 fill the empty
la1ss in the armies at the front
AHarently. there is not much go
IN happen until the weather
alea' in thespring. except IN the
BALKANS, but when the spring cam
pa.sa begins. the British, if they
an find a General Grant to lead
hen should be able. with the as
ss'a3ee of the French, to drive the
}es.aans back into Germany.