The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-10-24


that day on the chief ate with his
men.
The officers mess is at n requisi-
toned hotel about two squares dis
tant from staff headquarters. Lunch
is served az 1889 p. m. Precisely
at 1926 the general appears at the
door of headquarters and sets off
briskly apart toward the hotel. This
is large part of his daily portion
of physical exercise. At 1929 "a
by the clock he enters the mess hall,
shakes a few hands rapidly. If there
are any new members OF the mess,
walks TO the far end of the room and
sits down. His officers follow suit.
The trooper-waiters are waiting with
the first dish and the meal begins.
There is. for example, an omelette,
roast. salad. sweet and coffee
with the light Crimean table wine IL
| desired-else milk. kvass. the nation
al non-alcoholic drink. tea or water
| The meal lasts on an average of
35 minutes. Today General Pau.
1.-THE famous French general was a
guest of the mess and so minutes
we're allowed. Tomorrow. very
probably, lunch will be cut to 80
minutes so General Alexieff can re-
! gain some of his precious seconds.
Just as the generals sitting is the
signal for lunch to begin. his rising
is the, signal for it to end. Many a
young officer, inclined to talk and
linger over his coffee, is to be seen
pushing back his chair and rising,
drinking at gulp his neglected bev-
erage while on the rise There is
, no fooling around, no lettering. In
! three minutes the hall is empty of
] all save the walters clearing off the
; tables and the officers have gone
: back to their duties, General Alex
Jeff leading the band.
His program is hardly more varied
than that of the director of a great
: railway system working in an Of
flee in New York or Chicago He
. simply works harder. that is all. He
rises about o'clock, breakfasts
American>fashion and goes at once to
his office in the staff headquarters
building, next door to the emperor's
quarters He remains at his desk
until the car arrives around 10
o'clock, when he makes his report,
confers with the imperial command
er-in-chief, gets his instructions and
sends his dispatches. BY this time
lit is lunch time.
After lunch more office work At
6 O'Clock there may, or may not, be
military council of himself and
visiting generals from the various
sectors of the firing line. But at
1880 O'Clock he has his dinner, again
at the mess. After dinner he con-
tinues to work out the details of ma
neuvering an army in the field. He
gets to bed late and manages with
about seven hours sleep. He is a
good sleeper and drops off as soon
as his head hts the pillow on his
folding camp bed.
The generals hair is white around
the temples. sparse on top of his
head, and gray He is typical Rus
sian type, nose turned up, gray eyes
and steeiy iii their glitter. He wears
silver spectacles which loop over the
ears. His white mustaches are rather
long and outstanding, with a tenden-
Icy to turn up at the ends. On the
tunic of his khaki uniform he wears
only two decorations, one being the
white cross of st. George, awarded
for conspicuous bravery in action,
the other the red cross of Vladimir.
Officers and soldiers here hold
General Alexieff in great esteem
both personally and professionally