The Monticellonian., 1916-11-16
: MANY CHANGES
 SEEN AT FRONT
Some Mighty Hand Seems to Have Evolved Order Out
 of Chaos.
FRENCH MOVE EVER ONWARD
Marvels Accomplished in France by industry and Inventive Genius
 Pressed by Necessity-Mighty
 Construction of Artillery

London. = Ellis Ashmead- Bartlett. who recently leetured in the United States, has just returned to the west ern front after an absence of many months, and finds many changes there, he writes to London newspapers. He says, in part:
 When you enter the zone of war on the western front for the first time after long period spent in other fields Of strife, you realize at once the vast change that has come over everything You see the difference in the attitude of the French soldier in his surround lhss and equipment, and. above all. in the appearance and spirits of the civilian population.
 Turning to the machine of war it. self. some mighty hand seems suddenly to have evolved order out of chaos, and collected all the conflicting ele- ments that make up the ordinary life of nation into one vast, homogeneous force directed toward the attainment of q single end
 This terrible light blue wave is now moving in one direction from which nothing will ever divert it.
 Rolls Every Onward
 The current never stops rolling On- ward. It may be checked from time to time, its progress is often slow, and the rocks are difficult to Submerge, but ever the blue waves sweep remorse- lessly on. There is only the back cur rent of the transport trains, carrying food to the men and millions of shells to the guns. The wounded alone turn their backs to the giant conflict
 What an organization has been built up in the short space of two years to keep these vast armies supplied What mafVelS have been accomplished by industry and inventive genius pressed by necessity financed without thought of cost, and utilizing the markets of the neutral world, Hundreds of miles of fresh railways have been laid down aew roads have been cut and surfaced: old railways have been rebuilt. and countless bridges restored Hundreds of thousands of motor lorries pour in incessant streams toward the advanced depotS to meet the requirements of this unsuitable maw of war
 Petrol is the true king of this war Without the mafor lorry Ill these mafYels would have been impossible. Petrol reignS supreme oil the battered earth below. IS he reens supreme amid the clouds above. His two in- struments are the ear and the aero plane. Both have helped to revolu- tionize the science of war.
 What are the paramount impress siOnS made on the mind as Ynu ap- proach the battlefield of the Somne and come within hearing distance of the thunder of the guns? Two were made on mine. The one the spectacle of an entire nation bent on the ful- fillment at any sacrifice of a single fixed determination; the other the linn itless resources of the world placed at Nhe disposal of that nation. Unlimited everything; that describes the scene the best
 Guns, Guns Everywhere.
 First and foremost take the guns. Never before has there been brought together such Il concentration of artil- lery of all cGlibers. There are guns everywhere. am writing for the moment of those behind the lines. which have not yet been brought up. as there is no room for them on an already crowded battlefield. They lie in the field in droves like cattle: you see them like huge many-coored snakes on the railway lines, or moving to the front on motor lorries Some are returning for rest and repair; others are being pushed forward to take their place. Many are yet lying idle. with their huge mouths gaping hungriiy toward the Rhine and the Mouse.
 isAnd the meals for these monsters. Ihe fodder for these monsters fills acres of fields, and comes from every corner of the earth. Yet they cannot he carried too quickly to the front. This monstrous Armageddon consumes millions 9 week.
 "Behnd the battlefield the scene is rather that of the migration of an entire people to a new home than that of any army in the field. The amount of work entailed by an offensive on the present scale passes mans compre- henslon. Every man and woman and many children of France are now work ing toward the common end. In the munition factories are the women and the indispensable of the men. Tn the supply area. which extends 20 or 20 kilometers behind the battlefield. are the territorials. Many of them are old but they work like youngsters on a holiday. They are making and repair- ing the roads, helping with the trans port and guarding the conveys. depets, culverts, railways, and bridges Be- Nond them you have the youth and Niddle-aged of France, who actually do the fighting and who make good and turn to practical effect the work of the women. of the old men, and those of the young oues who are indspen- sable"