The Keota news., 1917-11-30
NEWSPAPER MAN DESCRIBES
VISIT TO HEADQUARTERS

LUG 4OsSOWbO8 oAS0tuOOo VSVV81SS VI
by . lucky chance to Canadian head.
quarters. where We had the privilege
Of spending several hours With other
men who are conducting operations.
1t was more than Q lucky chance that
brought u to Canadian headquarters
almost at the same hour that the Ger.
mans began an attack-lt was an act
Of providence.
Lighted BY lampe and caNdlea.
II cnn be Get down here without
further parley that two nswspapef
men were never treated moro royalty
than We were BY these men who q
the moment we entered their quarters
were directing barrass against .
strong German attack.
In the midst Of tea the door opened
and for q few minutes w were under
the impression that every general On
the western front had been deluged In
to our presence. It was Q party Of
officers who had dropped In for tea
and q chat with the army command
ers. Instead they had Q rather anus
ing talk with two American corro-
spOndents. who were found interest
Ing because they had been With the
American army on the Mexican border
and in France and had some idea Of
what the United States troops could
do. Their intense interest In prepare.
lions of the United States for war WAS
manifested In every question. and their
friendliness toward everything Amsfi-
can was more than evident
In two minutes the Formally Of IN
PRODUCTION was over with and for fully
half an hour the Canadian general
staff dropped their heavy responsible
ties and enjoyed the unique expert.
ence Of entertaining two Americana
1t was the 1rst time that such gath.
ering had ever assembled In this par.
ticular building and all made the most
Of 1t.
The stan captain who had intro
duced 10 suggested that We get little
exercise. explaining that the stan On
GERS usually spent IN hour In the eve.
ming playing badminton or some other
game just to keep In condition. We
went out to q well constructed court
similar to q tennis court and taped
of In the same manner. For an hour
We watched four odicers bat the feath-
cred shuttlecock across the net with
a display Of skill and strategy that WAS
worthy Of men who used strategy In
a greater and more deadly manner. We
took . hand In the game for time
and then watched four others play Oh
the staff championship.
Meet Famous 9tratselst.
When the game broke up and We 70
entered the headquarters building We
were presented to . man whose name
Is famous the length and breadth Of
the British front. His keen stratagem1
and forceful work have won for him
the praise and admiration Of every
Canadian fighting In France and his
record az a fighter would oil several
books. We were fortunate In having
an opportunity Of talking with him.
for he. like the late General Funston.
Is keenly interested Ia Newspaper work
and It gave ~ Z good start on the
right plane. We explained to him our
reasons for coming to headquarters
and how the car that was to meet ~
had broken down.
"Well. Tm glad you're here. boys"
he said. "Tn Just arrange to have .
couple Of places set for you at dinner.
How are things over In the o. 8. Ar
We had been talking with him only
a few minutes when an oncer brought
to him word that an 8. o. 8. signal had
been received from certain point In