The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-11-30

the fafthest point north Of the Army
of the Orient, where General Jerome,
oommander.in.chiefo of the French-Greek
divisions, has established his general
headquarters. The double line of
trenches are near by, and one hears
the low rumble Of guns aud gets an oe
casioual Whit of gas. 10 tile right the
Yardar river winds between high noun.
tains. 1t is the junction Of the British
French forces, with General Milne Is
British divisions running east Of the
Vardar, $50 miles to the sca, and Gen
eral Jerome 5 French and Allied divi.
sions stretching vest of the Varlar to,
ward MOnastir. E'.
With Captain Petain, of General Jc.
rome 8 stat aud, Captain 1,angebhagcn
from general headquarters, we ha
come to one of the highest points, TO
get panoramic view Of the opposing
lines, with the batteries ~ work. II
was in an old Turkish cemetery, and
we looked out from among these strange
Turkish grnvestOnes. For some reason
IL had been christened Socrates Obser
vatory.p The scene ahead was sing
ularly beautiful on this clear October
day, with the Vardar on the right, TIRES
bomh-swept and deserted villages in
front, and successive ranges Of noun.
tains from which little cotton.balls Of
smoke marked the batteries in action.
Cities Are Deserted ..... ......a =.
Directly in front we looked down on
the Bulgar City Of Gueveli, an import.
ant place of 10000 population, now de.
serted because of the havoc of the
French guns. IT has large silk factor.
los, and the tall chimneys, and what
is known as the Dzepvo tower, stood
out plainly above the silent city. To
the west were three Turkish villages
also deserted, East Alcak, West Alcak
and Hadzi Bari. The lines of trenches
were plainly visible, zig-zagging across
the plain, but there was no movement
Of. infantry visible and only the blotch,
es of smoke and rumble Of guns TO mar
the calm of these fertile foothills and
valleys. =, ....... e III.
Great Engineering Feats
Coming north from Salonika the rail
way stops at Kilometer 81 and here
begins the gigantic work which French
engineers are accomplishing in build
ing bridges on mountain roads. A net
work of 500 miles of this road has been
built, keeping the whole Macedonian
front in touch with long lines of sup
ply trucks moving the munitions and
stores to the front 1t is all stone-road
such as the old Romans built, aud be
sides this 500 miles for auto. trucks
there are 400 miles more for pack
mules.
At one point a, sandy plain spread
out, with colossal structure in the
distance which looked like one of the
pyramids of Egypt. 1t was mounted
on a .hewn-stone terrace half a mile
long, and then above rose the monstroui
dome with the apex rounded. This i,
the reputed tomb of Alexander thu
Great, the noted hero of old Macedonia
who exclaimed "Give' me more worlds
to conquer" Captain Langenhager
said it was not clear whether the toni
was tradition or a reality, but excaN II
tons were being made to see if the in
terror of the vast pile would disclose
some authentic clues.
Jerome Hammers Steadily
General Jerome is known as tn,
fighting general, - by virtue of thu
steady hammering he is doing on THU
front He is of the Phil Sheridan type
short and thick, with ruddy face anC
thin grey hair. His staff includes SOM
of the best known. men in France, in
eluding the head man of the Pari
Figaro. The generals reports on tn,
day : operations had just come in.
FIt is comparatively calm" he said
"Most of the attacks are at night jus
now, az the darkness gives cover, ant
there is no hotE sun to wear the mel
down" Z, ,....
General Jerome was greatly inter
ested in the arrival of American troop
in France. He wanted to see Majo
Davis, the United States military at
tache in these parts, to talk with hin
of the desirability, of having American
vigor added to what is already here
Something may come of this later on.
Headquarters On Cliff
At Magaday We. saw General Colin
French brigade commandur. His head
quarters ure. ut one of the most eX
posed points of this front. One side o
the town has been blown to pieces, anC
the houses are masses of debris anl
Jagged walls. Gas attacks are also fire.
quent. The generals headquarters ar,
on tho side of a high cliff, reached b!
| winding walks. He has u garden on
ledge of the cliff, and everything i
bright and sunny in his elf house.
Greek Army Is Real .,. u.s..
A glimpse of what the Greeks ar
doing on this front was obtained a
the Greek headquarters, where Colone
Spiliades is in command of the divis
ion of Crete, those heroic Islanders VIII,
assembled at Venezelos' call whe,
King Constantine was keeping the roy
alist army immobile, Reports hay
reached the United States that thi
Venezelos army was a thing on paper
But it is reality. The camp stretch
ed AWAY for mile and was a bewilder
ing scene Of animation, Pack mule
were Just bringing in stock Of refrig
Grated quarters of meat, the cover
showing II came from America. "A I'll
of wounded men also passed, each mai
dashed to large panier on the sid
of n donkey. ...... ..,. &...., ..
This is ground formerly held by h
Bulgars,P said Colonel Spiliades, an,
Captain Langenhagen added: eyes, tn
Greeks found the Bulgars here an,
swept them BACK ten miles. 1t wa