Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-12-06
Nerve Centers Of British and Ca.
madam Armies Peaceful
Even in Battle.
IS LIKE BUSINESS HOUSE
Function Calmly and Efficiently With
out Turmoil or Slightest Disorder
= Young staff Officers Com.
plain Because They Must
.,rr Stay Out Of the Show.


London.-During the past three
years Of warfare there have been daily
comWunicntions em0natIng from Il
mysterious plnce called general head
quarters whose location or surround.
ings have Deycr been mentioned. 10
fact are not known 10 the average sol
dicr nghtug In yruncg writes Hal
O'Tmhcrty In the New York Sun.
70 the citizen unacqunIu,cd with n,
nraITs q gigut armies the mention OF
Tie term general headquarters bring.
mp Il picture Of II building In the heart
of the grcut army activities. with mud
spIattcrcd cuuricrs dnshlng up on hors,
or cycle and with scutrIcs pacing Il,
and iro armed To the teeth. while wor
rlcd generals vt about great tables
within trHcing upon their maps n,
various positions In the front line.
The fact Of the matter u that Brit
i,h general hcgdguar.Grs l. vcrhap.
the most peaceful and orderly pIaS
''af' bic could imagino The roads up
prouchIng the min buildings urc not
.n,d with troop. url mrnphrrnolin of
war. nor Is there any NJ the much
ulhci.of dramatic, ~ lighting.
Guards Are Urarmed
Il n o business house. conducted OF
'h, most advanced SYSTEMS 81 cHiricn
,y m, traffic coming up tp the heart
of the gigantic chain " lighting ual'.
regulated hy military policemen VII,
.N their cuisines. and keep motor
..I pedestrians going IN th- right II
rrclion
The soldiers on duty In front ~ N,
building visited by the correspondent
were uunrmod nuh directed the uruN
luf officers lu o. manner ~ courteous
ns that displayed hy the commission
..rr ~ the war office 300 London. with
there WAS nothing 90 indicate ~.
presence OF the greatest army chief
mu. 10. furnishing. we're modest
almost hum,.y. and the atmosphere ~
the whole pluc, wa. that ~ a peaceful
and well conducted business establish
m,ut
To- .rcur, un interview with one Of
ON. men who conduct the aTa,rs uf the
british armies was simplicity itself 4
'r,phuu, Gull suf0rd 10 tell him ut
our coming ana 49,, we're ushorod Into
hls office immediately upon our arrival
40 officer of the Quilted States army
known az "llalsou officer. had quar-
Ter, nearby lie has been working u'
hard ns any man % Affairs NJ home
could work and his surrounding
showed he wasn't IN the habit of en-
tcrtnlning visitors.
Take that rocking chair over In III,
corner" he said m We entered and one
u tn party went over rs directed and
sat on the wooden box that had held
his typewriter. A wooden table, TIVE
chairs and rack FOR books made W
the furnishings Of his ONCE.
On HIS table was stack Of CORE
spondsnce n foot high, which II II could
be read by the German high command
would probably give them hear, fail
ure There was something significant
In that stack Of letters, II was prob
ably the FIRST nucleus OF correspond
nee between the directing officials o'
thu American army and the British
upnn whom they are depending for nd
vice and information. Some day thai
little pile will have grown into sn en-
tire library Of documents that will hl
long ranks OF fling cases. II is pio
nser correspondence under the new
order q things between Britain and
the United Ststes
The following afternoon brought VI
by a lucky chance to Canadian head
quarters. where we had tn. privllre'
Of spending several hours with Other
men who are conducting operations
|, was more thnn lucky chance thai
brought us TO Canadian headquarter'
almos, a, the same hour that the Ger
mans began m atiack-it was mn nc'
" providence.
Lighted by Lamps and caodiea
II can be set down here withou,
further porlw that two newspaper
men we're never treated more royal',
than We were by these men who al
were directing a barage against q