American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-23
GEN. MAIDE, ENsLAND'S
NEN KITCHENER.


iAkdhd II a iOuk, long way from
Belgium. and Il Is much easier 10 form
an idea OF General Haig or General
fctain. because We see 80 many pho
tographs OF them and read 80 many
stories about them; but ia General
sir Stanley Maude England has an
other general about whom a legend
D. said "a be growing up very like the
one which halocd K~itchener's name.
The Kitchener comparison suggests
Itself because OF the striking parallel
between the Bagdad campaign and
k~itchener'H Nile campaign 10 Omdur-
nan and Khartum. A. was Kitcho-
ner. 30 Maude WIS faced by the prob
lem OF advancing into a desert cOun-
Try along q river which must furnish
his line OF communication. A. Kitch-
cncr. he had 10 create transport, hos
pitfalls. housing. sanitation. and water
supply for his troops. As Kitchener.
he was Obliged 10 rely for munitions
and SUPPLIES upon bases far overseas
with the additional menace OF a hos
tile sea power 10 %entangie the situa-
ton. As Kitchener. finally, he had
10 contend with an alien climate. Ina
which white troops could work only
during the cool months OF the year
And Maude's solution OF his diverse
problems was startlingly like Kltch-
tner'B. says a contributor to the New
York Evening Post. who procured his
Information from Mr.. Arthur +. Clark.
y. NJ &. 4. worker with the British
forces ia MesOpotamia.
Mr.. Clark'a story II the first de-
tailed account OF the Bix-month Of
fensiye campaign which resulted Ia
the recapture kut-el-Amara and the
taking OF Bagdad. the re-establishment
Of British prestige In the East. and the
defeat OF the German threat al India.
General Maude's army numbered
900 600 men. cOmbatants and non
co%mbatants, and before he advanced a
foot he had every contingency pro
fided Tor n every %precautiOn taken
against failure. As Kitchener. he has
the strength OF the man sure Of him
self. the ability 10 bide his own time.
o. keep his own counsel. TO drive men
numerically. and yet 10 inspire all
about him with his own indomltable
spirit. according TO NIr. Clark who
says.
The Tommies adored him. They
just worahipped him. the way they did
] hNNA AAANA MMM 4 MAAN say "a AtktAl
is growing up around his name, exact
~ a. one did around Kitchener's.
When General Maude passes by. ev-
cry Tommie stands SO stlff and ~salutes
so earnestly that he quivers all owe
They do u. 1 suppose. because they
feel deeply about Il. and that Is the
only way they can show him how they
feel. He Is a very silent man. with a
wonderful face. clean cut aud very
strong lie drives his staff terribly.
aud when an officer makes a blunder
the general gives IL TO him. | can tell
you. They are all afraid Of him
the officers. l mean. But at the same
time they have implicit confidence In
him.
One day Ia Bagdad he came into
the Y. NJ. &. A.. 20 see what we were
doing / happened to be there alone.
and he asked me TO take him around.
lie wanted to see e%vrything. the ser
wants quarters. the kitchens. the Ice
cream freezors. tho entertainment ia
c%llities everything. lie went over
thom all himself He didn't say much
except 20 ask questions. And he didn't
offer any compliments. That Is his
way n a thing Is all right. we'll and
good. You have done your duty. That
a. enough but II IL Is not done right.
he tells you 30. and no tells Il In a way
YOU won't forget
He reached Basra. which Is the
British baa In MesOpotamia. sixty
miles up the Shatt-el-Arab. the stream
formed by the junction OF the Tigris
and the E%uphrates. In August. 1916.
From then until December 40 he de-
voted himself entirely TO the work OF
organizing the campaign he had in
mind OF course. / don't know the
British plans. but the officers out
thore In MesOpotamaia thought the ar
my would not be pushed much beyond
hagdad. General Maudo's campaign
last winter. al any rate. had for les
objective Bagdad. and / think that was
all During his preparations for the
campaign General Maude left only a
few troops ON the fighting line just
below Kut. where the Turks held the
apparently i~mpregnable Sunniyat po-
slti0n. between the left bank of the
rigris and a small lake. All tho rest
OF the army was put 10 work helping
the coolies and transport troops. build
ing roads and carrying up Supplies.
AZ this time The British army had
been REINFORCED until Il was much
larger than the army that had tried
successfully 20 get 10 Bagdad. fnclud-
ing coolies, transport. COmmissariat.
base troops. b0atmen. and other troops
behind the line. the Mesopotamian ex-
pediti0nary force. as II was called.
must have numbered 800. 600 men.
on fighting troops General Maude had
a. 80. - $500
OF three others. aud our informant re-
minds Us that
A British army division has about
10000 men. The proportion Of Indian
troops 10 white was about two 70 one.
The races were mingled ia all the d.
visions except the thirteenth. which.