Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-12-13
Soldiers Are Taught How to
Speak and Think.
SHOWN IN CAPTURED ORDERS
Man Are Urged to Be Rather Gun.
ming Than couraoeous"-ToId Not
to Lie, But to Give Only Such Infer
nation a. 10 Known Already to Be-
In Possession Of the Enemy.


raids for the purpose Of bringing back
prisoners, writes Paul Scott Aowrer
In the Chicago News. In n recently
captured order the colonel command.
Ing the Second Bavarian Infantry com
plains Tint, most Of the time, ''the
French are more cunning than We"
4 urges his men to be rather cum
ming than courageous when doing pm.
troll work My mep." he adds. do
not need to show thar courage; It IN
known well enough. What II needed
n skIIlful ruscs."
He thereupon instructs tho men how
they shall behave II they have tho
misfortune 10 be taken prisoner la
thls even, they are advised to appear
60 be sincere but stupid. They are to
give such Information as the enemy
probably already has-Informn'lon
concerning what troops nrc In the nrst
lines, and what units arc to the right
and left When asked how many men
there are In his company, the prisoner
~ 10 reply between 100 aud 200 but
that he doesn't know exactly, becnus"
some are on leave. and some are work
Ing on reserve trenches. When ask,
concerning gun positions he II to an.
swcr that he has heard the German
artillery firing great deal behind the
lines, but how Is he 10 know where the
guns arc' In short. he Is not 10 lie.
but 10 answer. for II is useless 10 try
20 deceive the French they viii work
the truth out OF him somehow. II they
once catch him telling fnlsrhood. and
10 begin to suspect him. Such, az
least. Is the colonol's opinion.
4 notebook captured on II soldier o.
the Twen,yfourth Infantry INDUCES Ia
somewhat bitter cpIgrams at the eI.
pcnsc Of the Prussinns who. he says,
have "blg mouths" (das crosse MauD,
whereas the Bavarians have "bg
'nsts." 1T Is they 1.-THE Prusslnns) who
do the talking, but we (,hc BaynrIans)
do the fighting"
Germany Picks Over Battlefield.
Practically the whole German army
,on the front Is now being employed,
on and on, Ut tho task OF raspicklng
the battlefield. so short OF every kind
'of supplies IL Germany becoming and
lso careful and economical IL the Ger
mna orgnnirnt ton Tint the military au-
!thohties are at present trying 10 save
practically everything Of cloth
Ing. old boots. shell and cartridge
cns<s, iron fragments, even pieces Of
.harbcd wire. Thee orders were frs,
given In July. They were repeated IN
September. with the addition that even
the reserve being held for Shc exccu'
tlon Of coun,.r.at'acks were 10 be ull-
llzed for this work.
There are nlso especial salvage com
pnnics which can be called nj amy umc
"a exploit q particularly fertile neld 81
Icbrls. Premiums are paid the men
In accordance with the value of wha,
they turn In. There was difficulty
over this question at one time, as II
was found that men Of the supply scrv
Ice wcrr stealing fresh eases of car
iidscs aud other material. aud pre-
,scn,Ing II. after a mud bnth. 10 the
Isalyage officers foe the sake of oh
ltaiping the ANAL SUMS Of none,
awarded: but measures have sInc'
been taken. ! am told. to render thi'
kind Of graft difl,cult. II not inipossi
bic.
off,eers instruct Soldiers
In order to keep up the morale oi
the German troops. which seems TO b
on the wnne. the German military au
thoritics have established a spscin
service Of "wohlfahrts of,iHierc." Of
propaganda officers. Their mission I,
10 reply TO oil questions the mcp %
tire 10 ask conserving the war, or con
ccrnng the resumption Of business nft
or the var. According to = secre; doc
umsnt captured by the French, thes'
officers nt present are 10 advise tn
men to read various official rublica
lions and q selection Of war literature
Thcp arc 10 mako the men understan,
the necessity VI continuing the VA
until the allies shave given up the!
ideas Of conquest" until German.
is reassured AZ to its economic ~
ture.
One 81 these officers seems 10 BE-
certain Captain Lochner, coneerninI
whose pan. German lectures In the hos
pitfalls the socialist papers Of Main
lately have been complaining. Ate
ono Of his lectures the captain dii
trlbuted leaflets 10 the helpless pa
uents, which rcnd a. follows;
II declare 70 be On enemy and traI
tor to the country he who emit
doubts concerning our victory; say
publicly that Germany has wronse
her enemies; declares himself publlcl
for tho status que aate: says he IL
partisan OF q compromise with Ems
land or q premature peace, commit
or approves acts Of q nature to spar
our enemies and to sacrifice our con
patriots; fuvors tendencies hostile I
tho country either In the occupied n
rloAs or In the. interior, or combat
or stiles pan.Gcrmsn tendencies; q
ehang,s sympathiss with ciussnn q