El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-19
ONLY,
WILL WIN WAR
DR.. Hollis Says It's Not In.
vention, or Engineers,
That Will Triumph.


the chamber Of commerce by Dr. Ira
n. Hills during a very interesting
address on the subject Of The En-
gineer and the War" Dr. Hollis is
president Of the American Society Of.
Mechanical Engineers and the Wor-
cester Polytechnic institute He came
TO FL Paso to deliver his address UNI
der the auspices Of the Southwestern
Society Of Engineers. which j. hold
ing its annual convention mere
There We're approximately zoo men
and women out 10 hear Dr. Hollis
Aside from the engineers there were
many army oulcers and business men
blood VIII Nsin War
Invention Will not win this war.
the speaker said. Germany mas not
won the war 10y her submarine war
rare. The allies are constructing
thousands Of alrp-1ueS- BUT Lne ar
VIII not be won by lirplaueS- Ger
many and its allies are building as
many as We are. There has been much
sald about big guns winning The war
But have they 40 one side mas al
most as many big guns as the othrr-
We viii only win this war through
the blood OF our children. the youh
OF America After all, this is not an
engineers war
@Ihe men Will have TO do the fight
Ing and upon the women OF this ma
tion largely rcsts the responsibility
They viii have 20 suffer like the Wom-
en- Of France. England and the other
countries who are at war have SUI
fered.
sub. Hasn't Starved England.
Germany has since the beginning
Of the war thought il would win
through the submarine warfare But
the submarine has not won me oniE
thing the submarine has accomplished
iva. q HnH ~ 10Y fan 4 "a
vessels and the drowning OF innocent
women and children 1t has also sunk
q number Of merchant ships carrying
freight, but IL has not been the in
strument that IL was thought TO be-
The submarine has not starved Eng
land and its allies as the Prussians
hoped
Bayoneting No Chid's Play.
Il was talking to an army officer
some time ago who had been on lne
firing line in France and he said that
when at college and a member Of his
college football team he thought that
,he most thrilling thing was carry Ing
q football across the goal line for
TO him he said that playing football
was only child's play in comparison
with sticking bayonet into q Ger
man
I'VE will win the war. But TO win
the war we must sacrifice the blood
of our children for the good OF man
Every One lIuEt Find Niche.
Dr. Hollis said this was a war OF
Industrial organizations and that eacn
person must fit into his or her niche
TO win Every one has some task
which he must perform. the speaker
said He laid stress upon the fact
that the conservation OF fuel was
more essential TO win than Is the con-
servation of foodstuns- The conserva-
tion CT fuel and food. he said. would
result in the conservation OF energT.
which would be the factor in dealing
the death blow to end autocracy.
Not an Engineers War.
Many OF the newspapers have
called this an engineers war, the
/ speaker said. But to win IL we must
win. as all wars have been won
through man power One OF the most
brutal forces on this planet has
sought to win the war through its
engineers. through the trench war
modern war devices But the war viii
neither be won through the engineers
or the modern inventor.
Invention cannot win t. L does
not take one fighting force long 70
ascertain the new inventions used by
the opposing forces and these they
can quickly copy. The submarine viii
not be made less effective, but its
[ power viii be lessened by men and
the guns of our fighting shius Al
/ less effective through the convoy OF
our b1ttleships to the merchant mar
inc, the transports and freiEhters.
Destroyers Are Superior.
our destroyers are superior 20 the
submarine and have made that Prus-
sian weapon less effective, but we
have not, ] dare say. awakened 10 the
fact what this war really means.
Struggles for freedom character
lied the 18th century warfare Dur
I HnHE H.na divine wHwnHH kim
was broken The 18th century ended
with the clear definition Of democracy
and freedom. followed by the 18Th
century OF invention. Upon the engi-
neers viii largely rest the task Of
working out the character Of the 2Cth
century. II viii either be the century
I Of scientific achievements or auto
I cratic supremacy"
Time for Expression OF Service.
Dr.. Hollis said he thought the 20th
/ century will witness the expression OF
2 service, which, he said. after all is the
I flower Of Christianity The war was
{ described by the speaker as Q conflict
between two great forces. demOcracy
I on the one side and the idea, . IF the
privileged classes on the other.
/ After all, this is not the last Easr
I OF autOcracy." he said Il am con-
: WINGED that the blood OF millions
would be cheap If we can make the
/ character OF this century something
more than debauch OF science.
illustrates Big Gun Fire.
This is not a war of engineers, but
] II is = war OF Industrial workers" DIT
D Hollis illustrated this remark with
I story Of modern war tactics. He SAID
Z that the men who fire the big guns
D never see their detectives but are di-
/ rected in their firing by Observer He
i said that in one engagement battery
was firing at q German trench ant
3 the first two shots went wild. TIL,
{ third destroyed the trench. inTictine
heavy losses. he said. although IN,
Z gunners did not see the damage they
I had inflicted. This illustrates, the
. speaker said, that 20 win this war ey.
. eryone must fight in his place
Mnn With Gun VIII Win.
I Dr. Hollis said he had been for i.
I years in the United States navy ana
would gladly answer any question,
I that he could.
When asked about the naval consul
tation board of inventive geniuses, hl
said that IL had been organized witt
Z the wrong conception. Dr. Hollis saiC
. that many persons had hoped that M
/ invention would be discovered which
would result in bringing q speedy
Z victorious end TO the war But %,
3 such invention viii ever be discov
/ ered,'' he said 1T viii be The mar
with the gun that viii win this war
/ POLICE LOOKING FOR TWO