The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-03-02
Gen. Frederick B. Maurice Com.
pares the Two Noted Generals /;
Civil War Tactics Much the
Same as Those in Vogue Today.
EUROPEAN WAR MAY LAST
OVER ANOTHER WINTER
Is Not Optimistic About an Early
Collapse of the Germans How
ever, Allies Are Making Slow
but Satisfactory Progress

By Associated rress.
London. March The war may
easily extend over another winter, as
Tar a. purely military factors are con-
Ccrned, according to e statement by
General Frederick u Maurice, diree-
tor uf military operations foT the i'm
pcrihl general staff u an interview
gwen To- the Associated Press.
General Maurice is gn authority on
military history and has been chosen
- the 1iographcr OF Robert g. Ice
Boo a series published under the title
uf Makers ot the Nineteenth Cen
tury' la his opinion there i~ little
difference between the strategy FOL
lowed by the commanders R IN"
American ciSi war and the strategy
winch governs the great struggle Of
today.
strategy is 49, immutahlc as time. 20
he said. "and Is dominatng this war
'as II has dominated all other conflicts.
Tho world hns ions recognized Robert
T.. Lee as a great general ana IN my
opinion ne wa one OF the dozen great
commanders at history, &c place which
b. enhanced rather than dimmcd by
ms participation in lost cause, ns
success gains its own recognition, The
strategy OF which General Lee was a
master Is one that did not change with
time and In the year 20ol military
leaders viii he acting ON the prinei-
piles of Napoleon and Lee.
Principles nchangcd.
The men over iu the trenches SEQ
ing only a. brief and intimate part ut
the actual operations, are inclined To-
assert that the maJor principles ot
warfare have changed. hut th.. i- tru,
only of tactics which. according 90
Ntponeon. change every ten years, @
period which. mad he been alive today.
lc probably would have reduced Go
i've years. This is due Co the increase
an inventive power over the time when
! Napoleon fought. I'm tho tactics of
this war are seen three tremendous
innovations which probably can bc
placed Ia the followiug order
First. airpllues. second improved
heavy artillery with highly explosive
shells, third. machine guns. In STRAIT
'ry the imulUtablc problems OF time
aud space stiil prevail ana we've Nap
oicuu or Loc alive today the genius
which made them groat would find
an outlet
N strategy and Tactics.
I'm 70 paragraph the difference be-
tween strategy 1ud "a tl,, hc explain.
I cd To- the lay reader as follows
~tratrgy consists of plans for the
"A mauvuNcr- of armies seeking 4 def
INIT, result wnIc tactics are the up-
II ,ratluus when TWO forces are In ar-
ual contact Tho victory OF the
Muru, was the result OF high strategy
Js was the German sweep through
I'd Belgium and the cu,irclug movement
n about Paris. Tho trench warfare
/ prevailing since has been purely q
II matter ut tactics Stuncw1ll Jackson
suffered a tactical reverse at kcrns'
town hut won -tratepiral success %!
lur.ing he Union commanders 60 muv,
great forces in an directions.
Lee nnd Napoleon.
People wonder WHY. with tho su
n pCrilr rcgoHrCCa iu man power uD
4 douutrdly possessed ev the allies, 'hu
N more pruErr.- toward victory is mot
/ made. The reason u,s iu the form col
Z statcgy which made your civil Wal
4 .o long tud enabled Ntpolcpu Co k'rl
4 bis back Co the Wa.l So long when b
4 had , coalition OF Europe against HIM
Il lc, ana Napoleon worked on interior
Z line. from % central position and the'
4 hdd the genius tn max, the best pos'l
! ni, use OF the great advantage thi
4. cav. thpm Tho Germans undVIston,
: his form of strategy 10. well tina
Even va peace times their ,rouumi
ucrcs-itieg are Frequently sacrifice
Cd military needs. In their transpo.
alton systcm alone the result of TN
4 pollgN ,tp Doc seen. Leo ANA h.s .mal
l army held back Ir,otl, superior force
.pr four years ana 'Evrc b. uu rc@sui
io anticipate, uu purely militar'
;ruuuds, an early collapse of the Ger
I mans
1 Forced Ia Retire.
Of see no indication ut what ha
lccn asserted, that the Germans arr
Nithdrawing at some places along ou
/ runt because uf u desire tu force opcl
rhtinr, This movement b. q retire
ueut forced upun them. THey do mo-
Ike II any moro than We did wher
after the second battle of fprcs, w
had tu retire short distance {
ftralghton our line. You maN hc sur
40 army likes 10 retire ana therefor
Id b. certain that the Germans vii
| ifnaKc a determined effort sumowher
q restore thoir lost prestige We ar
how merely gathering the fruits of on
.bviuter operations, the result of whtc
Ists that from Arfus To the AnCre.
n iali"ut decidedly dangerous to Gcrmn
Y hnsitious has been estahl'hod CA
l.nids on the Sommc front gave N
Commanding positions from whi'h uI
rtulory FIRE was much more effective
prhc Gprmaus who are nu longer u'
i. 1upymF SNUG ana well constructs