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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-11
Napoleonic Strategy Is Necessary to Win the War
Without Complete Unison, Victory Is Not Possible

~ TRITLEG TO RobssDierre in
Nv 1884. the young Napoleon
Bonaparte set forth his
whole conception Of war. He said:
The management Of a war is exactly
like the siege Of a fortress. You must
concentrate your fire on q single
point Once a breach IS made the
equilibrium is destroyed. resistance
becomes fruitless and the place is
captured. Attacks should never be
scattered, but concentrated. You must
divide in order to find food and unite
for fighting. Unity OF command is
essential TO success. Time is every
thing"
The more one studies the Napoleonic
campaigns the more clearly one per
ceives how completely this Napoleonic
doctrine is therein expressed. and the
more one studies the operations OF
the opponents Of Napoleon the more
clearly one perceives the reasons why
German high command has won so
many successes since the beginning Of
the war.
Fought Coalitions.
Through all the, period Of his great
wars Napoleon fought coalitions and
alliances His victories in the early
period Of the empire were won with
inferior numbers under conditions
which should have produced victory
for his opponents. Austerlitz was pos
sible because OF division in the coun-
sci Of Russian and Austrian leaders.
Tt was not until 1913 that his opDon-
ents learned to act together with any
measure Of conference, and as late as
the Marine campaign OF 1914 division
Of forces gave Napoleon his last vic
tories and almost enabled him 10
triumph over vast number when his
armies had been reduced to a hand
ful
We have always known that the
Germans were close students OF the
NapOleonic warfare, and from the
very outset Of this war their opera
tons have been conducted on the Ma
poleOuic scale and with the Napo-
leonic principles in mind. Whether
German armies have been acting
alone or have been Joined with Aus
TRAN. Bulgarian or Turkish armies
the German general staff has been
the master. as was Napoleon in the
DAYS when he drew armies not alone
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-11

defeat Of Italy because Of the failure
OF Russia.
At the outset Of the war German
high command said. We will dis
pose Of France in the first six weeks
OF the war. We viii then turn our
attention toward Russia and dispose
OF the Slav- After that we shall be
masters Of Europe" France was
badly hurt. but not disposed Of bu-
German high command, stiu adherinc
to the NapOleonic doctrine turned TO
Russia and did dispose Of Russia
swept Servia out OF its way, and then
turned back upon France. In every
case German high command has con-
centraJed its forces and staked all on
a single throw. So far the allies have
been unable to attain similar unity
OF purpose
The Allies Divided.
While France was striving for ex-
istence the main Russian effort was
being made against Austria in 1911.
While Russia was on the point Of col
lapse in 1915 allied efforts were di-
yided between France. GallipOli and
periled again at Verdun, could not
obtain aid from Great Britain for
more than four months. Partially
because OF the GaIlipoli affair Brit
ish armies were not yet ready TO
take the field.
III Lle present lLa4lAu operator
there has been again the old familiar
lack OF mutual cooperation. under
standing and unity Of action. italy
has been permitted to thrust herself
forward into positions which she could
not maintain, inviting the ruin which
has now arrived. while her allies have
concentrated their attention upon
their own fronts
In the long wars Of Europe agains.
Louis XIV the familiar story OF the
weakness Of coalition appears again
and again. Readers of Henry rs
mond' VIII recall how often Marl-
borough was prevented from achiev-
ing decisive victories or following up
great successes owing TO the hesita-
ton OF the Dutch. Yet I'm the end
Europe triumphed over Louis XIV
In the Napoleonic time the coalitions
were weaker in that they lacked
while France was more
fortunate, since she had the supreme
military genius OF the age Neverthe-
less. In the end, the coalition PIE
vailed.
Unity Necessary.
Turning 70 our own civil war. ore
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-11
FACTS ABOUT OUR NAVY
Cooling FHemen.
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@AILORING is an outdoor life
- Makes a man tough and rugged.
- tans his skin and brigltens his
eyes. Makes him eat like two horses.
However. it's not all in the open.
There's the fireman and the engi-
neer; 800 Of them and more on
battleship. They are pale and their
skin pores are open. But their mus
cles are like iron and their lungs are
steel bellows.
start at the boilers. Men there
shovel coal In temperatures Up TO
80 deg. F. Their misery is indie
scribabIe- It isn't the actual pain.
It's worse than pain, because il is so
Intangible that d man cant coRcen-
trate on enduring it.
New ships have new ventilating
systems. Stokezs strip, to be sure,
but they Go so in the moderate com
fort OF bodily heat which they enjoy
in the same way that Hans wagner
says he can play better ban on a hot
day.
There are two ways OF making fire
rooms iyahle. First. keep heat from
the men. This is done by heavy as
bestos laEElng which covers all Steam
pipes. Boiler shells and uptakes are
double, the air space preventing "a
dlaIon- Furnace doors are backed by
fire brick One huge thermos bottle
is what &c amounts to-
Secondly. bring cool air TO the men.
This Is done by big ventilatiag hoods
or wind scoops on deck trimmed 70
catch the wind and by means OF
electric fans and blowers. Draft Of
the furnace sucks the air through all
connections to deck. And the fans
circulate it through every crack and
Granny Of the working space
On some vessels air is pumped d.
rectly into the ash pits. Suction Is
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-11

~ EFORE your prospective food
reaches the retailer it has passed
II through a series OF transactions
and shipments which are always IN
der the eyes OF the constitutional Of
ficiaIs to safeguard the health OF the
public. Generally these officials are
able to keep a good check on the de-
ceucy Of the handling and refriger-
ating OF the food, while It is the pos
session Of wholesalers, and generally
the food reaches your retailer in a
very near perfect condition-or he, OF
course. would refuse 10 accept Il. look
ing out for his own interests
But once in the possession OF the
retailer there are many Ticissitudes
through which the food may pass
which may or may not leave II fit
for human consumption. IT. in the
retailers hands, the food becomes
contaminated, dirty, rancid, putrid or
unwholesOme. then the consumer. and
the consumer only, can exercise the
censOrlnE influence that viii remedy
conditions
First OF all. be convinced that q
store Overrun with Vermin. store
whose bins are uncovered. q store
whose refrigerator goes unclaimed at
regular intervals, q store where prod
ucts in bulk are displayed in the
opeu. a store where unhealthy clerks
serve, a store where foods are much
handled-is a store where vast arm
les OF the most insidiOus enemies the
human race has, marshal themselves
to attack with fever, malady and
death the person who il so unlucky
or so blind as to patrouize the store
that breeds them
Insist on pure products; usually na-
tiOually known trade marked goods
are dependable and comply with the
law. Even IN these times reasonable
prices should obtain.
In every trade there are pernicious
mountebanks. and IL seems these
trOublous times are unmasscing
tradesmen. The retail grocers OF the
land seem TO be producing more OF
this uusavOrV tribe than is usual, we
find every place the wholesalers max
ing real sacrifices in sympathy with
sfr. HOover's great eXerions through
Washington. and we also find great
numbers OF INSCRIPTIONS retailers
promptly taking unfair advantage OF
every patriotic action Of the whole
salers-result. the ultimate consumer
benefits not at all
Look TO your retailer There are
many more honest, upright trades
men than there are downright crooks
but there are so very many crooks,
real thieving. unfair retailers. that
constant attention to your buying IS,
in these days, a prime necessity.
Every tradesman knows. or should
know. that cleanliness precludes put
rification. Up to date refrigerators
are one mark OF any stores depend
ability-lOOk for them Also endeavor
TO patrOnize that retailer whom you
have reason TO believe buys in great
est quantities: he can always sell
lower. The cash stores, too, deserve
your attention; another money saver,
for very obvious reasons
In your butcher shop demand meat
that has been through a minimum Of
handling. Your delicatessen store and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-11

! from the fire room. A gJ0l pan.
except that occasionally pressure in
side the furnace is great enough 10
spit flame and smoke out through the
furnace door. Sort OF back firing it
IS. But the resulting curses from
scorched men are many degrees hot
ter.
Psychology comes in where the
closed firsrOom system Of forced
draft is used The idea IS TO force
air into the furnaces by putting sur
rounding spaces under pressure.
Stokers are then working in an air
lock They are prisoners behind air
tight doors
suppose something happens. boiler
tube bursts. or torpedo strikes, OF
collislon-could We get out2" won
cers the ordinarily fearless man. 1t
bearable trapped feeling against
which all creatures fight desperately.
one solution IS q set Of doors which
fly open by the touch OF a spring
Men grow 20 trust them and feel as
free - II there were no doors
IN the early days OF steam vessels
a diving suit was invented. A thin
metal or asbestos cover was lined
with rubber. The Wearer carried
small water tank on his back By
opening a small valve near his shout
der ne could sprinkle his bare skin.
The inventor scalded TO death trying
TO prove his point The sad part OF
it was that he was on the wrong
track entirely. The suit made body
evaporation nearly impossible. and
that is really what cools us.
Cold weather IS here Isookouts
are shiTerinE in the cross-t trees. The
navlgators nose Is running like a
leaEy scuttlebutt. Everyone envies
the sweaty fireman.
Think. Jack" exciaims the deck
hand. "or standing watch round q nice
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-11
D g. II. HIAHTIN.

sumer OF wheat, corn and cotton OF
$3.50 0gu, coo and an increased cost
TO the users Of bituminOus coal. pig
iron and copper OF S1,750. 100000
The increased value OF these com
mOdlties arose from the increased
cost Of production, due to raises in the
cost Of labor and materials.
The railroads point out that the
same increased cost Of labor and ma
terials applies TO the production OF
transportation, and the very fact that
the government has established a
higher price OF materials they con-
sumo, Is self evident reason for a
higher price on their product" said
Mr.. Mccormick. discussing the fig
ures.
The government war prices on
coal alone means an added expense TO
the railroads OF S150.000,0o0- War
prices for pig iron means an in
creased cost Of steel for cars. locomO-
tiVes, bridges and structural work OF
another $I50,000,000.
In other words. the railroads claim
they are operating and buying on a
war basis and being paid on peace
basis"
Indoor sports; kidding the Kid
dies into doing fhinEB in the hope
that Santa Claus VIII remember
them.
Things TO forget Everything but
the Christmas spirit these days.
Bob Krakauer IS still laid up recu-
peratinE from an operation for the
removal OF his tOnsiIs. coupled with
an act Of indiscretiOn celebrating the
event.
Three days after the doctor had
taken out the tonsils. Bob came down
town feeling fine and. 10 celebrate the
removal Of the peslzy little nuisances
that have been troubling him so long,
he consented-get the word consent
ed?-to take a drink with Burt Orn-
dorff.
Bob ordered a gin fizz. His throat
wasn't quite strong enough to stand
either the gin or the accompanying
water fix. The result was
that he took only one swallow Of the
then, after recovering, he
went home and has been there ever
since getting his tonsils healed up.
Next time I have my tOnsils re-
moved" he said. in a weak voice TIL
not take a drink for two months"
Our idea Of a snap: Having one S
Christmas presents already bought.
Things that never happen: Very
good appearing people being as good
az you think they are.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-11

One OF the ironies Of the war de-
partments efforts to suppress the
news comes in its inclusion OF seThe
Official Bulletin the daily neyEspa-
per published by the committee on
public Information. in the list Of peri
Odicals compiled BY the Intelligence
division OF the general staff Of the
army, TO show those which continue
TO violate the voluntary censorship
regulations imposed upon the press Of
the country. The Bulletin offended,
according TO the report, IN publishing
complete lists OF officers assigned to
divisions.
The Toronto Telegram has solved
the problem that faced the paper as a
result OF its staff Of men going to
war by employing Is women as re-
Dorters. II the women would only
write all they talk about, they would
make a newspaper that would be most
interesting; no doubt about that
X
Somebody sends a marked COPY OF
a Detroit paper showing where family
hotels are advertising cheap suites
and apartments for the winter and
urging the people to live cheaper
downtown than keeping house at
home and paying for their own coal,
lights, servants, etc. TT is cheaper
and lots OF people are meeting the
high cost Of living by doing just this"
says the man who sent in the page.
If this high cost Of living is not
Il begins to look as II the
American home would be a thing OF
the past"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-11
Little Interviews
Associated Charities
Thinks Counterfeit

it." said Miss Edith Fraser. During
the first year OF the war / knew g
German girl who lost % relatives In
nine months. Yet she had no bitter
ness against the enemies OF her coun-
Try, anly a great sadness II seems 10
me that that is the way the loss
through war should affect US. Some
time those who suffer the mOst-the
German people who have lost 50
much. and have degraded them selves
realize 20 Just what pitiable lengths
their kaiser and his following have
led them There is a kinship in hay
ing lost in the war, one who is dear.
a kinshlp with all the women OF all
the nations who look at the circle OF
in its circle gone"
Despite increased assessments
this year, Fl PasO county viii have a
smaller net income than last year"
said county auditor J. A Escajeda-
This is because the $4,000 narrowed
before the last fiscal year began viii
have TO be paid out OF current taxes.
and because Hudspeth county viii
take about $4,000 in taxes that would
have come 10 this county had not the
new one been formed. The county
commissioners were correct. there
fore, when they said that some heavy
financing would have 20 be done"
The war savings plan meets with
my approval said G. Z. Putnam ~Bv
bringing the sale OF war savings
stamps and certificates into the
county schools, the government viii
not only be aided. by securing more
purchasers, but the students viii get
a better idea OF the necessity OF saw
ing and Of scon0my in their habits.
1 very much FAVOR selling the stamps
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-11
D FRANK u. sIlIoNDs.

rom smaller subject states. but even
from Prussia, to serve with his own
grand army. The result has been in
the case Of Germany, as in the case
OF Napoleon, That the whole striking
forces have been concentrated on =
single point sometimes with fatal
consequences 10 the enemy. never
without carrying immediate and
deadly peril not alone 70 the armies.
but to the whole existence OF a hos
tile nation.
Sledge Hammer Blows.
Going backward to the beginning
OF the war, one sees that the Ger
mans struck at France with all their
forces, after superior preparation.
possessing troops better equipped,
provided with better artillery and.
like their commanders, animated with
the determination to destroy at q
single thrust.
French strategy availed to parry
the blow at the Marine and pinned
down the German attack at the User,
but German high command was there
after able TO forge a new thuuderbolt
against Russia, which eventually de
stroyed Russian military power and
for all practical purposes put Rus
STA out OF the war The blow at Ser
via accomplished the same thing on a
smaller scale. The blow directed at
France at Nerduu was for exactly the
same purpose, although it failed. The
blow that has now fallen upon Italy
has the same character. the same pur-
pose and has had great initial sue
cess
Now, when one seus against this
policy the allied policy Of three years
or conflict, one sees clearly why SUI
perlor ultimate resources and devo-
ton not less great have failed so
far 10 win decisive victory.
Lack OF Unity.
While the conflict was between
France and Germany I'm the Marine
campaign there was unity Of com
maud on the allied side. and this unity
Of command enabled France to save
Europe. But after the Marine and the
User there begins a long period I'm
which we have side shOws-the vast
ing OF scanty British numbers at
GalllpOI and I'm MesOpotamia. the
transfer Of French and British troops
TO SalOnica, the collapse Of Russia
in 1915, due in the first instance to
the inability Of the allies IL the west
70 occupy German troops on their
front and We are now seeing the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-11
ByBriggs

6ET NOTICE somebody says IN The
Herald interview columns that
there are fewer Eobos in e
Paso this year than ever before; I can
tell him the reason" said Robert
Krakauer. president Of the Associated
Charities. THE organization OF the
Associated Charities in FL Paso has
driven the hobo out Of Fl Paso." he
continued "a man cant drop into
FL Paso and bum and beg his way any
more. He is Immediately sent to the
Associated Charities by those he So
Lcits for help and there he must
make a showing OF deserving help
before he gets It. The professional
hobo refuses 70 go up against this
and so gives Fl PasO a wide berth.
The Associated Charities has posi-
lively driven the hobo from Fl Paso."
"The woman who buys for the fam
liy has TO be very careful there days.
said Mrs. C.. E. Wentworth, because
she is liable TO be cheated in every
way Recently a salesman said TO
me- Madam, We do not guarantee our
vegetables. I wished to answer him,
sir, i 90 not guarantee my money!
statesmen and shOpkeepers seem to
THINK LEar the customer is a person
whom il is proper 10 cheat on every
occasion possible. II the vegetables
are iced or rotten. IL is the buyers
loss Yet i wonder what they would
say II they found that they had been
given counterfeit money as they had
sold counterfeit goods"
The war does not come very close
10 u.s. until we lose some dear one in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-11
Little InteTuieUS
Drives the Hobo From City
Money o. K. for Bad Vegetables

and certificates in the county
schools.
They say that children at orphan
age asylums and homes for the pa
rentless do not quarrel and fight like
the average children living at home.
said Miss Esther Fentra- 1T may be
q very hard problem to decide just
why this IS so, but many might say
that Il was because no example was
offered for the little tots to follow
Parents are very intOlerant OF their
children's fretulnsss and shortcom-
lugs, but II they would look into the
matter impartially. I believe in the
majority OF cases it would be found
that the blame starts with the pa
rents themselves"
'The eastern tourist who is so for
tunete as to see that rather rare
member OF OF the spider family
known as the nina &c IA terra or
child Of the earth generally has
some startling tales to tell about II
when he goes back east" said J.. T.
Couch, Of New Mexico. The insect
which has been described as looking
like a 'hOmely. bald child arouses
great fear among Spanish Americans.
and sometimes a finger or hand is
sacrificed when a person IS so IN
fortunate as to suffer a bite. There
are many, however, who maintain
that the bite OF this strange. yellow
insect OF the tarantula family IS no
more harmful or poisonous than the
BIKE o. hornet But neTerth eless
the nina de Ia TERRA has some de-
cided fighting qualities and Is not
pleasant acquaintance TO have
around
Camp Cody athletic fans are much
interested in whether a return game
VIII be played between The IT. Bliss
and Cody football teams" said A. y.
Scott THE Cody fans are anxious
that the game be held at Deming I'm
order that they may have an oppor-
Junity to attend it. Nothing definite
regarding the game has been an
nOunced so far. but Il seems to be q
general opinion that a return game
VIII be played. Right now the Cody
fans are interested in boxing. as
Bobby Waugh, Texas lightweight. and
Rid Fitzpatrick. an fastener. viii
clash in that city on December II"
The majority OF restaurants here
don't observe wheatless Wednesday
10 is In fact. an absolute farce" said
VIM A. Bisland- If it Is 10 be ef-
feetive. M Hoover should make ali
14Aerles stop baking bread OF any
kind one day q week. Substitutes
would then be promptly found
Separate camps for negro soldiers
are being advocated" said S. Ander-
son, put how can We face our enemy
with clean hands in this great 1igh-
for freedom and democracy unless all
our citizens are treated fairly and
given theIr rights under cur grLnG
old Iag2 No discrimination should
be tolerated by those in authority in
our military organizations No sane
person viii even question the ne
eros loyalty I'm this great crisis. he
has held no anti draft meetings nor
INDUCED in any other anti American
propaganda Make the negro soldier
realize that he has somethlng
tight for and he VIII soon show he Is
not as black as he Is generally
painted His cooperation win be
'eeded before autOcracy is bauished
from the face Of the earth"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-11

German defeat viii be tremendously
delayed II the French, the British and
the American high commands. togeth-
er with the Italian, II Italy is 10 re-
main a belligerent. as one should
now believe do not initiate the Ger
man metod and measurably. at least.
seek TO achieve unity OF command in
all directions and concentration Of
resources on a single front. If Italy
can now be saved and the enemy
pinned down at the TagliamentO.
italian man power should thereafter
be Joined to French, British and
American on the Belgian and French
fronts, and the campaign OF 1918
should the concentration Of every
man and every gun available I'm q
1lndL effort TO break the military
power OF Germany. as Germany has
sought TO break the military power
OF each one Of her foes separately.
The next conference OF the allies.
about which so much is being writ
ten, must achieve a pooling OF all
military resources, an agreement for
the subOrdinatiou Of all national
schemes TO an allied plan and the
formulation OF a concerted program
for The operations of 1918. As long
rs France. Great Britain and the
United States continue in tie war
eventual German defeat Is assured
Inere is no present prospect that
italy viii not also stay i'm the war.
and by so much increase the advSn-
taEe of the allies But an alliance
which has been unable to save Bel
GUM. Russia S5rvia. Rumania. and
temporarily lost Greece politically.
can need no further Illustration OF
the weakness OF its strategy either
on the political or the military side.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-11

milk depot should get a share Of your
attention when demanding clean
foods" You viii find the stores quite
willing to act on your suggestions;
most establishments welcome COM
ment by patrons.
Show cases should be covered
should be fly and dust proof In such,
stores. maintaining a high degree Or
protection to their stocks, 70 IS en-
rirely safe TO buy in bulk. OleOmar-
garine is much cheaper than butter
and Is under the strict necessity OF
being made from absolutely fresh IN
gradients Butter can be made from
rancid. stale ingredients: so -ofeo
possesses a real merit. It IS wei
worthwhile substitute for butter for
all except the children.