Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-12-12
By EDWARD 9. CLARK.

BY EDWARD q. CLAIM.
WaShingtOn.-Belie is strong in
Washington that the war strategy
board of three generals of the allied
forces which recently has been APP
pointed will be augmented quickly by
the naming of an American soldier 10
make a guartette of what today Is
trio.
There has been a tendency notice
able in Washington TO confuse the
strategy board with the great council
which is now opening its sessions at
the French capital. the council at
which Col f. NJ. House is the chief
civilian American representative. The
council, Of course, as President Wilson
already has said. will consider means
''as to how the war is TO be wOn,' and
this means that ii in a large sense VIII
be military In it's nature. The strategic
board. as many call it. of three ranking
officers of the armies of the allies may
form a plan o. their own for an all
embracing campaign or they may seek
simply 70 put into effect the plan
which the council outlines, provided
of course military authority sanctions
n.
Recently Painleve at a luncheon Civ
en- 70 David LIoyd-George outlined a
program in these words-"A single
front Il single army. single nation"
Younger Men Will Rule.
The then French premier may have
known il or he may not have known It.
but in epltomizing this program Of
war he was bun echong words spoken
time after time i'm the recent past by
American army officers of high rank.
The military end Of the war depart
ment probably will have ITS way. Youth
in the army must be served as it is
served elsewhere. and SO ii can he TAX
en- for granted almost that the old men
who are for prolonged counsel will be
overcome by the Young men who are
for short counsel and short war.
Long ago the young American naval
officers urged in such ways as they
could that q sea campaign in connec-
tion with the British fleet he under.
taken Younger army officers have
felt from the very beginning that war
should be declared on the allies Of Ger
many. and II Is Inconceivabe that their
view has not been known To their SUI
perior military and civilian officers.
There is growing feeling here today
I'm milrary and naval circles that fol-
lowing the conference in France some
body. or several somebody's In fact.
will he told to strike hard
German Fleet May Strike
Constantly in Washington one henrs
that thus far Germany had been sue
ceSsful on land but that the allies
have been overwhelmingly sue. ssful
on the sea II Is apparent that sea
victory for the Germans would do them
more good than all the land victories
which they could pile up. 4 sea vie,
Tory would open the way IN supplies Of
all kinds. to the control Of the seas,
and probably to an actual invasion or
an attempted invasion Of England,
Military opinion here therefore holds
that so far IS vital successes are con
cerned. the allies are better Off than
the Germans. hut the belief Is that
some time or other the German fleet
may strike.
There is an Austrian feet shut VT
In Pola. There are means If properly
used hich would result In driving This
feet ont Some Of the naval strnte-
gists believe that the first thing 10 he
sIonr is to destroy every ship which the
AuStrians have and they say that with
France italy. Great Britain and Amer
ica in This fight there ought 10 he shns
enough 10 put the Austrian fleet our Of
commission while stll having reServ,
supply enough To- keep the German
ships bottled up until the time shall
come 10 go in and smash them in the
bottle.
New Army Never Surpassed.
Letters which come to me from
men whom have known sine,
school days on that Hudson rivel
plateau which is Swallowed 10y For
Putnam and Old Crow Nest mountain
contain no military secrets. but the,
disclose perhaps better than anythin,
else can the real spirit Of the servic
ms il is constituted today. the splri
which If not maintained will make 70
defeat
The letters are frem general officer
commanding camps and environment
Of the American army In divers place
and rhey tell the most convincing sto
ries of the morale and the general eN
cellcnce of health and spirit of tn
new armies of the republic
Take the letters together and thei
contents represent conditions in camp
In which Americans from every Sc,
ton are quartered Ii would seer
thar the spirit of the soldiers of IN
South. the West, the East and IN
North is one. The high desire OF proI
or service on the part of drafted me
is one of the most satisfactory OF tn
findings. Some men did not expeC
real heart service from some of IN
drafted ones
Is Real American Army.
From she letters of the commandln
officers one gets no word of self prais
nor Of self congratulation CONNER
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Woes Of the Rich.