The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-21
BY RAYMOND c. CARROLL

IT tic : ld..r: pruIu!cs. hIin with am
ruunr,I".i. clothing. gets hinr i '"'lrt ;L';i
.,Crs thu: IT, ha:: plenty ~ good food i
gets ur maps ~ tn" country. a;riEI'"S
,.inriH irr army ,nnN riII'i!tS ANA can al
w;.l> hr d"r"ub"d uI"m I" rr'Nl"" IN"
sort - IT liz; u"c:SSarI !" eaten IN"
:tyrraG" spy.
In short. che general staff Of an army
builds un The noncompliance most
necessary undertaking. |, r. III" d:E'':
,ing intcllIgcnc" for meeting average
wants md conditions.
Army one of Specialists.
We French adore specialists. said
ono nr The French liaS"n officers III IN"
A,,r-lran sector. We have called in
specialists t" animate and nac"-make the
army nnIrh!n" created and run by our
general staff You Americans will prob
ably de- likewise when the emergencies
demand il. tor %"u arc Il nation oil m
.l,yi,luali<;s i:..i,2c outward condl-
lions. md antIcipa'" IT," unusual.
,a,.ii, say that a:n"ni; our officers
have found tw" dl$tinc, groups. First.
tr"-r * tive larger company VIII" say LIT
us Americans take as little as "" possibly
can from tho French and the British.
and USE the occasion Ia develop Amcri-
can genius in leadership ard III" art OF
making war. The other group says let
US avail Of everything. no matter where
procured, if It only sends us faster to-
ward the desired Soal-thc dcfHa; of the
enemy. The chief argument of the lat
ter is that. after ALL time is the clement
which counts most.
Unfortunately dcmocracics provide no
pruning knives for the commonplace.
Strong men acting unon their individual!
responsibility have To rise up for each oc-
casion. Should they fail they must eX-
poet to be- rrvilcd and denounced But
should they succeed they ar" bound 10 DO
Landed and acclaimed. 1t is the SAME in,
the army nf a republic.
heard two Of our reserve Officers
discussing in Il duGout what wc were
fighting for. They wcr" chllcg" mon.
with definite and exceedingly interest
ing ideas.
It's 4 contest n save France said
one. the country whose. people excel in
the nonvivocious cl"rification Of tho
senses. always feel when in France
like 4 tremendously embarrassed man
for the first time in drawing room.
TN riy opinion YOU have hit wide Of
the mark" said the other. I'VE .tmcri-
cans are fighting To give ourselves AMI
tho rest Of the world n chance to laugh
aloud At anything W" think IS funny"
II was only another WY Of saying.
Make the world safe for democracy"
AZ various times in the last few
months the censorship rules have rr-
Taxed ~ ,hc extent NJ permitting men,
ton that American troops w"rH in with
the French for variable periods nf in
,Strurti"n on III" IRON; line near SniS
sons. SiXty-SiN miles from rarIS: near
; Ncrdun Ia miles from Paris. and near
Lunevill" $40 miles from Paris. Toul.
III" nearest city t. nu~ troops in tho
American sector. is COO miles from Par
IS. TIL" correspondents were in Il town
302 miles from Paris.
II has h"nn tho rraclicr "f thc chief
press officer - got up parties Of cnrrc-
Spondauts 10 visit the more distant
troops This was don" by getting spc-
rial permission from tho French. There
after articles would he written about
the. TRIP. whai was seen AMI heard in
The limited hours Of the visitation. all
-. l." released ut som" later day. when
il hnd been definitely eSiahl shrd that
tn" Germans know our troops w"r"
there through IN 4nnnunr' m"nt Of tho
capture "f American prisoners in an "f-
fetal German r"mmunIqu". Obviously
much that was gathered IN these trips
was Quit" Stui' when il WIS released
:"r publication in IN" United States.
Way to Boston Route.
When | first visited Sntssons. Z city
nf about l".nh0 inhabitants on IN"
AiSn" river. noted for is har!cni beans
and Roman antiquity. 70" h"t"' heart
Of ,ranS:"n. life. tcem"d with American
officers. went ont with them 10 tho
ullarrics y short distance thIS side OF
III" hotly contested for Road q: III"
I.ldr"S." and entering nlrh" on. the
tf.ld side OF the rocky nil passed down