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New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

" so long before beginning
this new attack?
The main cause has been recruit
ment. This is certain. Another
probable cause is the change Of plan
involved by the failure of the enc
my to force a decision in Flanders by
the end of April, and that there has
been a change is amply demon
strated by the location of the new
offensive. There are perhaps sew
eral subsidiary causes Of the delay,
such as the preparation of new ma
terial, the hampering of the German
communications by the Allies supe-
riority in the air, and just possibly,
as has been suggested in the French
press, difficulties of internal disci-
pline and some increase of sickness
among the German troops.
But the main cause of the delay
was the change of plan forced upon
the Germans.
Briefly, what happened to the
Germans was this: First of all, a
check to the main original plan of
separating the French and British
armies. They had week of strik-
ing success, expensive to themselves,
indeed, but also terribly expensive
for us; they took prisoners and
guns, and also masses of material,
but they did not obtain a decision,
and the true war of movement
ceased upon the line where they
were held, which still runs as it ran
seven weeks ago in front of Arras,
just west of Albert, down to Mont
didier, covering Amiens, then more
or less east past Lassigny to Noyon.
The effort in front of Lille, made
at first with comparatively small
forces, led to unexpected success;
the Allied front was broken upon a
sector of not quite twelve miles. The
bridges were, unfortunately, not de-
stroyed across the Lys, and for the
five days April 8 to April IS the
advance, gradually slackening, in
deed, but still maintaining the con-
ditions of the war of movement, was
continued by the Germans.
The enemy seized this sudden and
unexpected opportunity and at
tempted to press for decision in
this new field. He pressed very
hard. His first blow here he deliv-
cred with six divisions, of which
only four were used for the actual
shock, but within the next three
weeks he put in the equivalent of
nearly forty divisions. His object
was to reach the seacoast, destroy
the Allied forces to the east and
north of his thrust, to occupy the
port of Dunkirk, and possibly even
to arrive at Calais, putting out of
action very great portion of the
Allied forces, chiefly British.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
The Advantage to
The Allied Side


The other side Of the picture is.
of course, the disadvantage which
he has incurred by his delay. This
takes three forms. The first is the
considerable strain on the civilian
population Of Germany which in
creases rapidly during the last four
months before the harvest. The
next advantage which his opponent
gets Gust as much as the German
does) is recruitment in the way OF
hospital returns coming back and of
young men growing old enough to
be brought into service. Lastly and
much the most important factor is
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
The Need to Train
Men in Europe

What he sets against these factors
adverse to his hopes, is first the adj
vantage of a homogeneous army
like his own over any army made up
of very different elements, and sec
ondly that inevitable source of delay
to the Allies which l have called
the bottle neck" of special train
ing for the men sent to Europe. You
might send an indefinitely large
number of men trained at home over
to Europe in an indefinitely short
time without increasing beyond a
certain maximum the rate at which
they would reach the firing line. No
matter how excellent and thorough
the home training is it is absolutely
necessary for every arm of the SER
vice to go throughsa second course of
special training on this side of the
ocean before they are ready for
those special tasks which infantry.
gunners, airmen and observers al,
have before them in this war.
That is perhaps the most charac-
teristic difference between the pres
ent campaign and those of the past.
and, indeed, between the present
state Of this war and the conditions
as they were in it's opening months
and before July, 1915. A mass of
quite novel, highly technical and
highly differentiated activities have
developed for which special training
upon the spot, namely in Europe, is
absolutely necessary before the
troops can be used at all.
The enemy's prolonged delay was
based upon the balance struck be.
tween all these advantages and dis.
advantages.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
Delay in Germany New Offensive
torcedby Picardy and F flanders Losses

delay due to a change in plan. YOU
have the more vital cause for delav
the necessity for recruitment. Let
us analyze the enemy's situation
here. he cannot recruit from his
Allies to any appreciable extent.
Inc remaining forces of Austria
must be used at best for an attack
OF the Italian front, and at the verv
least to hold that front Austria has
not the equivalent of ten divisions
to spare-probably less-and there
would be grave political difficulty in
asking the subjects Of Austria Hun
gary to sacrifice themselves in the
West. The enemy on the Western
front is seriously concerned with
German recruitment alone.
Let us see how delay effects this.
DC lost IN his great offensive some
thing not less than 100000 men for
the moment. 1t may have been
more, 1t may even have been 100000.
but 1t is safer to put it at round
half million. Now, we have after
four years experience in modern
war the elements for a precise cal
culatlon which tell US what his
returns-that is, his men released
from spital-will be in anv given
length of time. After DELAY of
about four months some sixty Der
cent of the hospital cases will be
available again for the return to the
army, and at least fifty per cent,
probably rather more, will be avail
able for the same use and will be
able to suffer the same strain as
before they entered the hospital.
by late summer, therefore, say in
August, the German recruitment
from this source would amount in
theory to 100000 men, and in prac-
tlce to at least quarter of a mill
ION. That is the first source of re-
cruitment supplied by the delay,
but since the enemy has not DELAYED
to anything like so late date. we
have to estimate what the numbers
available from this source will be
to him at various dates from Nav
l onward as the men are released
from hospital.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

the growth of the American forces
in France.
The first of these - economic
strain-concerns the German least.
The strain this year is probably not
quite so severe as it was last year;
only in especially adverse circum-
stances is the strain which has not
lasted so long brought to a point
where the tone Of the nation is low.
cred beyond what it was last year.
AS against that you must set the
fact that habit also tells. At any
rate, this economic strain is the
least of the three things that the
enemy has to consider for the mo-
ment.
The second factor, the growth Of
the opponents strength by the re-
turn of their wounded and the grad
ual incorporation in the armies of
lads growing to military age, the
enemy notes, but he also notes the
determination of the French never
to use lads as young as he himself
does--it has been the consistent
French policy from the beginning,
and the fact that the large number
Of prisoners he has recently taken
count as permanent losses to us. Of
these no one at all returns.
The third factor, the American re-
cruitment is a serious one for the
enemy, the decision Of the American
authorities to allow their troops to
be brigaded with the French and
British, undoubtedly upset his cal
culations. He thought of the Amer
ican menace in terms of slowly ma
turing American divisions with their
stats holding whole sections of the
line. He finds it coming on him far
more rapidly in the shape of sepa-
rate battalons under the existing
staffs and intermixed with the
strong existing forces.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

large increase at the expense of hav-
lrg waited for that length of time.
In other words, delay of from six
to nine weeks from this viewpoint
alone is the delay Of maximum eff
cheney. 1t is worthy of note that the
ninth week from the beginning of
the German offensive closed on
Thursday, May %, four days be-
fore the opening Of the new attack
Sc much for the element Of recruit
ment in hospital return.
The New Classes
Called Up
The second clement of recruitment
is the new class already called up
and being trained, or which is al
ready in depots and upon which the
army can draw to fill it's gaps. This
new class is in the present case the
German class of 192O-that is. the
lads who are attaining their cigh-
teenth birthday in the course of the
present year, lads born between
January / and December 81, in the
year 1000. This class should fur
nish in theory we'll over half mill
ion men after the insufficiently de-
veloped or the insufficiently healthy
have been weeded out.
But in practice when you thus call
up class SO long before its normal
time you do not get more than 45O,-
600. 1t is also clear that you can
use the elder part of this class before
you can use the Younger There is
a whole years difference in age be-
tween the two extremes and this at
the period of adolescence when
year makes very great difference.
1t will be a full month before the
first half Of this class has reached
the age of eighteen, and although
eiS Siooo 'ie'H al OcSIl Cdllcu up anu
is now all being trained it would
almost certainly be waste of mate
rial to put in fighting units boys act
ually under eighteen years of age.
The results could not be worth the
ultimate expenditure in the lowering
of the physical standard and in the
increased proportion of sickness. If
we say that the class of 1920 will
provide ready in depots and only
gradually, of course, to be drafted
into line almost 100000 lads by the
end of next month we have-even
under extreme conditions of strain
which are now affecting the enemy
put the figures too high.
The very fact that this class is
being put into training and will be
called into line proves the extreme
pressure under which the enemy is
now working, for no German class
IN the past has been called up any
thing like so early.
We are now in a position to per-
ceive what the effect of the delay
will be upon recruitment for the
enemy. He will have within the
near future from both sources Of
recruitment = the hospital returns
and the new plans-1nOra than o5O
600, but much less than 100000 men
available to make good that Joss of
some half million which he incurred
in his offensive which ended some
six weeks ago. In other words, he
attacks now with not quite so great
numerical strength as he had when
he made his first great effort on
March 21, but with something not
very far short of it.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

which. when completed, will produces
according to Mr. Hurley, half as many
ships as all the yards of England.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

Failure to Get Decision
Against British Also
Affected Plans
Kaiser Was Forced
To Recruit Armies
Advantage Lies With Allies,
Who Gain Time for Amer
leans to Come Up
By Hilaire Belloc

Author of "Elements Of the Great
Wdr" and Ba'itain's most distfs-
guished military critic
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

w 7HY did the Germans delay
w so long before beginning
this new attack?
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-11-15

To ALL CHAPTERS:
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New Orleans, Nov. 8, 1918.
Tensas Parish Chapter, A. R. O.,
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Tensss Parish Chapter, A. r. O.,
st. Joseph, L..
The following telegram just received
from General Manager Red Cross:
"The Red Gross, while urging the
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on the part Of oil Of its members, does
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equipped with funds with which to
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ent war the Commission will, in &C.
cordance with the request of the Post
ONCE Department, admit women to
rural carrier examinations upon the
same conditions as men.
BY direction of the Commission:
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NOTICE.

All registrants Who, on September
I'm, 1918, had attained their 37th
birthday and who have received ques-
tionaires, need not all out same. and
are requested to Immediately return
same to this Board.
LOCAL BOARD,
st. Joseph, Il.
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New Orleans, Nov. Q, 1918.

new Orleans, Nov. Q, 1918.
To All Chapter Ohairmen:
Owing to the Iufluenss and other
causes, We have been unable to hold
INSTRUCTORS classes In Elementary Hy-
GENE and Home Care of the Sick be-
fore now, - requested By National
Headquarters.
This b to notify you that the first
OF these clssses h scheduled to be held
In New Orleans ct $50 Carondelet st.,
beginning November 18th, and con-
Guiding November 9oth, 1918.
A ws have been notified to prepare
women for nurses' aids both for home
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STlkfE OF LoUIMANA \
Department Of Education |

oTRfE OF IOUlA1ANA
Department of Education
Baton Rouge, Nov. 3, 1913.
Dear Superintendent The next ex-
animation for Teachers' Certificates
win be held in the various parishes Of
the State December End, srd and 4th
(white), and 9th, 9Th and 7th (negro),
health conditions permitting.
You are urged to give due Publicity
to the time and place Of holding thase
examinations; % that opportunity viii
Dc given to Ill who ere deslrous Of
canning certi6catss TO teach In the
oohoolS Of the State.
ysry truly yoors,
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NOTICE.

After co,is ultation with the Presi-
dent ef the School Board, hereby
solicit bids for the rent Of the school
lot In the Town OF St. Joseph for the
year 1919. The bids are to be sealed
and must be handed in to the Score
tary of the School BOARD not later
than November LIST, 1918. The lot will
not be rented for less than Thirty
Dollars, so each bidder must offer this
sum for the rent.
The School Board reserves the right
to reject any or all bids at its discre-
ton.
THOS. M. WADE,
Secretary superintendent.
st. Joseph, La, Oct. 18th, 1918.
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The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced IN exam
lnation for the County of Tensas, La,
10 BE- held at St. Joseph on December
18th, 1918, to all the posit,on OF rural
carrier st ;Newellton and vacancies
that may later occur on rural routes
from other post oflices in the above
mentioned county. The examination
win b open only to mail citizens who
ere actually domiciled in the territory
Of post ONCE In the county and who
meet the other requirements set forth
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mission ct Warrington, -. O. Apph-
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Commission at Washington at the
earliest practicable date.
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WIS.,
ORD

PretermIttlng Jury Term Of Court TO
Thard ~ Fourth Weeks January.
On learning that the influenza situ-
alton in the Parish Of Tensas lie still
bad, and not much, II anything, i'm
proved:
Now, therefore, in order to guard
against the further spread of the dis
ease ~ much % is possible, ii is here
By ordered that the special Jury Term
OF the Tenth District Court, heretofore
ordered TO be held In said Parish dur
ing the third and fourth weeks of No
vember. 1918, be and the same is
hereby preterrnitted, to be held dur
Ing the third and fourth weeks of
January, 1919, commencing on the
Mondays Of those weeks at 10 O'Clock
A. n.
IL 10 hereby further ordered that
the Grand and Petit Juries drawn and
summoned TO attend ct the October,
1918, term Of said Court, which was
heretofore ordered to be re-sum-
monsed to attend and to serve in said
Court for the third and fourth weeks
In November, 1918, be again re-sum.
monsed to attend and serve in said
Court for the third and fourth weeks
In January, 1919, beginning on the
Mondays Of January 10th and 9th,
1919, at 10 O'Clock A. N. respectively
OF those weeks; the said Grand Jury
TO serve during the first OF the weeks
herein last mentioned, and the Petit
Jury to serve during the second week
OF those herein last named.
It 10 further ordered that this order
be spread upon the minutes of said
Court, and be published In two con-
secutive weekly issues OF the Tensas
Gasette.
Rendered ct Chambers this Novem.
Der 18th, 1918.
N. M. CALHOUN,
Judge OF the Tenth District Court OF
I.ouisihus.
A true copy Of the original order.
Given under my official signature
this November 18th, 1918.
Jos. CURRY, Clerk of Court.
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DUBLdC NOTICE is hereby given that BY
virtue of an order Of sale to me direct
ed, by the above named Honorable Court, II
the above styled matter, I will, on
SATURDAY, the 7th day 81 Oec9nA0G0
- D. 1919,
offer for sale on the premises Of deceased IL
the town of Newellton. La, between thu
hours of II O'Clock A. NJ. and o'clocl
p. M, to the highest bidder, for cash, and
according TO Law, all the right, title and
interest Of the Succession Of N. o. Mallery
deceased, In and to the following described
property, In said parish, to-wit:
Lot No. 4 in Square "M'' of RouthwOot
addition to Town Of Newellton and houst
thereon.
Two bales of cotton in New Orleans, weigh
ing about 90 pounds.
About one bale of cotton in seed.
About one bale Of cotton unpfcked In field
One old second hand Ford automobile.
Thirty bbls. corn.
One iron bed and stove and furniture.
Two old horses.
One wagon, broken down and old.
One mare, nine years old.
Accounts against sundry parties aggregat.
ing In amount $l6.86.
Terms Of Sale: Cash.
LEON KULLMAN,
Administrator Of the Succession of N. o.
Mallery, Deceased.
Newellton, La, November I. 1918.
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Or thereof regulation Red Cross Christ
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cepted By the Red Cross for shipment
after November 10th.
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Lefty In your Chapter.
Yours very truly,
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able, q lay woman who could be
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This is the most important call yet
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With the elimination of the war
and the celebration of the great VIC
tory achieved it il BETTING that all
people should return thanks to God
for deliverance from the enemy and
for cessation OF the awful carnage
that has appalled, the world for more
than four years. 1t is. therefore sug-
gested, now that the epidemic of
Spanish Influenza il abated, and for
which We should also be thankful, and
church services can again be held,
that oil OF our people, without regard
to race, assemble 1t their customary
places Of worship, and return thanks
to the Giver OF every good and per-
feet Rift for the blessing that are our
happy portion.
The following letter on the subject
toethe Monroe News-Star from a
former st. Joseph man, nov living
In that city, is worthy of reproduction:
In suggesting Union Thanksgiving
Service, Mr.. Hudson has voiced the
sentiment Of eli stable minded men
and women.
Oh, give thanks unto the Lord, for He is
good; Tor His mercy endureth forever. Let
the redeemed Of the Lord say so, who He
hath redeemed from the hand Of the enemy.
Oh. that men would praise the Lord for His
G00dnees, and for His wonderful works to
the children Of men.-Psalm 1H.
The writer started with the parade
ct e:l6 Monday morning and is hoarse
from cheering, and enjoyed the dem
onstrstion to the fullest. The scrip
tire tells rs, however, that there is
time for all things, q time to make
merry and time to praise God. Let's
get togsther next Sunday afternoon,
- suggested by the editor, and make
this another day long to be remem-
bered BY our people. We prayed and
paid for this victory, now let's thank
God for It.
Praise God from whom all blessings dOw,
Praise Him AL creatures here below,
Praise Hin above ye Heavenly hosts,
Praise Fsther, Sen and Holy Ghost!
Sincerely,
WV. Med. HUNT.