Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-10-06

CAPT, WOLFE.
tho time being. only 10y keeping Just
beyond reach can such an enemy be
met. by tantali2ing opposition which
correctly Judges IT'S distance THIS
overwhelming force eventually either
wears itself out or, infurated be-
SUnd the point Of control, lays itSeH
open to successful counter attack,
This is exactly the way roch has
played the game over there. When
Germany started on - mad rampage
IT first ViCtimiZod helpless little
Belgium. Atrocities committed upon
this helpless nation served To. feed
the German thirst for blood and
make them indifferent of any consc-
qucnCcs; and for while II CoWed
some of the other nations that might
have taken up arms against them
but for fear OF a similar fate. ON
swept the powerful army and no one
could stop II until General FOCh,
three weeks after the launching uf
the drive, was given chance to act
lie did act at Nancy. ana by tho
temporary tripping Of the enemy at
Saucy made II possible for the first
rush to be stopped at the Marine.
Recognizing that FoCh and FuCh
alone knew how TO meet the Germans
the high command Immediately
rushed him to the north to head off
the enemy which seemed certain 10
capture Calais and Bulougnc. Again
he succeeded Not long thereafter
he turned the tide at Artois and on
the Somme. when the Italians were
facing disaster they sent for the
kaiser's nemesis and again his
81 80 n Having Tins do
onstrated Conclusivcly that he and
he alone knew the combination to
allied success hc was unanimous
choice of all to direct the entire al.
lied operations.
FoCh's plans then and his plans
since as they have been worked out
i'm actual practice have been just the
same as would best meet the attacks
Of Prussian bully. with the enemy
drunk with success, more or less ex-
hausted and off guard. lac has sprung
surprise opposition that has tripped
up the numbering giant. Apparently
he has come to the conclusion that
the bully's strength now has been so
sappcd by eyCesscs that by attacks
from every SIDE he can be cOwed and
put TO flight.
1t also has been demonstrated that
FoCh's plans are not of recent origin
but he undoubtedly has been work
ing them out for nearly n quarter Of
century; for, in text book on
strategy prepared by him more than
twenty years ago, he outlined the
very system he has been operating.
TRANSACTIONS OF this text have been
published in American newspapers
within the last year.
Captain Wolfe made another inter
esting disclosure in stating that he
knew of his own knowledge that Ger
many had been planning to strike at
France through Belgium for more
than n score Of years. and that viola
ton Of this little nation was not an
eleventh hour eNpedicnt as claimed
by Berlin. When Captain Wolfe was
little boy In that Prussian Missouri
settlement he often heard the Ger
mans discuss over their stelns fihe
next war with France" and they al
ways considered 1t n foregone CON
clusion that the road would lead
through Belgium. II this was COM
mon knowledge among Germans in
this country, certainly the Prussian
war conspirators must have been de-
cided upon it. Belgium was expected
TO be 10 frightened at Germany's mil
itary menace that she would open her
gates without opposition. This she
Very gracefully could have done had
she not too much spunk and had she
thought less of her honor.
Captain Wolfe is well known in
| Tulsa. For "A number of years he
called on the hardware trade OF tho
oil metropolis as representative Of
| tho \. Geisel Manufacturing COM
l,pany Of st. Louis, the Tieman Stove
and Hardware company. another st.
! Louis firm. the Allen Manufacturing
| company of Nashville. Tenn, the
| Theele- Phillips Manufacturing COM
pany of Florence, Ala, and the Cad
sen Stove and Range company Of
Gadso. Ala.
He now is serving his third hitch"
! in the army He enlisted first in
1897. Joining tho coast artillery. Dur
| ing this enlistment he was stationed
| at Key West, Fla, Montauk Point
I y. Y, and Hilton Head, s. e. Al
the end Of this enlistment he was
a corporal gunner and liked the scryN
! ice so we'll he enlisted for another
| period. He saw several months serv-
| ice in Cuba during the war with
! Spain. When the United States de-
clared war on Germany the military
microbe was revived in his system
and in August Of 1917 he enlisted for
the third time. lie was commissioned
first lieutenant of infantry and was
attached to the 9Oth division at Camp
| Travis as instructor in gas defense
and grenade. As time drew near for
| the departure OF his division for
France. the war department decided
| he would he of much more service to
! his country as an instructor at Camp
/ Travis than with tho division, hc-
/ cause Of his special qualification
! along that line. Therefore he was
! assigned to command a company In
: the 165th depot brigade. Recently
| he was promoted to captain and now
! he has visions of being given n
/ chance to lead company in the
| GRAND nrorDgnade hainr, nIappnI FOR