The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-09-23

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Copyright 1915. by the New York Times,
the Chicago Tribune and the Oklahoma
CITY TlmeHD'
WITH The AMERICAN ARMY.
Sept, IL was talking this morning
with a former professor Of Cologne
about Germanys success in finding sub
stitute articles OF war OF which he
talked. This prisoner OF war himself
a chemist was discussing at length Ger
man inventions of this sort when sud
denly he said: But we cannot get
substitutes for men"
lie voiced then the thought that is
lippermost in the mind OF every thinking
Cerman-dwindlins %man-power at the
kaiser's disposal. Into the theatcr OF
wal America is throwing her hundreds
of thousands of fresh, young fighting
men. and Germany has not the like TO
send against them
Quality Of Men Poorer.
After talking with the professor. |
obtained authoritative figures as TO
German man-powcr on the western
front. They show the German command
has about 10000 fewer men on this
front than they had IN April and the
general quality is much poorer due not
only TO the fact that Germany had 10
seek recruits from inferior physical
classes, but also TO the fact that Ger
man army morale is at the lowest point
now than during any time during the
war.
Only Few Fresh Units.
But jar more significant than the re-
duction OF 10000 OF German effective
on the western front. is the TACT that
whereas Just before GERMANY started
her ofiensiyes last March the German
command had seyenty-two fresh di-
visions out OF the line as mas, OF ma
ueuyer and fully rested, il has TODAY
/ Just thirteen such divisions and his re-.
serves are not grouped as then, but are
now scattered all along the western
front due largely to fear OF the Amer
: cans.
On the western front Germany la,
Two hundred and four divisions which
are being maintained at an average
; strength Of $1,000 by the most heroic
efforts by combing out civilian war
workers. This gives a total Of $4,000
! One may take the we'll known estimated
> French and English strength and add
that total of nearly two million Ameri-
cans in France, to see what p%reponder-
ing mau-power strength the allies have
- will have as soon as these Ameri-
cans all get in the fighting trim
All Have Been In.
or the two hundred and four Ger
nan divisions on the western front, ono
hundred and fourteen arc in line. thir-
teen have had a month or more rest.
and seventy.one are in the back areas
icing rebuilt after being chewed up b,
the British and French. Theirs is per.
haps twenty OF these seventy. one d.
visions In shape and could he throw
ipto the fight in a pinch OF thirteen
reserve divisions in good shape, three
rate first class. six second class. two
third class and two fourth class. All the
divisions on the western front have been
engaged in battle since lIly IS.
Reserves Scattered.
OF the hundred and fourteen division,
in line, the army group OF Crown Prince
Ruppreoht has thrty-two, Won Boehn
has t~hirty-two. Crown Prince has TWEEN
rty-two. Won Gallwiu has twelve and the
Duke Albrecht has sixteen Won Gall.
wi,r and Duke Albrccht command III,
front from Nerdun 10 the Swiss Dor.
der. Il was Won Gallwitz who wa,
Whipped by General Pershing when the
hmericans took 81. Mihiel salient. Tn,
divisions Of the reserve were scattered
all over the front without indication OIL
any concentration.
h II is worth noticing that recently in
hard pressure for men German com.
'bnsnd had been putting into the fiQh,
itiivisions with only a very short rest
bn order 10 conserve their thirteen rest.
led divisions. This was evidently il
order to have them for emergency