The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-06
GERMANS RIDICULE OF
Z. S. ARMY LIKELY
TO COST THEM DEAR
American School Of Officers In France Rapidly Max
ing National Army Ulcers Into Experts
Soldiers Constantly Under Training
ARTICLE XIV.

: iCtLn army IN france III nON 1''o = 80
! indoor sport Of tho German government
! II Is about tho last one the government
! has loft and it is being played drspe'-
/ at.ly with the Wow Of dircrtnG tue
minds Of the people. and Keeping hope
! aiivc in their sinking hearts.
The German newspapers, Of course.
are rightly censored. Not O. WORD OIL
! war news is ever published except that
/ which ,m,,rntes from headquarters.
/ Nevertheless the German people. VINO
! are not fools. know full we'll that the
ha!sers war Promises arc not being iui-
filled lie promised in the beginning
! lint their victorious troops would D.
home by Christmas Of 1914 They know
now that Christmas, 1918. will see tho
! world still ct war.
Tho kaiscr promised his people YER
! dun but he could not deliver Fcrduu-
/ H., promised them the humiliation OF
! III. british army before this year S
! summer. But tho british army sun
t,,.hts on and even the German news
! papcrs dare not claim that the RhitiSn
! chow signs OF weakness or surrender.
! Tho German people were promised,
ahova all, that their coInnanders IN
| chief would end tho war VIGOROUSLY
| before tho Americans could raise and
| TRANSPORT overseas any army worthy OF
! tho name This supreme promise 'l'o
government IS stu trying I" make 'he
pconle believe Is being kept. because
! they know that unless the war IS won
! be<ore tho Americans como IN IN grca1
numbers it never can be won
! I.ulLug the People.
| Secrctary of War Baker. quoting from
| tho srui-ofricial "Norddcutschc Allge-
incline Zeitung" Of Berlin. gives sam
pls Of the sedutive stuff with which Inc
! German authorities AFRO Keeping tho
ntoule's nerves quiet Admitting thal
country Of l00.O00;0o0 population
might concc!vably raise an army OF
| I son 600 men, the article goes to great
Mains to prove that such Nh army Will
! ncver cross tho seas. Tho American
polItical situation" Is such that inc
creAtcr part Of tho army will have 10
he kent at home At hest only 4oo'uHo
| To soc. 900 men can be put into the Eu-
! rnpean battlcflelds.
."rhcre is an American army IN
E4ance- comedies the article. with an
air OF being quite candid on the SUD-
! Icct but it consists entirely OF WOOD
cutters, railroad men and doctors en-
ccpt two or three divisions whose pre-
clous lives arc being spared IN Qui"t
places fur bahind the front.
| Whrn I read those words I lauSnco:
Rccnusc I have been IN GOOD "''t'E
| Of those quiet placcs hchino tn.
front and know that what IS prnn5
soldiers, nor yet keeping them sfle
! from battle. Whit is nrinE uo uni
there is making thcm no per Sr, fcns
efficient lighters Not mass hshte as
alone, not mon who AT ME "oru - -,
! command go forward TO he moWn cow,
| nv nrnchinc gun Nrc. Rut indNldual
! fighters. men who can move t"s'l,its
lin q mass. ycs. but men VINO aISo
know how to light alone. who nave I'M
tiativc, rcsourcctuincss, rcSponSlo.t ,,,!,
| Mon who know every trick Of the game
| Whilo VIZ were building ships; WniI"
We were drafting and drilling men nEc,
/ hero: whil> tho d"Spia"d w""drullCrS nt''t
! railroad mon and III" vigorous !ru"S y
engineers were laying the basis lot
long war If necessary. b,It n ri'nn W.
! tori in the rnd. our soldiers. wal''hh
| in scnr,s Of cImps n take their niA'c"
lin the lines. w"r" being given an in'"n-
Sivc training. which I think Wru. ,,,, w.
! touish oven the war-cfiicl"nt LcIH'a"H'
Trained to tho Last.
VVo haVN also special SCHOOLS lot W =
fcers and they arc still in full blast
and will be continued as long as thcH
an needed. our supply of officers Will
never run short. for tho schools VIII
, continue to turn them out Tho SchooIS
give the superior enlisted mon cnRilcr
To earn commissions. Objects IN we
regiment ar" on u constant "alch r
mon who show signs Of leadership ana
military intelligence SnCh mon ar" OF
| 0crr material und on tho rrc"Hm"noa-
ton Of their superiors they. are sent 10
one or another OF tn" Schn"lS witch
have been established over there.
When our mon 70 I" Franco from
thr c.ntnu1;1cnts here their training ls
hy no means complete. They hArr or,I.
licked into soldier shape. they arr IN
good physical md mental c"no',rTn' ' .r:,
hay" learned to march. To- dTill, ana
IN shoot They can use tho hhTon"l'
J they know s"ITr>thinE about nrlt!rr!.
about Cr.nados and bombs. hut 'h'a
To learn soon after they arrive IN
Franc" They learn in camps an,
schools, hut tho German government
doesn't tell it's people about that.
Il was cold drizzly day IN Mn ,,r
that ! visited 4 school whrrN infantry.
artillery. sanitary and :;aS Tor" was
being instillcd into tn" intHll'fcncc ol
nearly two thousand h"t-blnod"d EnunE
b; Aucrirnms Some Of them w"r" n"inE
trimmed for nn-commiSSi"n"d n1hc"rS
Eyhn would 10 in dirrr; command or
squads Of soldiers in hniilo. There wrrr
alsn largo classes for li"ut"nanfs ana
captainS "r infantry. artillery. en-
gu""ring and arintt"
ANYTHING Moro than an outline Of tho
COURSES studded. The schedules announr-
! ing tho rlnescs liz on my desk rs I write.
riley cover eighteen closely typewriter
Iagcs.
Sample OF Work.
TAXI n class "r enlisted infantrFTrn
who ;.rr expected IN command squads.
These arc soilr "f Tho things they did in
school tho week If Marh /" March .,
1918: ~: Monday and TUESDAY they had
inspection and drill from I:"G IN S:4a.
From until AS they had instructions
in musk"iry. grenade AMI haE"n"t WORK
| They won't To th"i- noon dinner and from
1:lI {" 20 they iad more Of the Same
kind "f arjll.
| The; repeated this during thn r"St or
tn. week and on Wednesdays they had
besides q lecture on some lh"nrnti cal
prr,lIrrn nf ihrir work Ivy Il veteran colo
mol 4 West Point man. They also stud
i",! Il r1lp problem. and In the evening
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