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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-09

too often 1t eollapses under the storm
of the enemy's destructive fire" Our
infantry which had come to rely on
the barrage alone for protection, were
far too inclined to forget that they
had to defend themselves by their
personal efforts.
The increase in the number of the
guns and the amount of ammunition
required, first essentials for an effec-
tive use of artillery, had to go hand
in hand with a more resolute hand
ling of the artillery action by the
corps staffs and by better shooting by
means of aerial observation. | and
many other officers advocated that
the artillery action should in general
be directed by divisions in conformity
with precise orders from superior au-
thority.
This view met, of course, with OPP
position; it gradually came to be rec
ognized as the only sound one. Every
divisional commander was to have a
special high artillery officer for the
direction and control of this arm. The
want of some such arrangement had
made itself felt very deeply
Had to Discipline Flyers.
Artillery and aircraft were to CO.
operate more closely. The airman
would have to develop a liking for ar
tillery-ranging work. A battle high
up in the air, with chance of high
honors and a mention in army orders
was decidingly more exciting and
wonderful than ranging for the artil-
lery. Comprehension of the great i'm
portance Of artillery ranging work
was only gradually inculcated.
AS a fighting instrument for use
against ground targets, airplanes did
not then play such a systematic role
as they did in 1917. and more partic-
ularly in 1918; but as early as the bat
tie of the Somme the enemy's aircraft
descending very low, played havoc
with our infantry by machine-gun
fire, not so much by causing heavy
casualties as by making the troops
feel that they had been discovered in
places which heretofore they had
thought afforded safe cover.
This feeling of apprehension was SC
strong at first that rifles and ma
chine guns were often not put to that
use for which they would have been
most effective.
Gives Glory TO Infantry.
In the end of ends. infantry is the
deciding factor in every battle / was
in the infantry myself and was body
and soul an infantryman. / told my
sons to join the infantry. They did
so, but, as happened to so many OF
our young men, the freedom of the
air drew them from the trenches But
the fine saying of the old Directions
for Infantry Exercises" will always
remain true in war: THE infantry
bears the heaviest burden of battle
and requires the greatest sacrifice
so also it promises. the greatest re-
nown"
Heavy indeed is the burden of the
infantry in this as in other wars. They
have to endure the heaviest lombard
ments of the enemy lying quietly in
dirt and mud. in damp and cold. hum
outs, holes and cellars, they must
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-09
THE MODERN woMAN's CAREER

AS woman stands in the business
world today, her place is a very in
ferior one. Executive positions are
usually almost wholly filled with
men. Each man has one or two little
girl satellites who hover around him
take orders, receive stenographic die
tation, and write letters.
Yet in the schools women are gen.
orally considered superior to men in
ability to understand and learn. II
would seem that they are capable of a
far bigger place in the industrial
world.
Here and there is woman who
has gone on and acquired a high
grade business position. Some wo-
men become buyers for big business
in which work their discriminating
taste is strong asset. Many of then
have been successful in managing
such trades as dressmaking, millinery
restaurant and hotel business. But al
usual thing a woman who has ac.
quired such a success has done it un,
aided. No one helped her train for 1t
but she arose unassisted by her com.
manding ability
Why do not women train for the
higher positions of business response
bility? Schools for training in execu
tive management are getting many
young men students, who are prepar
ing themselves to be superintendent.
of factories and directors of CONNER
cial operations generally
Why do women let the men monop'
olize this field? Women certainly
show a degree of responsibility equa
to that of men. They are quite as APT
to have planning qualities and fore.
thought. In any line requiring dis
eliminating taste and style they would
excel. 1t seems wide open field fol
bright women.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-09

considerable amount of artillery and
aircraft.
The other armies would have to be
dealt with still more ruthlessly. They
would have to hold longer fronts
release divisions. artillery, aircraft
and balloons for the battle front.
Weak spots would naturally result;
but we should have to put up with
this, If we intended to hold on the
Somme. That was imperative, as no
rear lines had been prepared CHIC.
could at last count on a few new di-
visions, which were gradually got
ready.
Conditions on the battle front as
regards artillery and air strength
were bound gradually to improve, as
the more rapid reinforcement recent
ly introduced began to have effect;
only the questions Of munitions gave
cause for anxiety, although 1 had al
ready drawn heavily on other fronts.
Hoped to Rest the Men.
1t appeared possible, thanks to this
better supply of divisions, that Rup-
prechat's army group would gradually
be relieved of the necessity of living
from hand to mouth. 1t was then to
be hoped that proper system of put
SAAiS III luu ldhluB OUT Oh ulNlSlOllS IN
sequence would result I had to at
tach the greatest Importance to this.
in consideration of the internal organ
iZation of the army and in the inter-
ests of the men, as supply. both for
men and horses, was suffering.
After CHIC. had given help in the
matter, l firmly insisted that units
should not be mixed up Until then
this had not been possible owing to
force of circumstances. This special
arrangement did not get rid of the
necessity of continually relieving worn
out divisions by others.
A very essential and, indeed. diff
cult and responsible task of my opera
tons department was to have divi-
sions always ready which could i'm
mediately be made available for the
Somme battle. The condition of the
troops had to be accurately gagged,
so that we could arrange for their
removal from quiet front for service
on more or less important sectors of
the battle line.
The reinforcements which were re-
leased for the battle could not be sent
up to the front line in rotation The
railways We're already considerably
overtaxed by the ordinary traffic to
and from the battle lines. An enorm-
Gus number of additional trains had to
be run. Two or three weeks had to
pass before full effect could be given
to this new arrangement.
In that time all our calculations
might be upset by enemy successes
and new demands might have to be
| met. That lay in the hands of fate,
not to mention the enemy. For the
moment everything had been done
which the stress of circumstances
made at tall possible.
Had to Limit Barrages.
In the province of tactics it was
necessary to restore the supremacy of
the aggressive function of the artil-
lery in getting on to and destroying
the enemy's guns and infantry before
the infantry attack was launched. We
had previously had to renounce this
on account of our inferiority in guns
and ammunition.
The barrage had come to be re-
garded as a universal panacea. The
infantry insisted on it. but unfortu-
nately it had come to confuse many
sound theories. A barrage is all very
well In theory, but In practice only
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-09
BY GEN. ERICH Won LUDENDoRFF

forming a special army group under
the German crown prince.
There were now only three great
sections taking orders direct from G..
H.Q. The wholesale reorganization
of the west front could not be under
taken until there was a pause in the
fighting.
Feared For Fighting Power.
The loss of ground up to date APP
peared to me of little importance in
itself. We could stand that; but the
question of how this and the progress
sive falling off of our fighting power,
of which it was symptomatic. was to
be prevented was of immense import
ance. II was Just as necessary to
have a clear idea of our fighting ca
pacity as to know whether our tao
teal views were still sound. The first
was an easy matter, the second of
extreme difficulty.
Opinions vary as much in strateg-
ical and tactical as in political and
economic questions. 1t Is just as diff
ficult to carry conviction. The symp-
toms are recognized, but the under
lying causes are the subject of con-
troversy. In such circumstances a
cure is difficult matter. The army
is a very conservative body. 1t was
so in peace time and war made no
difference.
My mental picture of the fighting
I at Verdun and on the SOmme had to
be painted shade darker in view of
what l had just heard, The only re-
lief in it was the heroism of our Ger
man men. who had suffered to the
| extreme limit of humane endurance
for the sake of the fatherland. l can
not repeat all the moving stories of
| the battle which / heard.
| German Guns Silenced.
l began to realize what a task the
| field marshal and / had undertaken
in our new spheres and what bur-
! den we should lay on the leaders and
| troops in the west, If we drew on
them still further for our offensive
in the southwest.
On the Somme the enemy's power
full artillery, assisted by excellent
! aeroplane observation, and fed with
enormous supplies of ammunition,
had kept down our own fire and de-
stroyed our artillery. The defense of
our infantry had become so flabby
| that the massed attacks of the enemy
| always succeeded. Not only did our
morale suffer. but in addition to fear
lul WdStdSt III hllltu anu
we lost a large number of prisoners
and much material.
The most pressing demands of these
| officers for an increase of artillery,
ammunition, aircraft and balloons,
as well as larger and more punctual
allotment of fresh divisions and other
troops to make possible a better sys-
tenn of reliefs. The breaking off of
the attack on Verdun made it easier
| to satisfy their wishes; but even there
we had to reckon in the future with
considerable wastage, if only on &C
count of the local conditions. 1t was
| possible that the French would them
selves make an attack from the fort
ress.
Had to Leave Weak Spots.
Verdun remained an open wasting
sore. II would have been better to
withdraw our positions out of the
lcrater area.
At that time l had not thorough
grasp OF the local difficulties of the
| Verdun fighting. After the Somme
the fortress still required the most
consideration, but in spite of that the
9Th army would have. 70 surrender a
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-09

On September 5. 1916. the field
marshal (Hindenburg) and l paid
our first visit to the west We tray-
eled via Charleville. where general
headquarters had been established,
hitherto to Cambria, the headquarters
of Crown Prince Rupprecht of Ba-
varia.
The crown prince came to meet us
on our way into Charleville. A com
pany of the famous Won Rohr storm
battalion formed the guard of honor
for the field marshal. For the first
time | saw a single detachment in full
storming rigout, with the steel he'll
NETS which had proved so eXtraor-
dinarily, so wonderfully useful. We
had not had them in the east,
The crown prince was greatly
pleased at the abandonment of the
attacks on Verdun. a course he had
long and earnestly desired He dis
cussed other matters also, and men
toned to me his desire for peace; he
did not explain how this was to be
obtained from the entente.
In Charlevile the field marshal saw
the officers of main headquarters.
The division of CHG. into two
groups, and the immense distance be-
tween Pless and Charleville. had
proved very inconvenient in every
way. The excellent telephone and
telegraph service was no substitute
for personal discussion. | would have
preferred to have general headquar-
ters entirely in the west, although
not at Charleville, which was not a
convenient pace
The German troops in France and
| D.I,, ~ h.. 1n.N ~
| the war in its most merciless form
and ones anxiety to be geographic
ally near them was natural enough
CHIC. was. however, compelled tc
remain at Pless, as the operations in
Rumania required that we should
keep close touch with General Won
Conrad inTeschen. G.. II. Q. were
therefore, moved to the east and es-
tablished in Pless, kattawitz and
other towns
The conference in Cambria took
| place on the morning of the TIN
while violent struggle was proceed
| ing on the SOmme. We were all deep
| ly affected by that terrib e conflict.
Shakeup of Armies Necessary, But
had 10 Wait on Big Battle.
| The western front was not at this
time well organized. The constitu.
| ton of the armies into army groups
had not been carried far enough yet
The army group of Crown Prince
| Rupprecht had been created as a re-
suit of the August Somme fighting
1t included the 9th army before Arras
which the crown prince himself had
| hithertwo commanded and the two
other armies also engaged, the Isl
and End, under Generals Fritz Won
| Below and Won Gallwitz.
The army group of the German
crown prince was of earlier origin;
it consisted of the 3rd army near
| Rheims, the 9Th at Verdun, led by
the crown prince himself, and the
army attachments A and B in Alsace
and Lorraine.
Not forming part of any army
group was the 4th army, under Field
Marshal Duke Albrecht of Wurtem-
berg, on the right wing of the army
and the 9TH army. under Colonel
| General Won Schubert. between the
two army groups. At first we de-
cided to make no change in these ar
rangements, beyond putting the 18th
army in the Crown Prince Rup-
precht's group, and shortly afterward
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-09

icanized and unionized; live in the
way American labor asks to live. and
set the real spirit that holds intelh
gent unionists together. So long as
more and more may come it does
unionism little good to take under
wing hundreds of thousands of those
here, who will not stay put for the
incoming tide is ever ready to accept
conditions as they find them. being
better even at the worst than in lands
from which the Slavs and other races
flock.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-09
LUDEND0RFF'S OWN STORY
LXIIL-GERMAN ARMY SMASHED AND WASTED BY GREAT
ALLIED ATTACK ON SON1NE AND open VERDUN SORE
Whole Front See Danger of Brean gHad Thin Other Lines
Strengthen Somme LneAbandoned Dugous and Barbed Wire
OLD IDEAS OF DEFENSE UPSET BY THE ALLIES sTPENDoUs ONSLAUGHT
SET BY THE ALLIES STUPENDoUS ONSLAUGHT

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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-09

Copyright. 1919.
~ the Press Publishing Co.
(The New York Evening WORLD
New-York tribune., 1919-08-11
Prince of Wales T.
Nearing ST. John S
Cruiser Renown, With British
Heir Aboard, $50 Miles
Off Newfoundland

ST. JOHNS, n. r, Aug 1O-The Adj
mralty wireless station announced to-
night that the British battleship Re
nown, on which the Prince OF Wales is
coming to this country and Canada,
was met by the cruiser Dauntess 12O
miles off st. Johns at o'clock this
afternoon.
The cruiser Dragon was accom-
panying the Renown The Dauntless
preceded the other warships to this
port last week to make arrangements
for the reception of the royal visitor
The Rotila was preceding slowly to-
night in good weather, with full
moon and no fog, and will enter Con
ception Bay early tomorrow. 1t is
expected that the Renown will cruise
around the bay tomorrow and will
come to this city on Tuesday,
1t is learned that the Rcnown had
sufficient oil to take her to Halifax
The Dragon will refucl here.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-11
A Soldier Says

GUPPLY SERGEANT PETER JAMS
~ Company B; 18th Infantry, who has
been in the army for more than five
years. believes the matter of universal
military training is entirely dependent
upon the league Of nations. IF real
league is cstablishcd,' ne says, 81 hard
ly think anything will be gained by en-
forcing compulsory military training
But if the scheme for world organiza
tion falls through it will be absolutely
necessary that our country be prepared
and that our lads be fit to do their duty
If no league of nations is established
think it advisable that we adopt some
measure like the national service act
and give our youths the proper train
ing
During the war Sergeant JAMS was
training recruits at Camp Fremont
Cal. and in some of the Eastern camps.
81 must say" he said that the green
Westerners are a sight more willing to
stand the dull routine Of drilling than
some of the more active city fellows
from the East"
New-York tribune., 1919-08-11
OBITUARY NOTES

ELIZABETH DORM. a booAkeeper en-
ployed by Tiffany & Co.. died Saturday at
her home. 293 Glenwood Avenue East
Orange n. j.. of Bright's disease She was
member OF the Ladies Catholic Benevo-
lent Association of Brooklyn
MRS. LINNlE X BRADT. sixty-eipb,
widow of Merritt B. Bradt we'll known
resident of Brooklyn, died Saturday at the
residence # her daughter l079 Thirty-ffth
Street. Brooklyn.
FRANKLIN +. SMITH. for more than
fifty years IN the drag business in Brook
iyn, oled Friday afternoon at the home of
his daughter in Groton n. Y Mr. Smith
as graduate OF Amherst College. class
Q, 1865.
ERIC ARTHUR ANDERSON. thirtr-one
a shipyard worker. is dead IN the Kings
County Hospital. as the result of an ac
cident. Mr. Anderson was born in Finland
and had lived in Brooklyn for the last
seven years
WILLIAM SCHROEDER. for,y-cieht an
iron worker. died Friday at his home sos
hnlckerbocker Avenue. Brooklyn. He is sur
viVed by four sons and three sisters.
EDWARD +. FEST. sixty-two. for many
years boss baker in the upper section Of
Brooklyn, died at his home. l203 Putnam
Avenue, Brooklyn. He was 4 member of
The Boss Bakers Association and the Ger
man Liederkranz Singing Society
LIZE1'TA P. PRATT, wife of John NJ
Pratt, retired officer of tas Fire Depart
New-York tribune., 1919-08-11
Burglars Get $1,000;
Sexton's Life Savings
Safe in Office of St. Agncs's
Chapel of Trinity Church,
0lst Street. Rifled

Burglars broke into st. Agnes's
Chapel, Of Trinity Parish, 121 West
Nnety-frst Street, early Saturday
morning and took $1,000 in cash and
Liberty bonds from the safe of the sex
ton, Thomas Brown. The money repre-
sented the savings of lifetime
"Thats all there was for them to take
but it was everything to me-" he said
"And here | am an old man now. They
went through and overturned every
thing, and made certain that nothing
was overlooked.
"When the police came they took a
lot OF finger prints and caused a little
more confusion than before. They
said they hoped I'd get the money
back. but guess There is not much
chance of it,"
The sexton's Office is on the second
floor of the chapel, and fire escape
leads to its window. The money. S.
800 in Liberty bonds, and $1,000 in
bills, was in modern safe, but it had
been opened without blowing the door
off. Less than a block away a police
man was on post.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-11
Your Town

VT has been estimated that the annual
L. food bill of the city exceeds billion
dollars. This vast amount Of foodstuirs
is delivered by nine railroads, forty
five steamship companies, various
trucking lines and small farmers liv-
ing within a radius of forty miles Of
the city. But despite this large and
rapid service the Department of Pub
lie Markets believes that rs per cent
Of the perishables arrive unfit for use.
To cut down this loss by developing
more rapid delivery, Commissioner
Jonathan c. Day conceived the plan of
establishing terminal markets where
consumers could buy direct, thus cut
ting out additional delivery and lower
ing the cost of the foods.
OF the eight markets in charge Of
the city only one, the West Washing
ton Market, seems to be real terminal
market According to the plan of Com
missioner Day. other terminal markets
would be established in each of the
boroughs. The Bronx station would be
between East 149th and East 151st
streets along the Harlem River. In
Brooklyn the site of the Wallabout
Market would be used. The Richmond
market would be built near st. George.
and the Queens Borough terminal
would be erected near the Greenpoint
district. But the city hasn't as yet
made the necessary appropriation for
this extension of the Department of
Public Markets.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-11
Bellevue Patient Starts
ESTo Attend Looney Ball''
Goes Out in Pajamas and Slip.
pers and Is Found Opposite
Waldorf-Astoria

During the visiting hour at Bellevue
Hospital yesterday afternoon Joseph
Smith, seventy-seven years old, OF 44O
Ninth Avenue, who for the past few
weeks has been patient in the sur
gical ward, slipped out of the hospital
unnoticed, clad in his pajamas and q
pair of slippers.
He was picked up later al Fifth
Avenue and Thirty-fourth Street
across from the Waldorf Astoria, by
Patrolman Dennis Cahll, Of Traffic B,
who escorted his strange companion to
the West Thirtieth Street station
When asked by Lieutenant Ward
where he thought he was going he
explained that he was "going to the
Waldorf to attend the Looncy Ball"
The police lieutenant. surmisine
that the man must be dcranged, sum-
moncd an ambulance from Bellevue
Hospital, to which institution the old
man was taken by DR.. Sykes. He was
placed in the psychopathic ward for
observation
New-York tribune., 1919-08-11
Cunard Liner Arrives
After Strike Delay
Held Up in Liverpool, the
Orduna Reaches Here With
War Workers

After being delayed nearly a week
in the Mersey River on account Of
strike of dock laborers the Cunard
liner Orduna, which arrived here from
Liverpool yesterday, carried more than
1000 Canadian troops to Halifax.
Mrs. Wallace w. Cummock and Miss
Jean II. White, both Of Evanston, H.
returned after year abroad working
for the American Committee for
French Wounded. Mrs. Cummock said
the organization, which had its incep
ton in Paris in the fall Of 1914, would
erect a memorial hospita! in Paris.
Other passengers included Willard
P. Butler, New York lawyer, cousin
of Sir Alfred Booth who returned
from q trip abroad or legal matters.
Colonel Richard Dowsc, of the 4th Aus
traian Division, arrived on his way
to Sydney, Australia. Mrs. Dowse.
who has been residing here since 1915
met him at the pier. He wore dccor&-
tons Of the Distinguished Service Or
der and the British War Cross,
awarded for gallantry in action when.
together with the 9th and 30th United
States Divisions, the Australians
smashed the Hndenburg line on Sep
tember 20, 1913. He was accompanied
by Major w. S. Rose and Lieutenant
G.. G. Swan.
Two days out of Halifax. William
Gudncy, a steward and elevator oper-
ator on the Orduna, fell down the elc-
vator shaft and was instantly killed