Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11

mo. that is not likely. We have had
war here in this part OF Europe every
fifty years during the last thousand"
That is the view of nine out Of ten
people, and still they go about the work
Of reconstruction as though such q
thing as war could never happen again
Found Wounded Cheerful.
The front occupied by the 16sth Regi-
ment. near Badonvillers, had been un-
der severe artillery attack on the 4th,
and a trench mortar platoon had been
almost completely destroyed.
The French army commander con.
graduated Gen. Menchor on the way In
which our troops repulsed this raid.
After an inspection Of the different
regiments of the division and q visit
to the scene of this action, ! went 70
the hospital to see the wounded.
They were ali very cheerful, especially
young officer, Lieut.. A. w. Terrell,
5Ist Artillery Regiment, who had lost
leg. He said that he wanted to stay
through to the end Of the war and
hoped he could find something to do as
clerk. All these first contacts with
the enemy were relatively small affairs,
of course, but they furnished many ex-
amples Of what we could expect Of the
American soldier.
paris, Sunday, March 10, 1915
Spent Thursday morning with herman,
Langfitt and Atterbury, and made adj
| iuStmentS in port and railway conStrl1c-
ton and management. Visited Camp
De Mailly, where seacoast artillery Is
having splendid training under Gen.
Gee.
ION Friday visited Edwards 26th Di-
vision, serving on Chemin des Danes
under Gen. Maud'huy, the French corps
commander. Arrived in Paris late at
night during airplane attack. Branch
Of judge advocate generals Office estab-
lished at my headquarters.
Upon Col Bradley's report OF only
| 30-day medical supplies on hand, sent
urgent cable requesting immediate ship
ments. Cabled disapproval Of Sugges-
ton by Mr.. Paderewski for organization
of division Of men with Polish ante
cedents. Secretary Of War Baker
landed at Brest today"
| Helped Our Cooks.
MAJ. Gen. Maud'huy spoke with con-
siderable enthusiasm Of the men and
of the officers Of The Goth Division be-
low regimental commanders, and eSpe-
cialIy praised their conduct Of trench
raids. He complimented Gen. Traub,
one of the brigade commanders but
was Of the opinion that the higher off,
GERS generally needed more experience
to make them efficient. American troops
that served with Gen. Maud'huy held
him in high esteem. He was scrup-
ulouS regarding their instruction, to
which he gave special attention.
He was very solicitouS Of the welfare
of our troops, even going so far as to
| interest himself in the preparation Of
their food by detailing French cooks
1 to teach ours the art. When I eX-
pressed my appreciation Of his action
/ he said: You know, we are nation
of cooks, and we delight in preparing
good things to eat" After their in
Struction the cooks In these units did
better, thanks TO the initiative of this
fine old French general
Many of the cooks of the old Army
became experts, and the men in the
early days in the West Jared better as
rule than our men in France, where
the cooks lacked experience. Personal
supervision by officers and the estab-
lishment of cooking schools brought
| improvement in due course. However
| there is little doubt that much of the
intestinal trouble in our divisions dur
ing the early part of their service
abroad was caused by poorly cooked
food
AS soon as our troops began serving
in the front line in so-called quiet Sec
tors we were faced with the problem
of handling casualty lists. The solution
reached was to defer cabling the lists
until some time after the engagement
and then to send them in groups, tc
be given out by the War Department