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THE WASHINGTON TIMES, SUNDAY. MARCH 24. 1918. r , : v ' -Americans in Training Startle Seasoned Frenchmen by Aptitude in War Game - f . . , 3. . HE A VY GERMAN BA TTERIES : SILENCED BY U.S. GUNNERS - WITH BRIEF EXPERIENCE rovtjrriM. cuCMOTrnu J J JJ" ALLIES PINNING HOPES ON WORK OF ARTILLERY llinrFMfuiRrJi VwS ' . j, z-wja freaooveMt i "m V f V-v f r&X?!Sri unMtiM.Alt, m m r mtr - IUUK' jr- wviwii i m r . c .L RneiMft " V90 mf istmu this week from vls lttar the American troops In France, Jet& at their training camps and In their front line trenches, a number f points ot Interest retarding; them rarreat themselves to me. although ar description of Individual units or f the special points where they "are la training; or In action Is. of eere, forbidden. . I think that the moat Important of toieee points la the relation, that exlata between the special training that the Hxserloan troops are receiving In "France, and the rate of 'supply that they can furnish of men available for the front, either to make good, casual ties or to extend the ltm which they are already holding. ' All through this war the chief busi ness of the publicists has been to pre sent military problems as they de velop in such a way as to prerent false judgments on tnem oy me peo ple at home; and the chief danger In fortninr a correct opinion in connec tion with the enormous new factor in American Intervention is the natural yleapatlenee of the public both here and in America to see the results of this intervention on the battlefield. . ,1 have already pointed out in a past aoncie me essential amicuity 01 es tablishing communications from the base ports for the new armies and the vast volume of new work which has had to be done on French soil by the American forces before this great Increase In numbers could be made available at the front. But there 4s another factor of great and Tltal Importance which your public opinion at homemay be In danger of lorgettlng that is the special train ing to make troops effective which Is inquired on this side of the water over and above the training they have Uready received in their camps at home. Pacing Hew Ccradtttena With Xew "Weapon. Trench warfare in the last three years has been fought under such to tally new conditions, with such new weapons and upon such a scale of nutlonment beyond all previous Ye Springtime Gossip By A. B. C X tee ( SY ca article IN Friday Timer THAT officers AT Camp Hcada ARK running BEEP in debt BUYING uniform outfits. WELL, it's just this THE fellow WHO runs deep in debt a BUYING uniforms Z8 the same fellow a WHO would a RUN deep in debt a BUYING civilian clothing! a ITS set clue a TO the merchant; a a a AND there's one place a a Dt J. KAUFMAN'S a a a WHrr.rfTi one hundred a a a AND awrwrty-nv a a a BUCKS a a WILL keep a general a a VAX from naked; a a a AND In can't get IN elect. a a a BECAUSE he ha to a a a PAY cash and a a a SAVES the difference. 1 THANK YOU X. Y. Z. ARE YOU KEEPING UP WITH THE TIMES if knowledge and with such new tlcal methods that the. last part of the training of troopa the flnlahfng touches, can be given only by men who have gone through the experi ence of actual fighting themselves and only In places that are within touch of the work along the front. New methods and new weapons are. In fact, developed so rapidly that the Instructors in the last stages must be very fresh from the trenches and must keep continually in touch with them day by day. The consequence of these condi tions Is that. there is a halting stage, aa it were, between the supply of men reaching Europe (though they have already been thoroughly train ed In the United States) and their delivery at the front lines, fully pre pared for present trench warfare: and this necessary halting stage is an element of delay which public opinion In America aa well asv here must reckon with and accept. In the old days an army trained upon its own known and 'familiar grounds could be transported over seas and be ready for action the mo ment the men had been restored from the fatigue of their voyage. The present campaign in the west, how ever, absolutely demands the new in termediate stage of which I have spoken, and everywhere In Prance you may see the Americans hard at work to pass themselves through that stage. Show Great Aptltnds For Xeweat Warfare. One may add tha the rapidity with which this training is going forward with the American troops la very re markable, even allowing for the fact that three full years of experience aYo periecieu the Instructors In the work they have to- do, and It Is an admirable proof of the aptitude for the new warfare of the American troops which have been supplied to those Instructors. The problem Is not the simple one of supplying" a certain output of troops at the front from a certain reserve of material overseas. It Is a problem involving between the source of supply and the finished pro- NOTED FRENCH 'ACE'iBULLET PLOWS WILL FLY TODAY TO Lieut. Georges Flachalre, the fa mous "Ace." and his little Spad flylns machine will be seen here for the last time today, on the polo grounds in Potomac Park, at 4:30 o'clock. To day's flying exhibition promises to be the moat thrilling yet. The young Trench "ace'' will leave shortly after ward for Philadelphia by air, and then for Mineola. Lieutenant Flachaire's exhibition will Include all the stunts that can be made by a flyer, looping, tail spin, wing over wing, and the side slide. It waa just such a side slide as the young lieutenant will make this after noon that brought down his flrat Ger-. man plane without either gaa or bul lets. He frightened the German-ho, seeing his maneuvering and not knowing that his machine gun was slopped, lost his head and fell. Lieutenant Flachalre has been fly ing for more than two yeara on the Western front, and has been a flyer for the last three v,ears. He has brought down seven Ger man planes and took an active part In the battle of Verdun, the Somme. and the Champagne. He ha been awarded the Legion of Honor, the Military Medal, the War Cross, with six citations, and has received the British Military Medal for having suc cored a British plane attacked by ten Germans. He accomplished the trip from Mineola. where he has been for the past three months. In little les than three hours, but was obliged to land at Philadelphia and at Camp Meade to get gasolene, the machine not be ing made for long flights. 'TO NUR8E WAR CLERKS. Army nurses, wearing the uniform of the artnv iiiifim nm, u --.. for ailing civilian employee of the War Department It has ben announced. PHILADELPHIA Important: Our Optical Depratment is Now in Charge of An EXPERT OPTOMETRIST Best Service $rd Lowest Prices Eyes Examined Free By Our Eyesight Specialist Genuine Shur-On Sheltox fitted I Genuine Shur-On Mountings, flt wlth best Spherical lenses. Qfi j I ted with best quality tnrlc (go TA Special price .. Oj.UU lenses. Special price 06.UU KAHN OPTICAL CO Bet. ! and G St.. 1617-619 Seventh SLH.W.Ua&&, tao-Tluct a passage of the men through channel which Is narrow when com pared with either the volume of sup ply at the entrance or with the de mand at the exit. It Is like supplying water from a large cistern to a three Inch tap. while between the cistern and the tap there Is a "squeeze" of only an Inch in diameter, it la tne problem of the hour glass. , The cistern Is the immense re serve supply of man power already In existence snd In training on your side of the Atlantic The tap is the railhead at the front and the demand for men In the front-line trenchea. The "squeeze" through which the mat terlal has to pass Is represented by the sDeclal training centers all over France. But there Is this vital air ferenca between the mechanical ex ampin I have given and the living reality that .is, in tne mecnanicai case the delivery of water, for In stance you are rigidly bound by your material. Such and auch dia meter of pipe will not take more than such and such a volume of water. But In a human case the case of the American army and Its training centers you have the highly elastic factors of Intelligence, energy and will power. In other words, the pas sage through which all the human material for the American front has to go between the point of original supply and the point of delivery can be enlarged almost Indefinitely. The perfection of the organization In teaching as well as In learning, the good will applied to both, the driving power and Intelligence of the teacher and the taught In accelerating, the process of learning all these human factors correspond to an enlargement of the narrow passage through which delivery has to be forced. Quick Expansion Good Augury for Future. As yet the strain on this gate through which the supply must pass has hardly come Into play, because the finished product has been deliv ered so far upon vonly a small scale, the heavy work of the last few months has been the supply of raw material, so to speak, from the main source across the Atlantic, the organi sation of the special training camps s SOLDIER LIVES One of the most remarkable tales ot the present war la that told to The Times today by Sergt. Bene Renner, of the French army, who Is now In Wash ington with the French high commis sion. Sergeant Benner had a bullet pass directly through his head, but by some freak of chance, no vital center was struck by the missile, and, al though his life was despaired of, after one year In the hospital he waa brought back to normal health. The aergeant la still a young man, but old In the experience of warfare. He waa In the war since the beginning even when there were no trenches. It was thus. In the first fw months of the war, that he received his first wound. Gets Bayonet Wound. At Dtnant. ,ln the Meuse district. Belgium, he and his comrades were opposing the German advance. In a bayonet charge, he suffered a broken leg, which Incapacitated him for sev eral months. He returned to action aa aoon aa possible, however, and In the action at Berry au Bac, In the Alsne district of France, he received the wound that put mm near death. It waa during a terrtflo bombard ment. A company of French troops had "been ordered to hold a certain section of trench, and they obeyed orders, although the German shells cut great holes In their sector. It was one of the moat sanguinary conflicts of the war, and Sergeant Benner's command fourteen mrn stayed through It until a great German shell, exploding In their midst, burled them all alive. Ballet Throats rjea4. Sergeant Renner, with a few others, waa dug out of the earth. He was seen to be alive, although the hole above the right eye showed where a bullet had entered, and another hole iV: 4 THROUGH HEAD a CKAL0N tii T SCO! Of I FMRTtEB. VBKimmm.m 'UTS The War Department's oficial can troops aro holding trenches near the Swiss border, named the sixth point on the west front where the United States forces have been reported. The exact locations are nowhere made,known, but the approxi mate points are indicated by the numbered arrows on the map: (1) Along the Chemin-des-Dames, the scene of last year's great French offensive, and the Gerrnaa counter offensive near Chavignon and other villages northwest of Rheims. (2) Abreast the Butte de Mesnil and Tenure, in the Champagne. (3) On the eastern side of the St. Mihiel -salient, about Zachpray, Xivray, and Fliery. (4) Near the Rhine-Marne Canal, east of Nancy. It was here that the ermans first reported taking American prisoners. (5) Near Badonvilliers, east and south of Luneville. (6) Near the Swiss border. in France, and, still more, the organi zation of the communications. But from now onward the feeding of tho front with the rapidly expanding body of trained soldiers will soon show ex actly (and those who can today guess the best have the strongest reasons for nbt telling) when the maximum of the curve of production will have been reached that la, when the proportion of the front to be supplied with men will have put on the schools through which the supply has to come the heaviest possible strain that they will bear. But It can safely be atated now Baby Falls 4 Stories, Drops In Perambulator, Bounces, Has Fine Tone .NEW YORK, March 24. Wil liam Wicker, two months old, was well and happy today despite a fall from a fourth story window. He landed in a baby buggy and was not bruised. The Infant's grandmother, who also fell out of the window, waa badly Injured. Just behind the left ear. showed where It had left his head. The course of the bullet Was direct ly through his head, and that the brain waa not torn to pieces seems miracu lous. He waa removed to a hospital, where the physicians decided that there was not a chance for life. Nevertheless, ;n the hopes of some miracle, operations were resorted to. Twice Renner's skull was trephined, to remove bits of bone or blood clots which were pressing on the brain. Bat Three Decorations. After one year in the hospital. Ser geant Renner walked out a free man. He la no longer flt for aervlce, how ever, and suffers the Inconvenience ot being able to sleep but four hours a night. He weara three decorations. One Is the ribbon and star awarded to the wounded French soldier. The other Is the Croix de Guerre the war cross, while the third la the most highly prized award of the French soldier In fact, the hlgheat the French soldier can obtain the Me dallle Mllltalre. He waa also cited In official dispatches for his bravery In the action at Berry au Bac, In which he received the remarkable wound. BAER SAYS DELAY ON SEED BILL MAY RESULT IN FAMINE Delay by Congress In acting on the Baer bill appropriating S10.000.Oo6 for seed and calling for mobilization of farm labor will cause serious results. Representative Baer predicted today. Declaring that the country already Is close to famine, he said that Con gress will miss the early spring chance of Increasing production If It does not hasten. Baer plana to make a speech soon to spur Congress to the need for the measure. "Conservation Is going on splendid ly, but that avails jus nothing If we do not Increase production." Baer said. EACH SCIENTIST SOLDIER GIVEN MRS. EDDY'S BOOK The Christian Science Church pro vides each of Ita military members with a vest-pocket edition of Science and Health. Further, each man ao desiring la aent the Christian Science Monitor, the dally newspaper of the Science Church. In each cantonment in the country there Is a camp worker under direction of the various Science campwf lfaro committees. It Is the duty of this worker to see that the needs of Science boys are met and f to give needed advice. fm. gRivia om-u-ouc. . rvy statement last Sunday night, revealing; for the first time that Ameri- , that the rate at which the organiza tion and expansion of these schools is proceeding Is a good augury for the future. I found in connection with this problem during my visit to Franco a very Interesting point which, no doubt, most Americans are familiar, but which is new toms In Europe, in spite of the careful study of the American 'army which has naturally been made by observers here in the last months. That is the peculiar- aid given to this task ot training the American AFTER VICE RAID Policemen who are members of Ma jor Pullman's "vice squad" know- to day what a well-timed ahot, fired Into the ground, will accomplish. Tester- day afternoon it quelled what prom ised to be a near-riot when the police made a raid on a house at 320 B street southwest. The trouble began when Policeman Purcelt, a member of the" "vice squad,'' led by Lieutenant Plerson, attempted to arrest Minnie llenson, colored. Moses Henson, her husband, objected to the arrest, and In a few mlnutea more than 100 persons had gathered outside the house. Many made threats against the policemen. Excited Individuals rang up the po lice department, telling of a riot In B street southwest. Inspector Grant sent Headquarters Detectives Kelly and Vermilion to the scene. It was only when several of the officers drew their revolvers that those who offer ed Interference backed away. A shot fired Into the ground quelled all ef forts at law rebellion. Hensen and his wife were taken to the Fourth precinct police station. Hensen Is charged with assaulting a policeman, and hla wife Is detained on a statutory charge. PROMINENT MASON KILLED. LANCASTER. Pa, March 24. -Albert Hartman. nrnmin.nt In un.l. circles, was killed today when his au- lomomis crasnea into a bridgehead. A loose steering rear caused tha rd. dent. Kamawra Federal SHOT IN GROUND QUELLS NEAR-RIOT FACILITIES That Make for Service SOME satisfaction in dealing with this Bank, where every facility contributes to satis factory service. Open an account now and en joy the advantages of banking where your account will be ap preciated. ; Cheching Accounts, Savings Accounts. Interest Paid on 'Deposits. File Yoar Income Tax lleturn Before April 1 ContinentalTrust Cd. Nathan B.Scott. President: FDiir - ieen - rh.a troops by the existence of the great American costal defense system and its specially trained body of men.' The great arm of modern siege war fare as It has developed on the trench lines during the laat three years la the heavy artillery. An accuracy hitherto unneeded and a 'volume of fire never dreamed of before this war have been developed and acquired. In barrages the gunners are fre quently required to laythelr sheila on a trajectory passing within a foot of the heads of the men who are ad vancing to the" attack, while guns $10, Conferees of the House and Senate on the urgent deficiency bill had little difficulty agreeing to the amendments to that bill put on la the Senate or In reaching an understanding. The Senate item of SIS.OpO for or ganizing community forums was changed to 110.000, and agreed to. This Is the project in which Miss Margaret Wilson and other prominent women and 'workers for social advancement are interested. The conferees agreed, to the Senate items of 150,000 for fenders for the highway bridge, 1 17.500 for paving on Park road. 12.000 for a new elevator at Emergency Hospital, and X68.700 for water main to new office build ings. AMERICAN TARS FALL HARDFORIRISHCOLLEENS LONDON, "March 24-Jackles from the American flotillas stationed off the Irish coast have been wooing the Irish maids and during the last month marriages have averaged about one a day. One romance culminated when a sailor named Groff married Nora, sec ond daughter- of Lady Carroll, whose late husband was a prominent citizen of Queenstown. Qntfe'a Flowers For Easter. riace ordera early for Glide's fresh cut flowers and blooming plants. 1214 F. Advt. Tleari-re Byetea - r H Street CONFEREES AGREE 00 0 STARTING FORUMS fired from miles behind the lines must be able to destroy the first line of the German trenches without . dropping shells Into their own trenches fifty yards away from this target. Artillery "Won for Germans la the East. The success of the central empire In the east waa mainly due to their overwhelming superiority over tho Russians in heavy artillery and mu nitlonment, the power of the western nations, which were-caught ill-prepared by the war to organize their resistance, lay in their ability to make or procure a vast number of new heavy pieces and munitions for them. Today their supply of guns and howitzers may not equal the en emy's, considering bis captures in Russia and after the battle of Capo- retto, but their power of munltlon- ment is still superior and probably will become increasingly superior. . The crux of the whole matter lies la the training of the gun crews. I do not know by what multiple the French had to increase their estab lishment of heavy artillery that Is. the numbers of their trained gunners but I believe I am right In saying that In the case of Great Britain the multiple was something. Ilka ninety In the first two, years for every artillery man who was under arms on the day that -war started. It Is a commonplace that of all the arms used In .this war the heavy ar tillery 1 the most difnculfto create. It Is. so to speak, a learned, arm. Its effect depends upon exact and elab orate mathematical calculation. It la complicated by a great variety of types of guns and shells, and In the case of howitzers, by variety in the size and power of the charges. Its use In modern war depends upon the ya'-t co-ordination of vast numbers of fac tors accurate observation from the air. extreme accuracy of the delivery of the shell once -the target has been found, the secure defence of the ob server in the air, accuracy in map mak ing, great skill In distinguishing the true emplacement of the enemy guns jrom ldo dummies wmen no Das con structed as camouflage, a keen Judg ment In differentiating between the va rious values of the various targets, the organization of supply, the provision of mobility for heavy pieces and for their ranldltv for emnlacement. n1 n t rest. On top of that you have the! Indefinable vpersona! -quality which! ranges from the smartness of the gun team to tho talent ot the officers and Children's Itlb HOSE, 25c Y Pino", white or Made rib hose, seamless foot. Sizes fiW to 8H. 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Tiny aa the scale now seems to us upon which the old work was calculated, the condi tion of its heavy artillery was al ways thought to be a peculiarly heavy strain upon the finances ot a nation and' a good test of ita intel lectual status. To expand such an arm over and over again ten, twenty, even fifty fold ha a few months would four years ago have been deemed an im possibility.' It is very greatly to the credit of the BrUish service that this seeming miracle has been work ed and that you may see today count less heavy batteries between the Oise and the North Sea, where every man serving them, from the commanding officer downward, has come from civilian life and knew nothing of his present trade three yeara ago. Now, the American service had be fore it an even harder task than did the British, for its establishment of heavy artillery was much smaller than was the British service before the war. 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