Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 175, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1915 — FACTOR IN MODERN WARFARE [ARTICLE]

FACTOR IN MODERN WARFARE

Commanding Generals Could Not Handle Present Enormous Armies Without the Motor. With millions of men drawn up In battle array at one and the same time, to handle them effectively by old-time methods would have been impossible. Even before 'e opposing fronts were extended to their fullest degree in France alone, they were officially declared to have attained a length of 300 miles, and one of 270 miles in the east —figures which not only convey some indication of the stupendous size of the engaging forces, but even more emphatically suggest the tre mendous responsibilities of the commanders in chief. Nevertheless, although they have to deal with millions instead of tens of thousands, the commanders concerned have never had their forces so completely under -ontrol; In every phase of the warfare, whether of transport, attack, defense or sunply, tha-keynots of the operation has been effectiveness of the eompletest kind. The motor, in short, has “speeded np” die war In a way.that could never have been dreamed of by former generations. Never have the movements of troops been so rapid; for, instead of men having to wait for ammunition and food supplies, these have been conveyed by motor wagons which can travel, If need be, much faster than the armies themselves. —Charles L Freeston In Scribner’s Magazine.