Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 303, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1917 — Page 3

DEFENDING ENGLAND AGAINST RAIDERS

This massive dirigible balloon is but one of the great number of similar craft guarding the coasts of Great Britain from attacks by Zeppelins and German airplanes. At the left is Field Marshal Sir John French, at the head of the British home defense forces.

NEWSPAPER MAN DESCRIBES VISIT TO HEADQUARTERS

Nerve Centers of British and Canadian Armies Peaceful Even in Battle. IS LIKE BUSINESS HOUSE Function Calmly and Efficiently Without Turmoil or Slightest Disorder —Young Staff Officers Complain Because They Must Stay Out of the Show. London. —During the past three years of warfare there have been daily communications emanating from a mysterious place called general headquarters, whose location or surroundings have never been mentioned, In fact are not known to the average soldier fighting in France, writes Hal O’Flaherty in the New York Sun. To the citizen unacquainted with the affairs of giant armies the mention of the term general headquarters, brings up a picture of a building in the heart of the great army activities, with mudsplattered couriers dashing up on horse or cycle and with sentries pacing to and fro armed to the teeth, while worried generals sit about great tables within tracing upon their maps the various positions in the front line. The fact of the matter is that British general headquarters is perhaps the most peaceful and orderly place that one could imagine. The roads approaching the main buildings are not lined with troops and paraphernalia of war, nor Is there any of the much-talked-of dramatics of fighting. Guards Are Unarmed. It is a business house, conducted on the most advanced systems of efficiency. The traffic coming up to the heart of the gigantic*chain of fighting units is regulated by military policemen who know their business and keep motors and pedestrians going in the right direction. ' The soldiers on duty in front of the building visited by the correspondeut were unarmed and directed the arriving officers in a manner as courteous as that displayed by the commissionaire at the war office in London. Wlth--1 In there was nothing to indicate the presence of the greatest army chieftains. The furnishings \Vere modest, almost homely, and the atmosphere of thq whole place was that of a peaceful and well conducted business establishment. To secure an interview with one of the men who conduct the affairs of the British armies was simplicity itself. A telephone call sufficed to tell him of our coming and we were ushered intb his office immediately upon our arrival. An officer of the United States army, known as a “liaison officer,” had quarters nearby. He has beep working as hard as any man of affairs at home could work and his surroundings showed he wasn’t in the habit of entertaining ■Visitors. “Take that rocking chair over in the comer," he said as we ehtered, and one of the party went over as directed and sat on the wooden box that had held his typewriter. A wooden table, two chairs anil a rack for books made up the furnishings of his office. On his table was a stack of correspondence a foot high, which if it could be read by the German high command would probably give theqt heart failure. There was something significant in that stack of letters. >Jt W!ts probably the first nucleus of a correspondence between the directing officials pt the American army and the British upon whom they are depending for advice and information. Some day that little pile will have grown into an enSre library of documents that will fllf ng ranks of filing cases. It is pioneer correspondence under the new order of things between Britain and the United States. The following afternoon brought os by a lucky chance to Canadian headquarters, where we had the privilege of spending several hours with other men who are conducting operations. It was more than a lucky chance that brought us to Canadian headquarters pimost at the same hour that the Ger-

mans began an attack —it was an act of providence. Lighted by Lamps and Candles. It can be set down here without further parley that two newspaper men were never treated more royally than we were by these men who at the moment we entered their quarters were directing a barrage against a strong German attack. In the midst of tea the door opened and for a few minutes we were under the impression that every general on the western front had been deluged into our presence. It was a party of officers who had dropped in for tea and a chat with the army commanders. Instead they had a rather amusing talk with two American correspondents, who were found interesting because they had been with the American army On the Mexican border and in France and had some idea of what the United States-troops could do. Their intense interest in preparations of the United States for war was manifested in every question, and their friendliness toward everything American was more than evident. In two minutes the formality of introduction was over with and for fully half an hour the Canadian general staff dropped their heavy responsibilities and enjoyed the unique experience Of entertaining two Americans. It was the first time that such a gathering had ever assembled in this particular building and all made the most of it. The staff captain who had introduced us suggested that we get a little exercise, explaining that the staff officers usually spent an hour in the evening playing badminton or some other game just to keep in condition. We went out to a well constructed court similar to a tennis court and taped off in the same manner. For an hour we watched four officers bat the feathered shuttlecock across the net with a display of skill and strategy that was worthy of men who used strategy in a greater and more deadly manner. We took a hand in the game for a time and then watched four others play off the staff championship. t 4 Meet Famous Strategist. When the game broke up and we reentered the headquarters building we were presented to a man whose mime Is famous the length and breadth of the British front. His keen stratagems and forceful work have won for him the praise and admiration of every Canadian fighting in France and his record as a fighter woUlfT fill several books. We were fortunate in having an opportunity of talking with him, for he, like the late General Funston, is keenly interested in newspaper work and it gave us a good start on the right plane. We explained to 'him our reasons for coming to headquarters and how’ the car tfiat was to meet us had broken down. “Well, I’m glad you’re here, boys,” he said. “I’ll just arrange to have a couple of places set for you at dinner. How are things*over In the U. S. A.?” We had been talking with him only a few minutes when an officer brought to him word that an S. O. S. signal had been received from a certain point indicating that the Germans were preparing to attack. There was no bluster. The Information was given in a l(fw, steady voice and the orders for certain counter-measures were given in an equally unruffled manner. An hour later it was learned that the Germans had given up their attempt after being unmercifully flayed by the gruelling fire which our host had turned loose. From time to time an officer would appear at the door and report the progress of various movements under way, and throughout the evening' there was no letup in <the handling- of business. The whole procedure of this work bf directing armies seemed to operate as smoothly as the service at the dinner table to which we were shown. When the meal was finished and we were comfortably seated in the main -room we heard from the lips of one of the officers a story of the thoughts and feelings of a man directing an offensive. For the moment we saw a series of pictures thrown on the screen of our imagination. The officer asleep in his room. A servant calls him in the small hours. He dresses and walks slowly to i ..

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his office, where a number of telegraph and telephone operators sit at keys and switchboards. A cup of coffee Is steaming at his desk, a broad, flat table, upon which is spread a great detail map with flags marking the line of attack. He drinks the coffee, lights his pipe and turns to greet his brother officers. Men Go Over the Top. > The hour of the attack is marked by a general glance at watches and then the phone rings. The men are over the top! Several phones ring. A number of objectives have been reached. An S. O. S. signal from “A” section. All reports are marked upon the big map by flags, and as each objective is reached a new flag is added. As reports of trouble come from different points certain barrages are instructed to cut loose with everything they have. A “cut-in” shows the men Lying by their guns, which are loaded and trained upon certain points. The S. O. S. signal comes to the gunner nearest the string, who reaches out and gives it a yank #hile the other gunners jump into action. Before the first shell has reached its destination a second is on Its way and the big show is on in full swing. We see the men bombing the Germans out of dugouts; fighting ffiand to hand in the open ground with vicious thrusting of bayonets. Finally the picture reverts to headquarters, where we see the officer, tired eyed but smiling, reading the congratulations from all along the line and transmitting them to the victorious men out in the shell holes and trenches. “I don’t believe a one of us that wouldn’t have given a great deal to be right down there with our men,” he said. “That’s the worst of having a staff job. One must take a distant view of things and stay out of the show, which Isn’t a pleasant task, especially for that young officer who just handed me this report. I’ll venture to‘ say that he’d yell with joy if he got orders to go back to his regiment tonight.” Along toward midnight our disabled car came limping up to headquarters for us and our farewells were said outside the door in the inky blackness; of a rainy night. We shook hands there in the darkness with these men who had been our hosts. From the distance came the deep-throated growl of heavy guns. “We never let up on them,” said a voice from the steps. “It has been just as you hear It now for months, and we’ll keep on until we finish the job. We are going to win.” And that is the spirit that pervades not only the headquarters staff but every camp and every dugout on the British front.

PROUD OF HER RECORD.

Members of the National party, resenting the suggestion that their White House pickets are not as patriotic as some of their less militant sisters, are pointing out the record of Miss Eleanor Hill Weed, granddaughter pt the late Representative Ebenezer J. Hill of Connecticut. Miss Weed, who assisted in picketing last spring, was one of the 12 Vassar college girls who spent last summer on a farm, accomplishing a sum total of products sufficient tff feed 1,500 persons all winter and 20 head of live stock until next year’s crops are ripe. Miss Weed ?s a sophomore at Vassar this year.

DESCENDS IN BURNING PLANE

British Airman Recovers From Injuries Received After 1,000- *• Feet Drop. London. —After one of the most miraculous escapes of the war. Major Bannatyne, D. S. 0., is today recovering from his injuries in the Circencester hospital. While flying alone at a height of more than 1,000 feet his engine caught fire. He headed the machine toward the ground. Soon the flames reached his feet. He climbed out of the seat and crawled along the body of the plane toward the tail while the blazing plane plunged toward the earth. The flames reached him again. He swung himself off the frame and hung by his hands under the machine —now a mass of flames. He fell into a plowed field and was picked up suffering from a broken arm, scores of cuts and with all his half scorched to a crisp.

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Tree Three Centuries Old.

Luscious pears from a tree three centuries old are to be sent to the king, says a correspondent. The tree is the ancient Endicott pear tree In Danvers, Mass. It Was planted by Gov. John Endicott 300 years ago in what was then the settlement of New Salem, and has never ceased to bear fnuit for three centuries. Before the American Revolution a basket of pears from the Endicott tree was sent to the royal palace In London. The tree stands in the Endicott plantation, which is now owned by Mr. William C. Endicott. The pears are being sent In a basket 300 years old, an Endicott heirloom.

Outmatched.

“Do you think the widow is setting her cap at him?” “No; she tells me he is clever but Impossible.” “Mercy! If the widow finds him impossible, he must be clever.”

FIERY RED PIMPLES That Itch and Burn Are Usually Eczematous —Cuticura Quickly Heals. It needs but a single hot bath with Cuticura Soap followed by a gentle application of Cuticura Ointment to the most distressing, disfiguring eczemas, itchlngs and burnings to prove their wonderful properties. They are also ideal for every-day toilet use. Free sample each by mall with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv.

Something to Talk About.

To be popular, better not talk much about yourself unless you have just returned from the North Pole or somewhere. •

The German rat is frantically trying to figure what became of'the hole by which it entered the trap.

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Knew Her Bible.

- Governess —Dorothy, won’t you give your little brother part of your apple? Little Dorothy—No.' Eve did that, and has been criticised ever since! — Judge.

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Greatest Sugar Exporter.

Figures compiled by competent authority a few months ago, showed that since the beginning of the European war the United States, already known as the greatest sugar consuming country, had also become the world’s greatest exporter of refined sugar. From 100,000,000 pounds in 1913, our sales of sugar to other countries Increased from 500,000,000 pounds during the first year of the war to 1,500.000,000 during the year 1916. Formerly Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia and France were large exporters of refined sugars.

The Golfer’s Handicap.

“I wouldna say McTavish canna learn the game,” remarked feandy, as they trudged home from the links; “but it will be deeficult for him.” “Aye,”, agreed Donald. "At times he will be like to burst, what wi’ being sacreleegious and tongue-tied."— Everybody’s Magazine.

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More Is Required.

Business talent that is confined to looking pleasant in an easy office chair seldom gets a man anywhere.

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Think Twice.

Before turning things over in the field turn them over In your mind.

Red Blood and Courage I (ar d*. w. c. ldcas. ) What drives the men right up to the trenches in this war is courage, and it s red blood that "puts the heart” in the men. Did any one ever see a punv,thinblooded man ever rush into the fight with any chance of winning out ? With rich, pure blood you can face any hardship, reach any goal. But you are handicapped in the race of life without it. Every tissue, bone, muscle, should taka from the blood certain materials and return to it certain others. When the poisons accumulate in the blood,perhaps the face breaks out in pimples, or boils appear on the neck, ana we feel languid, tired, our vitality is at a low ebb, and we easily catch cold. It’s time to take an alterative extract and blood-purifler, taken from Nature’s forests. Such a one is made up of Golden Seal, Blood and Stone root, Oregon Grape and Queen’s root —extracted with glycerine and made into sugar-coated tablets or liquid, and this has been sold by druggists for the past fifty years as Doctdr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. Tablets 60 cents. Neoga, lll.—"Some six years ago I was all run-down from work and worry. Am a blacksmith by trade. I had to give u p work M 1 JMW was so nervous at |//tgy > times I did not 1/ Oj P know what to do. il iOnr- Leonid eat scarcely 11 HIM. - anything; got so '/111/l/lXi I i weak I could hard///nA WsSgSPk! ; ly walk from the , 1 house to the barn. Jit JHtml Was in ttiis c ° n< h* tion for about a month when I commenced to use Doctor Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellefta. After using the above remedies I felt like a new person, and since that I have been using Dr. Pierce’s remedies whenever I needa medicine. I find they do me more food than any medicine I ever used, and am ever ready to tell others of the good they have done me and my faith tn them.* —F. M. Gourley.

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