Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 September 1942 — Page 5
Fake Roll Along a as Ordered and ‘Chute Troops’ Land at |
Designated Points in Maneuvers; General
Lauds Officers and Men,
{ By ROBERT J. CASEY | Copyright, 1842, by The Indianapolis Times and The Chicago Daily News, Ine,
' ~ DESERT MANEUVER
"AREA, Iron Mountain, Cal.,|
Sept. 8.—What you suspjected when the first avalanche of
tanks ‘began to roll down like local salt flats was confirmed
erals and visiting experts—this army is out of the high|
Hannibal's elephants onto the|:
today by the competing gen-
school drill stage and ready for war. You guess it may not
be long finding one.
That, of course, was the high point of
the critique which disposed of the first phase| § of the army desert maneuvers. Even though|
the surprise e
forting to hear from the men who really know that we are finally on our way. But perhaps a bit more important from lew of the millions of folks-at
the point of vi
home who will never, you hope, see one of : these battle engines fire a shot in anger, was
a pronounceme Casey
the army belongs not to congress or the brass hats but to the long-suffering and generally forgotten people of the United States. Maj. Gen. Robert C. Richardson, commander of the seventh corps and a smart tactician, struck this
keynote in a plea to his officers for greater perfection.
: Hold Sacred Trust
' “We are the representatives of the people,” he said. “The people of the United States have placed in us a sacred trust and I feel that we just cannot let them down.” You wondered why so patent a truth and one so frequently stated in the ancient days before the war should seem so novel now. “The people have confidence that We shall do the Job they have set us to do. We must never forget that we are their trustees, “I have been much pleased with the results of these maneuvers. I have felt in looking at them the
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phy—a declaration of simple principle which - fo one who has seen much of the world’s military forces, including our own, was amazing
| same thing.”
| that we were beginning to lose not
‘was given personal instructions.
lement is lacking, it is com-
nt of the new army’s philoso-
enough to be incredible—that
impressive and growing power of the army. We shall soon make that power felt in the world. “We have the guts, we hdve the stamina, we have the intelligence that makes good soldiers. And we
have something else. We have be-|§
hind us the best-intentioned ation
in the world. There has never been =
in all history a nation like ours, people with nothing but good will toward the rest of the world, generous, tolerant, long-suffering.
» Officers, Men Co-operate '
“We must never for a moment forget them. And with a pride in them such as they have in us we can make gn army unique. "+I.think the relationship between officers and men is a fine step toward this accomplishment. The quiet simplicity and respect of the men toward their officers—their downright decency — is another thing that stems from the American people. The understanding and the lack of officiousness in the officers is only another facet of the
The general didn’t talk very long and his voice was calm and despite the stirring natuve of his subject he spread no eagles, But you felt ne meant it. And you made some notes to paste in your hat against ghe day when you might have to resume with some less enlightened brass hat the discussion of the responsibility of the American military establishments to their creators. All at once it occurred to you
only our juvenility but our jitters. As for the rest of it, Gen. Richardson thought the troops had done very well—and that there had been no accident about it. For example, the parachute attack on the Needles airport which opened the little desert war with a big-time surprise. Attention to Details
“The reason for the success of this operation was the meticulous attention to detail shown by ‘the officers,” he said. “Eighteen months ago such a performance would have been impossible. And despite the skill and courage and initiative of the men it would have been impossible now except for efficient organization. ‘In advance of the maneuver the Needles—airport was reconnoitered, photographed and mapped as it would be in actual war. Every men
Every man knew where he was supposed to light. He knew what be was supposed to do. “The attack was scheduled tor 6:20 a. m. and at 6:20 a. m. the planes came over the airport and the men bailed out. Each one tell precisely where he was supposed to
fall ‘and after that his procedure] | was merely the repetition of a drill.
It was a brilliant and spectacular maneuver, “The lesson we may derive from
service.
toughest war of that the Nazis could be defeated
Thousand-plane raids to strike and cripple German war production at vital points, such as the most recent blow at Duisburg, the Reich’s great inland-waterways harbor, should be continued. But it remains the.conviction of most foreigners who know Germany from the inside that the nation can no more be subdued by air-power alone at the present stage of its development than a Maginot line fort could. be reduced by Nazi Stuka pounding alone. It was always the ground troops Which knocked them out after preliminary softening up from the air, and the same thing will doubtless by true of the fort that is Germany.
Psychologically Necessary Defeat of the German forces in
“the field is also an “imperative
psychological necessity. - Hitler told the German people and convinced many of them that they had not “militarily” lost the war of 19141918 when German troops retired in perfect order under an armistice; he told them that what had cost them the victory was being stabbed in the back at home by Jews and Socialists. This time there must be: no uncertainty about it; the pride and prestige of German arms must be lowered in battle. It is that pride and prestige—and also the mortal fear of what defeat will mean to them politically—which activates them today and will go on doing so even when half their cities are laid in ruins by air attack. : The news today bears out the note of encouragement of the recent past. Despite a frontal attack on Stalingrad of a ferocity which exceeds even the violence of the last several days—an attack launched by 1500 planes and as many as 100 tanks at a time, according to. the Russian reports—the Nazis have not
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Today's War Moves
By FREDERICK C. OECHSNER
United Press Central Europeans Manager (Louis F. Keemle is on vacation.)
President Roosevelt's declaration that the power : of Germany must be broken “on the battlefields of Europe” will represent to many persons a heartening grasp of the realities involved in this war—“the
all time.”
I cannot recall a single qualified neutral observer of Germany's military establishment who ever felt
decisively anywhere except on the
ground. Air-bombing, yes; by all means and in ‘ever-increasing strength as we gradually assert our air mastery over the western theater of war.
ever, the Nazis have dented the Soviet line due west of the city and are making progress near the Black sea base of Novorossisk. The simple truth remains that the Germans have not yet reached the point they had hoped and planned to reach last winter, A year ago in Berlin, persons in a pdsition to know the general outline of German tactics were speaking of the “A-A line” - (Archangel to Astrakhan) which they would be “satisfled” to reach and hold for the winter. It is still too early to reckon on what the coming winter may mean for the Germans, but last winter bit deep into the morale of the troops and the nation at home. Out there on the easternmost front,
the weather will already have ®be-
gun to sharpen noticeably and snow may fall in another month.
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Communications Good "The general said that communications, the great pain in the neck in most maneuvers, and the more particular worry of tacticians who have to move thousands of vehicles . 150 miles or. better in a day, had really been pretty good. The personnel, he remarked, had been about the same as that which brought no messages to Garcia at | the Louisiana maneuver a year ago. . | Nevertheless it had functioned i1n|der conditions a great deal more trying. He left you to suspect that the betier training of the officers might have something to do with it.
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