Evening Star Newspaper, August 1, 1930, Page 10

B Do o e 0 VI, TIVREING: SITAR, WASHINGTON, ). #C, - EIMDAN, -AUGEST =1, 2990 . - o o - o e OBSERVER REVELS BIG GERMAN ARMY French erter Declares Wefll Trained Force Organized by Gen. Von Seeckt. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Radio to The Star. PARTS, Prance, August 1.—An army of fully trained, hondsamely equipped professional soldiers. 500,000 strong, with an ardent spiri. and organized for & lightning offensive into enemy terri- tory if war occurs—such is the mili- tary power now at Germany's disposi- tion, according to revelations in what appears to be a carefully documented article in the magazine Mercure de France. Although this article is anonymous, it ‘obviously was written by a French officer having presumably full access to the files of the French general staff. The story of how Gen. Von Seeckt, former head of the Reichswehr, de- liberately set out to get around the treaty of Versailles and restore Ger- many to her high rank as a military power forms a remarkable tribute to German skill and determination. Best Type of Army. Gen. von Seeckt's plan seemingly reachss completion this year, coincid- ing thus with the allied evacuation of the Rhineland. The revelations, if cor- roborated, will go far toward explaining the mysteries both of Germany's under- standing with Russia and of Germany's h(n\v laden military budget. “The allies,” Gen. Von Seeckt de- clared, “have imposed upon Germany a type of army best fitted for the next war.” In other words, he thinks conscrip- tion cumbersome and obsolete and pre- fers a highly trained professional army. The principal revelations of the Mer- eure article are as follows: The German general staff, abolished by the treaty of Versailles, has been completely reconstituted under T names. ‘The War College, also abol- ished. has been reorganized and is func- tioning continually in secret bureaus of the general staff, with incessant kriegspiel on maps and excursions to frontier regions four times a year. Ex-officers Organized. Also, 84,000 World War officers still under 55 years of age have been or- ized privately and receive continual Enructinn from the staff. The immediate mobilization strength of the German army, according to the Von Seeckt plan, is three armies, or 10 corps, including in all 20 divisions of infantry and 10 of cavalry. Thus there is a total of 500,000 men, as follows—100,000 Reichswehr, 150,000 Schutzpolizei and 250,000 Reichswehr trained reserves. Nearly all of these men have been carefully selected by patriotic societies, which have a personnel bureau in the general staff building. They are im- bued, except for a small fraction of the Schutzpolizei, with an ardent reaction- ary spirit, and are determined to Te- store Germany's former frontiers soon- er or later. Virtually all the Reichswehr and 67 per cent of the Schutzpolizel would ful- 1ill special services such as cyclists, mo- tor cyclists, telegraphers, signalers, arm- ored car personnel, engineers and am- bulance drivers. They are already fully trained ‘and equipped for -this purpose. Men Substituted. The Reichswehr’s reserves have been obtained by secret substitutions of men under the same name. The treaty re~ quired 12-year enlistments, but it is es- timated that 280,000 men have been passed through the Reichswehr in the « last 10 years, after several years of thorough training. have been given government subsidies and government jobs, so that little by little their influence is permeating all the government departments. These reserves Complete industrial mobilization has been prepared, factories have been widely subsidized and a gas service has been secretly perfected. Each division has 24 3-inch guns and 12 4-inch guns. By secret agreement armored cars and heavy artillery have been built for the German army in Russia under German supervision and these can be delivered at any time on two weeks' notice. A large number of automobiles for transport has been insured by sub- sidies to manufacturers for meeting Army requirements in ordinary cars. Similarly aviation, which plays a large part in the general staff’s plans, will be recruited from heavily subsidized commercial services. The German stafl has abandoned the idea of specialized planes and wants all aviation to be interchangeable and available instantly for scouting, liaison, bombardment or transporting’ men and munitions. Its only requirement is that the planes as far as possible must be all-metal, giving armored protection to occupants from enemy fire. Strategic Roads Built. Strategic roads have been built and eight big airports have been established along the Rhine opposite France and Belglum. According to the new German war doctrine, mobilization would be ex- tremely rapid -and the entire army would strike at once, not in a long line, but against a given point or points in the enemy’s territory, with the purpose of penetrating quickly and disorganizing the enemy’s mobilization and breaking his morale The infantry would smash through and large bodies of cavalry would ex- ploit the opening. If strong resistance was met, masses of airplanes dropping bombs would replace the heavy artil- lery. Troops would be transported by automobile right onto the battlefield. It would only take one hour for troop trains to cross the demilitarized Rhine- land to the French frontier. The way Germany is looking is in- dicated to the author of the Mercure article by the alleged fact that most of Germany's military information serv- ice has been working in France, where, for example, most detailed information has been sought regarding every factory which might make war supplies so that these could be promptly bombed. ‘The author concludes that the Ger- man Army right now is “equal to the best of European armies” and that Ger- many is getting ready for “revenge.” (Copyrigtis 1830 THIRD PENNSYLVANIA BANK CLOSES DOORS Citizens’ National, at Connellsville, Suspends Business Because of Withdrawals. By the Associated Press. CONNELLSVILLE, Pa., August 1.— ‘The Citizens’ National Bank, one. of the two remaining banks in Connellsville, elosed yesterday, within a month of the closing of the Title and Trust Co. of Western Pennsylvania and the Union %National Bank here. 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