New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 7, 1915, Page 9

Enormous Losses Among Officers of French Official Review of War Declares—Also Deals | With Wastage of Material and “The Wastage of German Army.” (Correspondence of the Assoclated Press.) London, March 27.—The eighth in- stalment of the French official re- view of the war, previous chapters of which have been given by the As- sociated Press takes up the German losses of officers, the wastage og guns and projectiles, and “The moral wast- age of the German army.” The chapter on losses of officers be- #ins with the statement that the con- dition of the Cadres, or basic or- ganizations, in the German army bad. The proportion of officers, and notably of officers by profession, has been enormously reduced, it says, and a report made in December shows that in a total of 125 companies, ac- -wive or reserve, there were only 49 officers of the active army. The ac- tive regiments have at the preseat time, according to the reviews average of twelve professional ofli- cers, the reserve regiments nine to ten the reserve regiments of new for- mation six to sven; and it is to be re- membered that these officers have to be drawn upon afresh for the crea- tion of new units. Number Very Insufficient. T If Germany creates new a corps and if the war lasts ten month it continues, “she will reduce to noth- ing the number of professional ofii- cers in each regiment a number which ulready is very insufficient.” The French report points out that, on the other hand, ali the French regiments have been consiantly kept at a minimum figure of eighteen pro- fessional officers per regiment. At the same time it admits that the com- manders of German corps, command- ers of active battalions and the offi- cers to the commanders of army corps are officers by profession. German Losses in Artillery. The French report then addresses itself to the wastage of material. Dis- cussing the wastage of guns, it says: “It is easy to acertain the German losses in artillery. On December 28, the Sixty-sixth reglment of artillery entrained at Courtral for Germany twenty-two guns, of which eighteen were used up. This figure is extreme- ly high for & single regiment. “The same facts have been ascer- tained as regards heavy artillery. On December 21 and 22, seventy-seven guns of heavy artillery which were no longer serviceable were sent to Col- ogne. These movements which are not isolated facts, show how illy the German artillery has resisted the or- deal of the campaign. Tubes Are Worn. ~“Other proofs, moreover, are de- cisive; For some Weeks We Have noted the very peculiar aspect of the mark- ing on the bands of a great number of shells of the 77 gun. When these markings are compared with those of shells fired three months ago it is plain beyond all question that the tubes are worn "and that many of them require to be replaced. This loss in guns is aggravated by the nécessity which has arisen of drawing upon the original army corps for the guns assigned to the recently formed corps or those in course of forma- tion. Several regiments of field artil- lery have in fact had to give up two batteries. ‘“These two phenomena—wearing out of material and drafts upon bat- tegies—will inevitably result either in the reduction of batteries from six to a reduction of the number s in the army corps, or the partial substitution for 77 guns of 9 centimetre cannon of the old pattern, the presence of which has is an | German Army Moral been many times perceived at the | front. Artillery Lacks Munitions. urthermore, the German artillery lacks and has lacked for a very long time munitions. It has been obliged to reduce its consumption of ah(‘!ls\ in a notable degree. No doubt is pos- sible in this respect. The statements of prisoners since the battle of the Marna, and still more since the battle of the Yser, make it clear that the number of shots allowed to the bat- | teries for cach action is strictly lim- ited. We have found on officers killed or taken prisoner the actual orders prescribing positively a strict economy of munitions. Projectiles Do Not Burst. “For the last three months, too, we natice that the quality of the pro- Jjectiles is mediocre. Many of them do not burst. On January 7 in the course of a bombardment of Laven- tie, scarcely any of the German shells burst. . The proportion of nan.bursts was cstimated at two-fifths by the British on December 14; two-thirds by the Belgians at Furnes in Jan- wary, and at two-thirds by our selves in the me month. On January 3 at liovrezct-Comin, and at oth places since then, shrapnel fell, the explosion of which scarcely broke the ! envelope, and the bullets were pro- Jjeoted without any force. About the same time our fourteenth army corpsi was fired at with shrapnel loaded | ith fragments of glass, and on sev- | eral points of our front shell casin of very bad quality have been found, | denoting hazety menufacture and the use of materials taken at hazard. “From: numerous indications it ap. pears that the CGermans are begin- ning to run short of their 1883 pat- tern rifle. A certain number of the last reinfarcements (January) are! armed with carbines or rifles of a poor sort, without' bayonets, Others have not even rifles. Prisoners taken at ‘Woevre had old pattern weapons. “The upshot of these observations is that Germany, despite her large stores at the beginning, and the great re- sources of her industrial production, presents manifest signs of wear, and that the official optimism which she displays does not correspond with the reality of the facts.” > Moral Wastage of Germans. Under the caption, “Moral Wastage of the German Army,"” the review con- tinues: “The material losses of the Ger- man army have corresponded with a moral wastage which it fs interest- ing and possible to follow both from the interrogation of prisoners and the pocketbooks and letters seized upon them or on the killed. ““At the beginning of the war the entire German army as was natural, was animated by an unshakable faith in the military superiority of the em- pire. Tt lived on the recollections of 1870 and on those the long years of peace during which all the powers which has ta do with Germany dis. played towards her a spirit of con- ciliation and patience which might pass for weakness. Indifferent to Reverses. “The first prisoners we took in August showed themselves wholly in- different to the reverses of the Ger- man army. They were sincerely and profoundly convinced that if the Ger- man army retired it was in virtue of a preconceived plan and that our suc- cesses would lead to nothing. The events at the end of August were cal- culated to strengthen this conviction in the mind of the German soldiers. “The strategic retreat of the French army, the facility with which the , 200 Trumbull Stree:, Rug and Drapery Co. Opposite the Allyn House, Hartford |SPR.NG NEWS I} ahogany novelties such as Tea Wagons, Trays, Ca le Sticks, Lamps and 1 nds. The e are very Suitable suggestions for p ‘esents for Spring brides. “Then we also have a nice line of rugs and lace curtains at reasonable ‘prices. 0ok 'GRAIN, HAY and FEED Grass and Garden, all fresh this year. 40 tons of fer- tilizer at the lowest pricss. HUGH REYNOLDS 114 COMMERCIAL STREET. , inquire honestly, 1 say positive How Jess Willrd,the Kansas waboy, Put Over the Crashing Right, Winning World’s Heavyweight Championship Havana, Cuba, April 7. ly farmer from Pottawatomie county, Kan., is now the heavyweight cham- plon of the world. Jack Johnson m'l Galveston, Texas, the master boxer. kidder and hitter, dropped his crown to what he considered the softest thing of his career, The result was an | awful shock to those “in the know,” but championship battles in which titles change hands usually are, As- suming that ‘everything was on the ievel in the fight, Jess Willard proved himself to be one of the toughest of the white hopes yet unearthed. The black champion used every trick he knew from the start. He kidded the lumbering Kansan, belted him with both hands, made him miss worse than the raw amateur and balled him up, yvet he was unable to shove one across that was good enough to drop the challenger of his title. Willard certainly fooled the wise birds. They said Johnson was too old. He didn't train. Johnson laid down. He could take the big fellow in three rounds if he wanted to. Willard was under- rated. Willard was too tough and too young. He, like Jeffries never beat v one until he beat a champ, Take your hats off to Willard. He fooled thousands. Drawing shows how Wil- lard, on right, put over the sleep punch on Johnson. German armies were able to advance from August 24 to September 5, gave our adversaries a feeling of absolute and final superiority, which mani- fested itself at that time by all the statements gleamed and all the docu- ments seized. - “At the moment of the battle of the Marne the first impression was one of failure of comprehension and of stupor. A great number of German soldiers, notably those who fell into our hands during the first days of that battle, believed fully, as at the end of August, that the retreat they ‘were ordered to make was only a means of loring us into a tPap. German mlili- tary opinion was suddenly converted when the soldiers saw that this re- {reat continued and that it was being carried out in disorder, under con- ditions which left no doubt as to lts cause and its extent. Great Movement, Announced. “This time it was really a defeat, and a defeat aggravated by the ab- sence of regular supplies and by the thysical and moral depression which was the result. The severity of the losses sustained, tha overpowering| effects of the French artillery, began from this moment to be noted in the | German pocketbooks with veritable terror. Hope revived, however, at the end of some weeks, and there is to be found in the letters of soldiers and officers the announcement of ‘a great niovement’ which is being prepared, and which is to lead the German armies anew as far as Paris. “This is the great ‘battle of Calais,” which, contrary to the an- ticipations of the enemy, was in real- ity fought to the east of the Yser. The losses of the Germans, which during those ten days exceeded 150, 000 men and may perhaps have reached 200,000, produced a terrify- ing impression on the troops. From that moment prisoners no longer de- clared themselves sure of success. For a certain time they had been con- soled by the announcement of the capture of Warsaw, This preteaded success having proved to be fictitiqus, incredulity became general. & Struggle of Despair, “During the last two months the most intelligent of the prisoners have all admitted that no one could any longer say on which side would rest. If we think of the abso- lute confidence with which the Ger- man people had been sustained, this avowal is of great importance. “Letters seized on a dead officer speak of the imminence of a military and economic hemming-in- of Ger- many. They discuss the possibility of Germany finding hergelf after the war with ‘empty hands and pockets turned inside qut.’ There is no longer any question of imposing the con- queror’s law upon adversaries at his mercy, but of fighting with the energy of despair to secure an honorable peace An officer of the general staff, who was made prisoner on January 18 said, ‘Perhaps this struggle of de- spair has already begun'” There follows a chapter bearing the title “The System of Lies,” in which | the review describes the methods by which, it is alleged, the German gov- ernment “made a sustained effort to ! create in the army an artificial state of mind based entirely upon lies and a scientific system of fables.' # REILLY ISSUES STATEMENT. ! Meriden, April 7.—TFormer Con-' gressman Thomas L. Reilly of this city issued a long statement today re- lative to a report of a $30,000 girt to him from the of the United States p Among other things he said > who that employes stal service. “To tho victory | I would not accept such a gift. To those who ask in an inquisitive sense 1 say it is none of. their business what I would or would not do in that regard.” Mr. Reilly adds that he hopes the mystery is now cleared up. STUART' UPSON FINED $5. Young Man Then Takes Judge Kirk- ham for a Ride in His Car. Judge John H. Kirkham Stuart Upson $5 for violation automobile drivers’ license law in po- lice court this morning and after the adjournment of court the two entered into a discussion of the provisions of the law. When Mr. Upson drove off in his car, Judge Kirkham accom- panied him so that the principles of justice might be propounded at greater length. Upson was arrested at 11 yesterday morning by Officer Clarence Lamphere for operating his car with- out a license on his person. The officer’s attention was directed to the car by the pasteboard number, which had tilted to such an angle that the numerals could not be discerned. Up- son showed his license in court this morning. fined of the COUNT ZEPPELIN ASKS AVIATORS TO RAID LONDON é@h’f ZEPPELIN April 7. down his terms. He and the Romanshorn, Switzerland, ——Count Zeppelin led aviators in no uncertain summoned the engineers iptains of the dirvigibles now at the Zeppelin works at Friedrichshafen and said that longer ralds are possi- ble. e sald he believed that an at- tack on London and the lower Thames ad been delayed unnecessarily. It is also sald that he eriticised his cap- tains for retreating from hostile air men. ci Rev. J. J. McCabe, a native of New Britain, been transferred to a pastorate at Jewett City o succeed Rev. Bdward I. Hayes, also a former New Britain boy. | o'clock | { home although | was walting to take her I of ATTEMPTED SUICIDE {Well Known Yousg Woman Drinks Tincture of Aconite. Despondent over a love affair, Hat- tie. Barbour, a well known young wo- man, tried to end her life by taking tincture of aconite, a deadly poison, at her home on Chestnut street last night. It is said that she will recov- i er. The girl's act was evidently done on { the spur of the moment. She had | not previously appeared despondent and gave no, indication that she in- | tended to try to shuffle off this mortal coil until a few minutes before she | swallowed the poison. Miss Barbour attended the per- formance at a local theater yesterday afternoon and returned to her home a short time before the supper hour. On her way along Main street she greeted a number of friends and gave no indication that her mind was in a | morbia state. % Said She Was “Going Away.” As soon as she had finished eating 1pper, Miss Barbour remarked, “I'm going away now and will never come | back.” Little significance was at- | tached to the statement but when she | did not return from her rooms the others in the house became suspiclous and investigated. They found her ly- ing on her bed fully clothed and in an unconscious condition. Dr. John L. Kelly and Dr. E. J. Lray called and their immealate response is thought to have been the cause of saving the girl's life. It was seen that she had swallowd a quantity of aconite from a vial that was standing on the dresser. Dr. Kelly said today that death would unaoubtedly have been caused had she swallowed the entire contents of the vial. Miss Bar- { bour was allowed to remain at her f to the pital. Calls For *“Joc." As far as can be ascertained 1 hour's attempt on her life. covering somewhat from the poison she cried “Joe, Joe, Oh Joe." After re- the effects and called None of I ;‘ friends could or would tell who “Joe" Miss Barbour is a pretty blonde and iz well known in New Britain. vivacious temperment, she has reputation of being the life of any gathering of which she is a membuor and she has numerous male admirers. As worshipper at the shrine Terpsichore a la 1915 she is said have no equal in the eity It is said that the girl bought the polson at a store on Arch street near which she formerly lived. In responss to a telephone call today, a clerk at the drugstore said that no tincture of aconitc had been sold for some time. Wayward Girl at Barbour Home, the to 1y responsible for the location of Su- zanna Zuppel. aged seventeen, o Bristol, who has been missing from her home for two months. While (ho police were at the Barbour home th noticed the Zuppel girl, She was ln- of | 367 - 369| "y Main Street BY HATTIE BARBOUR were | the police ambulance | hos- | love affair was the cause of Miss Bar- | ; | | | { | | of « | The attempted suicide was indirect- | | and MOHICAN MARKET HURSDAY and FRIDA FISH SPECIALS LARGE SHORE HADDOCK ...... SILVER SALMON STEAK FRESH HALIBUT STEAK ......... FANCY BUCK SHAD.. ic Fr.esh Butter *» 8¢ R 7c Large Fresh Herring . ...lb Mackerel .. 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She is said to have ad- mitted to the police that she was lead- ing a wayward life in this city. Miss Elsie Osborne of the Charits Organization was notified of the Zup- pel girl's disappearance from home some time ago and she asked the po- lice to watch for her. ’ City ltemns o — S ——— Nelson Yates of Trinity street, entertaining his sister, Mrs, A. Chatfleld of New Haven. The officers and guards of the Unity Rebecca degree team will meet Sat- urday afternoon at 3 o'clock in Jr. O. U. A. M. hall, Hungerford Court. Court Friendly, No. 45 F. of A. will meet this evening in Commercial hall, Dawson's Block, 1-2 Main street. The incorporators of the Commer- cial Trust company met last night and made plans for the banquet and meeting tomorrow night at the Hotel Beloin State Vice President John ¥. Leeney other members of the order in will attend the anmiversary this city of the Forestville division, Sunday afternoon. New exercises A. O. H, A. Howard Abbe, one of Bri- [ tain’s foremost citizens; is seriously | R ill with acute indigestion and a com- plication of diseases. Mr. Abbe was one of the organizers of the New Bri- taln Business Men's association and was its first president, The Home Banking and Realty company, through M. H. Camp, has brought action to foreclose on a mort- e on property of Luigi and Mar- riana Curico on Locust street. Louis Croll, Louis and Frank Nair and the Stanley Svea Graln company are cited as defendants, SCHOOL ORGANIZATIONS, | May Be Formed in New Britain Next | Month by Authorities. It is probable that by next month | school authorities in this city win take steps towards the formation of children’s organizations in the schools to promote civic and social life those institutior This object was discussed at ing of the school council at Britain Institute yesterday pal W. C. French of the Grammar school. Principal Louis P. Slade « he High school and Professor W Fay reported on progress alrcady m in this ciy. in a4 meet- | the New Princi- ter questioned and taken to headquar- | I SHION HINTS BY MAY 8619 Boy's Suit, 4 to 10 Truly the picturesque ele rent in the costumes of the is one is new and exceeding esting. It consists of three sepa tions, coat, blouse and trow mothers will be glad of it because washed and ironed with ease, besit smart and practical. The little & the cutaway effect and can without slecves or With them The blouse is finished with the efiect at the front that is exceedi and exceedingly fashionable, T ers are of the straight, loose sort preferred this season and they finished plain or with cuffs. T adapted 1o serge and similar wod rics and also to the long list of ones that boys wear—khakiy linen, poplin besides a great man materials for mid-summer. In ture, however, tan-colored serge over a white blouse. The tros buttoned to the blouse and the litd coat is finished separately. ng pictaresque, new and fasl the suit is & reaily comfortable o tical in every way. For the 8 year size will be req vds. of material 27 in. wide, 2} 2 yds. 44, with 235 yds. 27, 1 for the blouse, The pattern 8619 is cut in siz to 16 years, 1t will be mailed to dress by the Fashion Departmeng] paper, on receipt of ten cents o