THE NEWS-RECORD MARSHALL, NORTH CAROLINA.
MEN WHO LEAD
THE FORCES OF .
IRIPLEHIEIJTE
Joffre, Generalissimo of the
French Army, Believes In
Policy of Attack. -
JELLICOE AND KITCHENER
British Commanders On Sea and Land
Are Notabla Figure 8ukomllnoff
i and Grand Duka Nlcholaa
Haad Ruaaia'a Millions
of Troop. ,
Notabla figures and Interesting per
aonalltlea are the men who are com
landing the armed forces of the triple
entente In the European war. Prob
ably the least known of them all in
this country Is Joffre, generalissimo of
the French army, who controls the
movements of more than 3,000,000 of
ficers and men.
Like so many great military leaders,
General Joffre is a silent man, rather
retiring in his demeanor, yet of the
kindest, quietest, most unaffected and
easy going manners, which do not at
first convey the impression of his rigid
will and steel-like determination that
constitute his chief characteristics.
Burly in figure, with heavy flaxen
mustache plentifully tinged with sli
ver, thickly tufted eyebrows, shading
a pair of very clear blue eyes that
often twinkle with merriment, are
usually genial and but seldom hard, he
suggests when in civilian clothes one
of those courtly country gentlemen
that are to be found in rural France.
Army Has Confidence In Him.
During the three years that he has
been in supreme command of the army
the latter has had time to take his
measure, with the result that it has ac
corded .to him its unbounded confi
dence and believes in him as a leader
who can be trusted to lead it to vic
tory. Although the cleverest mathemati
cian in the .army and a scientific sol
dier in the best sense of the word,
General Joffre is the most determined
supporter of the policy of attack in
war. The only tactics that he has apy
use for are those of the offensive, and
it is these that arebest suited in his
opinion for troops of the temperament
of the French soldier of today.
Hailing from the Pyrenees, a gradu
ate of the Ecole Polytechnique at
Paris, from which all the engineer and
artillery officers of the French army
obtained the rudiments of the scien
tific branches of their profession, he at
the age of Eighteen commanded a bat
tery of artillery throughout the siege
or Paris, and on the restoration of
peace was appointed to a first lieu-
, tenancy in the engineer corps. He
took part in the Formosa and Tonkin
campaigns, and later was engaged In
West Africa, directing the construc
tion of railroads there, heading the re
lief column which went to the assist
ance of the Bonnier expedition, and
finally penetrating as far as Tlmbuc
too, and seizing that mysterious city,
which for centuries had been the hsad-
' quarters of the native trade of Central
Africa. He likewise had a large share
In the conquest of the island of Mad
agascar. ''
Joffr'a chief lieutenants are the
brilliant Marquis de Castelain, General
Pau, a hero of the war of 1870, and
General Hubert Lautey, to whom
France Is Indebted for the conquest of
Morocco,
f Peyrere Heads French Navy.
As for the French navy, it is under
we supreme command or Admiral de
' la Peyrere. . Acknowledged both at
home and abroad as the most distin
guished officer of the French navy, he
has both in his capacity as chief of
the admiralty staff and as minister of
marine completely reorganized that
service, eliminating the dead wood,
abolishing hundreds of almost incred
lble abuses, consigning to the scrap
heap battleships and cruisers that
were out of date and paying particu
lar attention to the development of
submarine navigation. His popularity
among all i grades of the service is
very great.:. ; ;-:v-
. With knowledge of warfare at sea,
derived from his experiences as chief
r of staff to Admiral Courbet in France's
naval conflict with China, it is to him
that not only his own country but also
England and Russia look for the pro
tection of the interests of the triple
entente in the Medeterranean, where
all the naval forces of France are con
centrating under his command. .
Admiral Sir John Jelllcoe.
Great Britain's powerful home fleets,
for the greater part assembled in the
North Sea, are under the chief com
mand of Admiral Sir John Jelllcoe, un
- til now second sea; lord at the admiral
ty end renowned aa the shortest officer
ct the British navy, barring of course
the y midshipmen. . His exceptional
brevity of stature did not, however,
prevent him from winning fame in his
younger days as an all round athlete
and as a boxer. '. ; . V
.Moreover, he has seen plenty. "of
fighting, having been present at the
bombardment of Alexandria in 1882
and afterward taking part in the bat
tle of Tel-el-Keblr aa an officer of the
cavil brigade, while ha waa badly
c ded In the attempt to relieve the
t ' 'iered fore'rn lf-'tlons it Pe
i , 11 years t: re- .-via a rsser '
bullet through his lungs. His recov.
ery was in the nature of a miracle.
- But he seems to bear a charmed life.
Thus, some years previously, he was
very ill, suffering from Malta fever, on
board the battleship Victoria when it
was rammed by the Camperdown and
sent to the bottom of the Mediter
ranean, off the coast of Syria, carry
ing down with her Admiral Sir George
Trycn and more than 600 officers and
men. He was one of the very few who
escaped.
England's military forces are under
the supreme control of her foremost
soldier and most successful command
er in chief, Field Marshal the Earl
Kitchener of Khartum, who has been
appointed minister of war. His
achievements as the conqueror of the
Sudan and as the victor of the battle
of Omdurman in 1898. the success with
which he put an end to the Boer war
three years later, his complete reor
ganization of the army and military
defenses of India and more recently
his magnificent constructive work as
British plenipotentiary in Egypt are
familiar on this aide of the Atlantic.
The chief command of the English
forces in the field has been allotted to
Field Marshal Sir John French, who
heads the troops dispatched to the as
sistance of Belgium. He untU a few
months ago was chief of the general
staff of the army, a post which he re
signed owing to his differences with
the government In connection with the
military dispositions for dealing with
any disturbances resulting from the
armed movement In Ulster.
He enjoys the well merited reputa
tion of being the most able cavalry
leader of the British army and won
fame as bucq during the Boer war, es
pecially in connection with his memor
able dash at the head of a large force
of cavalry to relieve the siege of Kim
berley. He also assisted Lord Kitch
ener in the crushing of Cronje and In
the capture of his entire force.
Czar's War Minister.
Russia's gigantic army which on
its present war footing Is estimated as
numbering over six million men is
under the chief command of fwo men,
General Sukomlinoff and the Grand
Duke Nicholas Nicholaiovltch. The
latter Is to direct the operations in the
field as generalissimo, whereas the for
mer remains at St Petersburg as min
ister of war.
Unlike most of his predecessors at
the war department, Sukomlinoff is a
Slav and a Russian Nationalist. His
work, until summoned from Kleff a
few years ago to assume the task of
reorganizing the military forces of
Russia as minister of war was entire
ly concerned with the strategic prob
lem of the western frontiers of the em
pire.
By profession he Is a cavalryman,
and if Russia is today in a position to
show a bold front to Austria and Ger
many, instead of being compelled to
comply with their demands, as in 1909,
when owing to the unreadiness of the
czar's army the emplro was humiliated
in the sight of the entire world, it Is
wholly due to General Sukomlinoff.
Grand Duke Nicholas.
As for Grand Duke Nicholas Nicho
laiovltch, he is probably the .tallest
member of the reigning house of Rus
sia, and looks what he is, a born cav
alryman, spare of figure and of ex
ceptionally distinguished bearing. He
won the St George's cross for conspic
uous gallantry on the battlefields of
the Turkish war in 1877, is rated by
the German war department at Berlin
and by the military experts of Europe
as the most clever and brilliant caval
ry leader now living, and has for sev
eral years past been at the head of
the military district of St. Petersburg
and of the capital, and as such respon
sible for the safety of the czar, the
reigning house, and of the government
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BRITISH INFANTRY CROSSING A PONTOON BRIDGE
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COMMANDERS OF FAMOUS COSSACK REGIMENT
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MIGHTY M0NARCHS ALLIED IN WAR
WILLIE HAS APPENDICITIS"
Code
prinzessln Cecelle Scuttling Back
to fiar Harbor.
message i nat sent tne Kron-
Baltimore, Md. Edward L Palmer
of Roland Park, whose wife is spend
ing the summer In Southwest Harbor,
Me., just across the bay from Bar Har
bor, received a letter telling of a visit
she had made to the Kronprlnzessin
Cecelie. -'. :;,v:,y.i -i -;'"
"We talked with cayeral persons on
board the liner," Mrs. Palmer wrote.
"They told us they were within two
days of Germany when the steamer
turned in response to a wireless. The
words used in the message, which was
in code, .were: 'Willie has append!
citls.' ,
' "It was a pretty good Joke on Ger-
ruany. . J imagine the kaiser would
have appendicitis if the bullion the
Cecelie carried had fallen into the
hands of the English."
The code message, interpreted, said
that war had been declared between
Germany and England. '
WHAT
SHALL THE
CALLED?
WAR , BE
r What is the war to be called?
Peace advocates, scientific students
of war, already speak of it as "Arma
geddon." .'.: -V;?--f. i
It might I be - called the "Anti-
Teutonic" war; not .from partisan mo
tives, but simply to avoid the clumsi
ness of seeking to enumerate the
Franco, Russo, Anglo and other op
ponents of Germany and Austria.
But in common use most Americans
now call it the ''European war'." The
"Pan-European war" would probably
be better. And this may be the title
by which the struggle will be known
in the future. V - , f
But it would be the best label of all
could civilization Impress its verdict
upon the-great conflict by sending it
dowa into history as "The Last War."
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The king of England (right) and the esar of Russia, photographed tc-
J, - ' get her at one of their recent meetings.
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Kaiser Wilhelm, on the left, looking ,
over a war map with his commander- v J
I in-chief, Gen., von Moltke,
The kaiser has now gone to the front
I to command personally his armies that
I ara trvlnr tn Invade France. I
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back save your tem-
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make washday play-
day "Carbo" kills
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cleans. Watch results.
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andv makes you
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sanitary. It doea
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Naptha Cleans
RUB-NO-MORE
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Carbo Disinfects
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Carbo Niptha Soap
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party?" asked
the first
"Pleasure-
CosBack.
'You might say ,so,". answered the
other. "We're going for a knoutine."
Tou can safely place faith in Han
ford's Balsam fit Myrrh. , Adv. .
. Not From the Bums Collection.
"Where did golf originate, Sandy?"
"It wass furrst spoken in Scotia
lad." Philadelphia Ledger.
Let's Be 6harltable.
The inventor' of the first player pi-r
ano is dead at eighty-five. ' Peace to hU
ashes. Let us forgive him. He never
knew what his device would do to
nervous folk in our noise-ridden Amer
ican citiea.
Unreasonable.
George Bernard Shaw is one of the
few vegetarians who have remained
true to the faith, and in a recent letter
toa woman, reproaching her for her
fight against the aigrette when ahe'
still ate meat, Mr. Shaw said: '
"The lack of logic prevails every
where! We call the tiger a ferocious
and ravaging beast, but what would
you ladles be called if, for example,
the lamb, chop had a voice?
Couldnt Corner Him.
"Count," said the lady to the for
eign nobleman at the charity bazaar,
"won't you buy this rose. It is only
$3." r--',-v..-.
"I am very Borry," said, the Count,
with a courtly bow,."but ze price is a
leetle too high." '
- The lady kissed the rose. "And
now, Count will you buy It?"
"No, madame," he said, with a still
deeper bow. "Now ze rose is price
less." ''
.' We'll Meant.
On one occasion when the king and
queen of Great Britain visited togeth
er very elaborate preparations were
lade for their reception.
The city was lavishly decorated and
one enterprising tradesman, desiring
to display his loyalty, had the words.
"Heaven bless them botht" outlined in
paper flowers across the front fit hia
shop." Unfortunately he .forgot 'to re-" ;
move a large business sign that was -Just
above, wr,;:.r ttVv-K:' C-:)i-'h
V; The ': result read: .y : .V ' y
"Ham and beef sandwiches." ; "
: "Heaven bless them both!"
Carrying the supplies aboard tie, cni'ser Tennesf ?, to be taken to E
rope to relieve the distress of American tour'sta." Insert is Portrait of CarL
B. C Decker, la command of the Tennessee.
':, ;;;: DISAPPEARED -;,
ioffee Alls VanlaH Before ,Postum. :
- It seems almost too good to be
true, the way headache, nervousness.
Insomnia, and many 1 other 'obscure
troubles vanish when coffee is dis
missed and Postum used as the. regu-.
lar table beverage. ' , ; , '
The reason is clear. Coffee con
tains" a poisonous drug caffeine
which causes the trouble, but Postum
contains only the food elements in -choice
hard wheat with a little mo
lasses. " ' v '
A Phila. man grew enthusiastic and
wrote as follows:- ' ' ; .
"Until 18 months ago I used coffee
regularly every day and suffered from -;
headache,- bitter taste in my mouth,
and Indigestion; waa gloomy and Irri
table, had variable or absent appetite,
Iobb of flesh, depressed In spirits, etc
"I attribute these things to coffee, .
because since i quit it and have drank
Postum I feel better than I bad for
20 years, am Ws susceptible to cold,
have gained 0 lbs. and the symptoms
have - disappeared vanished ; before
Postum.".,, ::-:':'"
Name given by Postum Co Battle
Creek; Mich. ; , Read "The Road : to
WeUville,"' in pkge.: ' -,
Postum comes in two forms: , L-
Regular . Postum must - be ' well -bohed.
15c and 25c packages.
nstant Postum is a soluble pow- .
dr. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
in a cup of hot water and, with cream
and sugar, makes a delicious bever- ,
age Instantly. 30c and 50c tins.
The cost per eup of both kinds la
about the same. . ' .
.- 'There'B a Reason" for Postum.
old by Grocers. .-. .
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