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Show Old Men Are on Top. Oldish men still remain on top fn this war alter a year of hard fighting. The four conspicuous commanders are Jolt're of the French. Von Hindenburg of the Hermans, French of the English and Grand Duke Nicholas of the Russians. Rus-sians. All are well up In the sixties. That Is an unusual circumstance. Caesar was a young man when he Invaded In-vaded Caul. Alexander was a boy when he made his great conquests. Nupoleim became the military meteor on earth before he was thirty, and he and Wellington were only forty six when they met at Waterloo far the last fight either ever witnessed. VVaahiugton was but forty-five Vhtn he wintered at Vallev F .,-u i , wasnotyetnny-si,:-- -surrendered to him , a,mv a Vo k town.' Clrant was only r,,,.,' ,, he stood at Appor,a,"0,U'ls hree a Jackson had won a ni m"i- hlolu'"i'11 all time before he was"u 1 ty-nme. Von Molke was the oxcep.i,,,, , hi was seventy when jr. .. 1 "' lla Hummer, he trapped ,1' "KU "li3 France In six weeks .'I'"""3 of tOube the days when" ule one seventy-three. , ,Mt Itve and a third ov fi'8' j' "CMrard." in Philadelphia" |