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Show pil Hurling the Worlds Btoest Army Europe is now shaking with tht tramp of soldiers, who have inarched, fought and bled on her battlefields. Within a month after the move of Austria on Bervia 19.-000.000 19.-000.000 men were under arms and either were drilling at their own home towns or were at the front lighting the enemy. The job of putting in, 000, 000 men under arms and moving them was an appalling undertaking in spite of our supposed advance in civilization civiliza-tion While the world outside waited Band wondered what was the matter with Europe, and why the fighting did not begin more quickly, the commanders inside the circle were accomplishing the master task of bringing the lighting men together. Americans looking at the map of Europe realizing that Paris and Ber lin are only a few hundred miles apart, and Berlin and SL Petersburg only a little further, wondered why they did not clash more quickly. The wonder, however, Is that the) clashed as quickly as they did. An army travels on its belly. If there is no food to be had the army Is as well as beaten before the fighting. No one will over be able ! to figure out the amount of pro visions that mighty army of the different nations could eat in a day. It is known that the trains were seized and crowded night and day rushing troops and food to the strategic stra-tegic points. From England they were collected collect-ed at the sea ports and transported to the continent In France, which is not nearly as large as Texas, the task of taking care of 4,000,000 troops confronted the military men. In Germany more than 5,000,000 were called to the colors, and still a greater number were called oui in Russia. Austria, too, had 3,000,-000 3,000,-000 men In the field, all in a few weeks' time. The trains could not handle the troops and many of them marched as in the days of old. In time of war two stout legs are still a great asset The claims of the aviktors that they would revolutionize fighting has not been fulfilled Fighting is still done on the ground, although the fighters of the sky play an important im-portant part in scout duty. A description of the mobilization In Germany was given by Mrs Henry S. Helm of Syracuse, N. Y., whose three brothers were taken from her father s home to go to the army while she was visiting there. " 'We had no Idea where they were going," she said, "and neither had they. We only knew that they had (o go and so we bid them goodbye good-bye and saw them enter one end of the long troop train Everyone had to go and the crops hadn't been har-veste-d and food is very scarce even in the city." Mrs Helm said this morning when wearied with her long triii she lay in her bed at home. Mr& Helm said that no one In Germany had time to prepare for anything and that no one took the war as something which was actually coming until it burst upon them. "Then the soldiers were full of glory to go." she said, "everybody "every-body wanted to fight. Everybody thought France was to blame It was war war; war and soldiers everywhere. They patrolled the street. They guarded the banks. Everything was closed and the sol- lfe- I How Fighting Chiefs of' '"feM': W"'4 I Europe Suspend all ' fefilv Ordinary Business While -"Ei5yJa; Rushing Nineteen Million l Men to the Front. 1 L dlers massed in the squares and there was martial music everywhere you went. 1 had considerable paper money with nic and my sister exchange l this for gold and so I had little trouble. They would take gold at places where they wouldn't the silver, sil-ver, though some places refused it. XO TRAIN'S OPERATED ON SCHEDUIiE TIME. Mrs. Heim fled for America at once. Several times during the course of her traveling Mrs. Helm heard firing. Before she left Germany Ger-many she heard the roar of many ma cannons which were aimed, they told her, at French fliers And one night In Holland she heard shots fired. The martial spirit pervades Holland as well as Germany, Mrs.. Helm said "Everywhere you go, you see nothing but troops. Troop trains are all that, run Soldiers are marching and drilling in the street? The people seem to have entirely suspended business. They do nothing noth-ing but watch the soldiers and read the bulletins of the newspapers. "There was nothing but crying everywhere." Mrs. Helm said, "for all the women, It seemed, had just ' . .' ' ) Mgir said good -five to someone who had gone In a troop train. There were so many of them, Anally, that they wouldn't let anyone In the depots unless they had a ticket ' There was no schedule for trains," she went on. I stood as much as live hours standing by the side of the track afraid to go away for fear that the train would get past me. They were so crowded that sometimes women could not get inside in-side at all. I had to stand in the aisles and hold my suit case nearly ull the time. I saw them absolutely abso-lutely throw a woman through a H Indow. The compartments are supposed to hold about a dozen and 1 believe that there were thirty In each one." The brilliant uniforms of other great wars are lacking in this one. The Boer War taught the necessity neces-sity of the "invisible" uniform, and Hi;- Spanish-American War especially espe-cially the Philippine campaign proved its value. Prior to this, the armies of the world were garbed in showy, highly olored and very conspicuous uniforms uni-forms They were seleeti-d solely for garrison purposes and their colors chosen to attract the eye. That they did attract th- eye Is proven in the mortality lists of the British army in the South African campaign. Now with wearing qualities as the yardstick and country colors as the shears, the war tailor has produced a garment that has revolutionized arm dress and which will. In this war, tend to revolutionize the field manuals of war. It Is only within the last year that Germany h is admitted the superiority superior-ity of the new garb. It took her twenty years to decide, but now German troops an dressed in a quiet gray-green uniform the least isible of all. The army terms "colorless" and ' invisible" applied to uniforms mean a color least conspicuous in a country coun-try w here there Is a reasonable expectancy ex-pectancy of a campaign. The army describes the countries by color. America Is a "brown" country, while, continent-il Europe is generally ascribed as-cribed as "green." Other countries have their certain land colors. The French, after several experiments adopted a sage-green. It may or UPPER left French outposts out-posts watching for German advance. Upper right French artillery waiting wait-ing for orders to march. Center German infantry entrenched behind breastworks, breast-works, waiting for a charge. Lower left Russians preparing pre-paring to bivouac. Lower right German artillery just before the signal to commence firing. may not be taken as significant that Germany adopted a green with a little lit-tle more gray. It Is freely said that when Prem h experiments found th ideal color for a French campaign that Germany adopted It. The purpose of the colorless uniform uni-form is to aid concealment. The tactics of warfare aro so finely I Mil ' (drawn that most any ta ti ian, with a full knowledge of the enemy's position po-sition and force, an choose a force and map out a sure winning campaign cam-paign Each army tries to conceal its own and to ascertain the other's strength The whole war game up to the time of actual battle Is a game of "hide-and-seek." Fortlfical Ions, caverns, natural .(is, invisible uniforms, unexpected unexpect-ed positions of hiding reserves, ull oppose the scout, the signal and engineering corps, and the aeroplane aero-plane In this preliminary campaign for information. NEWS KEPT SECRET OF ARMY MOVEMENTS. The movement of the. troops in every country was attended with eatesl secrecy. When the English En-glish troops left Europe they were hidden even from &eir own families. fam-ilies. A stirring message from King George to the expeditionary force was read to each regiment as it left its port of departure under sealed orders It was as follows: "You are leaving home to tight for the safety and honor of my empire, j "Belgium, whose country we are 1 I pledged to defend, has been at- ! tacked and France is about to be Invaded In-vaded by the same powerful foe. "J have lmpll. it confidence in you, my soldiers. Duty Is your watch- ! word and I know your duly will be nobly done. I shall follow your every movement with the deepest j interest and shall mark with eager satisfaction your dally progress. In-deed, In-deed, your welfare will never be ab Bent from my thoughts. "I pray to God to bless and guard you and to bring you back vlctorl- ; ous." Field Marshal Earl Kitchener's soldierly homily to the men of the j British force. In which he directed that every soldier should keep ia 1 his active service paybook was textually as follows: "You are ordered abroad as 3 soldier of the King to help ouTl French . comrades against the in?a- j slon of a common enemy. You have to perform a task I which will need your courage, your'J energy and your patience. "Remember that the honor of tha British army depends on your individual in-dividual conduct. "It will be your duty not only to set an examplo of discipline and pi-i-f.-i t steadiness under lire, but also to maintain the most friendly relations with those whom your are h Iping In this struggle. . The operations; In which you will be engaged will for the most part j take place In a friendly country, and J you i'un do your own country no better service than in showing your-1 self In France and Belgium the true I character of a British soldier by be- j ing Invariably courteous, considers ! ate and kind, "Xever do anything likely to in- ; Jure or destroy property, and al-1 ways look upon rioting as a dl5- j grac el'ul act. "You are sure to meet with a welcome wel-come and to be trusted. Your con- j duct must justify that welcome and j that trust. Vour duty cannot be done unless j your health Is sound, so keep con-1 Btantly on your guard against any I excesses. In this new experience you may I imd temptation, both In wine and.., women. You must entirely resist 1 both tern iiatlons. and while treating treat-ing all women with perfect cour- Les you should asoid any Intimacy. , "Do your duty bravely for God and honor the King." |