Salt Lake Telegram | 1912-11-21 | Page 2 | Officers Inferior.

po OFFICERS tt LONDON LOr Nov 21 The Tho Tho correspondent correspondent correspondent corre corre- of the Post attributes tho the Turkish Turk Turk- Ish debacle above nil alt things to Interior inferior company and regimental offic officers rs He lie sa says the rank ronk and file were fine fighting material but Instead of their officers bong be- be Ingold Ing ng old head men of or the villages in whom the ho men had implicit confidence tho the present present pres pres- ent day officer Is town bred bled educated in military schools These c officers he declares flunked openly open open- J ly y and unashamedly They were soft and white working their men beyond human never ne attempted to spare them hardships and privations Tho Thoy had no initiative and to their incompetence was due the thel failure of Or tho the services services ser ser- vices and the general lack of organization