Show GENERAl El JOFFRE AS BOY MAN SOlDIER AND COMMANDER IN II CHIEF GIF OF THE TI FRENCH ARMY S Special Correspondence I PARIS Sept ept 2 Z Te Too man of the hour four hourIn 1 In France Fronce Is Gsa J J. J. J C. C Joffre com corn In chief of ot the French armies The Tho French idolize th the dashing tn typo type of ol g general the general the slim fellow tellow with pointed mustache and eagle eye ce the the beau benu Ideal like General BeAuregard of the tho American Confederate arm army Joffre IB is none such luch He's Hes rather stocky and heavy of ot jaw He look more moro like an English or American officer And the French are cottoning to him because thoy they sa say hes he's solid hes he's not Impulsive he ho wont won't throw away avay tho the armies 3 of ot that dear de France Is cr credited with being an organizer zer er of ot victory lIe He does not believe bellevo In fla flashes s hw of ot genius Ho He knows know that long Ions and careful preparation Is necessary Ho Ito has hu been at the head of ot the ann army for tor three years jears Never lever for tor a single walkIn walking walk walk- In ing hour In tho thOl thos three years en has haa hn he forgotten the tho purpose for tor which he ho was appointed to to prepare for the struggle In which France Is en engaged ed today If It a n. month or two ago o you had gone to see him at his home In Paris you ou would have hn found round R a stout man heavily Il built hullt apparently living living- the ordinary life lICe of ot a Parisian with his hie wife Ito Ifo and daughters daughter rR Hl Iii His Is a pleasant all airy house If you ou were asked whether anything anything anything any any- thing about It made mode a particular slon sian upon you ou you OU would probably say fay Yes Yea its restfulness General Joffre Is la lai n. n i restful man Ills file wide brow bro under close cropped white hair Is Ie tranquil His blue eyes cyca are calm and clear Beneath Beneatha a R heavy he-avy white whit mustache his lips Ups arc are firm the they show his teeth a little when he talks He d does docs not talk much What hat ho lie says It pithy and to the point the tho result of ot quiet reflection and study expressed In quiet straightforward sentences sentence A man manof manof of or gentle genUe kindly manners slow moving movin contemplative That Is General at home lome In th the field as In Wa hla office at the Ministry of ot War ar he Is la another man a aman man as hard rd as ns nails H lIe He gives orders and expects them to b be carried out exactly exact exact- I ly y If they are not there Is 18 trouble He lie Hemil mil may sympathize with the Incompetent but he ho cannot overlook failure After the maneuvers of ot last lut year he dismissed five generals en France which had known little of 01 this masterful of tho the general stair staff before suddenly became berne aware that Its ti armies were being reorganized by an nn exceptional man i When hen war Will was 11 declared In 1870 he hp had scarcely C finished one year ear at the tho Poly Poly- technique which Is 18 the French West Point At 18 18 therefore he was as given Iven his commission and as an nn artillery subaltern took p part rt In tho the defense of ot Paris during tho the siege siege- He lIe attracted attention he It was employed employed em em- In the r reconstructing L ot of the Paris fortifications The torn forts at were of or hl his hla designing and ono one day Marshal MacMahon after ner Inspecting his work worl put puta a hand upon his hla shoulder and said I congratulate you rou Captain Joffre Captain at 22 2 A few years ears later he went out to command command com corn mand troops in the n Held field d. d He was victorious victori ous In Tonkin French Indo China After Arter this he won distinction tn in Formosa Formon Formosan In n Madagascar In Dahomey and then In whither he led ed the tho remains of ot the he broken column of ot Colonel Bonnier after arter he had put new now spirit Into the men By seizing every chance of or fo foreign serice service ser- ser vice ice he learned earned his profession In tho the field Then In the tho middle SOs 90 he came tame back to France and went steadily upwards upwards up up- wards ards working hard all the tho time until he was wag In 1911 ask asked Jd to take the chief command Joffre maintains that the warlike genius of the Fr French Is as ae etron shOn as ever v r. r that modern modem luxury has haa not weakened weakened weak weak- ened the dash dh and vigor of ot the French soldier S Akl 5 C w y Joffre |