Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-03-17 | Page 4 | Soldiers Burrow like Wood Chucks

UKJ SOLDIERS BURROW LIKE WOOD CHUCKS. I had already pictured In my mind the enormous bodies of troops comprising com-prising thi3 vast army and as we ap-i proached ihc rnuin position I felt that I had been cheated, lor, with the exception ex-ception of a few straggling battalions; and an occasional supply-train, there was no army anywhero to be seen. There were more than 2,000,000 men somewhere in the vicinity, and yet there wei but a few thousand in evi dence. I could not believe that we were at the front. I felt sure that we were being deceived by the genial Oberlieutei'ant Kliever of the general I staff, who conducted us into the active act-ive zone of operations. There was no use to a6k any one regarding the disposition dis-position of the forces, for the only answer would be a shrug of the shoui ders and an apparently sincere "Icb wcls nlcht." Perhaps they did not know, but certainly I did not. When that first French aeroplane soared over our heads, I realized that I wan seeing an entirely new phase of war fare, new conditions and new prob ms. I then realized why I had seen no troops. They were hidden under the cover of the many thick forests which beautify the hills of France. The entire. German army had burrowed bur-rowed itself into these hills as a hunt ed animal yvould hide from a hawk. When the army moved, it came out from its cover at night or during the gray mist of the morning. When it " struck, if was when the air above was free of the watching eye of the aerial observer. I shall nc-Ter for get my feeling when I first ap preached one of those forests which gave cover to the tens of thousands of the e.er-ready German soldiery. J. F, J. Archibald in Scnbner.