Show NEWSPAPER MAN DESCRIBES VISIT TO headquarters nerve centers of british and canadian armies peaceful even in battle IS LIKE BUSINESS HOUSE function calmly and efficiently with out aut turmoil a or slightest disorder young staff officers com plain because they must stay out of the show chov london during the past three yeats of warfare there them have been daily communications emanating mans tint from a mysterious place called general he head d quarters whose locution location or surround ings have inver n ver been mentioned la in tact met are not net known to the average stage soldier fighting in brance writes writes flat bal 0 lort in the new york so sun to tile the citizen itie unacquainted with the affairs of giant armies the moutton tion of the ter term ge general rill head headquarters headquarter quarte brings up a picture of a building I 1 in the heart of the great army activities with mud splattered curle C urle a dashing up on horse or cecle and with sentries curtis poling pacing to and fro armed to tile the teeth while we worried illiterate generals sit it about great tables with tring upon prim their maps N the various or I 1 positions in the front line T the h C fact of tile the matter Is the that ibria brit ish ali getter general I 1 lie he loquai tera tem is perhaps the most peaceful mal and orderly place that one could imagine the roads approaching pro aching 9 ill the main bull buildings n ga are not t lined with troops and ad pit paraphernalia ap h a 11 of f war or nor Is there any an a of the much talked of dramatics dramatic of fighting guards are unarmed it Is a business buil ness house boure conducted on an the most alvan advanced ced of effi clen cy the traille coming up to the heart ot of the he gigantic chain of fighting units is regulated by call italy policemen who know their business bus files anti and keep heep motors and ped t res gon goida in the right ill dl met ion alie I 1 is soldiers on autv in front of the b building visited by tile lie coi respondent were cre unarmed and directed dire led the orr ing olli cers in a in A inner us AS courteous aou as that displayed by the it commission co m allen aire air it at tile hie war or onice in 1 I ondon an d an with in hi hall was I 1 a id 11 to indicate the presence pC ee of the it greatest in test army chief the furnishings are modest almost hodaly 1 urn 1 hie atmosphere of the whole it place I 1 n ih bialt of fl a peaceful and well net conducted bu bum im establish mant I 1 to secure A an interview Inter vico alth one a ot or the tit men a w conduct the Is ual it urs I 1 IS of the ill A british iiii muana nien BUS 1 itself bif A telephone cull call sull iced to tell lam him of our are coin iiii mat and 1 we 11 1 1 ushered hered into his it 11 upon our arrival A it fleet if the united called slit st ites army in known us a lie liaison Is I 1 it had ad qa r tiri neina by he A his bl alnio I 1 working as hard as A any Y al iliin of dr at I 1 home could d work and liis ills endings I 1 showed 1 d he be I 1 in chu h ilist of e eo tei taming tell anke th tant rod ing cl almir ir over ir in the me tar corner er he uld d A ai re e entered and ad one as of tile the party bout or R us dire led and ad set sat on tile the wood box bok that hut laid had held ill typewriter ik A I 1 booden ad to talle e two chillis mal a rack for books m made tic up the file furnishings of his office on is udd table hub uh A talk of if cor coref a toot high ft aich if it could foot be read mail by tile the G high coin ireland mand would old atah probably give thim heart fall ahm call UK 1 there hes 11 as ann tit to in that stack of it it will was I 1 bly ably the first I 1 nu acm lcm is of a ilar p ad i ence bet between thie the dire direct iii adiah a of tit ane are ha anny fly a and the lie B r ith upon nhom they are depending aur or ad vice und and information some salto duy ally that i little it pile IRA bill ill 1 lue I gl giann R A into me a in en tire library of documents that will cu fill 1 lung 1 I ranks mah of filing cases 1 I A it Is pio coo nee under the new aw older cader of it things lug b bottnen s fill britain into and ad the united stat slates the foll following ang site afternoon brounn oa as by a lucky chance to canadian article in ad quarters where we had the of al lift IlIg sever il hours with ith other al men c who he are conducting op 1 it 0 was I 1 more e than A lucky hoa bimm that than lesht les ht us to en canadian aiudi headquarters at the same hom hear that the get ger mans begun began an attack it was nn an act rome of fp lighted by lamps lamp and carol candiea 1 it 1 can be set down here without fa further it he P parley art cy that hat two ii newspaper paper men were cre never treated more reo idly than tit A we were by these men who be al ai the al moment caris cit we a en entered I 1 cred their quarters were A a burros galt a strong gerrion german attack in the midst of tea the door opened and ad in tor a sw ew minutes himas we a were re under the he impression that every a ry g general octal a on the western front had bad been beem deluged in to our press presence at ce it BBS a party of officers v ho he had dropped tire ped in tor for ten tea and a n chat with ith the army cerion command arld ers era instead they bad a re rather their amus lug ing ll 11 talk with two american corts corre dents who were vere found inte interest 1 lug ing because they had b been C en with the amer american lean a my army on the mexican border and in 1 france and had bad some idea ot of what the united states troops until could do oo 00 their late intense A so interest in 1 epan eions of the united baat states tor for ar war was wai manifested in every question and their friendliness toward everything amert ert can was more than ihan ev evident ideal in two me minutes minute S the formality or of in reduction induction sea ft as a over ee I 1 with till and tor for fully half an hour the canadian general staff dropped their heay heavy ties and enjoyed the unique expert e nee ence of ent chaining two american america lof J it t w was the lint first time that such a gath ermi ering had bad il eer or assembled la in this par nicular build building lug and ad all 11 made ad the th a me mosi at of f it IL th the st staff it captain who be had bad cintr intro need us suggested that at we get a 11 littly exer ile explaining that the 11 staff boffl CIA cera U usually anany spent an hour in the ening eve playing badminton or some other game just to keep 1 in condition we went out to a veil 11 constructed court similar to a tennis court still and taped off in the same manner for a an houi hen we a watched four officers but bat the remit feath ere cred d shuttlecock across I 1 the net act with bb it a display of skill and strategy gy that w wa worthy of men C who used strategy g I 1 in a greater slid and more deadly in manner r we took a hand in the game go tor far a time and ad the then etc watched ld four others play off the staff championship meet famous site strategist heip when tile the game broke up find ad we re in entered the headquarters building we were ere presented to a man whose name Is famous tile the length and breadth of the BlI british tild front his keen hes strang stratagem and forceful work ork have won for im him the hie praise and admi admiration lation of ever canadian Cann dian fl fighting in france and id his record as u fighter would fill ACIA several 1 books IV we a were cre folt unite in havi having 6 an opp opportunity A it A anity of talking with him tor for lie III e the late general V tan Is keenly interested 1 in newspaper work and it agne A us a good start start on the right plane nit e explained to him our on reasons for coming to headquarter rod and lie how the car that was wag to meet us ui had broken down 11 sit ell I 1 1 glad you yen I 1 re here her bay boys he a sold said 1 I H jut just arr arrange arige to b have a ve a couple of places set get for you at dinner 1 how on are am things the U USA S al we had been talking with him md a few minutes minute when an officer meet brought to him word that an S 0 S signal 1 9 had been en r received from a certain point 1 in fl di eating ng that the germans german were pre paring to attack there wai we no an blus blue is ter r the information A aas as 9 given ve in a low steady voice lice aud and the a orders r di tor certain counter measures were given give in an equally unruffled manner or an hour later it was vas learned that the germans germani had glen gher up their attempt a after f ter hem gelnn unmercifully flaked laved by the ginelli gruenling gruelling gru elling g fire which our it hot halt had turned loose baa from time to time un on officer would appear at tile the door and report the resa res of various arlous movements under way anti and throughout the evening there liters was I 1 no IO ilyup 1 IQ A the handling of business T the he who whole J ralls procedure roce dure of this work son of armies to operate aa A smoothly as A the service at tile the dumea table to elicit we were S shown hown when the meal al was thill finished hed rod and we were comfortably seated in ill the main room we heard from fraai the lips of one of the liken story of the thoughts run 1 and ad feelings feeling of a man directing ing an ai offen sive alve r the reco moment urit we saw a sarc series a of pictures picture thrown R on it tho of our imagination the officer a asleep elee P in hla room to A servant tit C calls 11 him III on iu the small hours lie he dresses unit and wal walks L slowly 11 1 1 tu to number rf 11 alph telegraph graph office oliue hid idt bit at key anti tint telephone f 1 of entree fl A acab cup and table tabla flat to teaming in at I 1 his atik a broad tie dc wout upon in which ill 1 spread a great camet chic the line tail map with fl ag g drinks I 1 the im car coatee ee lights of I 1 re s he a dral bla pipe papa and ad turns or to a lint greet hia A brother m men me go over the top the hoir hear of the attack talk i la acala marked by general glan alle at natchee h es and ad thiera the a cOTh a the h lie phoan rangi the men are r over I 1 ring A number reba e several phones top it A an been benched of objectives have A A section aaion all S 0 8 go train the big map al sports am marked upon is 1 by flags flag and as 8 each objective reached a new flag Is added tied As A reports pit m of at trouble come from points certain barrages tire are instructed in ted to 0 o cut A L boost raa with ith every everything thi ng they it have A utan I 1 in show the me men lying by and ad PI go auni wyica bucl are loaded leaned trained upon certain cartel P let the 8 0 S signal comes to the gunner gerater near 0 III who me reaches lie les mi out t and est the at string gives it a yank while the other aan nors lump jump into action n before a the 61 0 fit shell he has reached it its destination a second accord 1 la a on it am vay say and ad the big show 1 Is on A in f full 11 swing owing we see aee tha he men bombing the becam A out ol of d dug dg g outs mus fight ng hand to head hand 1 in the pen open ground g cad wi with vicious a 0 of r rally finally the picture burt to bead q notices um n here we a see the officer ace ened it but bat young reading the ile co n ara fro brorn all alon loan the lie alloe and the ahm to in the victorious let ad shell holes anil and A men C out ili in III the trenches I 1 don it on t bellere believe there them s a an oue of us 1 that wouldn I 1 have given give a great grant deal to be right don down a ill there re with our men he idd aid I 1 chata ahat a tile the worst of having a staff job one rout most take a distant iw of things thing and ad stay out of the how 8 which aich in t a pleasant task tak especially ally tor for that young officer who he just handed liun ried ine am this report venture A ritter to with nith if f he got dinv inv v that hed bed yell joy elders aidem to go back to his reg regiment tonight along to toward tord rd midnight our cour disabled I 1 car mine cume limping limpin a up to headquarters tor far us and conr or farewells well were sets said tit out ii tlde tile the door in the inky blackness blacke of a stay night we shook hands there in the darkness ath with these meric men who had been our hosts fr from the dis tance mine came the deep throated growl grow of heavy guns goal NN ft e u never r let up on them t it said gald IS voice from rom the steps it has been last ill a vou van hear it now tor for mo months and atell keep on until we finish the tha job we ar are going to win k and A d that Is the spirit p I 1 rit that pe P vade th not on bonfi the he hen headquarters quarters staff hot ery camp and every dugout on the treat front |