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t ===== ARMY LIFE AT VEKDUNACTIVITY PRESENTS BEWILDERING PICTURE TO LAYMAN. ' I Like Clockwork.?Whole Field is Suggestive of Perfection and ! Sureness of Organization. ] Gen. Antoine, commander of the 10th army corps, was bending over a military map at nis neaaq,uariers j when M. Painleve, a member of the < French cabinet, was announced. Gen. 1 de Castelnau, commanding the west- i era. front, had invited the minister to ? visit the several corps headquarters 1 near Verdun, and had authorized the 1 representative of the Associated ] ^ Press tQ accompany the minister, i Two of Gen. de Castelnau's personal < y staff, Major Camut and Lieut. La- 1 guionie, acted as escorts to the party, ] and in the circuit of several hundred < kilometers three army corps head- ] quarters were visited?the 10th army i corps under Gen. Antoine, the 5th I army corps under Gen. Hellouin, and 1 the 3rd army corps under Gen. Hum- I bert. f It was the first day of this trip of < inspection, made under most favora- ' ble auspices, designed to show the i cabinet officer the exact condition of i affairs on the fighting line?the of;V v tensive and defensive organization, ' the morale of the men, the condi- 1 tion of supplies and equipment, the trench warfare and the actual fight- i ing on the front. M. Painleve, besides being a member of the cabi- i net, had taken a leading part in the < debates of the chamber of deputies on questions relating to the military 1 campaign, and this was to let him see at first hand just how that cammw P&ign was being conducted. I Plain Quarters. m The commander of the 5th army H corps and the cabinet officers ex- i changed cordial greetings. Gen. < Antoine is a man of commanding 1 presence, tall and athletic, a little < I | beyond middle age, with bronzed face < I W and iron gray hair and mustache. < I I He was in light-blue service uniform, < KPPS with high boots an<| spurs, the three < stars on the sleeve indicating his < high rank. Here in his headquarters ; the surroundings were plain to the point of bareness. The room was i small and the floor bare. A rough 1 detailed map stretched out, over , which Gen. Antoine had been study- i ing. Other maps and photographs ; of sectors, trenches, and various di- j visions of the works were on the , wall, and these, with a few pine ] chairs, made up the furnishings of j the corps headquarters which is push- j ing forward the supplies to Verdun ] and the fighting front. M. Painleve was much interested i ' in the large charts showing in detail ; the layout of the fighting and reserve ] forces, and Gen. Antoine, standing ] before the chart, pointed out the i main points?Verdun off to the right, ] then the army corps massed to the ' .kt ' west, and then Gen. Antoine's corps doing the work of preparation and : forwarding, as well as guarding a i . ; considerable sector of the front. ( y \ Photographs of Field. P"The photographs show the field better,'* said the general, leading the 1 way to a large room adjoining. J jjjls* A score of officers were &t work here, sorting photographs, develop- ] ing them, and fitting them together into huge panoramic views showing < every road and trench and tree. These photographs were taken from i the clouds, by aviators, and now and then the airmen came in with the 1 negatives just taken of their sec- 1 tions. The whole war zone was laid ] out in small squares, the aviators ' minutely photographing each square, 1 and then the squares were fitted to- '< gether like a jig-saw puzzle, making a complete picture of the whole zone. When the edge of a square was too 1 close to a German battery for the J aviator to reach in safety, the photo- J ^*'1 / graph was taken by a camera, lashed ( to a high pole, and held above a : trench. These last, trench pictures, pre- ' sented a grewsome scene of the havoc and desolation where the batteries 1 were doing the worst work?the 1 ground swept of trees and foliage, littered with debris, and a few twist- 3 -1 ed trunks extending their distorted arms. Through the Camp. v Gen. Antoine now turned outside, and with a group of staff officers led 1 the way through the mazes of the * .vast camp. Such a scene of varied ! and intense activity. It fairly throb- 1 bed as the visitors passed along. Wagons, wagons, wagons, stretching 1 away in unending procession for 1 miles ahead and behind. A great ) cloud of dust hung over this caval- ] cade, and the green fields were cov- 1 ered as with frost from the fall of < f dust. The four-horse teams strained : along, keeping the ranks close to- ! gether. Every conceivable sort of i war stores was in this moving train? boxes and barrels and bales of food ( for men and animals; huge wine casks set on end, two to a wagon; ' ordnance carts piled high with boxes i of shells; lorries with ugly-looking r quick-fire guns, and vans loaded with c coils of barbed wire and with sharppointed stakes used in the trenches and chevaux-de-frise. "And this goes on night and day," said Major Camut. "Yes, it is busiest at night near the front, for the moving is dangerous in the daytime, so that the last laps, near the fighting line, start at dusk and go steadily through the night." Horses by the Thousands. And besides the activity of the highway, the fields alongside were equally busy. Here a cavalry camp ivas posted, and horses were tethered, lot by hundreds, but by thousands. - - 1 J V, ? J A.t one side a spur 01 ranruau uau been run to a camp depot, and here the freight cars were unloading supplies and the army vans were carrying them forward. Soldiers and camp followers and peasants were working at their innumerable occupations. One of these groups, massed at a cross-road, looked like a market scene in Jerusalem, with all races and languages?Africans from Algiers and \Iongrel Moors from the borders of Tunis and Morocco, Senagalese as black as coal, and yellowaced Anamites; most of these French colonials in fez and zouave outfit; along with the French poilus in their gray-blue uniforms, soiled and grimey, and steel casques; and French territorials in the old-time red and blue uniform with baggy trousers. The most striking thing in this great field of activity was the regularity with which it was all going on, suggesting a perfection and sureness of organization. There was no confusion, and this tremendous machinery of warfare was running with the precision and smoothness of the drtlinoto Timr'lre nf ?a Tl'ntph UCHWIWU ?? Vine V/J. u> IT MVVM* Living Quarters. Gen. Antonie and Minister Painleve now turned off to the living quarters. The big barracks stretched for half a mile ahead?substantial temporary one-story structures of corrugated iron with an inner double sheathing of heavy paper felt. There was a blast of bugles and a ruffle of cirums, saluting the commanding general and the minister. And as the sharp notes sounded, hundreds of French soldiers?the poilus?who j were camped along the route, chatting in groups, sitting on rough benches, and doing their hundreds of little camp duties, sprang to attention and stood, there like statues as the general passed by. Those with guns brought the piece sharply to present arms, while most of the poilus, taken unawares in their rough-and-ready garbs, were without arms and saluted with their right band at the cap. It was a striking scene, these poilus, standing rigid, not in regular array, but scattered and massed for half a mile along a dusty battle-! route, some on the road, others on I the rising slopes, with their com- j manding officer passing among them, rhe general paused as we neaped one group of twenty grimey soldiers' ranged beside a field kitchen, the ovens smoking and giving off an odor of soldier rations. Content With Food. "Are the men content with the Pood," asked the general, halting and addressing b,y name one of the poilus. "Yes, my general," answered the ^oilu, his face beaming. "And the rice, do the men like it," (juerried the general. "No, my general, they will not eat it." ; The poilu was very definite in condemning the rice portion of the ra-j tion, and had no hesitation in ex-1 I pressing this disapproval to the genoral. Gen. Antoine asked many other questions as to the food, and was answered in the same frank and smiling way. This was a typical encounter be cween me corn maiming geuciai ui au army corps and a plain French poilu, and it showed the inherent democracy of the French army, the real comradrie between officers and men*. Here was a corps commander addressing a private soldier familiarly by name, and knowing the name of this man "in forty thousand encoun tered by hazard, for they say Gen. Antoine knows every man by name in his corps. Spic and Span. Entering the barracks, the poilus were ranged at attention alongside their long lines of bunks. Everything was spic and span; floors clean, bedclothes piled neatly, mattresses sunning in the windows. There was the same orderly arrangement in the huge eating quarter, kitchens and | elsewhere. Outside the barracks, on i the sloping terrace, the poilus had planted artistic flower beds, with huge letters in flowers spelling Joffre, Castelnau, Antoine and the other commanders. A huge stock of shells rose among these flowers, and the poilus had stood some of these monster shells on end with a bunch of flowers and a French flag in the nose of the projectiles. Gen. Antoine took a personal interest in the "depot d'eclopes," as it is called?an extensive organization run by slightly wounded men. Gen. Antoine originated the idea and it has spread all through the army, \ these depots back of the front doing scores of helpful little duties for the men on the firing line. Here there ? was an immense laundry turning out v a wash of 10,000 pieces. a It helps the man in the trench to 2 j have a clean shirt," said Gen. Antoine, as he showed the stocks of J flannel shirts about to be returned to the men in front. Fresh Vegetables. There were kitchen gardens for ^ fresh vegetables, forges for mending trench tools, armories for cleaning guns, a candle factory, and innumer- ? able other acitvities, all run by soldiers who had lost a finger or the edge of an ear, or had some other slight wound temporarily incapaci- ? tating them. At night the party became Gen. ' Antoine's guests at the extensive pri- fc vate residence', requisitioned for ^ army purposes, alpngside headquar- r ters. It was evidently the home of C a well-conditioned family, with spac ious corridors lined with sculpture and paintings. The dinner was cooked and served by soldiers, and, even the menu card was a work of ? art done by a noted French cartoonist now serving as a soldier in the ranks. The American expedition to Mexico came up for discussion as the party were leaving, and Gen. Antoine said: ^ "The experience of youi* army shows that cavalry is still an essen- 0 tial part of army organization. With s' our trench warfare the idea got * about,that mounted troops were a ^ fViintr rvf f Vi a riQct "Rllt fhov Trill nl- ? ViiAUg V i. tuv x/uv VAAVJ IT AAA M?- I Q ways be indispensable for quick movements where elan and dash i I are needed, and particularly in a * flat country. No, the Russians in Mesopotamia and the Americans in Mexico are demonstrating that cavalry is one of the most effective weapons of offence." ?: - i ENGINEER KILLED; c Passenger Train is Wrecked at Fitzpatrick, Ala. Macon, July 23.?A Montgomery- ^ boun^ passenger train that left Macon at 3:10 o'clock, early today left the rails at Fitzpatrick, Ala., at ] 10:15 o'clock this morning. Engineer J. A. Young, of this city, was killed;Fireman Tom Wood, of Eu- ^ faula, Ala., seriously injured and, according to reports to the Central of Georgia offices in this city, six other p persons were injured. ? The train was on a straight J stretch of track and railroad officials a say that it was running only fifteen t or twrenty miles an hour. No cause " for the derailment has been found, j I i n lircrv I - A. D. Uldfil I LIFE INSURANCE Bamberg, South Carolina A UNIQUE RECORD Very Few Like It In Our Broad Republic. Home testimony for Doan's Kidney Piils, published in every locality, is of itself convincing evidence of merit. Confirmed testimony forms still stronger evidence. Years ago, a citizen of Bamberg gratefully acknowledged the benefit derived from Doan's Kidney Pills. The statement is now confirmed?the proof more f - - J /"I? +V>{o lrtn^ 0 1*0 convincing. Cil&CS U1 l>uio o.iuu u*v plentiful in the work of Doan's Kidney Pills?the record is unique Thos. H. White, Main St., Bamburg, says " I suffered from weak kidneys for several years. My kidneys sometimes pained me and I had L a very frequent desire to pass the kidney secretions and had to get up g often during the night. 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(on account of the State campaign meeting, which takes place in Jamberg on the 27th of July) will neeet Thursday, August 3rd, 1916, ,t Bethesda church. All persons are ordially invited to attend with well illed baskets. All Confederate solders are expected. We will have ood speaking. Committees?On nusic: G. W. Folk, J. H. Fender nd J. H. Pearson; on grounds: Robrt Morris, J. H. Mitchell and Ola . Zeigler. Respectfully, J. C. COPELAND, C. R. CLAYTON, J. B. HUNTER, PrkmrnittAA MISS G. E. JORDAN^" Sec. and Treas. 7-27. ) Ca^fiui am, /t&jL jX 4wf, 'iuXaCa/ri tiftuL k %T^aa HUSBAND AND WIFE BOTH S WHAT'S THE GOOD FOR ONE TO SA\ SPEND. JUST ASK YOURSELF TOD MONEY I EARN?" DO I GET IT OR I GET IT? IF SOMEBODY ELSE IS GE1 YOU EARNED YOUR MONEY; IT BELO BE A CAREFUL MAN AND BAt BANK WITH U WE PAY FOUR (4) PER CENT. ] I POUNDED QUARTERLY, ON SJ Farmers & Merc! BHRHARDT, S . "That's the third time *t??? n a,moment longer on that fellow. Smith's number? 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