Italy at war and the allies in the west . £ m THEY SHALL NOT PASS! 177 in existence. I am convinced that in or-ganization and in efficiency it is now, afterclose on three years of experiments andobject-lessons, as good, if not better, thanthe German—and I have marched with bothand have seen both in action. Its light ar-tillery is admittedly the finest in the without any heavy artillery to speakof at the beginning of the war, it has in thisrespect already equalled if not surpassed theGermans. It has created an air service which,in efficiency and in number of machines, isunequalled.
Italy at war and the allies in the west . £ m THEY SHALL NOT PASS! 177 in existence. I am convinced that in or-ganization and in efficiency it is now, afterclose on three years of experiments andobject-lessons, as good, if not better, thanthe German—and I have marched with bothand have seen both in action. Its light ar-tillery is admittedly the finest in the without any heavy artillery to speakof at the beginning of the war, it has in thisrespect already equalled if not surpassed theGermans. It has created an air service which,in efficiency and in number of machines, isunequalled. And the men, themselves, in addi-tion to their characteristic elan, possess thatinvaluable quality which the German soldierlacks—initiative. It is worthy of note, in this connection, thatthe entire reorganization of the French armyhas been carried out virtually without any ac-tion on the part of the French Congress, andwith merely the formal approval of the Ministerof War. The politicians in Paris have, save ina few instances, wise
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