In the West.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 71, 26 March 1915, Page 6

In the West.

I; FRANCE'S ARMY. A CLOiVtHC-REPOBT. IN- BETTER; hbWrt than ever. . I United Pbws AjasodiATibN. | (Received 2.25' p. in.) .; ■ , Paris, March 25. The 'French' army is rejuvenated' on a large scale by the promotion of young commanders. The average age of general officers lias been lowered ten years, and old generals at the head of -large cdmnfands in August have gradually been..; eliminated, some owing to the physical strain of the, war and other's by appointment to Territorial commands. Each regiment has now forty-i eight J officers and non-coms, to (every unit. The' strength of companies in manyM-egiments is 250 r Fsance has 2£ rrijlliohs at' the front and H million irt depots'ready to repair wastage, apart from . half-a-million of, the 1915 class. The army by the war has hardened,and the health is excellent.: The men learnt to'use!the spade in the trenches, which are 'now proof against 77 millimetre guns. Wild often against the larger guns.