The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-17
It's One of Joys of France
to Hear Your Language Put
in Phrases You Don't Mean

French farmers whose sons and
nophewS were at the front and whose
daughters and wives were IN the iichiS
hey drank IN silence and then solemn
" departed 10 their wagons after Shak
ing hands with their American friend
To me II seemed that the sergeant had
done a big thing He had helped create
good opinion of American soldier, IN
the minds OF French citizens He had
lifted the atmosphere OF that obscure
cate to the very pinnacle OF brotherhood
between tree men.
An American Concert.
In another park not far distant an
other hcartening event was ,rauspu-
lng At that very moment the creation
OF good will, good cheer and good pane
upon a much larger scale. One oi the
military bands OF the American army
was giving n concert there. Nearly
ten thousand French citizens stood ~
this other park and heard "Thc Mar
Scillaise' played 10y American music
,ans. am told the first park music
they had listened to for months, for
their own bands are off at the front
with the French regiments. The mu-
steal program included ragtimc and
classical pieces. There will be other
concerts by other regimcnlal bands.
he giving of these concerts showed
a fine intuition of the French nature
We are on inspection before the pco-
pie OF our sister republic. Their his
torlans will write OF Americans on the
basis ut first impressions. might say
right here that absolute team work
exists between our army commanders
III France, who include the supreme
military authority, General pcrShing
his first division commander, MAJOR
General William /. Slbcr,, and his
chief OF artillery, MAJOR General Peyton
{. March. They work out the largr
problems together, deciding the qucs.
tons OF tact as well as those OF war.
Almost a Soldier.
Since the start from the Mexican
border the writer has been attached
to a rcgimental unit ~ heavy field ar
tllery. This regiment is a part of an
artillery brigade commanded by brig
adler general, which brigade in turn is
a part of an army division There
fore, while am directly under thc
authority of the regimcntal colonel IAN
authority that haS tho soitness sf a
velvet glovc) | am also sponsored By
the general commanding the brigade
with the consent and appreciation OF the
chief OF artillery. General March, who.
bye the bye, arranged with the French
civil and military authority for the
open air band concerts in Relieve"
When my regiment landed at
"Bord-d de la Mer" our senior command
cr got word from headquarters that Ne
had been made a brigadicr general.
and he left us. Others in the regimen,
were also promoted. Hence the army
phrase, "Onc goes 10 bed a captain and
wakes up a major" Our new colonel
was a younger man than the command
er with whom we had crossed the At
lantic. a West Pointer who had been
an observer with virtually all the armies
OF the world and 40 arden, artilIerx
man Opinion gathered by the writer
tends to support the belief that artii-
lcry is by far the most important
branch OF the service, the dominant fac
tor in the great fight the United States
has entered for world democracy.
.0o be continued tAuorrow)