The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-08-16

had not called on the e4pedifionf
surely not any army man aho knows
Perahiug When be started after villa
We Just knew that Villas future wae
settled bug the great var Ia EnFope
was threatening 10 Involve The Uuifed
States. carrnnxa vas bitterly hostile.
aud villa displayed the quaiitirs o.
Wiil-o-thc-vlsu No one was more dis.
appointed than Fer4hiuE when The or
ders 10 return serc issued and BE-. the
soldier In Mezieo. bad % bear them
and obey.
The great war was devastating the
world. and AmeFica. after more than
two years % waiting. was called upou
20 make the world safe for democ.
Faey. Foreisn countries senf their
ENJOYS hero 70 discuss with the pre-.
ldent and the government she manner
Ia which America c0uh make ils
weight tell In the shortest time.
Send % some d your mcn. that our
soldiers may see them AZ their side and
b. heartened ln the fight against Ger
man autocFncy.- said Bnlfyur aud 1of.
frc 10 President Wilson aud Secretary
Of War Baker.
we shall send thcm.- aid psrsideat
Wilson. afr Baksr. whom shall We
send 70 command our troops 10
Fmucef-
-send Pcrshins.- said Air. Baker
IAN America knows what f,egahing can
do. We know him 20 b. not only Z
brave. resourccful fzbier. but man %
high administrative ability. We must
send our French aud British allies q
man who viii b. able not ouly 10 lead
our men In the field aud show that BE-
Il convcrsant with the latest advances
In military science. but also q man
who can manage our soldiers before
they get into the battle line. Tie munt
represent ~ 70 the French and tho
British worthily. ss we should want 10
b. rcprssentod.r
You are right. sfF. secrutary.y aaia
President Wilson. "And from what 4
have heard Of PershinR and seen az
him be II the man 10 send"
with absolute secrecy. without TIE
blare Of q single bugie note or the ron
OF q single drum. pcrahiug sailed for
Europe. Not until ne landed In Eng.
land did the American public know
that the commander Of the southern da.
partment. summoned to Washington
ostensibly Tor consultation. had left
for the European battle front.
From the farthermost Scottish head.
lands to the Mediterranean coast Brit.
AIN and Frnnce were adnme with inter.
est, excitement and curiosity when the
Of Pershing's landing
was made. who II this man Perish
lng the Americans have sent usf~ ask.
I'd one Londoner Of another. blessed
4 knowf" was the reply.
The newspapers ransacked their rcf.
srence departments and scanned their
Hes for material for writcups OF PERISH
ng. They fold as much as they could
,bout his career. but n was All too
little to satisfy the public's curiosity.
Then the crowds locked to learn about
'ershing at nrst hand. seldom IN An
opo's long history has any man recclv.
q 20 wonderful a reception. Here waa
American aid In the great war. which
lad lasted almost three years pro.
ented in tangible form in the neruon
4 the tall. straight. soldicrly figure Of
nghttng general The crowds went
terally Wild over Pcrsling.
And ell Of this was expressed in hcap.
q up measure whcn the American
cached Paris. The dcllverer has
0mel Vive Pershingi vive Joffrers
nng the cries when the two fa,nona
enerals appeared side by side IN the
rench capital This man has come
France to repay the debt owed 10
niayette' to Rochambeau. 20 the other
renchmen who risked their lives tbat
merlca might be free They viii helm
deliver France from the German N.
ioerF said the crowds. ana tbev
leered Pershing rntIl the bouleynrda
ing. "'1'