The herald., 1917-11-15

call and II WGg determined To start an
organization Of some Kind and iuGuir,
OF the government II the idea wrr,
worth developing. Fortunately about
this time Gen. John J. Pershing went
In France Ia command of the Amori.
can expedition and il was not long
before without inquiry Of any kind
from this side 90 the water. he began
To cable back requests that II company
of canOufteUrS be sent 10 France. Thus
with simultaneous enterprise and pa
trlotiSm the commanding general was
demanding and the American artists
were organizing a branch of the scry-
Ice which appears destined To play
an Important part in the activities of
the American troops on She battle
front.
The company began To grow and IS
still growing. EvartS Tracy, one of
the leading architects of New York.
had taken all the courses NJ Plattshurg
and received commission as major
In the Officers Reserve corps. He en-
tered with enthusiasm into the Idea
OF organizing the artists and became
III" moving spirit of the enterprise.
To make long story short. n large
company OF artists. sculptorS. archi-
tects, civil engineers ana others who
have won fame with brush and chlSel-
and many Of them much money with
their brains and Skill--arr now drill
Ing ana experimenting at Camp Amer
lean University. They must be sol
di"rS also. as well as artists. for no
Oh" who goes upon foreign battlefield
in III" uniform of the United States is
permitted 10 be there until he has
learned how to take care of himself
The company Is under the capable COM
mand Of Capt. Martin NiXon-Nlllpr l.
). r., from whom they get daily a
gruelling course in military inStruc-
tion.
\ first lieutenant of the comyauv is
Homer Saint Gaudcns, son Of pprhaps
the greatest of American sculptors and
himself n stage director OF note. as
witness his remarkable work with
Maude Adams In the preparation and
Of the wonderful effects and
Illusions In peter Pan" and "a Kiss
for Cinderella" Second in command
is Lieut.. Wilfred :. Conrow. the land.
Scape painter. Both are graduates of
and so far highly success
iui with the task they have in hand.
1t might appear invidlous to mention
me distinguished professional men who
compose this unusual company, bur II
seems appropriate 10 make SprciaI
mention Of Barry Faulkner. the New
ork artist, If only because he X -
pupil Of Abbott II. Thayer. the creot
HEir" painter. WHO early in life made
a study Of animals and discovered the
law or the protective coloration Of the .
animal kingdom. Ii was Thayer who .
-lrSt dared Ia differ with Darwin upon
his subject, the British scientist hay
NJ attributed the COlOration 10 sex In
tuence while Thayer, combining the
faculty of visualizing and noting the
lctual aspect of things in their rclo-
ion to one another with his knowI-
'dge or the animal world, proclaimed
nat natures gift OF color to her chill
iren Of the forest enabled them 70
disappear quickly from the sight OF
heir enemies. That the truth WINS
stated by both writer's now is generally
Mr.. Faulkner is de-
out disciple Of his master, but in his
most Intimate studies with Mr. Thayer
lie could never have dreamed that the
heory of an artist In relation 70 the
ress OF birds and animals would some
lay contribute to the success OF Amer
ran arms.
The company bristles with men of
he highest standing in their profes.
Ion. Fry Is pupil OF MacMonnIes
,Orado Taft and other DISTINGUISHED ,
and, like Faulkner and Harry
'hrasher. the painter. has taken the
ri1 du Rome. Among their comrades ,
re Suffer, Tubesing. Denver and Nell. I
he painters. Twigg Smith who has 5
cen painting the exquisite scenes Of /
he Hawaiian islands. has come back I