The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-11-08
General Pershing Is Quick on
Trigger; Sibert a Tire.
less Worker.
EACH HAS Big MANS JOB
Commander In Chief Forces Things
Along at Top Speed, While slbert
Watches Details and Insists
on Accuracy.

Field Headquarters, American Ex.
peditionary Forces, France.-Two men
both efficient, both trained In the same
school. both In the same line Of serv.
Ice, probably never offered stronger
contrast than Gen. John ]. Pershing,
commander Of the expedition, and Mai.
Gen. William L. Sibert, division com.
mander. Working as a-team, whip.
ping our troops into shape for the
gruellng struggle awaiting them, It
would be hard to find q better COM
bination. Each has herulc-sized mans
Job and leading a great army in these
days offers many man.slzed Jobs,
writes Junlus b, Wood In the Chicago
News.
Pershlng IL OF the quick.on.the.trig.
ger style.
slbert Will be sure that the powder
is dry.
Pershing is of the dashlng tyne,
nervous, always on the go, like sur.
charged battery stirring everybody he
comes In contact with, forcing them
along at top speed. He tells what he
wants. 1t Is up to the staff he has
picked to see that Il Is carried out
He'll be sure to know md they'll know
II 1t Isn't. He gives sharp glance at
company at attention, picks out n
man whose eyes are wandering tells
the company commander what Is
wrong-a few crisp, pointed words
which are not forgotten-and the com.
mander knows how to bring the 9th.
ers up to standard. lie also realizes
that he had better. PershIng fought
Moros, administered provinces when an
Iron hand was necessary, rides day
and night in the field and in the Office
holds his conferences through the day
and reads reports most of the night,
sibert a Method3caI Worker.
Sibert Is deliberate, methodical, n
dreless worker, watching every detail,
insistent that reports of his under ON
GERS be accurate, comprehensive, COW
ering every nngle, Of the type that Is
persistent and sure. His voice Is sell
dom raised above Its quiet, even tone.
He walks through the vfllage street
from his headquarters TO his mess each
day at the same gait and the same
hour. It may be mOmentous incl
dent that will delay him n minute, or
prevent him from being back at his
desk at the minute he calculated on.
When he inspects a company he stops
In front Of each mnn. His comments
to the commanding officer are fatherly
In tone. Slbert helped build the Pan
anna canal. He is an engineer with
training for accuracy that figures
down to thousaadths Of inches.
Once when General Pershing was
making his flying trip Of inspection on
his first visit to the American army
zone, Il smile tHitched the corners of
his stern lips. A>sergeant. one of the
0ld-time 'non-c0ms" who knew army
regulations like his Hoyle. was drilling
platoon, mostly gawking. raw re-
cruits. Out Of the corner of his eye
he saw the general and n following of
officers strlding across the field in his
direction.
Attention." he shouted In sten.
torian tones and the men made their
best efforts TO assume military poise.
Brace up, yer standih' like n lot o.
old wimmen," :growled the sergeant in
a tone meant "only his men. The
general, half a dozen strides ahead Of |
the rest Of the party, caught 1t. His
Iron gray mnstache could not cover
the smile. Hle did not criticize that
company. Instead he veered Off to