The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-24
ey The stars military Expert
Copyright. 1910

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The "Pershino Zone" will
soon be Q fact A "iitsis strip
OF the United States 'ls solrg
20 extend seross France from
the American base on the
French coast 10 the front line
American trenches
After . detailed irvestlca-
ton OF the system established
by the British and French,
Gen. pershinq has decided TO
establish complete. Amerl.
csneontrolled line o. cornuni-
cation.
The business OF maintaining an
army At the front Ia like running
n small nation. continually SUB
iected TO series OF earthquakes,
devastating fires. floods. famine.
plague and sudden death. IL IL a
carefully planned effort 10 meet the
unexpected.
Communication Boss 10
Next 20 Gen. pershlno
| will undertake 10 describe as
clearly as possible in the limited
space allowed 10 me the method OF
carrying on this great business.
Con. Pershing's army at the front
must spend it's entire time and at.
tentIon on the business OF fighting
the enemy. But behind the army
at the front IN another army whose
business II Ia TO keep the army at
the front in condition 10 fight.
And the commander OF this
army behind tho whose
name probably will never be men.
toned in dispatchos-is. next to
Gen. fershing himself. the most i'm.
portant man on French soil today.
His modest title Is Commander OF
the Line OF Communications" The
rome which he commands embraces
a strip of territory from and In.
Guiding the base. TO the point where
contact Is made with the trains of
the combatant forces on the front.
lts the cIrouistory System
OF Gen. Pershlno's Army
This IN the circulatory system OF
Pershing's army. Its railroad "ar.
tories" pump forward tho food.
clothing. ammunition. tools and
equipment needed at the front: and
It's veins" OF steel rails carry back
TO the heart" ut tho base the sick
and wounded. the worn out guns
for rofitting. the wagons that must
be repaired. and the empty vehicles
which must be refilled and sent
pushing forward again.
Before a single one OF Perish.
ing's fighters landed in France
groups OF staff corps men from
every technical branch OF the army
went with Pershing AHEAD 10
mako all arrangements for receiv-
ing. supplying and forwarding the
troops. The result is the Perish.
ing Zone In France"
How does this Zone work.
The commander OF the line OF
communication will organize 1t into
three administrative units: (a)
supply. sanitary and telegraph
service" Oh service OF military
railways" tc) Service of military
police"
Lines OF Communication
Divided Into Two Sections
To administer and control tho
supply. sanitary and telegraph
service" the line of communion,
tions will be divided into two sec
tions--a base section and an ad-
vance section
The commander OF tho base sec
ton controls all that portion of the
limo OF communications UP to the
depots. sanitary units and tele-
graph stations OF the advance sec.
ton. He Will probably make his
headquarters at the base on the
coast, where he has a staff similar
10 that OF the advance section.
These men are responsible to the
commander OF the line OF communi.
cations twho In turn is responsible
to the war department at home)
that the reserve supplies on hand
in his various depots shall be main
tanned between the maximum and