American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-09-21
Men Appointed TO High Com
mand Have Proven Ability
In Service.
PICKED FOR THEIR RECORDS
Nest Of the 200 Major Generals and
Brioadier Generals Recently Ap-
pointed We're Cadets Together
al West Point.
nr EpWARp 0. CLARK.

MOBILIZATION ~ the ANV Mhlnf kNhtfHia
and brgadier generals appointed TO
commands 10 the new selectlve service
army, the AFFAIR would be a reunion
OF men most Of whom were cadets to-
gether az the West Point Military
academy.
This means that there IL hardly a
new major general IN the list who does
not know the methods and the manners
OF service OF every brigadler general
who viii serve under him and Il may
be said also that there Is barely "A
brigndler general who does not know
all about the record. the penalty and
the i~diosyncrasies Of the major general
who. a. a division commander, will
give him orders.
Some Of these men who have been
appointed 10 high rink In the new
army are within one, two or three
years % the retirement age. II mny be
that out Of their ranks viii come n
Jorrc. a Hnie. or a Petain. bat AZ many
Ia Washington i00k az n. u seems like
~ perhaps that the greatest American
soldiers of this war are more likely 20
be produced from the ranks Of the
younger MEN. although military ex-
peris admit that In recent wars many
elders Of the services have mnde ever
lastingiy good.
Selected on Their Records.
The 81 major generals OF the new
National army nominated by the presi-
dent were an selected on the basis Of
their records Of service. On going
through this list / mud that out OF the
81. - we're cadets nt the United
States Military academy nj the time
that attended that institution. Some
OF them ! knew we'll when l was a
cadet. others l did not know well be-
cause they we're upper clrssmcn when
I WIS a junior clnssmnn. but with the
plcbc aud the yearling's interest In the
older fellows I learned "A lot about
them while they hardly knew that 1
was Ia existence. This Is the way OF
things az The military academy.
Seven OF the new major generals
were my classmates and Il ought 90 20
without saying that these men know
well. but az present shall write moth
Ing Of them except to say that every
one % them has usgood military record.
II happens. however, that with some
OF the upper classmcn OF that day /
have had more OF less intimate nc-
quRintnnce in recent years and In some
eases strong friendships have deyel-
oped.
Frederick s. Strong Is one Of the
new major generals. Strong. think.
will look after the men lucky enough
90 be Ia his division as u father looks
after bis children, but when Il comes
60 a case Of fighting he viii display
the Roman fathers foftitude and viii
lead his children TO the front with no
thought of sparlng them II sacrifice Is
necessary 20 win the battle.
sirongs just but kindly disposition
led the military academy % put him In
charge of the incoming piebe class In
tho year 1870. Those were the days
~ hnnng and hades at West Point.
Strong guarded the peace OF the new
cadets Made major generals with
him are half t. dozen men who re-
ccifcd their FIRST soldier instruction as
plches ut West Point from Frederick
4 Strung.
Are Real Leaders.
Mai. Gen. Edwin 81. John Greble.
who either will lead a National Guard
or a new army division 60 the front. Is
a son o. the nrst of1cer OF the regular
army 70 be- killed In the civil war. Tho
elder Greble fell at Mig Bethel. This
pewly appointed major general was n
gOdson ~ the late Gen. o. %. Howard,
sometimes known as the christian
soldier. when Howard went 10 West
Point GO bccome the a~cadcmy's super
intcndent Gccblo. bis godsOn. WINS a
FIRST cinssman md me cadet adlutRnt.
Grehle cut up somo dido or other and
Howard promptly reduced him to tho
ranks.
The relationships ~ father and son
and godfather and godson d. not mako
Tor lenieucy Ia the army when rcgula-
lions have been violated Crehle's Of
Tense would not have amounted 10 a
hll Of beans az college. but az West
Point II was made TO 1ppeur a noun.
tain. Major General Greble's record
Of service Is one q the finest that an
pears In the pages o. the Army Regis.
ter.
II nj predicted six weeks < thai
Joseph T. Dickman Of the Second cav.
airy. who then vas promoted to Z
brfgadier generalship from the rank Of
colonel. would on the next promotion
occasion be made a major general. TIT
prediction hit the mark.
The regiments that 20 10 the from
with Dickman can be sure that the.
are following a soldier. Dickman Is
hard-nsted fighter. much more read
10 spare his men than to spare himself
but he viii spare neither unless IN
occasion requires sparfng. He ha
sonqhf ~erarvwhere that there has bee