The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-09
PERSH|NG CHEERED
BY HIS SOLDIERS
When They Were Told That
He Had. Been Promoted
to Rank Of a Full
General.
ON COMPETITION DAY.
Bia Field Meet With Several Silver
Cups as Awards for Best
Exhibit In War
Game.
ON COMPETITION DAY.
IBy j. w. Pegler, United Perss Staff
CorreSnOndent.l

L ID y. L
Correspondent
AMERICAN FIELD HEADQUAR-
TIERS, France, Oct. 7.-Delayed.)- y
A long line Of sweating, dusty men
across undulating hills, colonel on
another hill, roared announcement
from the colonel--and tremendous
booming roar of cheers resound1ng
like the victory shouts at Harvard
stadium when the Crimson has put
one over on the Blue.
This was how Pershing's sammies
today received the news that their
commander had been promoted to
the rank of full general
1t came Immediately after the
American soldiers had gone through
their very best PAGES under Black
Jack" Pershing's own keen gaze and
he had expressed his terse emphatic
commendation.
Today was "com petition day" for
! the sammies. Regiment was pitted
against regiment; battalion against
battalion, company against company
j and man against man in the exer-
! cises of war--and all for a dazzling
frow of silver cups donated BY Gen
eraI Pershing. Major General Sibert
| other American generals and two
French army commanders.
The competition was held under
football conditions. The judges
shrill whistle carried on the stiff
autumn wind like the signal of
football referee back home as the
moleskinned warriors of the gridiron
crouched for the kick off.
The American expeditions best
companies dug impetuously through
tie rocky soil, or raced madly
through trenches, set. up machine
guns, fired others, or savagely
charged grotesquesly swaying Ger
| man dummies, jabbing their bayonets
deep into their straw vitals. The
whole field buzzed with racing. few
erishly inspired men going through
the whole program of war.
An imposing group watched the
men-Pershing, Sibert and other
American generals with two French
generals.
When it was over and the judges
awards had been announced, Perish
ing himself presented the trophies.
He briefly commended the entire
contingent for the splendid progress
in training they had shown and en-
phasized the necessity for develop
ing a fighting spirit" He remarked
that the German was racially endow-
ed with that spirit through a long
line Of militaristic generations.
1t was the belief of all officers to-
day that the contests had done more
to revive the old regimental competi-
| tive spirit among the men than any
other event in recent years. Soldiers
have been practicing for the Journeys
| for weeks.
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BY J. w. Pegler, United Press Staff
| Correspondent
! AMERICAN FIELD HEADQUAR-
! TIERS, France, Oct 7. delayed J.
! United Press reports Of Chicago's ?
TO 1 victory over the Giants greeted
Americas fighting men here as they
| tumbled from their cots today. The
sammies awakened with thoughts Of
1.-THE big military tournament schedul,
ed for the day, but the first cere-
mony of the morning was a rush
to the bulletin board for the world 8
series scores.
! From battalion headquarters all
along the far flung line of American
encampments, the results Of the
games were flashed by signal corps