El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-07
PERSHING HAS
REAL j. s. ARMY
Nothing Is So Thoroughly
American as That Army
of Ours in France.

Pershing puts each man to the task
for which he is trained Majors IN
uniform are working harder than
they ever did at home for princely
salaries. We are making ready IN
big war and thoroughly for our great
How hard that force OF pioneers
worked in making a starti More than
one officer dropped down from sneeF
exhaustion Never was the American
/ gospel Of work better practiced.
our plan was committed to DEM
/, tie number Of divisions by June l.
and they were to arrive with increas-
ing rapidity as the spring months
approached. We must be ready for
them. Every department was calling
for supplies. With American ambition,
! every commander and every depart
ment head wanted to make progress.
For the first three months it seemed
as If we y ere making little Roadway,
and then gradually the picture began
| developing out of the plate, until IN
December the whole plan began TO
take form. Such progress was pos
| sible only under centralized military
| direction, for our army in France Is
I not run by committees or boards, or
! councils. John Pershing is supreme
| From him you have the no and yes
l Of military decision In France he
! has built for Us a general staff which
| is now so coOrdinated that II Is cap
! able Of looking after the organization
| Of big army in action Men OF abil-
| ity are finding their way to the top.
/ Only results count. When Pershing
/ is not at his desk, well, you do not
/ know where he may not appear
/ among his troops, after rising. at to
] get an early start, or 200 miles away
/ at a base, after an allnight train ride.
| II things are not going well. he soon
knows why. He galvanizes the army
| with his energy and is never diverted
from the great essentials-the es-
| sentials which mean an efficient war
+ machine
British Continue HammerinE.
] "All summer the British hammered
on their lines, gaining, grinding,
I wearing out German divisions, and !
/ then came the Italian defeat The loss
Of guns and material to the Italian
army, the rushing Of reinfOrcements
from France to Italy made a rear !
/ rangement Of the whole system OF
] land transport and a new phase in |
the vital shipping, and the Germans, |
with divisions released from Russia, /
might try an offensive on the western /
front Our army. no less than others, |
must adapt itself to new conditions, |
which are the result Of the events in |
Petrograd and in Italy. We must rush /
all the troops we can. Speed up our /
program You hear talk that we are
losing the var, which is one OF the i
best prescriptions for losing II. 4
would sentence all pessimists to steve 1
not losing the war. We are winning /
the war. Losing the war when Ger
many can send rs5 ship out on the Il
surface Of the seas-When Germany i
is bottled up, with all the world 1
against her?
May BE End of HInderburE.
THE present power OF the German
general staff in Germany is due to
its bride OF the people with victory.
AlndenDurg and Ludendorf, having
won their way through Poland ana
Rumania and on to the plains OF
Venice, offer past performances as a
guarantee for the future. With Hin
denburg and Ludendorf It is a case
OF win all or lose all. The morale Of
the German army was never so poor
as after Nerdun- If Hindenburg piles
Up 100000 casualties n another YER
dun against the western front, that
viii be the end Of him, as il was Of
Falkenhayn, and there viii be no hero
10 take his place In German public
admiration. His fall Will be the fan of
a great idol and Of the temple Of the
German staff Those who know the
French army, with its heritage ana
its Skill and know the sticking Quali-
ties OF the British army have no doubt
OF tne result Or this you may be
sure too-that we shall play our part
in due time according to plan. If you
near little news from our forces in
France II Is because their training is
much the same as that OF any other
training camp, because We are simply
building at present But when there
IS action the people will have every
detail It is their army. They have
q right to know about it.
Best Army We Ever Had.
If we have adhered to the rules Of
military secrecy, it has been with
the same purpose that governs the
whole COmmand-that no life OF an
american soldier may be wasted
needlessly- We want every life that
IS given TO count to the great end of
victory. This you may take for what
you consider worth from one who has
seen much OF armies-that the force
In France is the best disciplined, most
self respecting, and orderly in con-
Duct, the best trained and the best
organized that our country has ever
mad. But American ambition is not
content with this alone. The improve
ment continues. The spur is the stern
essI Hhich the future may require. and
the policy Is that Of expert profess
slonal direction Our young reserve
ofIIcers are making good, too, whether
1y tdnd or sea They are another
FACTOR which should make US proud.
happened 10 return from France on |
a former German liner which is now
a transport Only two Of all the com
nlssioned officers OF the shin were of
the regular navy establishment. ali
ne DINERS were reserve, and nine out
service since the war began. And that
snip can make as many knots as She
could when she carried tourists to
Europe. All the officers spoke of the
Ilne spirit and excellent conduct of
the troops confined to close Quarters
Ior the long voyage and their eager
nerr TO comply with all rerulaffonsi
and their fine spirit
Is Real American Army.
And nothing in all the world is
50 American as that army Of ours in
france The wonder Of it-30OO miles
from home-men from every STATE in
one lighting organization making
their American world! Our men take
%nat comes, as part Of the game in
the American fashion They know
why they are fighting, and thew are
not lighting for fighting's sake. bud
Tor the cause which is won when rea
son returns to the world. No one need
nave any doubt that when the time
comes these soldiers who are of our
olood and our spirit will be worthy of
Al our traditions, not only in their
courage but in their skill Center vour
thoughts on them They are the furcs
mat counts against the military force
OF Germany. The symbol in evervl
american mind should be q Label on
France
While I command, I shall COM
.nand, he said, and I will put an 1
pave IN me into the task
Such is the spirit of his officers
~ men Let them not want for any,
-hlhs mat your sacrifice can give
mem Inc sympathetic answer of the