The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-12-28
PRAISE M'ARTH r
AS ABLEST GEN.
MenOher Points Out Deeds Of
Rainbow Commander.
EXAMPLE TO I1I..CLE ARMY

! Asks For Promotion of Hard Fiqhtinu
SkiIlfuI Brigad!er For GaIIentry in
Action.
Washington, Dec. 2S.-A striking
tribute to the courage and skill OF
Brigadier General Douglas MacArlhur
commanding The ei@hty-fourrh brigade
of the forty-Second Ra.nbow) divis-
ion, was given by Major General
Charles T. Menoher. formerly i'll COM
mand Of the division, in a letter 10
General PerShing. urging for II second
time the promotion of General Mac.
Arthur To the rank OF major general.
A copy Of The communication has
just reached Washington. 1t reviewed
the record of General Macarthur first
as chief of staff cf the division and
later as commander of one of its two
infantry hri%adeS and disclosed that
the young officer, Il major of engineers
when the United States entered the
war, had been twice wounded. had
been decorated hy both the French
and American governments for per-
Sonal gallantry in action. and in addi-
ton had been twice recommended for
the French Legion of Honor.
Il do not feel, that | am free to as
sumo another command" General Me.
noher wrote TO General Pershing on
the eve of his transfer to the COM
mand of the sixth army corps, with
out recording the services rendered
by General Douglas Macarthur.
"TheSe services, rendered constant
ly for over year and in the large
part, amidst active operations in the
field, have been so soundly, brilliantly
and loyalty performed that in reeogni-
ton of them | see only fair apprais-
al of the example OF energy, courage
and efficiency which General Mac
Arthur has set To the forty second di-
vision and TO our entire army in
France.
THE contributions made to our NIL
itary establishment by this general Of
flcer have already had far-reachi eff
fectS. He has stood for the actual
physical command of large bodies of
troops In battle, not for day, but
for days duration, and I believe has
actually commanded larger bodies OF
troops in the battle line than any Off
Ger in our army with, In each case,
conspicuous success
He has developed, combined and
applied the use of infantry and core
lated arms with effect upon the ene-
my, husbandry of his own forces and
means and a resourcefnlness whichena
other American eurnnlln III rtie ifettttt ett
has. His efforts have been untiring,
uninterrupted and without the least
regard for his personal safety at each
of the many times when he felt his
personal leadership required his pres
ence In the thick of the struggle
The itemized account of General
MacArthur's services, included the
statement that the forty-seeond divis-
ion Sustained the full brunt" of the
German drive in the Champagne last
July, and that it was the skin and
personal supervision of this officer
which made possible a great victory.
Later, during the Aisne-Marne often
siye, the forty-second was driving
toward the Vesle when an incident oc-
Cured which General Mencher de-
scribed as follows:
General Macarthur, himself on the
advanced line at Il time when the
American first army corps had not
ordered the division to advance, ac-
curately diagnosed the situation as
one in which the enemy had but an
hour before broken contact. In ad-
vance of orders and without delay,
he, with my concurrence, at an carry
hour galvanized the entire division
into prompt pursuit which soon
brought 1t on the very heels of the
enemy and gained possession of the
great massif of the forest of Nesles.' v
General Mencher shows that 1t was
General MacArthur's brigade which
| 'sbroke the Krismhilde position" in the
fighting north Of Verdun with the cap
ture of Cote de ChatilliOn and ada
, rent heights.
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