The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-21

that went 10 som" IrnEtNS To lHFcSti-
ga" il. Il was quite untrue. and | re-
p.;ti II her" only because it is r"prr<"n-
tatiy" - stories tina AR" current every
where and add greatly to the SutfHrnGs
III ;hc women AT h"r". The nrSt thing
I want To say ,,hou, your army i; that
tho mon ar" morally ~ safe in France
rs thcy could possibly i" 4; homo. !
know this. nn'l" II Ia: particular
business q ;>pG~ Il
eocn. thrnr r,onThS N France.
travelling oyer :,.os: Ct the considerable
,-.ritu:: occupied by t:o American
forces. visited s,,n:"triag like twenty
i've car,;,s. large ones ard i:nH'"r|'
ones S.n,rr the Men a.n training. whore
they nrH G?irS ,p.Ic int" exports in SrE'
cial i,I:cz cf iEh;ias: where the: are A,
work building ,liiaS q: wh1rHs*. ware
hous~s. cold storage plants BARRACKS
and. hospitals: whore The" ara laying
railroads am, dredging rivers: whore
they ar" performing marN3ls "f con-
structivr work n"c' ssary - thr iItS "f
an army far removed from It's base.
I mrt and talked with thousands OF
soldiers in their camps. in y. NJ. {. A.
and Red Cross cantecnS. in many al
cent towns OF central France. l saw
our men discriminating from their trans
ports. and saw then trampinE through
icc-cold mud to the front line trenches.
I talked with them in their billcts in
lonely little villages Of the north. anu
in vacation cities of tho azure south. !
have visited American soldiers in hos
pitfalls and | have knclt beside their
graves. Our soldiers have only one cr"'
nv and that Is thr Germans. That
enemy they jnust fight and conquer. and
We over here must steel our hearts I"
this sacrifices Of life. the suffering and
manning that arc absolutely inevitable
and will have 10 be borne. The casun!ty
lists. every day growing ltt!c longer.
arc bound to grow even longer VIVA
English mothers and French mothers.
what all the people Of all the warning
nations have endured. we shall have |"
endure. 1t is the worlds pain and VIC
cannot escape it.
What We Americans have to helr uS
hear what is cdming in tho next low
months is tho knowindg" that our IoSSrS
are going 20 be. as few as possible. LIZ"
is 10 be Safeguardcd as FAR as human
agencies can devise. Our army - Or
ganiznd for that Mnn arc not tn be sac
ritirod unnecessarily tn" b"st science
in the world is henE m"btliz"d Ia say"
suffering and to he'll wounds Sickness"
Drunkenness and immortality are und"r
strictest ban.
Much OF this was privileged
to hear from the man who perhaps
moro than anv other individual is r.
sponsibla for the lives and IN" souls
Of our mon in France. Cen. Frrsh'nG.
saw him twice. ono" briefly III lhrlS'
wher. Ia. talked to mo five minutes
before Having for an allied war couA-
ell AT Versailles. and ono" nj length III
his headquarters in 4 rualnt ola town
which is the general headquarters OF
tho staff 81 our aru'" II France.
Cen. I'"rShinG is III" least formal nt
on, rr,at officer l have ever s"cn
with the n,,abl" exception Of Papa
1orfrs hut generals arc all very i'm
ror,art persnnagas and have 10 b" ad-
DIR, sscd with cirrImsp"rt!"n. want
Cd very much n say tn Con. PerShnE.
I'm, rt r.,,lrS" ! didn't. That after S"e-
ing r:,u rrlt n who'll" 70; easier about
nv especial soldier. moro humaa
commanding officer. "r" mora con-
ccrn.d ahou, tho last detail of tho life
nT tn. .nlis,ed rnaT. am sur" never
liye1 II> *pok" nf IL" soldiers as
father speaks "f his sons with pride
and rass;nra," concern.
The. arc. the hest in III" world. ne
said. and ir added that although our
talk was private anil that h" could no:
be- ouo.nd. j was It liberty to repeat
those words. Our soldiers are fine m"n.
clsan. strong. intelligent and they VIZ"
mako magnificent fighters. Tell INC
,aonle at home. especially he mothers.
tina; they can b. proud Of their NOR.
Toll them ;hat~ almost without oN'H?-
ton their behavior is beyond Gill
cis,n. Toll them that for mo.
Proud If their comnnnd"- also may
th,. American pcnE!" h". and oyer ara
above all, proud "f III" cauS'' Tor WhIch
;thc American soldiers fight ana LOT
which they arr ready 70 die. NOT N
the. whole history Of the world mas