Bisbee daily review., 1918-05-16
GENERAL PERSH|NG SOON TO COMMAND TROOPS OF ALLIES
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WASHINGTON, May 15.-General Pershing probably soon will be com manding French and British troops as the. process of brigading American units with their allies on the western front goes forward.
 As if exemplifying the unity of command and action into which the United States and it's co-belligerents have entered it became known here today that whenever American troops predOminate in the brigaded divisions as the process goes on, these divisions. under present plans, will be turned over to General Pershings command.
 This plan would accomplish several things which the military authorities consulting upon it regard as very de- sirable. It would rapidly increase the size of the American fighting con- mand on the battle line; it would con tribute tremendously to the spirit of unity and concerted effort and at the same time, instead of holding large numbers of American troops behind the lines while training. would sur round them with seasoned veterans and under actual battle conditions school them to be re-brigaded later with fresh American troops coming to France.
 Latin Army Strong
 In addition to this, as illustrative of the unity of command under which Generalissimo FOch directs all the all lied armies, it was stated officially here today that Foch commands the Italian troops in Italy as fully as he does American. British and French troops in France and Belgium.
 It was stated also that Italy. besides sending troops to France in numbers equal to those being sent from the United States has on her fighting line larger army more perfectly equip ped than she had before the great Austrian drive.
 As giving the view of the allied military experts on this plan. a high officer in the service of one of the powers at var with Germany today gave these opinions to the Associated Press:
 From the news received and from the knowledge of conditions as they were when l recently left France cannot believe that the situation is so completely in hand as to warrant any slackening off in the rushing over of American troops.
 More Troops Needed
 Even should this supposition be correct it would be a great military er- TOT to work on such a basis. There has been no more insidious propa- ganda than that which tends to se duce popular opinion in the entente countries into a false sense of secur- ity. What is being written today about the Germans having used up all their reserve and having staked their all on victory or defeat has been writ ten almost literally. word for word, at every crisis since the beginning of the war The result has often been to delay preparation and to procras- tinate in the carrying out of measures which eventually were forced to be adopted.
 An incident such as the Ottawa incident Is one that might be seized with avidity by the enemy to cause the slowing up in the flow of Ameri- can troops and to cause argument and feeling about a matter upon which there seems to be a perfect accord. cannot see that the statement as pub lished in Ottawa in any way alters the plans for building up a big inde pendent army as popularly understood here.
 Urges Quick Action
 "In war there is nothing certain