Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-20

SOIL, but Wnht Iulsouit oo'P'''
could have pleased that doughboy more
than to hear the Big Boss of the A. r. +.
say he envicd him-a doughboyY
On another occasion, after having
bestowed the Distinguished Service
Cross upon Sergeant Peterson, an Ameri-
can soldier who was mortally wounded
after unusual gallantry IN action, General
Pershing wrote this telepraphc praise
Request YOU express my personal
sympathy To nearest living relatives OF
Sergeant Peterson After being mortal
ly wounded. Sergeant Peterson gave de-
tailed instruction To the wounded and
gave first gas test, in order to save the
lives Of the men nj out him. lie was
gallant soldier. and have awarded hum
Distinguished Service Cross. Perish
ing"
NAME, TOO, Is LACoN1c.
His very name rs as laconc as ms
words, and there is a certain connota-
tion IN the sound that is military cfti-
cheney itself And when he says what
he has to say. he quits which rs some
thing that many other people would do
well TO emulate Even when fershng
electrified America by profierlng all oi
our resources on foreign soil to the
French government, there was nothing
mclodramatIc IN the way he did it In
the course of h meeting held at the
front on March 20, 1918, which was at
tended bv General Pctain. Premier
CIcmcnccau and NJ iouchcur General
prrshnr went dp to General FOch and
SAID SIMPLY and unostcntatio,tsly;
Il have CONC to tell YOU that the
American people would consider IT
great honor for our troops To be en-
gared in the present battle: | ask YOU
for this in their name and my own
Infantry, artillery, aviation. all that
We have. Is YOURS; use IT rs you wish
Moro will come in numbers equal 20 re
qulrcmcutS
Il have come especially Ia tell YOU
that the American people will he proud
To take part nj the greatest and finest
battle of history
rERsuYG HARD woRKEH
There is no rnan IN the 4 + + who
works half rs hard MS Pcrshing lis
capacity for continuous, persistent effort
seems cxhaustilIlc That is why he often
appears in the capacity of q slave driver
70 some of his kubordinatCs Being able
to accomplish sd much himself, nc cannot
understand whY other men cannot stand
| tho gaf1 An did Negro nanny ono"
said about Taft when he was President
| of tho United States that "hc looks like
| n man who is regular ~ his meals
| Pershing looks lkc a man who IS regular
At his work
Non Pcrshidg has lean and hungry
! look f" said Shakcspcarcan doughboy,
| looking IN from his road-mending work
/ n follow the coInmandCr-in-chlcf with
his eyes.
Yes. but he gets there Just the same,
replied comradc, who didn't know
| Shakespeare frdm sCIatlCa
When he was IN the Philippines. the
nickname of BLACK Jack was fastened
upon PcrShlng by the men who served
under him. because he always made them
walk chalk" and when they were IN
clncd "a be refractory he black -jackcd
them. as the sbldicrs called it, meaning
that he gave them such stiff dose Of
/ military discipline that they never re-
pcatcd tho offence again But these
strong arm methods were just what
! mon IN q lawles$ country needed, and thcN
! know II 50 that. while none of them
smoke Of him in tho tender tones of \
1 mother addressing a favoritc child. thCN
4 had the most ,inboundcd respect for hIm
! as a soldier 80 have the men Of tho
/ s + T
/ And il is "Hlack Jack" Pcrshing who
/ Is getting the work out of the doughhoNs
TO-DAY and turning them INTO efficient
/ fighting men who arc licking the veterans
of crack PrusSian regiments and hurling
them back IN disorder
BLACK JACR Ills FIGHTING NAME.
II is BLACK Jack PcrshIng who speeds
up The war machine over there and ever
cries Faster" to the khaki-clad machin-
lists War Is i GRIM business at best,
and nobody knows II better than this
stern and silent veteran And. knowing
Il as he docs, hP is determined 10 make it
Crimrncr for the Huns SO grim. in fact
that thev will have to cry Enough
And in order to accomplish this result.
/ General Pcrshihg also knows that II takes
men and supplies without end and an
efficient working organization the one
ultimate aim pf which is results
DO YOU knbw what thcv should call
/ Pcrshing9" asked Lieutenant who
had Just been reprimandcd by hmm for
beng lax on bis Job
What" as kcd the bunkic
Results pcrshing replied the
other Nothing counts with that SON
] of-a-gun but results But YOU We got
| to hand It to him He surely Is some
soldier
GETS RESULTS AND QUICKLY.
Nothing illustrates more forcblv Per
shng's ability 10 get results than the
episode that occurred shortly after he
had tackled the big Job OF bossing the
A. + +. in France He wanted 10 com
municate with camp that was some
distance from 6 II Q But there were
no telephones He consulted a French
engineer. but that individual gave him
little satisfaction
well. saidI the American chief finally
how long woq Id 1t take to string wlreS9
.Ah. General, it could not be done IN
less than a week, replied the Frenchman
Sorry. but must have the conncc-
ton made At once replied Pcrshing
and with that he gave q few snappy
commands to souc OF the quick-wittcd
American eng heers, and in a jifTy they
were on the Job with coils Of wire, which
they, paid out by means Of automobiles
Almost beforf the French engineers
knew what had happened, a temporary
connection wi bs established with the
camp. and General Pershing was calmly
issuing orders lover the phone
Nerveilleu@ was the admiring
comment OF the astOUnded Frenchman.
sPEcIA HONOR FOR Hun.
On Oct. 6. lAl7, less than four months
after bo IaDddd IN France Maior-( ,ap