Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-24
NORTH Dakota's Greatest
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0UTBURSTS OF EVERETT TRUE By CONDO Per.
Per.hing Interviewed BY
Noted Newspaper Writer
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ical hardwood Of the American selec.
tive army.

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tive army.
1.-THE men that are coming over
here now can hardly be surpassed"
he declared proudly. At this moment
a voice outside shouted to someone
down the corridor. Happy New
Year; Yes5;" r One , can hardly make the
ly. u look to see this year place
America in her merited place as the
greatest nation in the universe. We
may expect sctbacks and discourage
ment at the outset; mistakes may be
made; another commander may
arise" and with an indescribable ges-
ture General Pershing seemed for the
of war-'but whatever the obstacles
or disappointment may be, I look for
the n Of the e to at least show
America to be the greatest factor and
tighter for universal and everlasting
peace"
Surely one may ring all the bells
Of heaven with the chimes Of happy
New Year II that comes true" ! said.
General. o know I had a special
reason for wanting to see you"
He looked up interrogatively.
II am sure you gathered from your
friends letter that I am over here
frying to find out just how much good
the Red Cross Is doing: how much of
a factor it is in the work of winning
the war"
General Pershing was silent for a
moment, and then he said,
You have been about v here a
good f deal es Mrs. Gibson. What do you
After a thorough investigation Of
all Red Gross activities / am going
back with a message that America
| cannot do too much for the extension
and perfection of her Red Cross SER
The general stiffened in his chair
and said:.
And we'll you may, Mrs. Gibson;
we'll you may; for I want to say to
you that no other organization since
the world began has ever done such
great constructive work with the ef-
iciency, dispatch, understanding, Oft
en- under adverse circumstances, that
has been done in France by the Amer
The work of the Red Cross has
been m%ilitarized: it is the first con-
structive contingent of the American
army.
A strange as it nay seem, wen
the nation with the most men and
most money IN n world today can
not wave a magic wand and see an
army Of trained me arise.
When the American forces. came
over here last spring the thought in
the minds Of all was: What can we
do Immediately that will seem more
thar promises to France?'
THE members of my staff got to-
gether and we decided that we could,
with he aid of the American Red
Cross, in another way help France to
fight her battles until we were ready
to take our place beside her out there
on the fighting line.
Money was poured out p~rofusely
where it was needed. The American
Red Cross said While the United
States is building it's fighting machine
to speedy and terrible perfection we
will steadily construct again the
homes and bring together the fam
lilies that have been scattered by the
enemy, so that when victory comes
to- h allies the French soldier shall
return to a rehabilitated home instead
OF the desolation and universal chaos
that usually follows war;
You see from this, Mrs. Gibson.
that the Red Gross helped the Ameri-
can army to begin its battles for ideals
n democracy, even before our ma
chine guns and bursting shells have
carried the message"