The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-01-29
Privates Who Show Right Timber
Will Become Officers UnGer
Pershiny.
MANY lIEUTENANTs NEEDED
PromotionaT Scheme Outlined at Head.
quarters Which Paves Way for
Rapid Advancement Of Men
From the Ranks.

With the American Army in France.
Apparently the humble doughboy is
coming into his own in this war. A
promotion scheme has just been out
lined at headquarters in conformity
with a recent general order from
Washington which paves the way for
rapid advancement for men from the
ranks who display ability for higher
commands.
Arrangements are already made
whereby noncommissioned officers who
look like they are made Of officers
timber will be sent to the army can
didates' school on recommendation
from their superior officers.
If they make good they will be as
signed to vacancies as second lieuten-
ants in replacement divisions advanc-
ing later to combat divisions where
promotion may be exp-cted to be rapid
in the event of heavy casualties among
the officers.
Many Lieutenants Needed.
In order to have sufficient officers
in readiness at all times no limit is
placed upon the number of second lieu
tenants in replacement divisions, it be-
ing recommended that they have at
least three times IS many as combat
hdivisions.
Il Under the new general order divi-
Psional and other unit commanders are
to consider :only fighting efficiency
units in recommending temporary APP
pointments for promotion to line Off
GERS.
The general order makes it plain
that such recommendations must be
based solely on demonstrated fitness
and ability to command. Divisional
and other unit commanders are in
structed to investigate carefully all
officers records.
All recommendations must be sub
mitted to the commander in chief for
approval.
The six Hooverites who are visit
ing the American camp awoke the
other morning at reveille, after spend
ing the night in hay lofts and bar
racks, somewhat better acquainted with
conditions under which the American
soldiers are living.
Too Cold for Pig.
To begin with, this was to have been
the story of how Everett Colby of New
Jersey, slept with a pig. Mr.. Colby
and the other representatives of Her
] bert Hoover wanted to sleep and eat
$under exactly the same conditions as
3the doughboys. Thereupon the press
kffcers in charge of the arrangements
&framed it up on the New Jersey
nan.
III They happened to know that in a
&ertain village wherein militiamen were
huartered there were ideal adyan-
Eages for roughing it. Ten soldiers
#were billeted in q certain barn owned
&by an old villager who obstinately re-
bused to allow the Americans to dis
1rb his pig, which had been occupy
8ng the same hay loft with them for
some time.
The press officers arranged to have
one soldier move for the night to give
Mr.. Colby accommodations next to
the pig. Then the following morning
the correspondents were to interview
the Jerseyan on his impression of the
pig and the pig on his impressions OF
his fellow lodger.
But the pigs owner had been left
out of the calculation. The night was
cold so the villager moved the pig into
his own quarters, where there was fire.
So the world will never know what
Mr.. Colby thought Of the pig and vice
versa.