Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-05-16
This viii Be Result of Brigad-
ing American Units With
Their Allies on Western
Front to Resist Germans.
BOYS IN TRAINING TO
BE MIXED WITH VETERANS
High Officer in Service of One
of the Powers, Just Back
From Front, Says That More
Americans Are Needed,
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/ Washington. May l5.--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 II eXemplifying the unity Of
command and action into which the
United States and its co-belligerents
have entered. it became known here
today that whenever American troops
predominates in the brigaded divis.
ions as the process goes on, these di-
visions, under present plans, will be
turned over to General Pershlngs
command.
This plan would accomplish several
things which the military authorities
consulting upon it regard as very de-
srable. 1t would rapidly increase the
size of the American fighting COM
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 sub
stitute them with seasoned veterans
and under actual battle conditions
school them to be re-brigaded later
with fresh American troops coming
to France.
Striking Illustration.
In addition to this. as illustrative
of the unity ef command uader witch
Generalissimo Foch directs all the al
lied armies. II was stated officially
here today that Foch commands the
Italian troops in Italy as fully as he
does the American, British and
French troops in France and Belgium.
1t was stated also that Italy. besides
sending troops to France in num-
bers equal to those being sent from
the United States, has on her fight
ing line a larger army more perfectly
equipped than she had before the
great Austrian drive.
AS giving the view of the allied mil
itary experts on this plan. high Of
ficer in the service of one of the
powers at war with Germany today
gave these opinions to the Associat-
ed Press:
From the news received and from
:he knowledge of conditions as they
were when recently left France 7
cannot believe that the situation is
so completely in hand as 10 warrant
any slackening off in the rushing
over of American troops.
Even should this supposition BE
correct it would be great military
error to work OH such a basis There
has been no more insidious propa
ganda than that which tends to seduce
popular opinion in the entente coun-
tries into false sense of security.
what is being written today about the
Germans having used up all their re-
serves and having staked their all on
victory or defeat has been written
almost literally word for word. at
every crisis since the beginning of the
war. The result has often been to
delay preparation and to procrasti-
nate in the carrying out of measures
which eventually were forced to he
adopted.
War Is Nothing Certain.
IAN incident such as the Ottawa
incident is one that might be seized
WIN aNlulty Dy tHe eHelHy 10 causc
the slowing up In the flow of Amer
lean troops and to cause argument and
about matter upon which there
seems to be a perfect accord. I cam
not see that the state as published in
ottawa in any way alters the plans
for building up a big independent
American army as popularly under
stood here.
"In war there is nothing certain
and a large number of American
troops actually over in France and
ready to fight within the next few
would seem to me to be worth
five times the number which would
go to make up an army of the future
as seems to be the desire Of those re-
5ponsible for the ottawa statement
The French, British and Ameri-
cans are out to win the war. as quick
y as possible and it does not matter
one little bit who does it as long as 1t
IS done, and the time cannot be far
distant when.' possibly, French and
British troops may be brigaded under
American commanders"