The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-01-17


Mrs on his shouio
and gold shield shone on en-
Of his collar.
| Word few through the camp that
zen. Pershing was In town. After a
minutes greeting from the battalion
commander the General started ont
with him to inspect the camp. Stgfr
omcers trailed after, taking long.
Iast strides to keep pace with the
vigorous. gray-haired commander-in-
chief.
Tention!" the mess serseane
oawled as the General hove into
sigh OF the kitchen from around a
corner. The cooks dropped their
pots as though the handles had been
RED hot and came to attention. The
sergeant's salute was a model and
Zen. Pershing returned the same
recognition.
one recruit who had never seen
zen. Pershing let his eyes wander to
the SIDE as he stood there beside the
stsaming dixies filed with stew.
Unlucky recruit!
inat man hasn't learned the first
principle Of soldering" snapped
Gen. Pershing. pointing to the dared
younsster. Look at him staring
around when he ought to be stand
ing at attention. Sergeant take him
outside show him the proper posi-
tion and make an example of him.
make ffm stand attention In the
roadway for five minutes"
The sergeant obeyed. Then the
General inspected the kitchen.
Where do you dump your refuse
Is 1t covered up? Do you get enough
vegetables? What meat did youl
nuVe yesterday-the day before-the
Jay oefore that?" he shot at the ser
gssnt SO quickly. SO sharply. that the
noncolH answers sounded like slut
itering.
For the rest of G.td tdax i was s..s. ~
hike that. The 'whirlwind swep
through fifteen towns-across a dozer
training fields.
Every one felt relieved when Per
shing left.
But the results were pronounced
the next day. When soldier came
to attention he came to attention
right. Men sprang to their feet with
the snay of steel spring when an
officer passed them in the street
Garbage tubs that hadn't been COW
cred were covered next day and out
on the training field they were putting
more snap. more ferocity into the bay
onet work. Efficiency and discipline
had taken a sudden spring upward.
| Pershing sets the example for his
army. ION parade" in public, he
never relaxes from his. rigid soldierly
bearing. At work he drives himself.
His Office is in the centre of a big
building with the other departmental
offices ranging for a block in two di-
rections. Room 81 is where the Gen
eral works. There he sits at his desk
In hard, straight-back office chair,
push buttons and phone within arm's
reach. directing. consulting. infusing
his department heads with the same
indomitable. battering ram spirit that
brought him to the head Of Americas g
greatest army. now in the making.
! He Is strict, severe. Yes. they tell
OF dough boy. who rolled into camp
down in Mexico. famished for food
after thirty-six hours on the road
without bite. He walked into tent
saluted and asked the officer for some
thing to eat. The officer heard the
mans story and himself went to the
cookshack and ordered the cook to
prepare dinner for the doughboy.
do you know who that was ?" the
cook asked, as he showed a steak at
!: the hungry lad.
! Nope" between mouthfuls OF
hash.
That was Gen. Pershing."
', That soldier, still in the army
swears Gen. Pershing is the greatest
soldier ever.
I There Is one map On the walls OF
the office. There are singularly few
papers on the Generals desk; a clean
desk man. Suspended from a red
ribbon over near the window is an
engraved salution to Gen. Pershing
presented by the townspeople when he
moved to general headquarters from
Paris. The French authorities in pre-.
pairing the building for American oc-
cupation wanted to have a famous
artist paint the Stars and Stripes or
one wall in compliment to America
Pershing was diplomatic about it and
the walls are still pure white.
:" Perhaps because of ii, perhaps In
spite Of his soldierly conduct in pub
} lie. Gen. Pershing Is different. II II
, depended on his speeches he couldn'
! be elected dogcatcher Of country vii
lage. He is a soldier, not an orator