Bisbee daily review., 1919-06-29
TRUTH ABOUT US.
 CAMPS IN FRANCE
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Paris for the 4th of July parade. The demand for movement to the front became more urgent and the Con- mander-inChief ordered that the 1st Division would leave the Base and would be in a training area on the 18th of July. It was there. Things moved rapidly and we had little time to organize. Troops continued to come. We secured a Marine Battal- ion for guard duty The 17th Engi- neers arrived and it was placed on duty here. It was largely due to that regiment that we were able to plan and construct this base.
 "The valuable part of the training of an Officer in the American army is his ability to handle men. Amer ica is distinguished for having more kinds of efficient men than any oth- CT coutry in the world. The situa- tion in France required men trained in every line of work. We got the men. The problem was to put the round pins in the round holes and the square ones in the square holes.
 Another great valuable require menS of the Military Profession is that each one shall have a clear con- ception of his mission. If a Military student is at the blackboard he is re- quired to write first what his task it. On the 27th day of June it was written in the Headquarters Office at St. Nazaire: Required ti fit this port for disembarking and forward 6O,O0O men and 3OO,O0O tons of freight per month' This was increased later. We grabbed efficient men as they arrived and with the 17th Engineers the work was continued until we got what you see today.
 Every man that arrived came with the determination to win the war. With such spirit and intelligent handling failure was impossible.
 Many of the first problems of the A. E. F. were solved here,
 Praises Relief Societies
 'The United States was doing ev- erything it could to help and all kinds of organizations were formed and came over and they had to be cor rectly placed. Everyone was willing to work and in a short time after ar rival they were at work. The direc- tors of the Y. M. c. A, Red Cross, Jewish Welfare Society, and Saliva tion Army, agents of the American people, to place supplies in the hands of it's soldiers, were taken on the staff of the Base Commander and desire to testify that here and at the front they have done magnificent work. They are with us, a part of the organization, and they have done their work well.
 We have attempted something in addition, which I hope you will find. There is an old saying. in the navy that an inspector will not class ship as good unless he finds it happy ship. Also in the American Army it is we'll, understood that command must not only come up to the regu- lation standard, but in order for 1t to do efficient work it must be hap py command. We try to make hap py command here. Due to lack of ships we are not able to send our men as rapidly as they desire, but we believe that our government is doing all in its power to remedy that In the meantime our task is to send our comrades home as expeditiously, clean and comfortable as possible.
 "The Officers and men of the Base port hold the sack They will prob ably be the last to return but we are grinning and bearing it.
 IS. D. ROCKENBACH
 "Brigadier General, U. s. A"
 Story of Bordeaux
 The story of Bordeaux is almost a repitition of that of St. Nazaire, with immense docks for unloading ten ships at the same time, and .14O miles of railroad trackage in the yards and practically a duplicate camp of the other two.
 Probably the most interesting thing at Bordeaux to the returning soldier is the delousing plant which is the same as those at all the camps only much larger. As many as 18,0OO men in one day have been put through the Delouser or Mill" as it is called by the soldier.
 This Mill is the place where the HSH shSu InS IHuCu JdlkeQ UT -cOOtle and receive their clothing and equip ment preparatory to coming home.
 The Mill resulted from the necessI- ty of eliminating the cootie from the clothing of the men before they re- turned to the States, so that on enter ing the authorization camp they are first taken to the barracks they will occupy, and leave all metal, such as rifles and bayonets, and then they are taken to the entrance to the mill
 At this first of long series of rooms all excess and unserViceable clothing is taken up and turned over to the Salvage plant. Then the men place all their clothes and equipment in barracks bag, except shoes, which they wear. This clothing is placed on a small flat car which is moved