The Pulaskian., 1919-10-31

headquarters, which at that partfcu- lar time was being heavily shelled by the Germans.
 Shrapnel shells were continually bursting directly over the automobile steel fragments on several occasions landing on the roof of the machine General Pershing and his aide-de- camp, who were seated in the tonneau of the car, seemed to be little affected by the "strafing" they were under going, and no matter how near the shells landed their conversation, which probably had to do with the major operation of the morrow, was not in- terrupted.
 One shell-it was one of Jerry's largest"-Sergeant santini declares, Init the road directly in front of us and only about hundred feet from the machine. Had there not been a heavy rainstorm the day before, which turned the road into a mire of mud none of us probably would now be alive to tell the tale. Our automobile was splashed with mud, but beyond that we suffered no i'll effects from the explosion. It undoubtedly was the narrowest escape the general had during his many visits to the line"
 Reaching the advanced headquar- ters, near the town of Mesnil St. Fir mine, that evening, General Pershing, who had been active since the early hours of the morning, turned i'll for a few hours yOf rest. He lay down on a cot in an officers dugout and slept peacefully during four hours of an unusually heavy bombardment.
 All Sizes Coming Over.
 "Jerry knew something was going to happen" the sergeant says, because he was sending them over in all sizes and shapes. Our car was camouflaged under some trees and 1 tried my best to take little snooze on the seat. More than once the shells fell too close to the machine to make me feel con- fortable. One big fellow hit and car ried away the chimney of the dugout in which the general was sleeping"
 Next morning General Pershing was in the headquarters telegraph office, where he received minute reports from the advanced posts which had already entered the town of Cantigny. The general personally directed the move ments of the various units of the First division, which was engaged in the operation. At about nine o'clock in the morning the doughboys began to come back with prisoners, several of whom were brought before and ques- toned at length by General Pershing. The general was very much pleased with the results obtained by the troops in this engagement, the sergeant says, and showed his appreciation by per sonally commenting and shaking hands with the doughboys as they drifted back in small groups from the front line.
 When the Germans crossed the Marne river for the second time Gen. eral Pershing was north of Chaumont, his general Headquarters. Upon re- ceiving word of the crossing he leaped into his automobile, and Sergeant Santini was informed the general was "in hurry" but that he must take no chances.
 On the way down toward Paris the route took the general past where the second division had been in a rest camp. The division was about to move to a certain point on the line. General Pershing countermanded the orders on the road, directing the di- vision to move post haste to point on. the outskirts of Chateau Thierry.
 Commended the Marines.
 "The general reached Chateau Thierry soon after the repulse of the Germans by the marines,' the sergeant continued. "He crossed the engineers bridge and entered the town and went