The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-09-04

wartime period fast are leaving. Thou
sands Of men who wore the bars, the
leaves or the eagles on their shoulders
for a long enough time TO help thrash
the enemy, are going back into civil
life, but there is goodly number of
them left yet, for whom the knot still
is to be severed.
There was large number OF book,
magazine and newspaper writer's in
the United States army. They did all
kinds of work for which their training
fitted them. Some of them were In
/ the intelligence service. some of them
IN the war history division, and many
more of them, who took camp training,
were In combatant units.
In one little group in the army In
teligence service, working side by
side day after day, until orders sent
/ them elsewhere. were several men
whose names are known to the public
MS writer's. Rupert Hughes, the novel;
ist and playwright, was one Of this
group. With him was Kenneth l."
Roberts, story writer, playwright and
voluminOus contributor to Life
Others in the group were Richard
AldriCh, who has written standard
books on grand opera and is the music
critic of the New York Times; Arthur
Somers Roche, the novelist, son OF
James Jeffrey Roche, the poet, ana
several other writer's OF less proml-
nence and less merit, among whom l
put my name.
Novel Writers and Good Fellows.
Now 1t happened that the least OF
these was the ranking officer, so In
a way while he did not attempt to ex-
ercise authority, for it was not neces-
sary, he learned much of those with
whom he was associated. People
know Rupert Hughes through his
stories. They ought to know him
through personal acquaintance, for he
Is man Of the rarest charm.
1t was Hughes great dIsappoint-
ment in life that he could not go to
France to serve in combat unit. lie
put In years of hard driving service In
the national guard and year or more
Of grilllng work as line officer on the
border. The fates decreed that he
should not go abroad. He took the
disappointment like soldier and did
commanding service in that place in
which 1t was appointed him to work.
Kenneth L. Roberts Is a rare, roll
licking chap, with a steady quality
somewhere within him which kept him
true to his serious task through all the
hours Of grinding labor. Roberts was
ordered to Siberia and there he saw
hard service. He has just left the
army to 90 back to the work Of light
cning mems lives by giving them to
read of the treasures of his exuber-
ance
Richard Aldrlch of the age Of fifty
three volunteered in the service Of
his country, was accepted and stayed
put through the whole thing, and then
some, for he did not leave the service
until nine months after the German
had concluded he had 'nough. 1t Is
accounted bromide to say that man
Is prince Of good fellows, but this
is what can be said of Capt. Richard
Aldrich, and to the saying may be
added that the captain himself is no
bromide
Honors for Our Generals.
The generals are coming to town.
What congress intends to do for some |
of these generals already has been dis
cussed in full. The only additional |
proposition is that sword shall be |
presented in the name Of the people to |
Gen. John j. PershlrG,
II seems likely today that Pershing |
will be made full general in the |
regular establishment. and March a |
Lieutenant general. This. perhaps some |
congressman think, Will be the best |
way out Of the controversy over what |
hOnors should be shown the chief Of |
staff II Is likely that so far as the
other general officers are concerned, |
they will take their former rink In |
the regular army, but will be given |
1t should he remembered that the |
president of the United States, when
ever there Is n vacancy In the ranks |
OF the brlgadler or major generals of !
regulars, can promote thereto any sol
der that he sees 1T. This probably |
viii secure something commensurate |
with their deeds Tor Llggett Billiard. |
DiCkman and some others
Maj. Gen. Joseph r. Dickman has |
just been In Washington receiving his |
final orders I'm connection with his |
10 command the Southern |
division with headquarters at San An |
tonic. II Is the intention, so it Is UNI
dorstood, to make DiChnan major |
general in the regular army shortly
Peculiar Case Of Dickman.
For n short time at the very end OF |
the war | was attached 10 General |
Dicliman's command, personally at
tached to the general, in fact, when he |
was I'm command of the First corps.
There have been some curious things
IN the promotion way and, SO 10 spenk,
in the command way In this war. When
Liggctt and Billiard were made corps
commanders they were given CORE
spending ranks of lieutenant general,
and properly SO. Later they were pro-
NOTED to the command Of armies which
under ordinary procedure would have
given them the rank Of general. This
was not done.
In the meantime Major General
DicSman was chosen, because of his