The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-09-09

' NNNNNlNNA Ut az NtN'ANNNk VI Nv NNANNN
stuff. General Foch and General
Pctrin wers both present. according
to the story In circulation ri the time.
but prevented by the censorship from
reaching publicity. The amount ~
the pressure brought 20 bear on
pershing can only be appreciated by
these who were behind the scenes.
The most emircnt and forceiui men
Of France aud England cNerted III
th-ir power upon him. u was said ~
ihe time by representative Of the
Frenth foreign office that Washing
ton had nssented.
Pcrsltng's Emphatic "No."
no" said General PcrshinE. beat
ing with his great fist on the table.
Iic tore up a written notc In which
the suggestion had been made that
the American army lose H. rational
identity and throw II IN the floor. In
the formal circles Of diplomacy That
was almost u fighting action. NO"
"a d h. hnmmcring with his fist. NO,
by odd, 40" D.,
Thpt settled the matter. PERHAPS
Il ala not win the var-thc u seems
to have been won by the courage aud
devotion of an the allied aud associ-
atcd pow rrs. plus "a series OF miracles
but II had a direct bearing on the
winning. hcranse the British and
French were tired when the Amcri-
cans entered the war. II is NO longer
q secret that Frame. would not have
s'Hvet In the lists " America had not
entered In 1917 The ~pencrnlship nt
the allies reelected this fatigue. They
fought ON tho defensive solely. No
doubt Il was an they could do. but
their plan Of training American troops
was Tor defensive action only.
Didn't iIls, Hand Grcnac'E.
pershing changed thut when h
took fun comand Of his own
troops. Tor there was a preliminary
period during which the small Amsri-
can army played a very minor second
fiddle. lie began 10 each his mon
the r't-at-'em style Of scrap. He
seems mover to have had a great deal
of confidence in the hand grenade
which iH essentially re- defensive
.Hpon. one OF his stair officers
once described a famous battle he
tween French and German troops as
men hiding from each other on op-
posite sides of q road and playing
andN cover with urscrHckers"
lie took tn Americans out Of the
iranthss On which they were being
taught the arr OF war. Trench dix
EinE ceased To be the major activity
OF Tho American army. lie taught
them the as OF the rifle. Rather. he
adhered to N. traditions Of tho Amer
icnn prmy. which insist that the
American ~ a natural rifleman. The
Frenchman regards the rifle as "a
lead spuirtHun'' and the sturdy Brituu
pref m To use it ns a club. Neither
has comprehension Of the value
81 the rifle. according TO American
standards. His engineering corps be-
gen study ms the lcssphs aof the WA
and t'ershirE reversed them.
Sever mind planning how to con-
duct "a retreat" he ordered. "Nnll
ftu' out how To get GUNS and wagons
forward over bad roads ari enemy
trenches damn uUick."
tnlihcr ~ Americans.
an this was highly frcitiuE 20 good
soldiers ben the allied armies who felt
they know more about the wlr haN-
Ing fought iu %. han q Ercon s'ttl
possibly could. These good soldiers
are not to be criticised. Too many
81 th American military attaches u'
Europe belonged tu the order OF Tea
Drinkers. The, had been chosen DE.
,aus" papa owner % good coal mine
ur borIusc father. lu-ltw could uftorl
thu luxury Thor reports To- Wash
iugtun .,ould realty have been made
to some receptive society editor
Naturally. serious soldiers did no
take these very d|,lightful 'ntlcmeu
seriously.
When Kuhn and Altmnu-now gem
; erals and oth.r s Of like stamp Nlsi.'
cd Europe thcN were given 20 digni.
ficd if not o. cordial reception hN th'
general sttffs. Even such officer
were not shown much, prior iu Amer.
tens entrance iu thr "a Tho trad,
secrets were Withheld
Eut tn Ptrshlnr iurlstcugc upon