Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-12
YANk PUT pep IN WORK
A. E. F. SHOWED MORE
GINGER THAN NATIVES
Assi>tn Chief of STAR Lnutl, Civilian
Efforts of American Dough-
bo! Abroad.
by MAJ.-GEN. WILLIAM G., uAaN

WASHINGTON, Jan. li.--"E:vcry
service man returning. from colonel ~
private comes back q; m Increase Of
salary or curninss--Ind they're worth
IL" writes Chicago corporation to
our office in Washington. where the
returned lighting men is conferred. and
ihlS Is only one oi hundreds OF letters
,nnt we have received.
ct. on the other hand. reports from
EUROPE go TO show that some OF tbs
soldier material now out Of the Cont
lack in civil life. why ''' "'''
American soldiers and foreign sol
Hers are both trained with the same
one VIII deny tina, our citizen soldiers
achieved this very desirable end And
th"y arc now adjusting themselves
success as they achieved in battle.
Elements of Success
Now. wherein does success i'm hal,
i:r differ from other Successes >
it,r"nkiT | may say the, only difference
III battle requires energy, initiative
resourcefulness, alcrtne<ss. patience,
devotion chcerfulness. endurance and
moral courage. plus u certain amount
OF physical valor. which almost ali
soldiers possess. '
:, ar, are not these exactly the same quail
nSSs,in the shop, factory, mine or
otncc! II he succeed IN times of battle
anu ana stress with these qualities. is no,
Tor success in times OF peace and in.
"ns'rH That is. assuming that he
h assesses, ,nSse qualities. and as our
tS!thoi"ei ca! hyures indicate. two on;
.. three have Improved materially In
mental way. and are therefore TO l."
assumed 10 be so equipped.
Industr. Proved.
here are those who Will no, .,p,c.
W., MN so ne. 1 have heard +, said chat
In 4 l...,.y
NE has made him restless aud Indn
lent. d" not believe these things,
" '"r a" t"G fTeat mass Of American
,,r ONCE OF the assistant, to the Sccrc.
supervision. surely indicate '
You cannot blame our Aneric1,
citizen soldier if he docs COM b h,nn.
w VII, The idea tina, he has had G'''; !.
% World !" r6 Geang arG n, The nsp OF tho
VIM agree with me. lie has BEEN "no
through the mill He has been sub.
made i! finally possible for large y n mirn
ycrs oc these lads from the tam o.
:, ,c mS, ana i,. shops TO be marched OF; as
termined and fully as brave az ,hcv
saGh ohsesscd with a single tJ,a -
k ~, n me n, Other fellow. Well our Amer
cannot blame the men who mai. I. 80
- tncy think they are better men tban
.ney were yesterday. before they nad
Irntutng aIndc Dctter Nen
on,n,S arc better men. Hundreds OF
effect. Is ~ inns
iet our own encouraging reports q 70
quite At variance from what We hear
from European decentralization cents-s
me much -yauntod German efficiency
.trui: 90 DC peterinG out, now that au-
thorltE fas broken down.
we near that employers are com.
p!aihihs mat workmen AS :, ruic are
fHr
before the war. An American man
ms plant while il has ample raw ma
tcrial and sufficient labor is turning
out only about 3o per cent OF it's nor
maj shoe production.
Employees.' he says, seem 10 have
no realization OF any duty TO them.
selves or TO their community. The
are without ambition and utterly un-
dcDen6ablp."
In Austria it is worse, and indus.
triai conditions promise poorly. with
"a discoura sed people and disgust ed
employees.
"work" "a iiussi. n Joke.
An engineer sent to Russia by the
American Car and Foundry CoSnpans
10 assemble some 500 steel cars ran
INTO the same serious problem The
Dcniklne government had assembled
It's soldier workmen and turned owe!
the job To the direction of the Ameri-
can engineer. IL was chiefly riveting
and crew OF Americans can drive
ahont 500 day. When the American
discovered that the best he could re.
out of his Russians was twenty five
4 day for each crew he left tho ears
TO their fate