The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-02
AMERICAN
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y u tho Aeld.'
.sDouxhioy" Type
Invited 10 give his personal i'm
u presxfon of the 'doughooy, Earl
s.sA |. 81. ! !. remarkable ana ols,ine.
live type bright. cheerful, quick wit
\ tAd xrrd n ready learner ali OF which
NJ NkN invAIuahie qualities in n soldier.
4 AZ sermed to me that he was different
II IA many ways from the Americans
Ee casually meet IN peace times IN
d Europe, and it was evident that no
nne can pretend TO have a knowledge
pf America chara cter who has not
beer able TO study those admirable
phases OF it which the doughboH'
exemriifiies."
The British conmander-in chief,
put oY Respect for military etiquette
was~~unable to discuss the leading
tlguIes in the American army. though
be implied that he held q hirh opin-
ton Ef them. He also held the view
that~-she officers corps was "a highly
stfcIfnt body such az might he ex-
pectrd to he produced by such =
splendid military academy as Yves;
L Poirt
fEditors note-This latter opinion
" Marshall Haie is directly Gt var
iAnSE with that of Marshall Petain,
who recently IN q signed statement
written for Universal Service held
that THE curriculum ~ West Point
was-~prs cticauy Obsolete
81 think II Is Obvious from y hat
have said" Earl H7'G added.
'fhs4 my admiration for tho work a.
y the american armies a. genuine and
whole hearted when say hat the
American armies made great strides
In GN5caeDcX eSrrF month 'n~t "tF@
IN france, the remark apn'3eS %
al aranehe az vac ser ICE. T" u. -
the end the Germans We're keentE
aitsE In the tremendous armed iNc-
tors-shat was pihhE UP against ,iltt51
they knew tnat me ie'tEfF lle Afi1ei
fcan~ armies were ia Inc heia the
nne- they became
Ia discussing in genera terms 'tte
course OF the War Ear IAaie Toaot =
quite clear n ne ma pc S''''' 20 ~
view held ny al great S"ta!tFS IN ~ ~
past irrespective 81 }helF Ha 'll'l'5,.-N
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s,,.,ss.,,,t,,s' tha corr111sions roashed
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- - .t,e,. ba,o moi had
go. -. h9.tCrr ard lcarr from
- - q rtcrs rhfcb make en-
.o,,adv IF the war the
rotstlsa1 chiefs in london. paris and
- 800 aear,fs onintons as to
80 Hna ~ artlan that would he
.aorts A nv, tha enemy in certain cir
cumsfs nces and ~ certain dates.
efte-As noteworthy sad the held
rns nshal. that la 20 single instance
wer~rmshese provisions accurate. The
defnsle artic4pat ions they formed
werrpnrycr justified by events.
sane ~ these anticlpations related
70 ERE most vital events of the war
and*Gven 10 the prospective date OF
its conclusion. as far as the actual
farblibg or The western front was
con~e|ned Thus, On September q.
1s1gs~ Fart Haig visited London IN
4 prsa~s-. 10 tell the authorities that he
rrraTaed the war as having entered
the .~+eet stage Of its final phase
thaY~Yhe German power Of resistance
haa~-Aeen SO reduced by constant
AauaYnsrinr that he had good grounds
for -ssinkinr that The war might be
fsuisEfd that season
'x9ut," he added, "the people AT
horaa. would have nothing 20 do with
INV s~rnclus3ors They had evidently
resnfyra in their minds that the cru
cfatrericd Of tho war--~the dctermin-
ing rhase--would begin in the first
xreeir~ Of the. month of July, 1919
AffhnI,gh | received a most friendly
hearing. relt / was regarded as an
ontinaist and that I had not pre-
vaifrt on them TO alter their minds. y"
- Hates Home life.
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