New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-02-25

\. f. F., and who held a position %
great army business authority" il
Paris, broke loose in denunciation o
the methods of the committee, ant
punctuated what he said with eX
pressions that were vigorous, to sa,
the least.
General Dawes said TO some of thu
newspaper men that if he had no
used the vigorous language he did
and thereby made "a good story" GU
of the proceedings. he would not have
been able to get the publicity for his
defense of the conduct of the A. +
+. in France that was necessary Il
set the matter right before the peo
pie.
Now, what is written here. il is at
tempted to write without prejudice
but il can be said that every one OF
the A. f.. +. soldiers here with whom
! have talked feels about II part OF
General Dawes testimony just as Gen
eral Dawes feels.
Long-Range Judgment Poor.
1t is true that Il large part of the
American eXpeditionary forces per
haps do not agree with everything
that General Dawes said in praise of
high officers, but everything that the
witness did say about the necessity
of doing things in France in a dit
ferent way than they were done in this
country during the war, the A. +. +.
men agree with. If II personal ref
renee will be forgiven, ! "A an a.
+. +. man myself, and while | am not
entirely in sympathy with everything
that General Dawes said about rank
ing officers, not at all in sympathy
with some of the methods of the tes-
.imony giving, | am actually in sym
pathy with General Dawes statement
that men who were not in France are
not able to judge at 1900 miles dis
pendltures of money which were made,
but which today seem to the men h
staid home to have been a foolish
waste of the peoples money.
~ ''hiiii 10 at "a' 80 ~
fort is to defeat the enemy, and not
to save money. The commanding Off
Ger of a division that is attacked does
not sit down, pencil in hand, TO see
whether he can afford to shoot shells
at Germans who are trying to kill him
and his followers. lie shoots the
shells, licks the fOe-and then has to
come back to the United States to con
front charges that he has used ammu-
milton that cost too much.
Yankee VA Slogans.
Having studied the reports which
have come in from all the divisions OF
the American army which served owe
seas, Col. Edward l.. Munson, chief of
the morale branch of the general staff,
says that Lets Go" was the chief
battle slogan of Uncle Sans forces in
the World Il
This unqurStienably is true, because
the same cry is constantly on the
tongues today Of returned veterans
when something unusual in "A personal
or n business way is before them to
do. The thoughts of the men natural
~ turn back To the inspiriting motif
Of the hammering campaign against
the Hindenburg line.
In France during hostilities one
heard the cry Lets Go" constantly. II
was not always nor even frequently a
concerted reglmental N a company
cry. The men did not study things to
get effects out of them. The Lets
Go" was more or less conversational,
but 1t went through the billets or
down the lines like subdued machine
gun fire, and the heart spirit was back
of II.
When the men In France had a
realizing sense that something big was
to com at the time when the plans
were laid for driving the Germans out
OF the st. Mlhiel salient, "the busy
whisper Let's Co first went clrcling
round" and then when assurance be-
came doubly assured that they were
in for n big thing, the cry went into a
crescendo.
Lets CO. was the response OF Ma
jor General Dickman's Marine division
the Third regulars. when after driving
the foe back over the historic stream
they had heard that other work. dead
~ and soul trying, was ahead. II was
he cry Of the men of all divisions who
fought from the British front along
the line TO Luncville in the foothills
of the NosgeS.
"Where Do We Go From Here7"
Colonel Munson has found that the
second slogan Of the American army
in France was the question cry,
"Where Do We Go From liere?' II
was a far cry, but 20 they did, and
willingly.
"Where DO We Go From Here?"
was heard occasionally in America be-
fore the troops embarked. hut it
reached the quality and the quantity
of n chorus when the men disem-
barked at %llavre. at Brest or al any
other French port. As soon as the
men were gathered on the landing
docks ready to move. "Where do we
20 from here" I'm unison. and OCCASION
ally with the swing of q song, aroused
the curiosity of the French bystand
ers who. not understanding the words,
asked what they meant. When the
French soldiers learned the meaning
they quickly adopted them for their
own use in picturesque phrase.
There will be full appreciation in
this country probably of another ques-
tion cry Of the American troops, al
together human. and altogether SOL
dierlike-"When do we eatY' II is
hard to make humor fit in with hun
ger. but nevertheless the "When do
we eat" was usually accompanied by
a grin. unless some little soldier group