Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-02

Wood determined to shoulder personal
loss while he aroused his millions of
fellow citizens TO the danger confront
ing them.
When wa finally entered the wars--as
no predicted all the while that we would
it was his system of reserve officers'
training camps which was established
overnight TO provide commanders Tor
tho great army that was to be. Tho
General. months in advance. had drawn
nm all his plans for those training con-
ters. without hln initiative and hia
forethought wo would have been ma
tion with four million aoldiers and only
half a handful of officers to command
them.
During the greater part OF tho war
General Wood was commandment oi
Camp Funston, Kansas. the nome OF
the famous Eighty-Ninth Division. IL
is not pertinent to this article ms 10
why he WAS not uont abroad. But 1t is
interesting to remember the splendid
record which men trained under his
leadership made when they entered the
Zone Of the Advance. Bosidos the
division mentioned. he sent dozens OF
individual units abroad. each ono nc
auittinr Itself with honora. book
could bo written about tho work which
General Wood did nt Camp Funston
lsut two illustrations Will show the
powerful leader of men that he WINS
ono day an order came from the Secre-
tarv OF War. stating that aovornl th"u~
sand men. who hud arrived at tho camp
tho day before, must be ready for ship
mcut over HeaH aa replacement troops
within six weeks time. In that short
interval those mon we're To he equipped
! and trained soldiers. III" taH"
/ looked hopeless But General Wood
sat M half "a night making training
+ schodulo which would give each man
thorough training ia the sChooi of the
I soldier. the squad, and the company
THAT achcdulo--so men who took u
say-wns hard one Driil began n'
4fx-thirty o'clock ~ the morning. and
did not end until. sundown portion
or the night was devoted 70 lectures Or
matters pertaining to the care 81 th'
body. and TO advanced study ~ simple
tactics At the bottom of that ordof
wns this nne-"Tho men will rent ~ thf
intervals noted. the officers will he ~
attention always. thoy need 80 roat
Thie meant that ror uoro than 'welve
hnurq each dav each oH1cer was ou con
aaut duty. nnd always standing "a
attention even II the e,n vaa at ~
In the shadn pf the Hwcetsurn ttces
which trincod tho reservation. There
VAS some etuuhlinE among The ei
fcrrs when that fret report wac isal"d
~ ~ least untl the urXt n"fuinE
when the new men wcr" l"d IT hni
after six. 10 Che drill grounds Thor"
thororo everyone else. wac Genornl W"Si
trd ho wac 'ho last man 90 loat" th'
arm ground that ught The Erumh'tn.
.caeod II vpa acen that ~" 3cnei &
Mar vori>ng harder than anyone FIR
troora vt,. over on tfne. and rartiei
.at,d rs III Nlhicl drive
pefore each contingent deFarfod z"
over there the General would mar
tho men r,er the htls ava, from eami
AMI tncro ho would give them talt
sr,h as tucir ovn fathers might inN
,nadc III ,yaa a rica for th"n &" 'ta
nc eau. az lifo ~quarely, % neh' noRsN
3 II lt,. .l..rjl Dnc Il h au.
! e.-,.o,., sa,tn-4 uaq. "pcnt over 4
,..,,,,..r nri.h vou would uat Las
/ your Wuther knew about Nt''''.
fhis corrtt, ~ another onr S'fanF
,,,aa Tor ashting man 70 ~ ad
. ,,..s..n. II soldiers hui the records ,
r.o.c ,gen rhov that Ihis adri.o Il
,,o.1.irc ro,lveoadloa Il produce
r,cn vra foueht Hbc naz.e vii.
thclr o,J.altuuty oafac
t.,, ,.., sro great iu their prisaf
+ lives aa wei as in Their
rl u.a,td knows what General Woo
l....r, IA his official rol, iaf e#.
I'LL. fri.nds-aud the ucu ~ho h'
~. ho,.r ta have served uudsr hjH
mat tn lis private l,f, d s9n II
.,,..a,rr modest. Christian E"ntlelna
r of The highest type