New-York tribune., 1921-10-29
Allied Supply
Chiefs HOnored
AtDillner Here.
General Pershing, Mellon
and Miller Among Those
Who Praise Work of Men
Who Fed Armies at Front
Dawes Author of Plan
pavot Declares American
First Saw Need for Pool
inc of Entire Resources

Five men who as members OF the
Military Board Of Allied Supply during
+ha war were described as having
fought battles at the rear to provide
ammunition and food for the armies at
.he front were guests of honor at n
dinner given last night at the Waldorf
Astoria. They were Brigadier General
Charles Jean Marie Payot. of France
Briradier General A. A. McHardy. Of
Great Britain; Colonel Luigi Lazzi, of
italy: Colonel Adolphe Cumont, of Bel
r;um, and Major General James G..
Hsrbord. who represented Brigadier
General Charles G. Dawes, American n
member OF the board, whe was unable
to attend.
General Pershing. Secretary of the
Treasury Mellon and Governor Miller
ioined in paying tribute. Through this
board. General Pershing said, efforts
Of the five countries to keep their
armies supplied were unified, so that
the surpluses of one army were utilized
to prevent a lack in the commissary of
another. When 5000 motor trucks
we're suddenly needed to rush American
troops TO a given spot, said General
uHIpOtUs II NdS 0CifS1dt I d. OF VINO saw
that the trucks were available.
Tribute From Pershing
General Pershing, who was unable
to present, sent a telegram. an
modern warfare" he said, 1.-The organi-
zstion Of the Services of Supply has
acquired an Importance it never had
before. The effective CO. ordination of
the Services of Supply of FIVE Allied
armies called for organizing ability
Of the highest order. welcome this
opportunity OF expressing my deep ap-
probation Of the fidelity, skill and
energy with which the members of the
Military Board of Allied Supply did
their part in winning the war"
Governor Miller said the spirit of
unity awakened by the board among
the Allied nations would have a last
ing effect. at will now endure to
promote peace just as during the war
it worked to make battles effective y
said the Governor
In introducing the guests, Paul D.
Cravath, toastmaster, said: "The his
tory of the Military Board of Allied
Supply, which these gentlemen have
met to complete, will become the
standard textbook in schools for mill
tary training, and if there should ever
be another world war, which God for
bid the leaders of all armies will turn
to the experience of General Payot
and General Dawes and their associ-
stes for the lessons to guide them in
the organization of their armies"
Payot Tells of Organization
How the board came to be organized
through the suggestion of General
Dawes was explained by General Payot
who said:
In the spring of 1918, Charles
Dawes, iinbued with the necessity of
unified command of the Allied armies
was the first one who understood that
such UNIFIED command could yield re-
suits only if it was provided with the
necessary means of action. With his
clear grasp of the conditions of modern
warfare, he understood that the fight
ing troops are but a part Of such means
o. action To be sure, the most essen
t1al and admirable one is sacrifice and
victory, but one doomed to be power
less unless it has the assurance of a
continuous flow of supplies, ammuni-
ton, OF continuous resources in storage.
and IN transportation by rail. He,
therefore, considered that the pooling
Of all the resources of the Allied
armies was an essential part of unity
ol command.
Accordingly, he drafted q plan and
submitted it to General Pershing. The
American Commander in Chief grasped
the full value of the plan submitted by
General Dawes. He Immediately
caused meeting of Representatives of
all the Allied governments and Allied
armies to assemble under the presi-
dency of M. Clemenceau, with view
to studying the scheme and the means
whereby it could be put into opera
ton.
General McHardy said he expressed
the sentiment of Sir Travers Clarke,
the Quartermaster General of the Brit
ish forces, in declaring that the joint
efforts of the board did much to create
perfect harmony between the Allied
armies Colonel Cumont said every
Belgian will remember that ait was the
United States that fed the starving
population of Belgium suffering under
The hateful German occupation"
About 750 guests attended the din
ner They included Gloster Armstrong,
British Consul General Bernard NJ
Baruch General Tasker II. Bliss,
Baron Emile de Cartier de Marchienne,
Belgian AMBASSADOR; Major General
george ". Goethals. Pierre Mali, Bel
gan Consul General; Vance c. Nc
Nsormick, Secretary of the Treasury
mellon, J. Mayhem Wainwright, As
s,stant Secretary of War, and Briga-
oier General Guy E. Tripp, assistant
chief OF ordnance of the A. E. F.