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confront you in the near future, tn,
administration is very much concerned
about the responsibilities that have
hitherto been put upon your shoulders
| In the absence of a personal civilian
representative on the Supreme Wal
| Council, many matters which are politi.
cal in character. though military II
| their inception, and which require the
adoption of policy by the United
States, have been handled by you.
| 1T seems inevitable that subdivision
of your work must be made in the
near future which will take off youl
shoulders the burden of personal con-
! ferences with prime ministers and Other
/ diplomatic representatives of the pow
ers engaged. and release you to straight
military duty, which, of course, is what
| you were sent over there for.
Considering the Government activi-
, ties broadly, it would seem that they
fall naturally into three distinct groups
First the Army proper-the fighting
command; second. the general divisions
of finance and supply. and third. the
| governmental and governmental
questions of national policy. In the
latter group it is impossible. Of course
| for the President to sit with Lloyd
George and Clemenceau personally, and
| it would seem equally impossible fol
| one man to be charged with all these
three important groups, any one OF
which would require an unusual man
to make the conduct of its affairs a
success.
Problems Here Heavy.
"The present state of affairs leads
to a condition where representatives
of other nations refer to programs as
approved programs and from that as
sumption ask us to do all sorts OF
things when. as a matter Of fact, such
programs may not have been accepted
by the United States, but merely as
sented to by some military represent
alive in France This state OF affairs
has led to doubling and tripling the
work here in trying to adjust the
American program to the rapid changes
which come from across the sea.
Under our form of government, OF
course. the source Of authority Is the
President, and, in ultimate analysis
he gives his personal approval to all
great measures of policy. The increase
of the military program by million OF
two million men is very small matter
as far as tapping the reservoir OF man
supply is concerned and getting GER
tain number, but when that means ad-
justment OF all trades. Of shipping OF
the United States, and the construction
of new utilities and industries, the
problem is large enough to engage the
undivided attention of the very best
men In this country.
1.-THE simple problem OF getting
wooden uniforms for such force will
require taking away from civilians
practically all the wool they would use
in their clothing and putting them on
shoddy, and this is one of the smallest
of the problems confronting us. AS
starter, we have Communicated the
wool supply and intend to work it out
but you can easily see that we must as
sure the President before such a step
is taken that the military program can
be accomplished and that the men can
be delivered in France; so these dis
patches which come in one night ask
ing for an immediate reply within a
day or two to a problem which is OF
the character I have outlined above,
call clearly for a complete understand
ing by the responsible people in France
of what such changes mean.
Your job in France is a man-size
Job all right, too, and I am with you
Sincerely, "P. c. MARCH"
Regardless of the pin pricks of that
great adventure, I gave Gen. Pershing
the greatest support any American gen.
eral has ever received from a military
superior in our history Further I am
the representative of as fine a body OF