The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-11

Looks like Che same row all over again." remarks the chauf- feur, apparently finishing up Q discussion of international affairs.
 "They want to boss the whole world," concludes his chief, and proceeds into the War Depart. Snent.
 seventy-seven years old, John J. Pershing has the same soldierly bearing as 20 years ago, but his pace IS slower. He carries Q stick, and moves one foot in front of the other, as if fearful he will fall.
 Gone is that grim, determined look about the chin, and that radiation of power which once both electrified and terrified his men. His face ls almost expres. slonless now, neither animation nor repose. ....
 The old man walks down the marble corridor of the War De. partment and enters Q door over which stands Q giided scroll which reads: General of the Armles". Lonely Soldier
 He is Q lonely man today--the General who once ruled the des. tinies of two million men in France. He has everything he wants In life, nothing to worry about, nothing vital to do.
 From the United States govern- I1aent he draws an annual salary with allowances of S22,000, which iS more than any other federal salary save the Presidents. The general has received more than $000,000 in salary since the Arm- istice, and his wants are so small that he spends almost nothing.
 His only son Is Q successful New York broker who will inherit the large estate of his grand- father Senator Farncis Warren of Wyoming. The generals wife and three daughters lost their lives In Q fire in San Francisco in 1915.
 HIS only other relative IS 0 maiden sister who spends the win- terS with the General in Arizona. There they live in Q four room cottage, taking their meals at Q hotel. - Memories of the Dead
 The general spends every sum- Sner in France, where erection of American battle monuments hith- erto has kept him busy. Tn Paris, he lives at the Royal Monceau hotel just off the Champs Elysees, and goes through the motions of calling on his old French com- es.in.arms-retain, Qouraud, and the others.
 But they do not enthuse about him, nor he about them, and now that thc work Of the Battle Monuments Commission is sln. iShed, Paris is lonely.
 There arc other monuments to be erected. Pershing Is member of o committee to erect Q monu- ment to General 0oethals at the Panama Canal. But always 1t is Q monument to the dead hand of tho past-in which the General lives,
 The publicity which attended his full.dreSs coronation uniform last spring, Soured the General somewhat and he drew further within himself. Returning from England last summer he made Q special point of avoiding people. Every morning he waited until tho other passengers had gone be. low to lunch. Then he came out to pace tho deck with his mill. tary aide.
 In Washington, the General goes out very little. He Is ab- stemious when alone. When he takes 0 drink it is Q mere thim- bleful, and when he eats he has Q physical disgust for tho elah. crate culinary connections par. aded before fashionable dinner parties.
 The generals constant and almost sole companion Is no general, nor colonel nor con. temporary In rank, but Sergeant Crawford ShAcffer, who is his orderly, chauffeur and frlend.
 Sergeant Shaeffer comes to at. tend him at the Carlton hotel where he lives alone in Wash- ington, drives him to the War De- partment two blocks away, and accompanies him to Arizona in