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Show 1 -l Darshmcr's U of e A K F- I T3ij Qeneral 10 g? fti T Preset iate'.nU Great Brit- ,Tn the ranks every Srana of U.elr (fo slble energy on the Here Is the place to Gd i regarding avail- England." iiAPTER XXXV B 11 1018, Washington 1 140.000 increase to car- Ltry and machine gun L four divisions were for that month. were at last through- the necessity of an ex- tffort to provide ton-' ton-' raDfportlng our troops, aths of delay and discus-rreallzed discus-rreallzed fully that the en- st forces vitally necessary t defeat must come from 4 Atlantic. ' . t bad become their sole ot only for the forces t to save them from defeat, limited financial aid as 'jler's first-hand knowledge illation in France enabled jtre a fresh impetus to the 4 the War department. Si. Peyton 0. March as l ltaff, the general staff and $ departments began to m energy. The war inboard, in-board, reorganized under, iship of B. iLBaruch.'had Jnite control and direction ton's Industries with the fof aiding ns to. win the' the face of the' crisis, ac-. ome had at last replaced rent ' deliberation of our in the war,. Our hope for jreaent in methods. and a apetent co-ordination of jef-: ted about to be realized.' i Division Moves Up. '; :fain's request the First di m withdrawn from the line i and sent to Chaumont- northwest of Paris, to go ictive sector. I visited the "April 16 to witness the di-; di-; final maneuver In open before taking Its place on 1. Both officers and men splendid condition, notwith-f notwith-f their long rail Journey, were ready for the test of title. al Miebeler, who commandite! command-ite! Fifth army, to which had been assigned, came Witness the maneuver, and of the troops and wj. The weather was ?t itiH rather sharp.' The Sit was radiant with its tedows and early flowers, I wild not help thinking wt would be those other f this unit was soon )3?ed.- . of Regular Officer Mnparatlvely simple mat- eteran organizations, hut h 7 u,uu:ut iasK L, ere was sen- l. V OI wiuirers in our & J teff and line p had only 7 per cent 0f sound him out regarding; the prospects pros-pects of uniting our divisions in a sector of our own. I told him that the secretary of war, when In France, had expressed an earnest desire to hasten the formntion of an American army and that this was also the wish of the President. It was my opinion, I said, that early action would be of great Importance Im-portance in stimulating the morale of our troops and of our people. Now that the First division was to go Into line the people at home would expect soon to hear that an American army was engaged on Its own front I suggested the possibility possi-bility that the corps might be assembled as-sembled near the First division as a beginning. General Foch agreed In principle to the suggestion, but was uncertain uncer-tain when the other divisions could be spared, which I, of course, fully appreciated. He pointed out that the enemy was very aggressive and referred to the severe attack against the British on the Lys between be-tween Lens and Ypres, which began on the 9th and was still in progress. prog-ress. But looking beyond, I Insisted Insist-ed that the Twenty-sixth and Forty-second Forty-second divisions might be withdrawn with-drawn at any time from quiet sectors, sec-tors, to be followed by the Second and the Thirty-second and also the Third a few days later. I pointed out that this force of six divisions, including the First, would equal twelve French divisions, divi-sions, and gave it as my opinion that it would be better to use this American group for active operations opera-tions in quiet sectors and send French divisions to the battle front My understanding after this discussion dis-cussion was very definite that the plan would soon be carried out leaving the exact time and place to be determined. , It was immaterial to me Just where It should ccur, the point beipg to get it done. HarcJ, Fighting on the Lys. ' The German offensive on- the Lys was another formidable effort to break the British line. The attack was made to the. north and south of Armentiere's on a front of twenty-four miles by .twenty-seven 'German 'Ger-man divisions.-' -The exhausted' British, Brit-ish, though-" they fought .with most commendable courage' , and ' skill, were forced again-' ; to"-yield yith heavy losses to themselves and the Portuguese," consisting "of two divisions; di-visions; who were with them.. .' : Several French - divisions were hurried to the Lys front, but it was a week after the attack began before' be-fore' they were put Into the line. They then relieved British divisions at the famous Kemmel hill, only to be surprised and defeated themselves them-selves April 25, much to their chagrin. The battle was practically ended by the last of the month, with a gain by the Germans of ten or twelve miles and the capture of Important territory from the British, Brit-ish, but with failure to take Haze-brouck. Haze-brouck. CHAPTER XXXVI . It was always stimulating to one's morale to visit the headquarters headquar-ters of the Canadians, where one soon caught the fine spirit of that superb body. I made such a visitJn the spring of 1918 and talked with their corps commander, Lieut. Gen. Sir Arthur Currle; his chief of staff. Major General Weber; his chief of engi neers, Major General Lindsay, and others and had tea with them. The alertness and confidence oi these neighbors of ours and the excellent record they had made and were still making gave us as much gratification as though they bad been our own. I remember this vis 6; dgalned iby GermanOf fenslve Apnlf-26.1918 50Mi"ies JKinS J"" considerable -..w-.o... u4 Dome WIjo ne d nromi. nent places. The coalition go e ! ment came In for Us share bVau"e of Its attitude toward the military high command. ' I took advantage of the opportunity opportu-nity while on the British front to visit the Nordaques area to Inspect the advance elements of the Sev. enty-seventh division, one of th divisions selected for training with the British. We took luncheon with Brig. Gen. Evan M. Johnson, then temporarily in command, and his Btaff officers. He praised the sol-dierly sol-dierly qualities of the men, but said they were very much behind in their training. . Makes Agreement With Halg. At Sir Douglas' headquarters he and I reached an understanding as to the training and administration of our troops that, were to be tern-porarlly tern-porarlly with the British. In the first place, they were to be allocated allo-cated by regiments to British skeio. ton divisions under such a schedule as might be agreed upon. The training staffs of British divisions were to be at the disposal of these regiments, especially for Instruc- !tofSr51,'Le88 14 with much pleasure and recall lJ-fcr rtfw?.0' ? Prediction of the Canadians Is hi a. . at that t me rhnt in- u i I titi r,fbe mediate lnexPerienced ii , Z. Assuring. f" mo- rtcen,e?Dn,gement Nnt 900 n ail, UrtJ grounds of I 9 formed . rare s h; th In6 men. hI two D0DS work of t VfSjBonth 1 win- tearage L radiated the KfelJ Prove L ' of their fore- 12 ft first I CwiL.ored 1 Foch at to and thflt A morlno trnnM artin nlo an important part in the war. General Currle deplored the fact that the British had so easily given np Paschendaele ridge, which the year before he had been told must be taken at all costs and for which the Canadians made the tremendous tremen-dous sacrifice of 16,000 casualties. Calls at British G. H. Q. At the Invitation of Sir Douglas Haig, British commander In chief, I went to the British general headquarters head-quarters April 20 to disenss the training of onr troops with the British and study operations in progress. We were always made welcome at British headquarters. It so happened hap-pened that on the dav of our arrival ar-rival Lord Derby, who bad just been relieved as minister of war by Lord Milner, was there en route to Paris as British ambassador. During Dur-ing dinner the conversation ran long freely, as though we were members of the official family. At length Lord Derby and Sir Douglas drifted to the subject of British Politicians. It would betray no confidence to Bfter tha unmnML. . "v""u vl pro-fam, pro-fam, It was agreed that all the American and British shipping available for the transportation of troops was to be used under such arrangement as would Insure im-mediate im-mediate aid to the allies, and thereafter as far as possible pro-v pro-v de other units necessnry to com-p com-p ete the organization of our divl-sions divl-sions and corps. It was further agreed thnt the combatant troops mentioned In connection with May shipments should be followed by such serv-Ices serv-Ices of supply and cfher contingents contin-gents as we ourselves mijrht consider con-sider necessary, the shipment of a large number of these troops huv. "ig .been postponed, and that all these troops should be utilized at my discretion, except that the six divisions which the British were to transport would be trained with them. Washington Makes Concession. Keaehlng Chaumont, I found that a cablegram dated April 20 had been received, transmitting memorandum dated April 19, thnt had been sent by direction of the President to the British ambassa- I , M J 4$ v,, The Red Cross Was on the Job. tion in the use of the rifle and machine ma-chine gun and the handling of gas. After that, and with the approval of their American division commander, com-mander, the regiments were to be attached to a British division in line, bo-each of the three battalions of. -the regiment would have the op portunfty to serye,. with one of the three brigades In' each British division. di-vision. These battalions were to be commanded by. their, "own officers as a. part of the British brigade, while he staff of. the American regiment "was ttf;.pe attached to that of the. brigade. - .: - ' ;VIn the next stage' the American regiments, with "theft: three battalions bat-talions united under the regimental commander, were to act as a -brl gade in a British division. The final stage would find the four American regiments of each" division divi-sion united as such under its own officers, the artillery being British until the arrival of its own artillery ar-tillery brigade, In carrying out this scheme the tendency at first was for British officers actually to assume command com-mand of our units in training. Our officers in most cases permitted this to be done until it was checked by my orders that "American units must be commanded in training by the officers and noncommissioned officers who are to command them In battle," and that American troops would in all cases be commanded com-manded in battle only by Americans. Ameri-cans. Talks Shipping In London. Following a suggestion by Lord Milner, I went to London April 22, 1918, to consider further the shipment ship-ment of American troops. At our first conference there were present Lord Milner and Gen. Sir Henry Wilson, who had succeeded General Robertson as the chief of the general gen-eral staff; Harbord and myself. The main point of difference that had developed In previous conferences confer-ences as to Just how far the Americans Ameri-cans should be committed to serve in active operations was again con sidered. I stated that the main thing was to get our units trained, and that while I was opposed to amalgamation, amalgama-tion, yet if during the period of In-truction In-truction the units with which they were serving should be attacked or, If another great emergency should arise, of course, our men would go In. Naturally the British wanted unlimited Infantry and machine-gun machine-gun units, but I would consider nothing further than a limited extension ex-tension of the six-division plan. During the conference a cable from Lord Beading to the prime minister was brought forth, which stated that the President had areed to the amalgamation of Americans with the British. I had nothing official at hand later than the President's conditional approval ap-proval of Joint note No. 13 of the supreme war council as suggested by Secretary Baker, so I promptly said that it could not be possible that any such concession had been made and that the classes of our troops to be shipped over and their disposition must be left to me. As a result of these discussions we reached an agreement which provided for the shipment In May by British and American tonnage of the Infantry, machine-gun, engineer and signal troops, together with the various unit beadquarters. of six divisions for training with the British Brit-ish army. It was provided that any shipping in excess of the amount required for this numl-er of troops should be utilized to transport the artillery of these divisions ; also that such personnel as might be required to build up corps organization organiza-tion should then follow, it being understood that the artillery regl- iin with the French and join their proper divisions when this was completed. To meet any might require an excess of infantry dor at Washington in conformity with his' approval of note No. 18. In this memorandum the shipment of 120,QOO.Infantry and machine-gun units per month for four months was conceded; with the understand Ing that their assignment for training train-ing and use should be left to my discretion. .; ' , .- . .. It wention to say that the United States rurftir rue situation changed, had no'lrV vition of departing from as full c. . ; iiianc'e, with the recom-mendatfot recom-mendatfot of the permanent military, mili-tary, representatives as the nature of the case would permit. . This was the first official informational infor-mational had received that the administration ad-ministration had agreed to send any specific numbers of Infantry and machine-gun units to France. Lord Reading's Influence. This concession went further than it was necessary to go and much further than I had expectea. Realizing the complications that might arise from commitments so far in the future and the delay in forming an American army that would follow, I did not agree in later discussions at the supreme war council with all that the allies now felt Justified In demanding. I was opposed to the action of the supreme war council in assuming the power under any circumstances to dispose of American troops. It was not in any sense a prerogative of the supreme war council. There "can be little doubt that Lord Reading received the distinct Impression from President Wilson that infantry and machine-gun units would be sent to France at the rate of 120,000 men per month for four months, beginning with April. That the President agreed to this "in principle" is practically certain. It need not be further emphasized that such a concession, even though prompted by the most generous impulse, could only add to the difficulties of our task of building build-ing up an army of our own. It Is probable that Lord Reading, skilled advocate that be was, did more while ambassador at Washington Wash-ington to influence the administration administra-tion to grant allied requests than any other individual. CHAPTER XXXVII I left London April 25, 1918, and crossed to France in a British destroyer. de-stroyer. Colonel Mott was at Boulogne with a request for me from General Foch to come to Sar-cus. Sar-cus. I learned then that the Twenty-second division, at Selcheprey, had repulsed a severe trench raid on the night of April 20-21, and had suffered considerable loss. Arriving at General Foch's bead-quarters bead-quarters I found Generals Bliss, narbord and Weygand already there, and after dinner we entered into a general discussion about American troop shipments. The conversation ran as follows: Foch On March 28 you cam to offer the services of American troops. I have a vivid recollection of the occasion. As to the American Amer-ican divisions, in what order do yon think they should be employed? em-ployed? . Pershing The order would be the Twenty-sixth, Forty-second. Second. (The First had already been sent to an active front near Amiens.) The regiments of the Thirty-second will be ready by May 1. Foch I do not think they can be used before May 5, but the more we put Into the line the better It will be. Your Seventy-seventhdl-vision has arrived, I see. What about the Third and Fifth7 Pershing-Tbe infantry of the Third has arrived, and that of the Fifth will soon follow. TO BE CONTINUED.) Canada Fortnnata Paw a roa O Af iikP size re as free from destructive earnxjuakes . Great Aviator Savi Il Has No "SDeed The World' trrpnitt ,iinomrt r speed, Hyer Frank Hawkcs, has aken a day off from flying to protest that he h "net a speed, demon," that uU not want to be a demon, that be is never reckless, that ho does not race, that he is not after records. "e Is, he protests In the Amerl-enn Amerl-enn Magazine, merely a "salesman or speed." Whv d,w. ho .m, sell speed? Because he Is convinced that the main advance made by present-day civilization lies iu the accel- erauon with which things can be transferred from one place to another. an-other. But the speed he sells-so he insistsIs in-sistsIs nor freak speed, attained in freakish appnratus, under special conditions. It is honest speed, attainable at-tainable by anyone. It la irnnd. aervatlve, almost humdrum speed. In reaching It he Is never after records, rec-ords, he Is simply cruising, sort of, at a dog-trot, conserving his engine, conserving himself so he says I For Butineit Betterment The Better Business bureau Is an agency semlpublic in character that aims to protect the Duhlic against merchants who make false or mis leading statements In their advertla- Ing and against the promoters and sellers of fake stocks and other al leged securities. This organization, wnicn is a unit only In the common purpose and methods of operations, is composed of the National Better Business bureau and local bureaus In some 40-odd cities. Each local bu reau is a distinct entity supported by and owing allegiance to only Its own community, and it Is not a mem ber of or subsidiary to the National Better Business bureau. The bureaus bu-reaus are financed by merchants, manufacturers and other financial interests. in-terests. Their activities are fur thered immeasurably by the co-oper- sweet! another night' sleep gone! Flit kills mosquitoes quick! hull i.,n ..! Km4 lumM largest Seller In 121 Countries atlon of newspapers and monthly publications. The sloean of the magazine of the national organiza tion is "To Increase public confidence in business by promoting fair play in advertising and selling." - Th. Knifa Dr. Charles II. Mayo, the famous surgeon, said at a luncheon In Rochester: ' "Dreiser In one of his novels killed oft a woman In childbirth with a Caesarian section operation, and cow Hemingway has done the same thing. "These novelists are evidently of tho same mind as the hospital surgeon. sur-geon. "'Doctor,' a visitor said to htm, what Is the most dangerous case you have here?" "'This,' said he, and he laughed and laid his hand on a case of surgical sur-gical Instruments." Detroit Free Press. Good-Nat urad Man . TJere Is one who may be termed a good-natured man. He lives In a nearby town, and Is the divorced husband of a red-headed woman by whom he had five children. Does the fact that she has married an other make him sore? Not at all. And to cap the climax of good pa- turedness with dog-like devotion, this good-natured man lives with his former wife and her new husband Salt Lake City Directory rwsMON KicnoLS ASSAYERS AND CHEMISTS Offlc and Laboratory I1J-I31 8. Wont Tempi BU Salt Laka CUT. Utah. P. O. Box MM. Mailing anvalopoa and prloaa luroianaa on raqum. Cullen Hotel J. K. Yoang, Manager Meet Your Old Friends at the Cullen Cafe and Cafeteria IS W. tod So. St. Salt City, CUh. CULLEN GARAGE ZVA Wait Snd So. STORAGE AND SERVICE and supports the entire family, both his own children and the-other fellow's fel-low's children without a whimper and seems to like It. This has been going on for some years and the family seems to be a wholly friendly combination. Brockton Enterprise. 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CO. 373 South tth East Salt Uko City, Utah Q. It. Co., Gentlemen: , Inclosed find $1.00 P. O. Money Order for One tube of Q. It. Pile Ointment to be mailed prepaid to is Name ,, ,, P. O. Address...... On conditions that if I am not satisfied with results obtained, I am to receive money back upon returning tube to your laboratory. W. N. U., Salt Lake City, No. 29-1931. Damage Done by Rats A few years ago the biological 6u. vy uiiiue an estimate that rats destroyed $200,000,000 worth of crops and stored products in the United States. This amount does not take into account the large amount expended In an effort to combat them. Food and grain industries in-dustries suffer most from rodents. It is not possible to say which one of the food and grain industries suffers the most, since the same breed of gray rats differ In their food habits. In the same locality they may be carnivorous or vegetarian. Racial Mental Capacity There Is no known difference Inherent In-herent in mental capacities of the various races of mankind. In every race there Is a small group nbove average mentality, a very large middle group having average mentality, men-tality, and a small group with less than average mentality. Within these three general classifications there are many shades and degrees of mental ability, ranging from the idiot or Imbecile to the eenlus. All races have produced brilliant minus. "Hot Croaa Buna" In London and all over England, the morning of Good Friaay is usn-ered usn-ered in with an almost universal cry of "Hot cross buns." A parrot par-rot nf rim hnn.i annears on nearly every breakfast table, delivered by men, women and children astir early in the day and carrying large baskets covered with flannel and whit cloth to keen the buns warm, The home economics workers say the history of the bun has been traced back thousands or years. Lock on Famous Canal The North West Fur company built a lock on the Canadian side at the river at Sault Ste. Marie in 1797-08. The state lock and canal, later widened and deepened by the federal government were opened In iwa. me weuzej io was MmtiiPtpd In 1SS1. the Canadian In 1895, the Poe In 1890, the Davis in 1914, and the Sabin In 1919. Cold-Blooded Monarch Tt was 11 cold, rainy day when the bodv of the Pompadour, mistress mis-tress of" Louis XV of France, was taken from Versailles to Paris for hnrini Txuis did not accompany the cortejre. He stood at a palace n-indnw na the nrocession started, and without any expression of re- pret or sorrow, said to nn attendant attend-ant "The marquise will have a very disagreeable day for r.er jour oey." "Inspiration" in Church The daughter of a Havana cigar maker became 111, and her father went to church to burn a candle. He prayed so long that he went to sleep, and when he awoke the candle had burned Itself out The shape of its remains provided him with an Inspiration. "That is the ideal shape of a cigar," he said, and going to the factory got some special leaves and first fashioned a cigar now famous. Coimetici Long in U The knowledge of cosmetics dates back to remote antiquity and their annals comprise the history of the folly, luxury and extravagance or past ages. The number of simple and compound substances em ployed as perfumes la Incalculable and almost fabulous and the books written by Egyptians, Greeks and Itomans on the subject almost con stitute a library In themselves. Birthplace of Hurricane The weather bureau says that the details of how hurricanes, or tropical cyclones, are started are not definitely known. It Is known, however, that they start In the region re-gion of the "doldrums," or caJms over the tropical seas, some 8 to 15 degrees or thereabouts from the equator. Many of our hurricanes originate in the general region of the Gape Verde Islands, Relative Wealth Wealth after all Is a relative thing, since he that bath little, and wants less. Is richer than he that bath much and wants more. Col ton. Old Cars Destroyed When pullman cars become unfit for further service, rather than run eny chance of their being utilized In any way whatsoever for transportation trans-portation purposes, as a safety measure the cars are destroyed. In other words, when the cars reach the point of retirement they are dismantled of all parts that have any salvage value and the remain der of the cars burned or other wise destroyed. Mythological Character Cassandra In mvtholosT was the daughter of Priam and Hecuba. She was beloved by Apollo. Cassandra promised to UstPn to his addresses, provided he would grant her knowl-d" knowl-d" nf futurity. This she ob tained, but she was regnrdlpss of her promise. Apollo In revenpe determined de-termined that no credence Biioutd be given to her prophecies. Use of "WMpstocV A whlpstock Is a tool which la lowered on top of a string of lost arming tools when It Is desired to drjll by them. The beveled face of the whipstock causes the working tools to glance off to one side of the detached string. A whlpstock Is also used as a means of stralg'rt ening a hole which has deviated from the vertical. The expression arranging a whlpstock" means that the drilling tools are lost and ar rangements are being made to drill past them with the aid of a whip- stock. Noted Scenie Rout The Indian river Is a long lagoon In the eastern part of Florida, in Brevard and Volusia counties. It connects with the Halifax river at Titu8vllle and extends 100 mliea southeast to the ocean at Indian Inlet The width of the Indian river varies from 300 feet to 3 miles, and It Is navigable for vessels ves-sels drawing 5 feet The river Is famous for Us beautiful tropical scenery and for the oranges which are grown on its banks. Anglicised Term The word "Dutch" is an Endlsh form of "Deutsch" and related words of the Germanic tongue. For mer! it anrjlled to ail peoples of Germanic stock or language but re cent usage restricts it more or less to HoJlanders. The "Pennsylvania Dutch" who play an important part in the life and history or mac state, and of the nation, are almost entirely of German and of German Swiss descent Horsesboo Superstition Silversmiths, goldsmiths, coppersmiths cop-persmiths and blacksmiths have always al-ways been held in a sort of mysterious myste-rious renown. Their work of welding weld-ing and shaping had a good deal of mystery In It which ministered to superstition. Some relics of this superstition made much of smiths, and their work, especially of their horseshoes In later times. Aiding Travelers The first recorded organized effort ef-fort to assist people who are traveling trav-eling was started In St Lonis tn 18T.1 with a bequest of $1,000,000 left by Bryan Mullanphy to assist persons per-sons "traveling to the West" Other societies followed, and In 1917 the National Association of Travelers' Aid Societies was formed. Independent Cities The cities of Baltimore, St Louli and Washington are not In-eluded In-eluded in any county. Washington Is co-extensive with the federal District Dis-trict of Columbia, while Baltimore and St Louis combine the functions of city and county governments. |