Show 4 Pershing's Stort of the Ao 0 Eo F. F Copyright 1931 In all til n countries by th the thu North Av American New New i ap per r W World 13 Bij re reserved including the Scandinavian vien whole In prohibited Reproduction in or put part Service J John 0 h n J J. J P Pershing h. h I CHAPTER Continued Continued Marshal Hals Halg sent tin the following message to General Rend RendI regarding the tho operations of or the second corps I 1 wish to express to you personally and to all the officers officers officers' cers cers' cers and men serving under you ou my warm mrm warm appreciation of at the very valuable and gallant sere servIces services ices rendered by you throughout through through- out the recent recent- operations with the British army Called upon to attack positions of at great strength held by a n determined determined determined de de- de- de enemy nil all ranks of ot the Twenty seventh and Thirtieth Thirtieth eth American divisions under your command displayed an energy energy energy en en- ergy courage and determination tion In attack which proved pro Irresistible It does not need me to tell you that In the hea heavy y fighting of or the past three wee weeks f you u have earned the lastIng lasting last- last Ing est esteem em and admiration of or your you British in comrades-in-arms whose success you so nobly shared d The main objective of or our Initial September 20 26 rind find been reached Falling to capture It In our first attempt we hud had deliberately systematically and doggedly tuck stuck to the lute task In In the face of 01 many mans difficulties and discourage discourage- ments CHAPTER The demands of Incessant battle had bad compelled our divisions to fight to ll ht to the limit of at their capacity Troops were held In line and pushed push d to the attack until deemed Incapable of or further effort because of ot casualties or exhaustion artillery artil lery once engaged was seldom with drawn Slimy Many batteries fought until un until til practically all the animals were werl casualties leaving the guns to be bl towed out of ot line by motor trucks truck or by hand Our men as ns a whole showed unrivaled unrivaled un un- un rivaled fortitude In this continuous fighting during Inclement weather and Lind under the man many dl disadvantages disadvantage ad of ot position Through such ence once the army had developed Int into a n pl powerful machine and had BU suo prenie confidence In Its ability to to- carry curry th through rough successfully October 23 the combat strength of 01 th the A A. A E E. F F. F was of ot which j were In the First army The First army also Included included included in in- In- In approximately French combat troops While the high pressure of 01 our do dogged ged attacks was severe on our troops It was calamitous to the enemy He had been so hard press pressed d that once a n division was engaged In the fi tight fight ht it became practically Impossible to effect Its relief relict The enemy was forced to tom m meet et recurring crises by breaking up Dp tactical organizations and hur bur hurriedly sending detachments to different dif dif- ferent portions of ot the line dIt 1 Every ery member of the American I expeditionary forces from the front line to the base ports was straining every nerve Extraordinary Extraordinary Extraordinary efforts were exerted by the entire services servIces' of at supply to meet the enormous demands Obstacles which seemed insurmountable were ere ov overcome daily dally In hastening the movements of replacements ammunItIon ammunition am am- and supplies to the front and of ot sick and wounded to the rear Now that the end was In prospect prospect prospect pros pros- everybody was in much better mood M. M Clemenceau was in fine humor when I saw him in In Paris October 22 and was profuse In his bis compliments on the success of ot our army The object of ot my visit was to urge his assistance In obtaining more horses for our artillery which was almost Immobile The French had bad furnished us horses but they were Inferior and were rapidly used up Consider Armistice Terms My diary records Paris Monday Mondor October 28 23 1918 1318 Met Marshal Foch and allied commanders at SenUs Senlis Friday to consider terms of ot armistice Petain's views were stiffer than Marshal Halg's n and el mine more stringent than either IIa Have ve been laid up with r- r grip since Saturday J At the opening of ot the conference Marshal Foch Foeh said In substance You are ore doubtless aware that the Germans are negotiating for tor an armistice through h the Intermediary of at the American government go and declare themselves ready to accept the fourteen points of at President Wilson as os a basis He went on to say that he had called us together to obtain our views and anel that he thought the tIthe terms should be such as to render Germany p powerless to recommence operations In a case ho hostilities are ore resumed resumed- One of ot his officers then read rend aloud from tram a newspaper the fourteen points D Defers fera to British and French Foch then asked my opinion as asto asto asto to conditions that should be imposed imposed im im- im posed and I replied that as It was wasa a matter of at greater concern to both Great Britain and France than to the United States and that that- as their armies had been engaged engaged en- en longer and und had hod suffered more than ours I 1 thought It appropriate approprIate appropriate ap ap- for tor Sir Douglas Halg Haig and General Petain to express their views first Marshal Haig said suld In substance p. p that the German army array was far tar from beIn being disintegrated rated and was still BUll capable of at withdrawing to a shorter front and und making a 11 stand against equal or greater grenter forces force On the other hand hund the allies were pretty well exhausted The total o of ot men for tor the British I I and anu F French I armies I. I es he be said was I about each with none I available n to fill the gaps The American army he further said was not yet et compI complete te e-te and some sometime sometime sometime time must elapse before betor it would be large enough to relieve relle-e the di diminishing dl- dl allied armies Bethought He Be thought the terms should be such that the Germans would n not t hesitate hesitate hesi hesi- tate Cate to accept them He then proposed Immediate and complete evacuation of or Invaded ed Belgian and French territory occupation by the allies of at Alsace Lorraine and the fortresses of ot Metz and Strasbourg restitution of at all nIl rolling stock seized by the Germans In France and Belgium or its equivalent and repatriation of ot Inhabitants inhabitants In In- habitants of ot Invaded In territory Pershing Against Leniency Marshal Foch Finch then asked my views I replied In effect The liThe general view that an nn armis armistice armistice tice should provide guarantees against a res resumption of hostilities give the allies a decided advantage antage and be unfavorable unta to Germany incase in iri incase case hostilities should be resumed meets meets' with my approval I 1 I think that the tile damage done by the warto war warto to the Interests of the powers with which th the United States Is a against Germany has been so great that there should be no tendency tendency tendency ten ten- dency toward leniency The present military situation Is Isen very en favorable to the allies The Germ German n forces since the beginning of at the the counter counter offensive July IS 18 have been constantly in retreat and have not been able to recover since that time The condition of or orthe the French and British armies can cnn best be Judged by the fact tact that they have been continuously on the offensive since then and that they are now v attacking with much vigor As to the American army the part It has taken In the operations since Ince July 18 has not been incon incon- It is constantly Increasing Increasing increasing ing in strength and training Its staffs Its services and Its higher r commanders have Improved b by experience experience experience ex ex- ex- ex so there Is every every reason to suppose that the tle American army will be able to take the part expected expected ex ex- of ot It In the event of at resumption resumption re re- of hostilities I therefore therefore there there- fore rore propose 1 Evacuation of at France and Belgium within 30 80 days ays and of 01 all other foreign terri term terrItory territory tory tort occupied by Germany without delay 2 Withdrawal of 01 the German German Ger Ger- man man armies from Lor Alsace raine and occupation of at those t territories by the allied ar nr- mies 3 3 Withdrawal of at German armies to the east of at the Rhine and the possession of ot such bridgeheads on all the eastern eastern eastern east east- ern side of the Rhine by the allies as may be necessary to Insure their control of that river rl 4 Unrestricted transportation tion of at the American army and Its material across ss the seas 5 5 Immediate repatriation of at all nU nationals of at foreign terrItory territory territory ter ter- now or heretofore occupied occupied occupied pied during the war by Ger Ger- many ninny 6 0 0 Surrender of at all nil boats U-boats and U boat bases hases to the control control con con- of a neutral power until th their lr disposition is otherwise determined 7 7 Return to France and BelgIum Belgium Bel Bel- gium glum of all railroad rolling stock that has been seized by Germany from those coun coun- tries Marshal Foch expressed b his thanks thank's s for what I had said and added that while It was true the American urmy army was us still sUll young Its spirit was splendid and It was tremendously tremendously tremendously tre tre- Increasing e every ery ry day In InI Inefficiency inefficiency efficiency and In numbers I He e then asked Marshal Halg Haig whether In view v of ot what General Petals Petain and I I 1 had said he ire c cred red to modify his views on the terms of or an nn armistice to which Halg Haig replied replied re re- re- re plied In the negative The conference conference confer confer- ence ended here with Marshal Fochs Foch's request that each of ot us submit In writing what we had proposed I CHAPTER I Returning to Paris Purls from the conference conference con con- ference of ot allied commanders ln chief at Senlis October 2 25 1018 I 1 cabled a report of ot the proceedings s. s to Washington Including my proposals proposals pro pro- In detail as ns enumerated In Inthe j the previous ire chapter i Marshal Foch did not definitely I 1 express his views at the conference as aa may be recalled but the followIng following follow follow- ing lag day he submitted his report to Prime Minister Clement Clemenceau nu Marshal Marshal Marshal Mar Mar- Fochs Foch's recommendations embraced embraced embraced em em- braced the main points proposed by the commander chief and ant were accepted by the supreme war council with practically no change President Wilsons Wilson's comments on my cable of at October 2 25 were received received received re re- on the twenty ninth as follows follows fol rol- fol- fol lows The liThe President directs me to sn say that he Is relying upon your counsel coun coun- counsel sel and advice Ice In this mutter and andin andin in iQ making the following comment he lie will be he glad to have ha you feel fecI entirely entirely en en- free to bring to his attention any consideration he may have overlooked which In your Judgment ought to be weighed before settling finally In general the President approves approves ap tip- proves of your our first subparagraph but suggests wisdom of retention of or at nt least part of at German heavy guns In pledge and specific enumeration enumeration enu enu- of or territory to be evacuate evacuated ate other than France and Bel- Bel glum Ium This has to do especially with territory to the east enst and southeast but hut should not Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxem Luxem- bourg be also Included With regard to your second subparagraph the President raises the question whether It Is necessary necessary sary for tor allied or American forces actually to occupy Alsace and Lorraine Lor Lor- Lorraine raine when evacuated under armis armis- 1 tice i With regard to your third subparagraph subparagraph sub sub- paragraph the President doubts ad- ad visibility of at requiring allied or American occupation on eastern side of at the Rhine as that Is practically practically tI an Invasion In of ot GI German soil soli under armistice The President concurs In your fourth subparagraph to the extent of ot continuing transportation for supplies for tor troops then theu In France but would not insist on right to In In- 4 z Ya R wG a I r j cj k Bringing In a Captured Aviator tor I crease Ameri American n forces during arm aria With regard to your fifth firth subparagraph subparagraph sub- sub paragraph If It this means mean repatriation ti tion n of troops now In German arm army which have been recruited from non-German non soil soli occupied by Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans mans or repatriation of civil pop pop- populatIon population deported Reported from occupied territory territory ter ter- the the the- President ent approves s With regard t to your our sixth the President b believes It would be enough to require Internment of ot U-boats U in neutral waters as ns a n further further further fur fur- ther pledge and also to further unrestrIcted unrestricted unrestricted un un- un- un restricted transportation of American Amer Amer- scan lean material referred tc to In your fourth but does not think terms terras of at armistice should sugg st ultimate disposition of at such U-boats U nor that U-boat U bas bases s should be occupied occupied occupied pied under armistice as ns that would mean allied or American occupation occupation tion of German soil soli not now in their possession poss Your seventh subparagraph the President approves es In general the President feels the terms of or the armistice should be rigid enough to secure us usg against g renewal of at hostilities by Germany hut but not humiliating beyond beyond be be- yond that necessity as such uch terms would throw the advantage to the military party In Germany The President would he be glad to have you confer with Colonel House who Is now In France showIng show show- Ing him copies of or your dispatch and this answer and generally discuss discuss discuss dis dis- cuss with him all phases phased of ot this subject Gives Views to Council Upon receipt of or this cable I hand ed to Mr Ir House October 30 RO for presentation presentation presentation pre pre- to the supreme war council coun- coun coun council cil the letter I had prE prepared and andIn andIn In In view of the first paragraph ph of ofte the te message e I also cabled the sub substance substance stance of or the letter to Washington In considering the question whether or not Germanys Germany's request for an armistice should be bp granted the following expresses ray my opinion from the military point of view l 1 Judging ln by their excellent conduct during the past three months the British French Bel Re glon glan and American armies appear capable of or continuing the offensive indefinitely Their morale Is Is' Is high and the prospects of at certain vIctor victory victory vic vIc- tor tory should keep It so 2 The American army Is constantly constantly con con- Increasing l In strength and experience and should be able to take an Increasingly important part partIn In the allied offensive I th o both In personnel nn and 1 material with such reserves as ns the allies may furnish fur furnish nish not counting the Italian army should be more than equal to the combined losses of ot the allied armies 3 German man power Is constantly constantly constantly con con- diminishing and her ber armies have lost over otter prisoners and over o third one-third of their |