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Show no better generals taking part in the war. It could not be otherwise, for West Point is the greatest military school in the world, and American army officers have all the technical knowledge of war that can be acquired by study. At the present time they are making the most of their opportunity to apply this knowledge in competition with the master mas-ter military minds of the age. The results re-sults so far achieved show that they do not suffer by comparison, for none of them have met with defeat at the hands of the Germans who were cutting cut-ting a wide swath up to the time the Americans stopped the advance upon Paris at. Chateau Thierry. The people of the United States have reason to congratulate themselves upon the selections selec-tions made, for when the history of this greatest of all wars is written, there will not be a single failure recorded against the American generals in the field, and that is something that will always be a source of much gratification, gratifica-tion, not only to the present generation but also to all those who come upon the stage in the years to follow. Brave and resourceful men, ably led, cannot be beaten, and that is why the American Ameri-can army has proved invincible. MERITED PROMOTIONS. Major Generals Hunter Liggett and Robert 8. Bullaid, who command the First and Second American armies in France, have been nominated to be lieutenant generals by President Wil-boi, Wil-boi, undoubtedly upon the recommendation recommenda-tion of Oeneral Pershing, in command of all the expedition;! ry for'-es. The promotion of Major Oeneral Liggett was generally expected, while the selection se-lection of Major General Dullard will cause no surprise, although he ia only a brigadier in the regular military establishment. es-tablishment. Both these officers deserve de-serve recognition for the magnificent work they have performed. If it becomes be-comes necessary to organize more armios it. is probable that Major Generals Gen-erals Wright, Head and Bundy will be advanced in rank. They arc corps com rnsnders at present snd stand in lino of surcCHsion. They have also rendored the very best of service whilo they have beeh in France. All of the division commnndcrs, not forgetting Major Gen eral O'ltyan, the only civilian in the list, have won high prnis'' as soldiers snd share in the glory won by the organizations or-ganizations on the battlefield. Home doubt was expressed by Plumpejin rnlli tary critics whether or no the United At:ites coubi officer an army with capa ble lenders, but since the American troops have been in action all such doubts have been removed, and n is now generally C0B46dtd that there sre |