Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-05-11 | Page 9 | General Prepares to Bid Farewell Army Life

General GenerI I Prepares to Bid F Farewell to Army Life Lire I By BILL FLYNN FL A haired gray-haired man Saturday literally read the tho first page of ot a anew anew new new chapter In t fe He Hc had little mUa desire to flip the underlying underlying under under- lying pages pages The story seemed to have no plot He was Brigadier General Pegram Pegram Pe- Pe gram Friday he car carried ned ried out the orders of the war department H Ho lie went ent to his homo hom to await retirement August 31 In 11 army terminology that th t means ho he is on lex len leave c until re retirement retirement xe- xe date General Ip spent rit the F. F t i. i J i f I or t j Ji i J t morning in his executive offices He did little w work rk HO aa io was seck-r seck t tIng ing the answer to to toa a problem that seemed to no solution The question was What Y atto to do donow do donow now 4 1 I Tm rm just lust an nn infantryman he he said Im active I dont don't want t to stop slop doing things gs after Ive I've d done ne them so long Ho has bas done things for a long Jong time tune During his career In the army he knew the West Point of the early carly nineties with wi h its ita grim gray walls s above ovo the rolling H Hudson Hudson Hud Hud- ds d- d s son n tile the sun sim and dust and mud of Texas Texas' ar arm Y posts wh when n nha the ha theIn In- In f i ji 1 fantry was chiefly concerned with knowing how to march and shoot Wo We didn't have the modern the tho automatic rifles rUles the machine guns the tanks the tho tru trucks ks the airplanes he said But we could march and shoot Marches in those days were were tough ough sessions of at miles just for practice The war with Spain As a first lieutenant he took tool part in the tho capture of ot Manila In the steam steaming ing trig swamps of t the islands he ho fought the tho native insurgents w who o were werl not immediately tey tely convinced tf r- r j i i of at the tho American rule rale r le A peri period of peacetime duty Vancouver Sun San Francisco Fort Brady Mich West Point again the Philippines Washington Galveston Galveston Gal Gal- veston the Canal Zone 8 secret cret service work in Nicaragua Leavenworth Leavenworth Leav Leav- Leavenworth provost marshal of ot No- No Nogales Nogales gales Ariz United States entry into th the world war war war- France Franco July 22 1918 action brigade brigado Saint Etienne to Attigny on the tho Aune river Champagne Flogny m mud d hunger hung r vermin responsibility responsibility bUlly for tJ the e of men menthe en the ar armistice Ice t occupied G GerT Ger- Ger r. r i r- r r 4 i 5 l a b t. i. J Jc I T W J r r rf f 1 many Another of peacetime duty General staff Brott school Washington again Portland Alabama Missouri Mis Ml Fort Douglas retirement retirement retire retire- ment fit ri Honors Honor Enough for tor just nn an infantryman Three silver stars for tor gallantry in action in the Philippines citation from marshal of Franco Franca great courage and remarkable energy f II under violent bombardment bombardment bom born I dont don't know v what Im In going to do ho he said His fingers fumbled d with the thC J f f i r t few papers o on his desk He moved a paper weight half a II billiard ball Through the open windows drifted the voices of children playing to n a company nt at drill the Ufo thud of at rifle butts butt tho the smell of ot spring and a a. shaft of sunlight for tor But Put there there's a place everyone every every- 4 one He smiled a kindly smile His slate gray eyes grow grew bright His jaw jav Bt stuck l out just a ii lItt little e further As his tunic stretched his fingers t touched tho the tho faded campaign ribbons rib rib- bons bonson bonson on his chest j j. fa f- f a t ri 4 4 r