| Show 1 IGen RL Pershing Optimistic Says Year Will T Tell en T Tale le leJ J Pr ud of U. U S. S Figh Fighters te I 1 E EI I r i I I N 1 k e S Z 4 tt r MW i I cli enera 1 Black jack Black Jack Declares Red Cross Started Battles I Even Before Our Guns Were Fired By Idah Me Clone Glone Gibson Author of Confessions of a Wife 1 Copyright 1918 by the Newspaper Enterprise Association n A AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE Jan Jah 22 Ameri- Ameri caine General calne General p will see you now Mrs Gibson said the adjutant and I was ushered 1 Into sunny room room and confronted by a tall figure a man much younger than I expected to see sec For an instant General Pershing Pershing- stood silent then with a smile he held out his hand and I realized the adjutant h had d not entered with me roe The man before me had the bearing that told lold of supple joints perfect heart action and that spirit was in his t eyes yell which h Is always s 's asking of life What hat are you going to give me next while his mouth In its maturity seemed to say Whatever may come will find me mo read ready I realized that moment that General Pershing did not look as I had ex ex- This man roan had gray eyes eyer with glints of ot steel in them and brown bron hair sil silvered silvered silvered sil- sil vered at the temples tEmple a stubby mustache mustache mus mush tache did not cover er the strong lines of the o decisivo mouth which could thin quickly Into the determined lips tips or a aman aman aman man who could sa say no and mean all the negatives in the English grammar as well as say Bay go and expect t tc to be obeyed without ques ques- tion I had brought a personal letter Jetter from froma a very friend in th the states and I expect it was because of this that the general granted me the first exclusive interview since he has been In France The general smiled with pleasure when I told him that I had been personally personally personally per per- at many of ot the training camps in the states and i I ventured that even he would be astonished at the splendid morale and wonderful physical hardihood hardihood hardi hood of the American selective arm army The men that are coming over here now can hardly be surpassed he declared declared de de- dared proudly At this moment a voice outside shouted to someone down the corridor Happy New Year Tear One can hardly make the words ring true general general gen gen- eral I remarked PERSHING HOPEFUL They should he answered quickly I look to see this year place America in her merited place as the greatest nation nation nation na na- na- na tion In the universe We may expect setbacks and discouragement at the outset mistakes may be made another commander may arise and with an indescribable In Indescribable indescribable in- in describable gesture General Pershing seemed for tor the moment to brush himself himself himself him him- self off oft the map of ot war war but but whatever whatever whatever what what- ever the obstacles or disappointment may be I look for the end of the year to lo at least show sho America to be the greatest factor and arid fighter for universal sal and everlasting peace Surely one may ring nil ill th the bells of ot heaven with the chimes of happy New Year If It that comes true I said General Genera you OU know I had a special reason for wanting to see you ou n He lIe looked up interrogatively I am sure you ou gathered from your our friends friend's letter that I am over here trying to find out Just how much good the Red fled CrOss Is doing how much of or ofa ora a a. factor it Is IB In the work of winning the war I General Pershing was silent for tor a moment and then he said t I You Tou have been about over here a ai i good deal Mrs Gibson What do o you ou think of bt it After a thorough h investigation of ot all Red Cross activities I am going back with a message that America cannot cannot cannot can can- I not do de too much for the extension and perfection of ot her Red Cross service PRAISES RED CROSS The general stiffened 1 In his chair and said Mid And wen welt you may Mrs Gibson well you may for I want to f sa say aj- to you that no other organization since the world began has ever done such great constructive e work with the efficiency dispatch understanding often under adverse circumstances that has been done In France by the American Red RedCross Cro Cross in the last six sis months The work ork of ot the Red Cross has been I militarized It Is the first great coni con con- i contingent of ot the American American I army As 0 strange a as It may seem even the nation with the most roost men and most money in the world today cannot wave wavea a magic wand and see an army of trained men arise When the thc American forces came tame over here last spring the thought In the minds of all was What hat can we do Immediately that will seem more than promises to France The members of my staff got together together to ter- to- to gether and we decided that we could with tho the aid of ot the American Red Cross in another way hel help France rance to fight her battles until we were ready to take our place beside her out there thereon I on the fighting line Money loney was poured out profusely where it was needed The American I Red fled Cross said While the United d States is building its fighting machine to speedy and terrible perfection we weI will steadily construct again the homes and bring together the tho families that I have been scattered b by the enem enemy EO so 0 that when victory comes to the allies I the French soldier shall return to a reI goI re- re I habilitated home instead of the desolation desolation desolation deso- deso lation and universal chaos that usually follows war war You see from this Mrs Irs Gibson that the tho Red Cross helped the American army to begin Its Us battles for tor ideas Ideals and democracy even before our machine machine machine ma ma- chine guns and bursting shells have carried the message |
