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Show THE PAGE SIX TIMES-NEW- Thursday, May 21, 1931 NEPHL UTAH S. NOT WORTH A PENNY dneimeirsil IPeimMiini EE fi Ulae io t&wy ( Copy right. aesstrlt Nsrth la whole WNU Service el cross-chann- iTssr s 'I if r Id part prohibited.) I jfi right IfiBOntvUa, experience and also adopt the tank sent over, and eventually we bad aa a weapon, about 200 girls on this duty. No civil telephone service that ever came under my observation two were separated in the A. K. K. CHAPTER XV. a aoon aa practicable and avtutlun I received many reminders Sep- excelled the perfection of our syswas organized ami maintained aa a tember 13 that another birthday tem after It waa well established our bad come, Including a surprise The telephone girls In the A. K. I". distinct force. To training wltb that at borne Brig. party by my stuff that evening. As took great pains and pride In their Uen. William I Kenly was sent this waa exactly three months after work and did it with satlsfactlou over the latter part of August and I had reached Paris, the tlm to all. was appointed chief of aviation in seemed to be passing very rapidly, The medical department's plans tiia A. K. V. Colonel Mitchell, wbo with little apparent progress constantly received my careful athad succeeded Major Doild. the first against the day when an American tention through frequent conferchief of aviation, was given Juris- army should be on the front Una. ences with the chief surgeon. Coldiction over aviation In the cone The Importance of shipping for onel Bradley, and his assistant. of advance. Major Hulling was America was beginning to be con- Colonel Ireland. Our problem of placed In charge of aviation In the sidered In allied circles. I received handling the sick and wounded was one of the Interior, and soon suc- a letter from General Robertson, more difficult than that of any of ceeded In securing a better Brltlgh chief of staff, who spoke of the allies, aa we had no civil hosthrough an Interallied aircraft their Increasing tosses and of his pitals of our own available. Full board. anxiety regarding the voyage of our provision, therefore, had to be made The next essential step was the troops across the Atlantic. Aa to for hospital accommodations In training of airplane pilot, and ac- tonnuge for us, he said. It waa en- France, as only convalescents man cordingly arrangements were made tirely between Great Britain and Ifestly unfit for further service for our men to enter flying schools ourselves, as none of the other could be sent home. The early esIn lCngland, France and Italy after allies could furnish any to speak of. timates submitted In August, based On top of thia. In conference a upon a small force of 300.000 men, they had passed their preliminary teats at home. Vacancies were held few days later with Lord Derby, called for 73,000 beds In permanent, for us In those schools, but we were the British minister of war, 1 was semipermanent or temporury hosunable to take full advuntnge of told that his government could not pitals, and plans for expansion were this opportunity for training be- be counted on to furnish us with in band to keep pace with the excause of the delay in sending over ships as transports. pected requirements of our armies The substance of General Robert once they should become engaged. flyers. However, we proceeded with the establishment of our own train- son's letter was cabled to Washing- While this beginning appeared ing centers, the first of which, lo- ton, suggesting the Importance of quite liberal, yet It was calculated cated at Issoudun, was planned for taking advantage of the opportu- to meet further demands of the ima capacity of 900 pilots by spring. nity offered to obtain additional mediate future. All U the facilities throughout of Gas New Problam. shipping. A few daya later we were The nae of poisonous gases In told that needful arrangements for France were available for the warfare had been discussed at The transatlantic transports were being French, yet they had so many sick and wounded that their hospital reHague conference In 1809. with the made by the shipping board. There was little In the general sources were pretty well exhausted result that several nations pledged themselves against the employment situation to give comfort to the As there seemed to be only a few of projectiles the only object of allies. Losses by the British suitable buildings that could be assigned to us we had to plan considerable new construction. This re quired additional labor and material, both of which were scarce, and although there was some delay we managed by persistent effort to keep pace with requirements. Danger of Coal Shortage. The destruction by the German army of the mines of northern France had forced the Importation from England of a large proportion of the coal needed for various purposes In both France and Italy. Lack of tonnage had produced a serious situation, and the danger of coal shortage during the approaching winter gave us much concern. Italy was even worse off, due to the greater distance from the source of supply. The outcome of our efforts, with the very effective assistance of Ad mlral Mayo, was that some colliers, one of which was already at Brest, were ordered Into service for Immediate use, and these were supAmerican Troop Train Passing Through a French Town. plemented later by vessels from the shipping board. An organized which was to give forth suffocating through continuing operations were service was completed unor poisonous gases. This action had still growing. There no longer re- der the control of our quartermasto reas mained any doubt Russia's ter department and later transcreated a feeling of security fate, and It was consequently cer- ferred to the transportation departgarding such a possibility. on' to that ment. Although the coal question the tain that German troops Germany had subscribed agreement, and when her armies front would be released for service became more or less critical at vaIn west the circumand Under the became rious times, In the main we were disregarded this pledge the first to use gas shells, the Im- stances the tired allied peoples fairly well supplied. rumors. was now had were that they easily Influenced by pression thrown every consideration of huThe pope's proposal. Issued an CHAPTER XVI to the winds. manity learned that, despite my August, started some talk of peace, Having forced the This action by enemy but as it failed to condemn Ger- recommendations, little or no attenthe Allies to adopt this wenpon man's violation of treaties and her tion was being given at home to the themselves as a matter of inhumane submarine warfare the of teaching our men the From that time on the em- note did not make a favorable Im- Importance use of the rifle. It seemed necescommon of became to gas ployment pression on the allies. In fact, it sary again to emphasize my views, all combatants. was criticized In terms that were especially after further knowledge The use of gns In warfare pre- not at all moderate. The various of Its neglect in allied armies. sented an entirely new problem to replies from the different governThe Infantry soldier, well trained us, and the organization 'of a serv- ments did, however, arouse some In stealthy approach and In the art ice to handle It demanded Immedicover, makes a small tarhope, which was altogether unwar- of ate attention. The first plan of the ranted by the real attitude of the get taking and, if an expert rifleman, there War department provided that the belligerent powers on either side. Is nothing that can take bis place engineers should devise and hnndle on the battlefield. Visits Artillery School. the mechanical features and the "Specialties of trench warfare at The military post of I.e Valda-hon- , medical department the chemical, home," I cabled Washington, Sepnear the Swiss border, used tember but this soon proved to be imprac24, 1917. "should not be altical and It became evident that, as by us as a school for our field ar- lowed to interfere with rifle prae- was several one of which tillery, we had maintained at the beginkindly set apart for Amerning, a separate service would be had been parts of France. necessary. Meanwhile application icans In different was made for a complete chemi- The others were at Costquldan cal laboratory to be shipped to and Meucon, near St. Nazalre. and" v France for use mainly In Investi- nt Souge and La Corneau. near Borand also at Monfmorillon, gation as supplementary to similar deaux, Snumur and Angers, with a school work in the states. for heavy artillery at Mallly, southGas Service Established. east of Ithelms. conConsiderable Information The school nt Valdahon was then cerning gases and the organization under the direction of Brigadier of gas troops had been gathered hv fieneral March, an energetic and my staff, and on August 18 Lieut. alert commander. At the time of Col. Amos A. Fries was designated my visit the Fifth, Sixth and Sevv 1 ' 1 as chief of the gas service, lie en! !i regiments, comprising the field seme further Investleatlon of artillery brigade of the First dl made the subject in the British and vision, were there for training. ' k I s-- p French armies, and as a result an As to the signal corps and Its order Issued September 3 estab' Colonel Russell, before t , lished a department known at that progress. leaving Washington, had ordered a time as the gas service. consignment of material for v Experiments were at once beguu large telegraph and telephone servto discover new gases and devise both so far none had been rebut ices, In mnsks. To gas Improvements except what was sent with save tonnage and avoid the dangers ceived on the Baltic. Finding it necesef explosion in transit. It was de- us to establish our own service cided, after consultation with the sary In Paris, where the city system was allied services, to request the ship- almost useless, we were fortunately ment from the States of the once to obtain enough maand manufacture the able atfor the purpose in England chemical products In France. After terial and France. thorough tests of different types of Telephone Girl on the Job. Pershing and Joftre. gas masks we adopted the box reThe signal corps had, of course, spirator used by the British, and a nor with Intensive preliminary preliminary purchase of 100.000 was to anticipate the communications tlce made to meet Immediate demands necessary In battle. Therefore defl training in our schools of soldier, nlte decisions were required some company and battalion." for training. Americans Retain Jurisdiction. With the development of trench time In advance as to spheres of tactical operations. Tons of material, most special weapons and My diary notes the following: methods of defense, never bad the of which, except wire, was obtained Chaumont, Wednesday, Sept. offensive been more costly In hu In France, and any amount of la 26. 1917. The French agree man life than In this war. The In bor was used in the actual instalthat we should retain exclusive genuity of the allies was put to lation. The main telephone and Jurisdiction over American solthe test to devise new engines ef telegraph lines in proximity to the diers in France. war that would make the attack actual battle area were, when pracChief of ordnance at Washticable, laid underground to prepossible without excessive losses. ington delays storelcuse conWhile the tank, which was simply vent destruction. struction by requesting views an armored caterpillar traction mo-to- r One of the crying needs when we of French commissioner recar, was favored by many off- once began to use our own lines garding our necessities. Have again cabled relative icers aa an aid to advancing In- was for experienced operators. Into carclcsHness and delay In fantry, this opinion was by no stead of trying to train men of the means unanimous. Our Investiga- signal corps I requested thnt a loading of transports. The War department had brought tions, however, led to the conclu- number of experienced telephone sions that we should accept allied girls who could speak French be up the question of civil Jurisdiction MJ Antrlita served, Including tha CHAPTER XIV Continued. As aviation wua in nu sense a logical branch of the signal corps tlie J la aU by tha Ntwipf Alliance. WorU Mtg Gem. J&Fiwi . JPev&iiiMg? cross-chann- Sally Sez h over the members of our forces In Frame and had Inquired regarding the attitude of the French. My Judge advocate, Col. W, A. Bethel, presented our opinion to the French authorities, which was thnt according to the principles of International law, and In view of the conditions under which the American army was serving In France, its members should not be subject to criminal prosecution In French courts but should be answerable only to our own military A penny for your thoughts." "I was thinking of what papa aid that you hadn't a penny la the world." LOVED DEVOTEDLY tribunals. This view was readily accepted by the French, and very properly the Jurisdiction over eur forces, both civil and military, remained In our Trying to run an industry without local support Is Ukt e playing tennis with no strings in your racket. Intermountain industries need your support. hands. "Great Confusion at Home." There was ample evidence of great confusion at home due to lack even In of efficient supervision, New York harbor, where experts should have been easy to find. Ships were seldom loaded to their full capacity; supplies greatly needed were often left behind ; nonessentials were being sent over; many things wers broken due to careless loading; troops were often hipped to one port and their equipment to another. The Washington bureaus often followed blindly some supply table perhaps drawn up under a former regime by an antiquated desk soldier long since retired and forgotten. As an illustration, I recall a bill of lading from one of our transports that was presented to me about thla time as a curiosity. It listed a number of articles quite useless to an army In the field and provoked the following cable: Recom"For all departments. mend no further shipments be made of following articles . . . bath bricks, bookcases, bathtubs, cabinets for blanks, chairs except folding chairs, cuspidors, office desks, floor wax, hose except fire hose, stepladders, lawn mowers, refrigerators, safes except Iron field safes, settees, sickles, stools, window shades. Furthei stop orders will follow soon." We were both at depots and along the line of communications, in all classes of labor that should have been sent over The quartermaster long before. corps In France was seriously handicapped In handling, caring for and Issuing Its stores and supplies. The need for stevedores had become most urgent. Combat troops were still being used to unload cargo and much time was wasted by the use of labor that was entirely unsuitable for this sort of work through lack of experience. Line Training for First Division. My diary notes the following: Chaumont, Thursday, Oct 4, 1917. Gen. de Castelnau called Tuesday to discuss entry of First division in the line. Witnessed attack maneuver of the division yesterday and conducted critique. Ambassador Sharp came today with Mr. Joseph Iteinach for a visit and had lunch with us. Have cabled appeal for officers fitted for general staff. The French, always solicitous regarding the progress of our training, were anxious that our most advanced American unit take Its place In a quiet sector, for the experience. The main reason they advanced for suggesting front-lin- e training at this time, with which I fully agreed, was that It would give new encouragement to their armies and through them to the people. The First division Itself was keen to take a more active part and was soon to have the opportunity This division had been billeted In the training area since July 15 and had begnn to show the excellent effects of the system of trainAt the ing we had prescribed. maneuver which I attended the officers handled their units with considerable skill, particularly Capt. F. H. Burr, who conducted an attack with his battalion of the Twenty-eightregiment, and MaJ. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., who did a similar problem with his battalion of the Twenty-sixtregiment. Pleased With Efficiency. At the division school the bayonet exercises, special target practice, firing with trench mortars, and other trench training were well carried out. I returned much pleased with the evidences of efficiency In this organization, which ww later to become famous among the armies on the western front. My dairy says: Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 1917. 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