Show fpx X WE AL id za 0 cloy y 0 f t 0 1931 in all cow atri by the north A merl amerl iffy dai general r 0 appe j tp 11 alliance AIH world 1 l right rh ca rodj ej pe P flodin 91 0 in a whal ahola john X of ahe ow iju dills ji wN arvic lab 1 part JK r W B w 1 continued f R decision slon cannot be alii A that guill subject piu the that degree will of evi in 1 the units in tile crisis the allied confronts chapp efly that we lack bew is effect lyes these units f 11 adso in 0 due be T atlo t to 0 3 to their ell effi it erm fi ad according Is daib fa iB abi k 1 1 would like to t have the if tt g under onder vv which aich these units employed determined now B e the he taille luring darlng w which illch the lie brigades will be used R and ake your proposition on act ex plaine d the details of tile the jp list was being followed where bolls were in training with adi ell and the plan agreed upon M british I 1 added that lt it wits iler Jer stood hint if an 1111 emergency len 1 rise while our ir troops were in le ie ih kathey kB they would agn K into battle ns na with wall which tile they divisions of III if the Q vang I 1 ITS halg refuses to congeni Con consent seni 25 akl le foch file lien riot doubt the excellence of the 11 r fbi hod hut but in tile crisis albrough vart abre A are bussing I 1 return ti it the ire if ot of the supreme war eo council unell 13 1 akst ask you to transport during 0 ahne ne and july only infantry find and argun gun un units its will you cons consent ent ing no I 1 do not consent I 1 i ba B for oue one month to ship noth ceil ft t infantry and machine gun d hadd nd after that tile the other arms arias leet office wf fice vice of the rear troops to carvile Is lB laif if you adopt the plan I 1 pro ml aiba 11 would have by july 31 lok re Ameri american cit infantry in i ieng you said just now that fa r uld furnish the artillery and i it yme which would be of if gitil our oar infantry to complete lg ismons then why not consent ig li lifis port our artillery personnel he ath our infantry lirt bab I 1 repeat that it ts is the in of which we have the greatest J A this time I 1 would like to ref 1 beneral bliss tell us tile the consid lie a which led to the decision ik by the supreme war council at I 1 falca lies s the collective note becom rd d to the united states to send 1 infantry nf antry until the war 1 should give instructions to the ilk ry the government gov emment of the 1 states estates in conformity with this r ind had with the recommendation of 11 ary baker consented to this As ag far as the employment of nils on the front Is concerned should be decided by al pershing recording according to agree with the commander lit in chief to i army they may be attached foch fears disaster bing I 1 have been discussing it tu fuestion estion of training our units for ast eight months first with gen r petain and then with Al marshal arshal the method agreed upon leads ids ally to the formation of consal divisions leral roch foci said he wished to see isee lean can divisions constituted and american army formed as large ol isible but the policy he bd was advocating would have made it to form an american army arroy ut t serious delay it ever cong he hegi said ild ut do d not forget that we are tn in edit of a hard bard battle if we do take fe steps to prevent the diens ch Is threatened at present the lean army may arrive in france nd the british pushed into the and d the french driven back be 1 the loire while it tries to in vain alze on lost battle fields avei paves graves of allied soldiers P was as assured that it was fully matood that it if an emergency r id arise while our troops were in fig S with the british or french would id go into the battle and do r part I 1 then gave him the num P to be shipped during may alay and F mm hill that it had been agreed be the british and ourselves to er the question tor for june later for lied him that the british ship now thought it would possible n within the next three fios to transport to franco france lh our troops th reference to the german at k at t th h eche prey on the twenty division th the a night of april 20 2021 21 kt ra at the beginning g of this tier K that point wits was the focus s of f a sar mal raid covering a three kili er front tending extending west from tile the a de Rein feres rt it came darlne a ltv 71 fo unit was a complete our bur so e to tn owr our troops tops who alv were consid bl Y outnumbered was arel en by h tile 18 but bul operation cooperation co 11 re tabi L b shed throughout hout the dl di oil find tile original front was re an fn lured ared on otha the following day 11 this affair we lost one officer enlisted isted sian men anen kaled 11 W 0 3 men ea wo wounded wound cd 30 off officers leers ass s led r anen gassed Easse 1 and add five oln cers enlisted 1 rs men missing and pris he tan 6 t of the ezy in killed and wounded were reported us as ru run n greater CHAPTER the question of the shipment of american troops find their allotment to tile stilled had assumed very grout great in uie tile minds tit of tile the allied lenders accordingly a session of the supreme counell council wits rolled called tit IL all ah bevelle alay div 1 1018 und find premier cle CIL mendean menee iiii opened the meeting liy fly referring forthwith to tile previous rec of the councils us fig to tile alie disposition als 0 of I 1 ann troops ro olis tile the military representatives lie he begun began ased the tie ili ID their joint note no 18 only lit in flintro and KII guit units kills should ili uld be sent to france for the present since then the nare ement between lord find le beneral pershing signed at Lond bondon april 24 1018 tins has intervened tills this makes a chonge ill it luul had been understood nt at ver er sallies that alint A america would mould send men inen per which lil tile the french nod anniles would share under tile the Ilert lil it appends none go to france the french have not been consulted we might suppose that in compensation the Amp american rican troops ur rIvIng in june would he be rive given to france but it now appears they tire are also to join the alie british I 1 wish sli to protest that this Is not satisfactory 11 1 I am not discussing the figure of mon men I 1 am prepared to accept that these men go to the british in may allay I 1 am asking to receive the same number of troops in june there are close to americans americana in france at present hut but only live five divisions or about men can be considered as combatants that Is not a satisfactory apropo proportion artion milner defends agreement lord hillner arose much incensed at at Clemence aus statement which he considered quite unjust at al clemenceau has intimated tie he asserted that there wits was something mysterious about life london agree TY 4 I 1 balloon observer aloft ment I 1 believe that fin an explanation la Is necessary ue be appears to believe that the agreement we signed Is a 11 reversal of the supreme war councils decision I 1 know only of a joint note embodying the recommendations of the military representatives but it Is of no value without the approval of the governments besides at clemenceau seems to be under the impression that halt half of the american troops were to go to to france and the other half to england I 1 do not recollect any edeh decision casion all that general auener a I 1 pershing c and 1 I 1 I have urged Is 19 that infantry and machine gunners should be sent to france we had bad no intention of depriving france of any american troops 1 do not know that anything has been wd eald regarding their allotment on arrival 11 lo 10 france we simply wanted to haden their coming Pers hersking king upholds uphold independence in making tile the agreement with lord milner I 1 interposed 1 I had in mind bringing troops as rapidly its as possible to meet the existing situation lord beilner la Is quite lul te correct to in stating that there was no 89 agreement ree as to the allocation of amerl ameri con troops cither to the british or french armies there Is no agreement between my govern government ment and anybody else that a single american soldier dball be sent to elther cither the british or french there Is in existence an agre agreement ement between mr lloyd george and myself that six divisions should be brought to france al AI clemenceau will remember that I 1 spoke to him film about going to london to arrange for the shipment of american troops to france anil and that he approved approve d because their arrival 1 I also it would expedite spoke to fo general petain about it clemenceau Is insistent at Clemene clemenceau Clemenc cau remembered my speaking spes king of it but disregarding his bis objections continued his bis previous approval saying W we e hove have been in informed formed that noth ine had bad been decided on at versailles 1 ml but lias has been decided on nt fit lol ginlun l idoll and france 1 was closely con med in this it was decided that six sl should go gi to the british all I 1 will not argue about that you mu announce to us artillery for the month eilonth of june where here four tire in alliance two of them ONO cannot net independently nothing lias has been provided for or france in jutie june ahe the appointment of 0 general roch foch ns its in chief Is not a mere decor decoration atlon this post involves grave responsibilities I 1 I 1 ties lie fie caust meet the present lie roust must provide for or tile the future 1 I 1 accept what has been done for mii but I 1 want to know what ft hat isan la in tended for june M U suld said the french huil had not received certain specialists special lats they lind hild asked for and also quoted croul the conversation I 1 had find held with general foch with reference to sending over oer troops ili hi may alay and june mr lloyd llod jeorge george then bald 1 I ani am of st Clemence op opinion lulon the interests of tile the allies tire are identical we amuat must not lose sight of that otherwise the unity of command has no meaning we must consider what Is best for the common cause hill Is tile the situation today the british army has find heavy fighting und has suffered ered heavy losses all available lable drafts have been sent to france and we shall send nil all who are a tillable available in mity may find and june tills this would be the case even een if all the americans who arrive in europe during these mouths should bo be assigned to tile the british army at present certain british divisions have am e been so severely handled that they cannot be reconstituted general fochi will remember tile the number yes ton ten roch foch answered As we ve cannot again put them in line mr lloyd george continued they must be replaced by new units the germans fire now fighting with the object of using up our effectives if they can call do d this without exhausting hau sting their own reserves they will sometime deal us a blow which we shall not be able to parry in the meantime I 1 suggest vint the decision tor for the allotment of the american troops for june be taken up when that month arrives in slay may in fact elther either of our two armies may be hard pre pressed sRed that Is the one which should be re ire enforced it Is not desirable now to decide how troops arriving in juno should be allotted foch also cites frances need to this foch replied it Is undeniable lable that the british aminy Is now exhausted so let it receive immediately re enforcement in may alay but lately the french have had arave los tosses ses notably at dier and both during the last few days have been fighting shoulder to shoulder so american aid ald la Is now needed almost ns as much for france as for great britain above this question of old aid to the french or to the british Is aid to the allies we ve are agreed that the american army artely Is to re enforce the british army aminy at once tn 10 june we too shall need infantry and machine gun units so let us alike the agreement for june at once by saying the some shipment of infantry and machine guns gulls as for may if there Is tonnage available we shall devote it t after that to the elements necessary tor fo i filling up the american divisions 1 T ciro tant general T ciro tant general niu ani s alre ire that pershing with tila his generosity and lla his breadth of view will grant the fairness of this view and will extend for june the agreement decided upon for may whereupon hereupon mr air lloyd george gave support to tile the principle saying that british recruits would not be available until august and he understood for france when it was the same both would be able to furnish their own recruits he then asked that the stay may program b be e extended over june in which al clemenceau joined pershing perching insists on own army in reply I 1 said 1 I 1 do not suppose that we are to understand that the american army at the disposal of I 1 ig 8 to be entirely the french and british commands M clemenceau cald bald that of course this was not the intention continuing I 1 said speaking for my government and myself I 1 must insist upon our intention to have our own army the principle of unity of command must prevail in our army it must be complete under its own command I 1 should like to have a date fixed when this will be realized I 1 should tike like to make it clear that all american troops are not to be with the british as there are live divisions with the will be two french flow cow and there more to in a short time As to the extension of the may blay agreement to june I 1 am 00 not t prepared to accept it the troops arriving in june will n not ot be available for the front before ta the ie end of july or the middle of august augus I 1 so we have bave the whole month of may ahead before dec deciding idlIng whether an emergency lq li alky likely to arise in june jane I 1 have explained to lord miner and generva general foci foch why I 1 do not wish to coin mil tile the american aminy so long lit in advance it if need lie he I 1 shall recommend the extension into juno junce I 1 can see no reason for it now CHAPTER 1 I nin alit ider lit in chief of taw allied arinter in ili france said Gene general foch and my appointment has been sanctioned by the lie signature not only of if alio british mill find french governments but also by the president of tile the united St states ittes clience I 1 belleve myself in a position to insist there Is it 11 program signed by lord ellner and general Iler shIng nt at lonion london I 1 ask to be made a party to athla it Is arrangement since america has given ina the lie strategic direction of the war or else I 1 have nu no reason for or holding tile position so I 1 ask that fill an agreement bo be made tills this evening among lord general pershing and myself extending t e ing tu to june what has been decided on oil for may alay 1 I 1 cannot forget tile the response responsibilities bill I 1 ties weighing on tile me because of the fact that the milled allied governments have lit in trusted to tile me the direction of operations in france of course nil all present know that no authority to dictate regarding such matters lut berb lied had been conferred upon him find and his remarks only showed that tile the allies were ready to go to almost any ally length to carry their point clemenceau makes make plea premier clemenceau then said eald lie he agreed with general foch and favored an american army but that the germans were at villers and if the lines were broken there the enemy might quickly arrive under the walls of parts paris and liaison between the allied allfeld armies might have to bo be established on the loire or tf if tile the lines were pierced nt at hazebrouck the enemy could reach the sea what Is important for the morale of our soldiers lie he said Is not to tell them that the american soldiers are arriving but to show them that they have arrived in roy my opinion tile the plan proposed was entirely |