Show PERSHING'S RETIREMENT oo General John J. J Penning Pershing has has' been retired and d his salary decre decreased sed seval sevra sev- sev ra ral al thousand dollars His Hia base was cut from ann annually ally to and his allowance of has las been cut off In other words his Income has been reduced about one one- half lf Congress decreed decreed that he be from the active dropped list despite the he fact that he is ia still stilt keen in mind and nd body physically fit and has per per- haps hap laps the most farseeing military mind in the world When Geor George e Dewey received the rank of admiral his allowance based based bas bas- ed on this rank continued until the theay day ay of his death CoI Congress did not retire reI re- re I tire ire Dewey when he he reached the age are limit He In a a. a capacity of dignity on the General Boa Boar of the Navy Pershing's Pershing work In France earned for lor him a place among Americas America's im mortals He stands out as the builder build build- er of the greatest fighting force the nation ever put in the field It seems a piece of shortsightedness that a aman aman aman man of Pershing's ability should be dropped from the rolls rolls' merely because be be- because cause he has reached the age limit which rightfully y should prove no barto bar barto barto to active service Of course h can livon live liv on the salary of a retired officer but butt it t would h have v been a justifiable mark of respect to have continued him on the active list nominally at least |