Show C h 1 M 0 E I 1 P aa M PY oil AM ahr ea G F 1931 la ll tri by the north alnert by i general aaa a N ap pp allane All lne world reer cli K including the ilia fuw liola 1 ff at or 1 in art td CHAPTER continued A final derision decision cannot be arnada on 10 tant will evl evi doady depend iipp n the degree of in of 0 the units uniti in the crisis that thata actual confronts the allied ar it Is effectives that we lack the employing these thes units Is a question to he be handled in due course anil anti according to their ell efficiency pershing ifould like to have hare the CO conditions irions aider wilch these units ore to ao he bc e determined now and bandito ildr fl te fame t alnie during which the brigades will be used separately pach make your proposition on that subject i c 7 A 1 I iery eipl the details of the oystein aliat was being foll followed owed where I 1 our flu divisions were in with the french and the plan agreed upon with the he british I 1 added that it was fully that if an emergency emergence shoula choul arise while our troops were in training they would go into battle ns as bof tho divisions with which they ere serving j t pershing refuses t to C consent 06 general thed lien said e i 1 I 1 do not doubt the excellence of the method but in tile the crisis through which we are 1 l return to the decision of the suil sueme teme avar war dow councel fell and I 1 ask you to 0 o transport during may june bild and july only infantry nad machine gun units will yu you tousnt nt pershing no ko I 1 do not consent 1 propose for one month to ship noth ing but infantry and machine gun units and after that tile the other arms and service of tile tie rear troops to correspond foch if you son adopt the plan I 1 propose you would ps july 31 GO 1000 more lgon ry ile id i nd d fast hav that i you would furni alk the artillery lind even artillery ined joined with our infantry to complete our not consent to transport trans our artillery personnel along with our infantry i focal 1 I at that it frh tile e ip in fentry of willell we ne have t the lie greatest ilee il tit at this time tarn 6 1 would like to have general miss tell us the considerations erat ions which led to the decision taken by the supreme wai artar council coanell at versailles jes fth 1311 8 ss die note becom rounded to tilted spates to send pend only infantry until the war council should give instructions to the contrary the of the united states li iii conformity witt with tills this note and tile the re 0 aimen dation of secretary 1 leaker consented to this plan ping As far its as the employment of front Is concerned the aue flue atlon soa sou 4 ill b de elded by gebera Geu cudrat era il n according to agree in en t w etli tale lie boint chief to whose army attached foch fea feat feats ts s pershing 24 1 l liae he bh beeh discussing tills question df 1 ng our dalti for ali alg e ludt fait atit wis first ml with th genefa bl 1 al ald then ditth the met lLod alfed upon lends leads naturally to uie formation of consal Goi joyal said he ahe nashed 0 fo o set see deflin me flin constituted fina and an wn Aner erad can HY aan n ns s large larga as I 1 e blit the mhd poliy po acy he was was wood hie made it 1 to biliti ff trman ail american army K ever con v ti I 1 do nat forget that we ft e are in i aard battle tf we p do 6 p ott ot apke 6 va to to present ipe t ni th the ter 1 1 I s present the americana i te arrhe liiPa nc 0 blid th the e clr ih into the aea 9 a alid the Pl alerich erich driven hick hack be hand bind die tries in vain A to ia lost cst fields over of di nahed Roul lers 11 i he was assured tai jt as fully fulli understood that 64 if on ah eme agn ci should arise while oui ou aioo troops pa we ve rvin re in training vitti ith ae alie nh or fr french eiichi they w into the battle nol and do their bArt bartet Ft I 1 then 11 en gave g ave him uie the num berstl bers 66 tb during may alay and told him that it had fiad been agreed be twee the brush and olirs ourselves elves to consider the question for june jun lot later e 17 I 1 informed him that hiie ati e BrItis ii ship ping now thought it tg s p 1 ossI lile the next three to td transport tp tprrance france moll meri our troops sur surprised rosed with reference to ao the fhe lerman attack at oti ori the twenty besth dl esron the nt glikos april 2021 mentioned at the beginning of tills this chapter that point was the focus of a german raid covering a three kilo front extending west from the bols bois de Reni leres it came during a heavy fog and wa a complete sur prise thour to our troops coops who aho were consid erable putnum outnumbered hered seli bearey was taken by the en hiyi but co olier atlon was re cs tile the dl di vision hanif and the original front was re r e the collim following frig city in this altair we lost one officer so 80 enli enlisted sied men il officers enlisted men noun wounded ded 1 30 1 officers enlisted nien men ga assed ana five enlisted iuen missing lidd pris boners j the losses of the enemy in killed and wounded were re reported as even greater it CHAPTER the ques question lion of ti the ie shipment of american Ani erhan coops roo ps fin and d 0 particularly p aly their to th the e allied a ti armies had assumed very g great r cat importance e la in the fhe of the allied lenders leaders accordingly a of tho the supreme u war v ar council ans called at ab beville max alaj 1 1918 and premier cie opened opeal the meeting by referring forthwith to the previous yei rey of the coun councile cila representatives as to the disposition of Amerl american hn troops the military representatives he I 1 began expressed the opinion JA in their joint note 0 o 18 that only infantry rind machine gun units sll sli bult be sent to fo for the present since then the agreement between lord lord alliner and general pershing pel string signed at london april aaril 24 1918 abas has intervened this agreement agie ement makes a I 1 change i 1 I had been understood at ver s sullis illos ii that america would send 1 ain anen en per month which the beach rj en ch and band english armies would share equi equally tIly under the milner pershing agreement it appears none go to france the french have not been consulted we might suppose that in compensation the american troops arriving in june would be given to france but it now appe appel irs rs they are also to ta join tile the british P I 1 wish to protest that that tills this Is not satisfactory 1 I htiu not discussing the figure of bf men mein I 1 am prepared to accept that these nien men go to the british in may I 1 am asking to receive e the sime same number of troops in june there are close to americans in france nt present he divisions or men maz can be ne considered ng C combatants that flint Is not a satis factory proportion I 1 allner defends agreement lord allner arose iauch incensed at al statement he considered quite unjust al clemenceau has bris intimated 11 lie he asserted that there was as something cilous about the londott london agree I 1 I 1 R J 7 1 ly U i I 1 balloon baser observer V r aloft went I 1 believe that an explanation Is necessary he appears to believe that the agreement we ve signed Is a reveral ra veral of the supreme war ar col inells dec lQ cllon dpn I 1 biow k n 0 v 0 only of ft a joint joiret note noie e 1 0 iund the reco nimen lations of e tail y representatives represent atles but it Is of dr no value without the apar approval oval ot of the governments besides al clemenceau seems to be under tle impression that half of tile the american troops ware were to go to france and the other oilier half to eng 1 do not recollect any such dec jaah all that fershing ln 6 and I 1 have urged Is that infantry and inse machine liffie bunners gunners should be sent to 1 V trance we tia had d no in Intent loti of de france of anny a Amb american rican troops 11 I 1 do di pot not inq know that anything has haa been said regarding thear allotment on arrival in ili france we simps 1 IY fo baiten their coming upholds independence dependence Ih in waking tl tle e agreement etli lord I 1 interposed T 1 trod in mind t bringing troops us as rapidly as possible tp ineat the existing sittia tion hon lord alliner ls Is bilte correct in iq Stott ng blat theme alier was vas no agree anent afo the allo allorah cation or of american americo co troops elthier the or french armies ar niles there Is no agree ment between my government and else that a single american soldier shall tie be sent to either the british or french there Is in existence an agreement between ur mr lloyd gaorge U eorge till HIKI myself thai six divisions should be brought to france al clemenceau will remember that I 1 spoke to him gibout goina to london to arrange for th tho ent of american troops to arance and that he approved because it would expedite their arrival I 1 also spoke to general genera petain it clemenceau Is insistent 11 clemenceau remembered my of it but disregarding his p pi eklous approval continued his objections shying we hav haive e been informed that thai roth poth ing ne lind been hicri dp ad don on of at Vor sallies but som gibing has been decided on at Lo cotillon tillon and emalice Er I 1 ranee alice was closely con lap chimed ed la in this j it was decided that six division div islonA should go to tile the british will enot not arg argue ae about that sw p announce to us tia artillery for the month of fline june I 1 where fournie fourn re in alliance two of bf bierd t act independently nothing lids lias been provided for prance france introne Int in june JOne the ilie ali appointment of general foch as commander in 11 C f Is r not ot a mare m re decoration tills toils post involves grove grave responsibilities he must leei meet the P present situation itu lie he blust provide for the future 1 l accept what hns has been done for billy amt biffl I 1 wint want to know what Is in tended for june AL M pid ald tile the french finia tia not received certain specialists they had naked for and also quoted faolu th the conversation I 1 had held with general foch Fac lOwith altti reference refe renie to gen dirig over troops in may and june I 1 mr Llo lloyd george dGeorge then said 1 I 1 am of 51 Clemence aus opinion the interests of the al allies lies are we ne must not lose sight of that thai othey otherwise vise tile the unity of command has no ine meaning aning we must consider what Is best for tile the common cause what Is the situation tody today the british army has had heavy fighting figo and has suffered heavy losses all available drafts have been sent to france and we shall send all who tire are available in tiny may and june this hils would be tile the edse case even if all the americans who in europe during these r months should be as signed to the british army at present certain british divisions shave have been so severely handled that they cannot be reconstituted reconstitute general geneal will remember the num her ber yes ten roch foch answered As we cannot again put them thein in line mr lloyd llod george continued they must be replaced by new n w units the hie germans are now mow fighting with tile the object of nf using I 1 junour s if they tan call do tills this without t et hau haisting sting ti beir own r reserves so vs thep the will sometime sometime I 1 deal t us ti gitl ablow blow which e shall ap be able vo parry in ti this M I 1 suggest thit thai the decision for the th e odthe Ameri american call trollis tor for june bp be tal taken en up when that month arria arrives es in iii may in fact either of our two armies may be hard pressed that Is the one 0 ne which should be re enforced it Is not desirable now to decide howl how troops arriving arr IvInd in june jube should be allotted 1 Fo chAlso cites frances need to vils toils fochi fobb replied ed it la undeniable that the british army armais arm Is now dow exhausted so go let it receive immediately enforcement re in ili may but lately the french have had grave losses notably tit at dier and both during the last few days daks have been bee n fighting shoulder to fc houlder so american aid la is now needed almost ns much for france as for great Bilt britain bilanin nin above this question of aid to t the french or to the british la is aid to the allies we fire are agreed that the american Ameil can army Is to re enforce the british army tit at once in ili june we too shall need infantry and malchine gun gull units so let uil u make the agreement for june nt once by saving tile the some same shipment of infantry and machine gunk guns as for may if there Is tonnage available we shall devote it after that to the elements necessary nef essaiy tor for filling up the american divisions I 1 fim am sure tant general pershing with ills his gehe generosity rosity and his breadth of view iyall grant the he fairness of tills view blew and annd will extend for june the agreement decided upon for may whereupon mr air lloyd george gave agnie support ortto to the principle saying basing tant british recruits would not be avail able until au august and he understood it was vias the same for Fri france ince when noth both would be able to furnish their own recruits he then asked chrit the may program he extended over oer june in al Clemenc clemenceau enu joined pershing insists oh on own army in reply I 1 said 1 I do not suppose that we are to under strind chilt the american army Is to to he be entire entirely lS at th the disposal of the french and british commands M clemenceau lenience said unit of course this was not the intention continuing I 1 said speaking for my and myself I 1 must insist upon alir dinten doir ta have hae our own on army tile the principle of unity of command must prevail in our army it t mastbe 1 coin under under its own oa I 1 should 11 like he to have a date used fixed when chisa will ab be realized 11 1 should lile like to mn make ke it clear that fill all amerlean Amer Amet loin lean troops are not hot to be with the british ai as there are he divIs divisions lons with tile french now and there will mill be two more in a short time As to tile the extension of the may agreement to ao june I 1 um mn not prepared prep ired to it the troops arriving in ili june will not be aval bible for tile front before tile the end of baly ji ly orthe nr the middle of so we lue bave the whole month of mily mn i allward lievore de deciding eldIng will whether ther tin HI Is likely to arise in june I 1 inive ex tit r fprd enri lb herx foch why I 1 do nut not wish to the american army so long la in advance an e it 11 need he be I 1 shall recommend the extension into june I 1 con toe no reason for it now CHAPTER 1 I vim am commander in c cliplef I 1 ilef of thi th allied armies in france said bald general foch an and dayn my appointment ap pp I 1 has bas basteen been sanctioned by the s signature Ig nature not only 0 of the british and french govern dpn leuta fai but also by the president of the onfred stages hence I 1 believe myself in a position to insist there Is a program signed by lord and general pershing at lon don i ask to be made a party to tills this arrangement since america has given give me the strategic direction of tile the war or else I 1 have no reason for holding the position so I 1 ask that an agreement be made this evening among lord tillner general pershing and myself extending to june what has been da on for may 1 I cannot forget the responsibilities weighing ingon on tile me because of the fact ahn that the allied governments have in trusted to me the of opera alons in in france of 01 course till nil present knew that no authority to dictate regarding such in titters matters had been conferred upon apoi him and his remarks only showed that the tha allies were ready to go to almost lilly any length to carry cairy their p point clemenceau Clemenc cau makes plea premier clemenceau then said he agreed with gelerak general foci and favored an american |