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UOMt t?rlf11(7 after th confrane wai that of pootlnc allied anppllac l ezplalnad lt adrantagea and amphaalicd th aarlng- - In tonnaga that would re-au-lt Mr. Lloyd Georga and Mr. Or lunco did not commit themselraa entirely, but accepted It In prin-ciple, aa M. Uemencead had done, and each agreed to designate an officer with boslneea experience to meet with u at an early date to atudy the question. With thli beginning at least a atep bad been taken toward our objective, even though the prin-ciple might not be extended aa far as we thought desirable. A few days later M. Cleraenceau called a meeting la his office of the repre-sentatives, Cen. Sir Travera Clarke acting for the British and Col. Charles 0, Dawes for the Ameri-cans. CHAPTER XLl On the heels of all the clamor for nothing but Infantry and machine gunners I received a request from Marshal Halg, British commander, asking 10.000 artillerymen. Thla fully bore out a prediction I had cabled Washington that the allies would be asking artillerymen before long. It will be readily understood, however, that once the allies had tnnde a demand for Infantry and machine gunners they all Joined In concerted effort to bring It about regardless of what their real needs might be. . In reply,' I reminded Marshal Ilalg that the Abbeville agreement, giving priority to Infantry and mac-hine- gun shipments, would ptevent the arrival of our artillerymen for some time. . In fulfilling oar part In military CHAPTER VXXIX Continued Of course all present knew that no authority to dictate regarding auch matters had been conferred upon him and his remarks only showed that the allies were ready to go to almost any length to carry their point. Clemenceau Makes Plaa. Premier Clemenceau thpn sold he agreed with General Focli and fa-vored an Amerlcnn army, but that the Germans were at Vlllers-Bre-tonneu-and If the lines were broken there the enemy might qulckiy arrive under the walls of Tarts, and Unison between the al-lied armies might have to be es-tablished on the Loire, or If the lines were pierced at Hazebrouck the enemy could reach the sea. "What Is Important for the morale of our soldiers," he said, "Is not to tell them that the American soldiers are arriving but to show them that they have arrived." In my opinion the plan proposed waa entirely unsound, and I thought that the best and quickest way to help the allies would be to build un an American arm v. Mnra. Ing an American army In all Its details as rapidly as possible." "Can't Budge Him an Inch." At about this Juncture Lloyd George, M. Clemenceau and Premier Orlando of Italy, evidently becom-ing Impatient, walked Into the room. Mllner met Lloyd George at the door and aald In a stage whis-per behind his hand: "You can't budge him an Inch." Lloyd George then said: "Well, how Is the com-mittee getting along?" thereupon we all sat down and Lloyd George said to me: "Can't you see that the war will be lost unless we get this support?" which statement was echoed In turn by Clemenceau and Orlando. In fact, all five of the party attacked me with all the force and prestige of their high positions. But I bad already yielded to their demands as far as possible with-out disrupting the plans toward which we had been striving for over a year and a continuance of May shipments Into June, without and provision for transporting ar-tillery and auxiliary and service of American troops that they are obliged to distribute them among their own divisions. Tells of American Pride. "The American soldier is as proud as any other, and the time will soon come when our troops, as well as our government, will ask to fight as an autonomous army un-der the American high command. "I understand that In Prime Min-ister Lloyd George'a proposal we shall have to again examine the situation In June before deciding for July. "That Is all that I can agree to at present to show my desire for solidarity with the cause of the allies." .. Lloyd George bad previously taken up a revised program submit-ted by myself and after some dis-cussion he proposed that: "America gives ua 120,000 Infantry, men and machine gunners In May the same number In June, with a supplement of 60.00Q Infantrymen and machine gunnerrlf we 'scrape together' the tonnage to transport them." uj'l" irwjja, cuuiu noi ue gran tea without making It practically Impos-sible In the future to have an Amer-ican army. After I had gone over the whole situation again and stated my po-sition, they still Insisted, where-upon I struck the table with my fist and said with the greatest pos-sible emphasis, "Gentlemen, I have thought this program over deliber-ately and will not be coerced." This ended the discussion In com-mittee and when the council recon- - over, the Implied presumption that the council might dictate to us either as council or through the allied commander In chief In the arbitrary manner Indicated set me more firmly than ever against American units serving In allied armies. The day's discussion made It quite clear that both allies In-tended to get commitment to the ' proposed schedule as far Into the future as possible. Saw Pershing Opposing Wilton. A telegram sent by the British secretary of state for foreign af-fairs April 8, 1018, to Lord Bead-ing, British ambassador at Wash-ington, aald: "It Is evident from the brief ac-count of the conversation that Gen-eral Pershing's views are absolute-ly Inconsistent with the broad pol-icy which we believe the Presi-dent has accepted. The main dif-ference, of course, Is that we Inter-pret It as meaning that 480,000 In-fantry and machine guns are to be brigaded with French and British troops In the cue' of four months. General Pershing admits no such obligation and does not conceal the fact that be disap-proves of the policy. "A second and minor difference In that, while the British govern-ment quite agrees aa to the pro-priety of oltimately withdrawing American troops brigaded with the French and British so at to form an American army, they do not think thla process could or ought to be attempted until the end of the season for active operations this year draws to Its close; say, In October or November. "I am unwilling to embarrass lie iurcner proposea mai me sit-uation be examined again In June before deciding whether there was reason to extend to July the pro-gram decided upon for May and June. lie then called on the coun-cil to accept his plan. Inasmuch as the proposal sub-mitted by Lloyd George contem-plated the shipment of the num-bers mentioned In British tonnage, leaving American shipping entirely free for us to use as we should decide, an agreement was soon reached, substantially as set forth In the following cablegram to the secretary of war: "Following agreement adopted by supreme war council May 2 at Abbeville. Will cable more In de-tail later. 'It Is the opinion of the supreme war council that, to carry the war to a successful con-clusion, an American army should be formed as early as possible un-der Its own commander and under Its own flag.' (Then it was thought the war would run to 1919.) "In order to meet the present emergency It Is agreed that Ameri-can troops should be brought to France as rapidly as allied trans-portation facilities will permit, and that as far as consistent with the necessity of building np an Ameri-can anny preference to be given to Infantry and machine-gu-n units for training and service with French and British armies; with the un-derstanding that such Infantry and machine-gu- n units are to be with-drawn and united with their own artillery and auxiliary troops Into divisions and corps at the discre-tion of the American commander In chief after consultation with the nv iibu aircauy guuv far beyond the mere recognition of the principle of unity of command and had begun to bring over hun-dreds of thousands of men almost regardless of the organizations to which they; belonged, that thej might be available In the event of extreme necessity. Inspects Second Division. It was my custom throughout the war, as both a duty and a pleasure, to visit the troops as frequently aa possible to keep In touch with the state of efficiency and the morale of officers and men. As Bundy'a I Second division, with Elarbord and EL M. Lewis aa brigade command-ers, was leaving the quiet sector south of Verdun en route to the billeting and training area to fin-ish preparation for battle, the mo-ment was opportune to make a brief Inspection. I had an oppor-tunity to talk with a number of the officers In command of smaller, units. I especially discussed the question of supply with officers charged with that duty. I visited Harbord's brigade of marines and found those I Inspected In good shape and their billets well kept. The troops of the division that were seen on the march, espe-cially the trains, did not look so well. In an army like ours the care of animals la difficult to teach. Crulkshank's artillery looked well. The "entraining aa Ancemont waa carried out tn an orderly and sys-tematic manner. General Rlondlat, In whose corps the Second had been serving, spoke very highly of the troops. The fa-vorable Impression obtained of this unit was very soon to be confirmed feJJ A. E. F. Phone Girls. vened M. Clemenceau atated that the question of American troops would be taken up again on the followlna dav. commander in chief of the allied armies in France. "It Is also agreed that during May preference should be given to the transportation of Infantry and machine-gu- units of six divisions, and that any excess tonnage shall be devoted to bringing over such troops as may be determined by the American commander In chief. June Shipment Up to Pershing. "It la further agreed that this program shall be continued during June upon condition that the Brit-ish government shall furnish trans-portation for a minimum of 130,000 men in May and 150,000 men In June, with the understanding that the first six divisions of infantry shall go to the British for training and service, and that troops sent over In June shall be allocated for train-ing and service as the American commander In chief may deter-mine. "It Is also further agreed that If the British government shall i nn me uuiueueiu, wnere us aiscin-gllshe- d service was to make Its name Immortal. Frequently Had Guest. During the first few months at Chaumont I occupied quarters In the town, but later M. de Rouvre placed at my disposal his beauti-ful chateau some three kilometers away. My headquarters mess was limited to the few officers with whom I was most intimately asso-ciated and consisted of my personal aids, the chief of staff, and one or two others. Nearly always there were a few guests at meals invited from among the visitors, both French and American, who came to headquarters. Officers from French general headquarters were frequent guests and we were always glad to bave them. As a rule there was a ban on everything in the way of shop talk and the rule waa rarely broken and then only when we had special guests seeking enlightenment or In- - the President, who has shown such a firm grasp of the situation, with criticisms of his officers. But the difference of opinion Is so funda-mental and touches so nearly the Issues of the whole war that we are bound to have the matter cleared up." At M. Clemenceau's suggestion the meeting of the council was ad-journed at this point that Foch, Lord Mllner and I might meet and examine the question and see If aome agreement could not be reached. Whereupon we repaired to an adjoining room and went over the whole subject again. My proposal was more liberal than the circumstances or my own views on the subject really war-ranted. It conceded priority for a limited number of the Infantry and machine-gu-n units, but generally It contemplated the shipment of ar-tillery for divisions and corps and railway troops, mechanics and la-bor troops for the service of the rear, all of which were badly needed. It was the distinct understand-ing, however, as already promised by Foch, that If we would consent to make concessions as to Infantry and machine-gu- n nnlts the French would help os out with artillery when the time came to form an American army. But, of course, they could not furnish men for other services, nor for the aervtces of supply, without which we could not function as an army. Others Insist on Program. . When we met Mllner, and espe-cially Foch, Insisted that the war would be lost unless their program was carried out. I repeated the already presented to the council and added that I fully real-ized the military emergency, but did not think that the plan to bring over untrained units to fight under When the council met for the aft-ernoon session of the second day the discussion of shipments of American personnel waa at once resumed. General Foch spoke at length, repeating previous argu-ments and giving a rather grandi-ose dissertation of the allied situ-ation and the dire . things that would happen unless the Americans agreed to the proposal of the coun-cil. Lloyd George'a Challenge. Mr. Lloyd George in turn spoke at some length. He asserted that the Germans hoped to use up the British and French reserves before their own were exhausted, and that the British had already called up nearly 7,000,000 men for their army and navy and had ex-tended their age limits to all men between eighteen and fifty years of age. "If the United Statea does not come to our aid," he said, "then per-haps the enemy's calculations will be correct If France and Great Britain should have to yield this defeat would be honorable, for they would have fought to their last man, while the United States would have to stop without having put Into line more than little Belgium." Possibly realizing the unfairness of the comparison he quickly went on to say that he was sure I was doing my best to meet the emer-gency, and that: "General Pershing desires that the aid brought to us by America should not be Incompatible with the creation of the American army as rapidly as possible. "I, too, am counting on the ex-istence of that army and I am counting on it this very year to deal the enemy the final blow. But to do that the allies will have to hold out until August" Capture of Cantigrty II A n "v bylstDlvision.May28ja8 1 f Front Lines vicA T formation regarding our policies and activities. There was one subject that would always start a discussion, and that was the relative value of the dif-ferent arms, each being represent-ed by at least one officer. Rotation In office waa early adopted aa a principle to be ap-plied to the staff In general, and although It was never possible fully to carry It oat most of the officers of my staff got their chance at a tour with combat troops. .Major Collins and Major Shallenberger, two of the aids who went with me to France, were the first to go to other duty, being replaced by Ma-jor Quekemeyer and Major Bow-ditc- h. Colonel Boyd, who Joined me as aid shortly after my arrival In France, remained throughout the war. (TO BB CONTINUED. British and French commands would either relieve the altuatlon or end the war. I pointed out that regardless of the depressing conditions and the very urgent need of men y the al-lies, their plan was not practicable, and that even If sound In principle there was not time enough to pre--1 pare our men aa Individuals for efficient service under a new sys-- tem, with the strange surroundings to he found In a foreign army. Here Foch said : "You are willing to risk our being driven back to the Loire?" I said : 'Tea, I am willing to take the risk. "Moreover, the time may come - when the American army will have to stand the brunt of thla war, and It la not wise to fritter away our resources In this manner. The morale of the British, French and Italian armies la low, while as you know, that of tht. American army Is very high, and It would be a grave mistake to give np the Idea of build- - CHAPTPER XL "Speaking In the name of the American army and In the name of the American people," I told the supreme war council during the sec-ond day of its session at Abbeville, May 2, 1018, "I want you to realize that we are ready to bear as large a part as possible of the burden of the war. We all want the same thing, but our means of attaining It U different from yours. "America declared war independ-ently of the allies, and she must face it as soon as possible with a powerful army. There is one capi-tal point to which I wish to call your attention. That is the Im-portance to the morale of our sol-diers of fighting nnder our own flag. "America Is already anxious to know where her army is. The Ger-mans have once more started a strong campaign of propaganda In the United States, the purpose of which is to Insinuate that the allies have ao little confidence In the transport an excess of 150.000 men in June, auch excess shall be In-fantry and machine-gu- n units, and that early In June there shall be a new review of the situation to de-termine further action." As stated in a cable from the sec-retary of war, received May 12, this agreement provided less pri-ority for Infantry and machine-gu- n units than recommended by the su-preme war council. It was certain-ly much more favorable to the ulti-mate formation of an American army than we had reason to expect In view of the recommendations contained In this note No. 18 of the military representatives, which, as we have seen, had been practl-cnll- y approved by the President. In the excitement over our agree-ment with the British the full pur port of this commitment was not emphasized by the allies during the discussion. """" Pooling of Supplies. Another matter, taken np Infor-mally with the prime ministers Hollywood Fears, So Great Dam Will Be Junked R , , arty ftl t Wf nn- ' ,elT--ilr,n-tA Because the people of Hollywood have been under mental pressure and fear that some day they may 8 be washed out, the costly Mulholland dam and the beautiful lake formed by It will be Junked. The city 1 engineering advisory board suggested abandonment, not on account of structural weakness, but for psy' I etiological reasons, to allay apprehension of the people living below It I I I MAY BE AMBASSADOR $ 7 , J ' AX " There are reports In Washington that George Horace Lorlmer, editor In chief of the Saturday Evening Post may be appointed ambassa-dor to Great Britain If General Dawes la drafted to conduct the Republican campaign the next Presidential election. Three Best of the Women Divers " hi iinn i i I i """" j j-- ij iP" r ' ii mi. Aimi Left to right: Miss Mary Hagen, who finished third with 54J2 . points; Misa Frances Meany, who finished second with 7931 points, and Georgia Coleman of the Los Angeles A. O, who retained her title in the event by scoring 86.31 points, in the high platform diving, at the National A. A. U. swimming championships in New York. City's Day of Agony On September 29, 1815, a hurri-cane came from the Gulf of Mexico and struck New Orelans about 8 :00 a. m. The wind Increased In ve-locity all day until between 4:30 and 7 :30 p. m. It was blowing from 80 to 120 miles per hour. The ba-rometer, fell to 28.11, said to be the lowest ever recorded In the United States. In 21 hours 8.36 Inches of rain felL The storm sub-sided at about nine o'clock In the evening. There was heavy rain-fall from succeeding storma In 15 days 22.24 Inches of rain fell. Accident Factors Dr. Louis Dublin says that the fatal accident experience of the United States Is made np of flvir important factors. Automobile ac-cidents come first with 28 per cent of the accident tolls; falls account for 18 per cent; these are followed by drowning with 9 per cent; thea by burns with 7 per cent and by " railroad accidents with 6 per cent of the accident totaL Xenon One of the five recently discov-ered elementary substances In the atmosphere, xenon, Is both snob-bish and rare.- - Only one part is found In 170,000.000 parts of air, and by no known process can It be made to combine with anything else. Englishman's Odd Idea A Bristol (England) man, who bad married two women In addition to his legal wife, when arraigned pleaded be bad been out of work so long It was impossible for him to "keep out of mischief." If that Is his Idea of mischief, an asy-lum, not a Jail, is where he belongs. Exchanf- - Clock Crow in Popularity The number of clocks per capita throughout the United States has been more than doubled In the last decade. Formerly only people of wealth owned clocks, while today there Is practically a clock for every room, even In moderate homes. Needed Mora Fire My little nephew while on his first visit to the coun-try was helping gather eggs. He picked np a glass egg, looked at It a moment, then put it back In the nest saying, "This one Isn't done ret" Chicago Tribune. Arid Palestine In Palestine It la customary to receive ralna only twice a year. Only those who know the country would readily believe the Incredible amount of water which floods lt and soaks Into the soil during the spring and autumn rainy seasons. The world Is a beautiful book, but of little ose to blm who cannot read it Toldonl. |
