Show I 1 II 11 aff I bhea AMIN ah A h dge dam 11 S h H 9 9 f g v I 1 st atory ap 49 t v ft 07 7 OE t Q 7 A beef eef 40 copyright 19 1931 in all countries by the north annerl by 0 general can N alliance world rights reserved or in part prohibited the aTun lo in henrica whole john J J pershing Pers hint q I 1 CHAPTER continued we were due at Aden kirke my destination at a fixed hour but to my surprise the train pulled in ten minutes ahead of time I 1 was changing into ray my best uniform in tact fact was just putting on the right boot when my aid colonel boyd stuck atuck his head in at the door of my compartment and said breathlessly general we have arrived I 1 knew it only too well as the train had stopped and the royal band outside was playing the star etar spangled banner in the mournful cadence common to foreign bands it was an embarrassing thought that I 1 should be late in another minute when the orderly and myself were struggling this time with the left boot boyd again appeared and said in a stage whisper that was no do doubt heard by the entire escort outside sir the king Is out there standing at the salute that was too much the humor of the situation overcame me and for an instant all of us including inc ludin the orderly who rarely smiled were convulsed with laughter that did not help matters of course and meanwhile tile band outside which had bad already played the na lional air through three times w was as dolefully beginning on the fourth when I 1 hurriedly descended the steps of my car opposite his ma jesty esty buttoning my overcoat alth one hand and saluting with the other at my appearance the band start ed afresh find and as though they b bad ad just ast begun ran through our na lonal anthem rather more vigor ansly cheered up op no doubt at lasi iasi to see me in el evidence dence A feu months later I 1 had the courage tu to relate elate the incident in all its de tails alls to their majest majesties les and them the oth seemed to enjoy it immensely king decorates pershing after inspecting the escort in with the king he and I 1 brove to their residence where the meen lueen in her most gracious man ler ier received us at the entrance ve had a very enjoyable luncheon n velch boyd thought was quite gay ga Y specially when I 1 became bold dough to air my dreadful french uter lunch king albert to my sur sun rise said he wished to bestow apon me the order of the grand ordon of leopold and as I 1 hesi abed saying that we were not per pen tied to receive foreign decora ons he insisted that I 1 should ac ept it conditionally which 0 of f ourse oarse was the only thing to do oyd was waa decorated also in the afternoon the king with Is chief of staff took me to his I 1 H Q and then to the front line ren enches ches exola explaining in ing the disposition t f the limited force with which beir positions were held it con sted of only the six divisions aich had bad stubbornly retired in I 1 t tile the face of overwhelming odds was then being recruited by belans escaping from within the geran I 1 lines illes at the risk of their lives ilyes while we were driving king at al rt related with much amusement me line incidents of a recent visit by party of our congressmen and in ailred whether it was customary in ir country for them to be on fallar alar terms with the president ile he id some of them had called him al rt find and one had slapped him on ie e back saying king youre the sort of fellow and everybody america admires you I 1 ex e x to him that our congress en were more or less privileged arac at home and that they ily meant to be friendly As a atter of fact I 1 think their fa ll Il larity did not offend him at alt all during my brief visit I 1 was par nearly impressed by the extreme of the home life of the ng and queen living there as ey were in a very modest coun y place within sound of uie the enaya guns gulls and almost within ngel the queen often went into int 0 e trenches to cheer the troops A the fine bearing of their ma sties through it all made them the m a outstanding heroic figures of a world war CHAPTER returning to my headquarters at laumont caumont december 31 1017 1917 1 I was I 1 t surprised to receive the fol pring wing cable from secretary of war iker in view of the numerous that had come to mt me garding carding various plans for train g our troops with the french and ibish both english and french are essing easing upon the president their sires to have your forces amal mated with theirs by regiments d companies and both express belief in impending heavy ive ve by germans soine where along lines of the western front we not dot desire loss of identity identify of our ves ces but regard that as second ito the meeting of any critical antion by the most helpful use troops at your boril command inand the of course Is to determine kere the drive or drives of the emy will take place and in adnee of some knowledge on that cotlon any redistribution of your aces would be difficult the president however desires a to have full ull authority au thorit to use i a forces at your command as you eni em wise in ID connection the ench and british commanders in ef it Is suggested for your con crutson that possible places might selected for your forcest force aber the che junction of the british 1 defrench french lines which would enle I 1 you to throw strength astren tb in 1 q I 1 I 1 whichever direction seemed most I 1 necessary nee e esary this S suggestion gg estion Is not dot however I 1 pressed pressed aley beyond ond whatever merit it lia lias in your 0 u r judgment the presidents sole purpose being to acquaint you with the represents representations made here and to authorize you to act with entire freedom to accomplish the main purpose in mind it Is hoped that complete unity and ordination coordination co of action can be secured in this matter by any conference you may have with french and british commanders and line of action that may be agreed upon the following cable also was received from washington which showed the determination of tile the french to carry their point the french ambassador called on the secretary tary of war today and read him film a dispatch from 11 clemenceau to the effect that general pershing and general petal had conferred at af to the wisdom of se sea boning american troops by attach ing their regimental units I 1 to the I 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 4 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 Z ir i 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 Q I 1 1 S 1 1 A X aa al 41 I 1 9 1 10 aal 1 il V 1 1 V I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 II 1 I 11 i I 1 I 1 S ki T I 1 lk I 1 I 1 I 1 11 I 1 K I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 w Z av 1 I 1 1 11 I 1 t IW 4 1 i 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 Z f y I 1 I 1 V 1 I 1 W M 4 1 I 1 I 1 ja I 1 I 1 1 i I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 M N I 1 N LR bishop charles E brent french division before committing a part of the line to an amerlean american division made up of troops not accustomed to actual front conditions M Clemence aus cablegram stated that general pershing had reported himself and general pe lain in substantial agreement alter after conference on the subject but gen era petain conveyed to 11 clemen beau the opposite opinion apparently patently ly some misunderstanding has arisen which the secretary of war will be glad to have hare general pershing endeavor to clear up by placing himself in communication with II 11 clemenceau and reporting the result of the interview the french urge action as outlined above as being safer for american troops than it would be to give them at once an independent place in the line and urge very strongly that the secretary of war here accept their view and commend it to you this the secretary of war is not willing to do desiring to leave the matter wholly within your discretion after full consideration of the important elements of the matter pershing n 9 replies to baker the following 0 owing extract from my cable of january 8 conveys the main points of my reply the french have bare not been entirely frank as unofficial information indicates they really vant to incorporate our regiments into their divisions for such service in ID the trenches as they desire As to our instruction a certain amount int of work with french troops Is beneficial and this we are having and expect to have II 11 have a ve expressed a willingness to al aid d in any way in an eberg emergency ency but 10 lo do not think ok good reason exists for us to break up our divisions and scatter regiments for service e among french and british especially under the guise of instruction st it thus appeared quite clear that the french were so intent ou on their plan that premier clemenceau presumed to cable washing ton as to how our units were to be handled upon the receipt of the cable from washington about the disagreement between petain and myself I 1 wrote at once to M clemenceau andi mence eau ao quoting the cable and I 1 adding may I 1 not suggest to you mr Pre president the inexpediency of co communicating in muni cating suet bubli matters to wit washington f by cable these questions n aks must nil all be settled sett leil liere here event eventually ua 0 ily on their merits through friendly conference between bv teen general and myself and cables of tills sort are very likely I 1 fear to convey the impression of serious disagreement between us such Is not the case 11 Clemence aus reply M Clemence aus reply translated into follows my lly dear general I 1 hasten without losing ii to reply to your letter dated january zi 5 1918 1 found myself in the position of cabling to the ambassador amb asador of france F at washington because the two contradictory responses response which I 1 had received from general and from yourself when aou ou lid me the honor of calling on me obliged me in the lie interests of the common cause cacase to seek an arb arbitha itra tion between the two commanders in chief 1 I need not conceal that I 1 placed full confidence in the american government with regard to this however it was not to the american government that I 1 addressed myself I 1 cabled to the ambassador of france which was my right and my duty in order to give him directions for the conversations which might take place either with the secretary of war or with the president of the united states it might very well have happened that later on I 1 should have addressed tile the american government but I 1 insist on this point that I 1 have done nothing of the sort I 1 have hare not dot authorized the ambassador bas to read all or part of my dispatch to the secretary of war I 1 regret that he did so but I 1 do not disavow anything that I 1 wrote 1 I ant am giving you here ere the explanation ol 01 t fo which I 1 owe you and I 1 am going n t to 0 exercise all the patience of which thich I 1 am capable in ili awaiting tile the good news that the american commander and the french commander have finally agreed on a question which may be v vital isalt to 0 t the h e outcome of the war I 1 Clemence aus auls motive questioned As the french were dead set on 9 getting etting our troops under their control it Is more than probable that the french premier feeling that their plans were not working out sought to create some distrust in the minds of our administration at washington against my management of things in order to pave tile the way for insisting that we were entirely wrong in not consenting to amalgamation hoever El oever at later meetings with clemenceau Clemence aa and petain the alleged differences were seemingly settled amicably as indicated in my cable of january 14 which follows for chief of staff have now definite understanding with french satisfactory to them and to me that our divisions now in france shall ca compete pete their training as already begun begu n in the future divisions arriving in zone of french armies are to have period of training with french each regiment in a french division when sufficiently experienced by training in a quiet sector with french our divisions are to be united under their own commander and will be placed in ili our own sector CHAPTER the necessity for controlling the use of strong drink among our troops had been brought forcibly to my attention through the ease with which alcoholic beverages could be obtained the use of light wines as a part of the french ration was simply the continuance in the army of the universal custom of the people of having wine with their meals the wines and beer were not so objectionable tio but strong alcoholic spirits were regarded by the french themselves as dangerous and were prohibited for their troops but the prohibition was not well enforced outside the zone of the armies the problem of preventing our troops from drinking the stronger liquors was difficult especially at the ports of entry efforts to obtain enforcement through co conferences fer with local authorities and through agreements with the port ort and district officials were vere made ade from time to time but with little ittle result I 1 finally appealed to prime minister clemenceau for support but air I 1 1 js I 1 A 11 1 I 1 1 Z I 1 I 1 11 11 I 1 0 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 I 1 IV 1 I 1 t I 1 g A I 1 II 11 I 1 tk I 1 f t 1 4 1 I 1 v 4 Z al 11 I 1 1 1 iz m I 1 A I 1 I 1 11 4 I c 1 4 1 I 1 I 1 1 s 44 ill I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 41 4 I 1 I 1 at I 1 I 1 I 1 lord northcliffe lie ile would only counsel local officials us ns he be did dot cot wish to declare a state of siege in martial artial law in the end it was necessary to take the matter in our own hands and declare every bar and restaurant where here the heavy liquor was sold as on off limits for our troops vice in army denied about this time a cable was received from washington tha that t some publication at home had made a sweeping ch charge of bogli h immorality and drunkenness against our men no such statement could be based on fact nor could it serve any except to cause unnecessary anxiety to parents and rc relatives latles and perhaps satisfy on the part of some one an unworthy desire for sensation in ili reply I 1 cabled in part its as follows 0 there has never been a similar body of men to lend lead as clean lives as our american soldiers sold I 1 ers in france they have entered this war with the highest devotion to duty and with no other idea than to perform these duties in the most efficient manner possible engaged in healthy interesting exercises in the open air alth simple diet officers and men lahe trained athletes are ready for theli task forbidden the use of strong drink and protected by stringent regulations against other evils and supported by their own moral courage their good behavior is s the sub eject of most favorable comment especially by our allies american amerlia moth bothers may rest assured ared that ar sons are a credit to them and the nation seeks more chaplains my dairy notes the following paris thursday jan 10 1918 have appointed maj robert bacon to be colonel and A D C on my staff bishop gwynne deputy chaplain general british array army and bishop breut brent were ray my guests at chaumont on monday on tuesday brent and I 1 discussed increase in number of chaplains which we both favor bishop brent had bad been selected by me for appointment as chaplain vieb a view to tb his being the chief of the elin chapala chap plain aln corps which it was planned to organize tag anIze the bishop did not approve of this idea and in deference to his bis opinion and upon ulion his suggestion a permanent executive committee of cha chaplains chap lalni plaint was appointed to study the problems involved and make recommendations rec am ions dir direct oct to me from time to time lime bishop gwynne of the british forces explained their system the methods of administration and the control and direction of chaplains work from which we adopted such features as were ap to our service custom in our army arising from lack of appreciation of the usefulness of chaplains had relegated them as a class to the status of handy men 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