Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 218, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1917 — OUR TWO LEADERS NOW WITH FRENCH [ARTICLE]

OUR TWO LEADERS NOW WITH FRENCH

Intimate Sketches of Sibert and Pershing by One Who Knows Them. -"x—^ —- —■- — : — 1“ : THEIR RECORDS AS FIGHTERS Both Generals Careful Planners and Each Has an Enviable Record for Getting Big Results by Hard Fighting.

By EDWARD B. CLARK.

Washington. —In a recent news article cnbled from the field headquarters of the American expeditionary force 'in France, there was given a study of the temperament, characteristics, methods jand personal attributes of Mnj. Gens. John J. Pfcrslilng and William L. Sibert. Here is one thing that was said of the senior major general: “Pershing is of the qulck-on-tlie-trig-ger style. He is of the dashing type, nervous, always on the go, like a surcharged battery, stirring up everybody he comes in contact with, forcing them along at top speed.” Here Is what is said of the junior major general, who commands the division in the field: “Sibert is a deliberate, methodical, tireless worker, watching every detail, insistent that reports of his young officers be accurate, comprehensive, covering every angle—of the type that is persistent and sure . . . He is an engineer with a training for accuracy that figures down to thousandths of an inch.” —TITir