The Syracuse Journal, Volume 24, Number 9, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 25 June 1931 — Page 7

General Pershing’s Story of the A. E. F. Gen, John J, Pershing

. CHAPTER XXV—Continued. It thus appeared quite clear that the French were so intent on their plan that Premier <'leniencehu presumed to cable Washington 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 wrote at once to M. Clemenceau, quoting the cable-ami adding: I "May 1 hot suggest to you. Mr. President. the inexpediency of oouuhunicating such matters to Washington by cable. These questions must al) be settled here, (eventually. <j>h their merits, through friendly conference between General Petain and myself, and catdes of this sort are very likely, I fear, to convey the impression pf serious disagreement between ju» when such is mot the lease. ! Clemenceau’s Reply. M. Clemence|au's reply', translated into English, follows: “My l»ear General: I hasten, without lu*ing a moment, to reply- to your letter dated Jahuary 5, 1918.| 1 found myself In the j»osition of tabling to the ambassador of France at Washington because the two contradictory response* which I had received from General Petain and from yourself, when you did me the honor of calling on me. obliged me. in the interests of the common cause, to seek an arbitration between the two edtnmhnders in ' i..»f." ; I “I nett! nqtr conceal that I placeu full in the American govenitiout with regard to this, However, It was n<.t to tin- At; ericau govern ment that 11 •ddressed .myself. 1 Ci • I to the, ambassador of Frame, which Was my right and niy duty, In order to give him dire, tioits. f„r tire conversations Which might take plate either with the se-.ret :> -y < of vv.ir <>r witl. the President of the United States. ' “It. lulgbt very well have happened thaj, lati rbn ;l should, have addres-ed the American government, but I Insist, on this point] that I have done not It-. Ing of the sort. I bad not authorized the ambassador of Franee to read or part of my dispatch t<> the secretary of war. I regret that he ,did so. but I d<> not disavow ahv thing that -1 wrote. " . . ' “l am giving y.-u here the explanation winch I owe you am! i am going to exercise all the patience of which I am capable in aw ailing the go.wi news that the American commander and the From h coiinugmler have finally agreed on a question which may be vital to the outcome of the war.” Clemenceau’s Motive Questioned. As the French were dead set on getting our tro.-ps under their control it Is more than probable that thF French premier. feeling that their plans were’not working out. sought to create some distrust in tjiie miniis .of our admiui*! ration at Washington against .my nutimgi nt of thing* In order to puve tl way for inM-ting that we were entirely hi no’ c0!.,-. Hih g to it : ii-ow ever. at letter meetings k th <T« < e.> : and; i’ct;l;»>. rise . apefd- M.dercm ■ s were, seemlnglj set i led amli as indicated in my cable of .January Hi w’ccii follows: Her chief of staff : Have now defi nite under*':) tiding with French sa’t*factory to Itlretn an I to me that our •livq. >ns n,.>w in .France shitll complete their training.as already begun. In the future division*; arriving In tone <K French armies are to have periot! of tfalnlng with, French, each regiment lb 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 the line in our own >.-• t CHAPTER XXVI The. necessity for controlling the use of strong drink among our troops had been brought forcibly t<> niy attenv-m through the ease wijth which alcoholic beverages could be obtained. The use of light wllies as a part of the French ration was simply tire contlntntr.ee In the affliy of the universal custom of the people «»f having wine with their meals. The wines and beer were not objectionable, 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 rhe 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 conferences with local authorities and through agreements With the port and district officials were made from time to time, but with little result. I finally appealed to Prime Minister Clemenceau for support, but he would only counsel local officials, as he did not wish to declare a “state of siege” (martial law). In the end It was necessary to take the matter In our own hands and declare every bar and restaurant where the* heavy liquor was sold as “off limits” for our troops. Our officer, were directed to give their personal attention to the enforcement of this order. Vics in Army Denied. About this time a table was received from Washington that some publication at home bad made a sweeping charge of both Immorality and drunkenness against our men. No such statement could be based on fact, nor could It serve any purpose except to cause unnecessary anxiety to parents and relatives and perhaps satisfy on the part of some one an unworthy desire for sensation. In reply I cabled In part as follows: -There has never been a similar body of men to lead as clean Uvea

as our American soldiers Jin France. They have entered this w:jf with the highest devotion to duty with no other idea than to perform these duties In the most efficient planner possible. I ", “Engaged In healthy, interesting exercises In the open air, With simple diet, officers and men like trained / J Lora Nortnciifte. nt! are ready for Heir task. Forbidden the use of strong drink and a : v ;ie.r ‘" r “$V St fa- • -V to t-Ui-jn and the nation.l" ■ . . Seek More Cha jlains. My diary non - the f< llowlng: Par Thursd ty. -I hi. l<>. 1918. Have :tp]w> n’ed Majj Itola-rt Ba-<-oti to be colon- ! and A. D.. on icy .Bishop Gwyiine, deputy chaplain genera!. British army, nnd B;-:o ;> Brl.-nt wore my guests at ('hautnont on Monday. on Tuesday Brent and 1 dis-cu-sed Increase in j number of cliaplaiiis. w’hieh we| tmth favor. Bishop Brent had bi-en selected by me for apfxdntment as chaplain with a tlew to his being the chief of the chaplain corps which it was planned to organize.' The bishop did not approve of this idea anil in deference

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to his opinion, and upon hi* suggestion, a permanent ‘executive committss of chaplains was appointed to study the problem* involved and make recommendations direct to me from time to time. Bi*nop Gwynne of the British forces explained their sysrem. the methods of adffilrdstration and the control and dlrecHor of chaplain's work, from which- we adopted such features as were ‘ applicable to our service. Custom In our array, arising from lack of appreciating of the usefulness of chaplains, had relegated them as a class to the status of handy men who were detailed to write up boards of survey or run libraries Aviation questions demanded unre-

Treaty Declared U. S. Not a Christian Nation

The alteration of an Eighteenthcentury treaty to make it declare the United States was not a Christian nation has been revealed after remaining a secret for 12S years. The altered document bears the regular ratification of the senate. Some obscure copyist or translator Is believed to have made the change. David Hunter Miller, treaty editor, has no explanation other than the suggestion that it might have been the work of some arilent advocate of secular freedom, possibly a disciple of Thomas Paine. The statement appears in Article 11 of a treaty of “peace and friendship" negotiated with Tripoli by an American sea rover, CnpL Richard O’Brien. November 4, 17’JG. Although spotted with sea water and yellowed with age. the instrument still is legible. On alternate pages are the Arabic and English texts, the latter declaring: “As the government of the United States of America was not in any way founded on the Christian religion—as It has in itself no character of enmity

mitting attention, for in no other service was unpreparedness so evident and so- difficult to overcome. Apparently there was earnest effort at home, but It was too often misdirected. On the part of the allies, especially the French, lack of mechanics and delay In procuring motors and material, such as spruce, had given them a setback. Hue to these conditions and their own increased programs the French and also the Italians were unable to take more than a small proportion of our l.ikM) flying cadets who were on the ground and who. under agreement, were to be instructed by them. About this time the contract for plane* we had made In August formally abrogated, the French government being unable to meet its conditions due to the delay in receipt of machine tools and raw materials from the United States, a possibility which had been fore< ast in my cables to the War department. In its stead we later made an agreement whereby wc should be dej»endent upon the allotment that might be made us according to the number of divisions we might have in France. Early in L>ecember I signed an agreement with LoM Northc-liffe of the British air board tlmt we should send lA-iMM) enlisted men to England and maintain that number in training in their aircraft factories and air service stations. This plan proved to be beneficial to both sides, as far as carried put. but especially to ourselves ■ in providing us with trained men and sax Ing us the t ■ - ‘ ■ staWistiIng extra hoois for teaching them ourselves. Jme to the nonshipment of air personnel from home we larked 4.50 ii of reaching the number specified, and rater the need for tine troops prevented Our completing the number. British Wanted U. S. Men. When tleneyal Robertson came for the conference regarding the shipment of troops for training with rhe British as mentioned iti my diary, we began to discuss the details of the disposition to he made of our forces which might be brought over in British shipping. It was found that General Robertson s proposal was practl- | cally the same as the one submitted to E. M. House through Mr. Lloyd i George. He Wanted to bring our infantry and machine-gun units by bati taiions qnly. .and pointed out how I much more expeditiously this would i meet the shortage of men in the Brit-

ish army than to ship whole divisions t with all tbfeir equipment and stores. He believed that the British government would take the task of releasing temporarily stone shipping engaged in carrying food and raw materials if America could see her way, to provide the men. although, he said, ft could not well undertake the transportation of complete divisions as not enough men would be brought over In this manner to justify the great risks involved. In other words, the British had the shipping to transport American battalions on condition that they would serve in the British armies. However, as General- Robertson’s proposal would enable us to Increase our strength more rapidly, my prelim-

— ' ' against the laws, religion or tranquility of Musseimen. and as the same state never has entered Into any war or act of hostility against any Mohammedan nation. It is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever Interrupt the harmony existing between the two countries.” In Wonderland Know you what it is to be a child? It is to believe in love, to believe in loveliness, to believe In belief. It is to turn pumpkins into coaches, and mice into horses, lowness into lofti-. ( ness. and nothing into everything; it is to live In a nutshell and to count yourself the king of infinite space.— Francis ThompsonLarge Colonial Plantations There were many plantations in Virginia in the early days of 5,000 or more acres. Nicholas Hayward had a unit of 30.000 acres, and William Fitzhugh at one time owned a total of 45.000 acre*

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inary cable to Washington reporting the conference recommended .that it be given consideration and],ln view of our national attitude regarding service with another army, tjhaf If approved the plan should tie regarded as a temporary measure to meet an emergency; that as soon -as possible the remaining troops of ofir divisions thus temporarily broken up should be, brought over and the units reassembled: that division, brigade and regimental commanders ■ and their staff be sent with their infantry for training with the corresponding British units, and that the infantry be taken from those divisions that would not otherwise be transported until after June. CHAPTER XXVII Every one in authority realized that all resources the allies could muster would be required to meet successfully the great offensive of the central powers expected In the spring, but to use them effectively Close co-operation among commanders would be imperative. With this in mind 1 proposed to Premier Clemenceau that the commanders in chief and chiefs <’f staff get together to examine the situation and. if possible, determine a general program of combined action M. Clemenceau at onceiapproved the suggestion. It was also > favorably re- ( ceived by GeneraT Foctu who, it will be recalled, was chief ojf the French I general staff. I proposed that the meeting be held at my headquarters, but the French selected Compiegne, Petain’s G. H. Q. At the meeting. January 24. 1918, P.o’.ertson. for the British, spoke first, and suggested a general statement as to: (1) Mutual support between allied armies. (2) Situation as to reserves. ("X Question of troops in Italy. (4) Situation as to the transportation of the American army and facilities given it in France. Petain Favored Defensive. ■ General Petain thought that for the present the allies would be forced to remain on the defensive because of lack of men. He said the French army had ninety-seven divisions with an infantry strength of from 5.000 to 6.000 men each, some thirty-odd of these divisions <r being in reserve and the rest in the trenches, besides eight cavalry divisions, two of which were dismounted and six mounted. All divisions he thought could be i kept up'until April if there should be

! no fighting, but later on. even without a battle, he would have to break up five divisions to maintain the others, the six mounted cavalry divisions would have to be reduced to four, and before the end of |he year the total force would have to be reduced by twenty divisions, j Foch Was for Counteroffensive. General Foch declared that the best means of halting rt strong and persistent offensive was a powerful counteroffensive. I 'The German oljfenslve at Verdun was stopped not by our resistance there but by our offensive on the Somme in 1916.7 said General Foch. “Such an operation is possible only when foreseen and prepared beforehand, tn planning the counteroffensive I think that the entire frqnt must be considered as a whole anti not the French as one part and the British «s another. The plan must envisage them together preparing for offensive action on a common battlefield with all the forces at their disposal.” < General Robertson expressed accord with Foch. but be did not see where or with what means such an offensive could be executed, and stated that the war conld not be won by remaining on the defensive. “Give us back the troops from Salonika and we will commence offensives.” said General Haig. “We were not speaking of offensives. but of counteroffensives.” General Foch replied. General Robertson remarked that of course the French and British could reinforce each other and make counterattacks. and then asked: “Could they do more than that?’ “Not without the Americans," General Petain answered him. Dependent Upon U. S. General Robertson then maid: “I think our only hope ties in American reserves,” and he wanted to hear from me. (TO BE CONTINUED.)

< Machines That Are 1 Almost Human b By E. C. TAYLOR f Bean Growers* Eye TYID you ever sort, dried navy beans ■L* or soy beans? Pick out the best, grade'’them all and throw away those unfit for the baked bean pot? Fatiguing, wasn't it? Sorting and grading even a pound or two grows tiresome, even if it is done in the kitchen in preparation for supper. The scores of workers in the large food establishments where hundreds of thousands of died beans are graded after each crop. became positively weary, and their employers found by experience that o the sorting of the beans suffered as a result. Toward the end of each day, beans of inferior grade .were left in the package of higher grade beans, and the food packing concerns cast about for some new method of soning and grading beans. Science came to their rescue. The “bean, growers' eye” was produced. It really cannot think, of course, but it performs its task much more accurately and swiftly than human beings, and completely does away with the carelessness of human sorters. The “eye” is fastened above a carrier along which the beans are transporter!, and it is an infallible detector of inferiority. As the beans pass under it. the inferior beans are automatically cast aside, and those remaining are separated according to their grades. . The device is simply a photo-electric cell, a simple electric bulb with a coating inside of certain elements. The sensitized mirror surface of the bulb causes It to' give , off electrons that are sensitive to long light waves i r short light waves, whichever is desired. and the reflecton or non-reflec-tion of the inferior bean attracts the attention of the photo-electric cell. The ceil communicates with a battery attachment and the battery throws out a current of electricity. The current, becoming greatly magnified. gives forth enough energy to control a mechanical/device which 'removes the inferior bean. 'Simple, isn’t it? One such device does the work of many human hands and eyes, and never becomes fatigued or careless. The “eye” is one of the marvels of modern scieni'e. developed and adapt■ed to the necessities of modern industry. Although conceived and produced primarily for bean growers, its use lias been extended to many other industries. until now it plays an important part in 'the sorting and grading of many other foods and products. It plays its part in the orange groves of California and Florida.where it sorts oranges. This little device can look at thousands of oranges passing it in the packing houses of the citrus districts. Und unerringly pick and separate the green, partly green and ripe fruit. The “eye” is becoming more and more useful, too, in the tobacco-grow-ing areas of the country. It is rapidy abolishing the tedious job of sorting leaf tobacco. The “eye” looks over the tobacco as It comes from the curing houses, and automatically grades and sorts the leaves, and it does so much more accurately than the human hand and eye could do it. That old prerogative of the woman shopiw-r—matching colors —is being abolished by the electric “eye.'’ A similar device to that used for grading beans for baking has been developed that looks at two pieces of silk, wool or cotton, and unerringly matches them. Since no two pieces of cloth are of exactly the same Shade, rhe builders of this modern robot deliberately made it slightly inae<-urate. Instead of demanding that colors match perfectly. the “eye” declares them matched, when they are only ,a few thousandths of a degree of shade apart in color. The woman shopper, no matter how good her eyesight, cannot tell-the difference between two pieces of cloth that are whole shades apart. The "eye” could match colors perfectly, but they won't let IL When—and. if—this device is universally adopted, what a boon it will be to women shoppers. No more running from store to store to match a piece of goods for Sally’s new dress, or to match stockings for that new evening gown. All a woman will have to dp will be to take a sample of the color she wants to the store, and let the “eye” do the work. She will know that the colors match absolutely, so perfectly that no human eye ever could tell any difference. ( £. I*3l. Western Newspaper Union.) Surprite for Auntie A schoolboy, eight years old, wa» giving his aunt a Bible as a birthday present. Not knowing just what to write in it as an inscription, he went to his father’s bookshelves, and examined the fly-leaves of a number of the arranged thereon. After a rather protracted Inspe- on and comparison of the various dedications, he finally decided upon the following as the most suitable, and the leaf, in his best hand: “With the author's compliments.”—London Evening News. Saving His Skin “Why are you running so?" “I want to prevent a duel between two married men.” ? “You have humanitarian ideas. Who are the men?” “One is myself.”—Excelsior, Mexico City. African "Hair Dye** Hair dyes are very popular in-the north of Africa. The Nile natives dye their hair light brown with a paste prepared from ash. The hair undergoes a genuine change of color after a short time, when the paste is iremoved with water. Mixed' Production A receipt for curry powder, made tn East India, calls for products from 40 different plants, says a botanist of the Field museum, Chicago.

Tons of Red Sediment in Downpour of Rain Frederick Chapman, paleontologist of the Australian commonwealth, has continued his observations on red rain Jin southeastern Australia which he began in conjunction with H. J. Grayson in 1903. On the night of December 31. 1927. after a strong northerly wind had carried thick clouds of dust over Victoria and blown the finer particles southward ever Bass strait, there were heavy but irregularly distributed falls of red rain. Mr. Chapman estimated the amount deposited in Balwyn. a suburb eight miles east of Melbourne, at 51% tons to the square mile ; the commonwealth meteorologist, H. A. Hunt, estimated the deposit at 24 tons to the square mile. The red dust on this occasion was exceptionally sticky, as the innumerable diatoms—nitzschia and cocconeis—still contained their endochrome. The red stains on leaves and flowers in the gardens were re-' taineu for days and even weeks. The impressions on glass indicate that each raindrop was coated by_a thin film of the dust. “>n November 3. 1920, after a northerly gale, showers of red rain fell at 7:00 p. m. and aft »r 9:00 p. m. The amount of the red sediment collected in a vessel in Mr Chapman’s garden indicated a fall of 64 tons to the square mile. or. if it had been equally distributed over Victoria, a fall of nearly 6.000.001' tons in that state.- Both the minute reddish flakes of sediment and th< diatoms and sponge spicules show that the material had been derived from the arid regions in the northwest of Victoria and in central Aus-tralia.—-Nature Magazine. Deafness, Says Edison, ’ Not an Unmixed Evi! Concerning the advantages of being hard of hearing. Thomas Edison saidt . “This deafness has been of great advantage to" me in various ways. When in a telegraph office I could only hear the instrument directly on the table st which 1 sat. a id. unlike the other operators, I was not bothered by the other instruments. Again, in experimenting on the telephone. I’had to improve the transmitter so I could hear. This made the telephone commercial, as the magneto telephone receiver of Bell was too weak to be used as a {transmitter commercially. It was the same with the phonograph. The sect of that instrument was the rendering of the overtones in music, and the hissing consonants in speech. I worked over one year. 20 hours >i lay. Sunday and all. to gerthe word "specie’ perfectly recorded and reproduced on the phonograph. When this was doner I knew that everything else could be done—which was a ’act. Again, my nerves have been preserved intact, Broadway is as quiet to me as a country village is to a person with normal hearing.” Lesson From Aviation Aeronautical science has borrowed freely from the experience of other modes of transportation. Now it seems that the debt is to be partially repaid. The latest ocean liners have applied the principle of aeronautics to their design and have “streamlined” their funnels and other details of their superstructure. And in Germany a “flying railroad train” or "Zeppelin on wheels” has achieved an astonishing speed by using a propeller for propulsion and a passenger coach shaped like the fuselage of a f:ist . airplane. Ti.e normal speed of this device is given as IB> miles hour and it is expected to reach I- I * l miles an hour on a longer track. Such speed is possible because the airplane engine is immensely more efficient ob the ground than in the sky.—New York Evening Tost. Dimes Provided Tour Oscar S. Bodetthausen. an American. revealed in London while on a world tour, that the tour was financed on dimes he had saved for 28 years. Bodenhausen said each night he would put all the dimes he .had in his pocket In a purse and each week put them on time deposit with compound Interest twice a year. When he had saved $3,250 he started on his world tour. A .Two-Legged Dog Skookum—Who was your wife quarreling with last night? Squeedunk—Oh, er-ah. she was scolding the dog. Skookum—Poor beast. I heard her threaten to take the front door key away from him! Needed Space Officer— What’s the idea of opening your window and blowing that infernal horn of yours out of ft? Welch—l have to. It’s a sliding trombone and there isn't room for It In my apartment. A Modern Wonder Mother—And what was Grandmother doing today? Little Bertha—She was making soup without a can opener! Old Rc iable Come-On It’s usually the fellow who Is afraid to take a chance who loses on a sure thing.—Terre Haute Tribune. On a moonlight night boys are “called in” for bedtime too early.

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DON ’ T l?§ throw away Epl C MONEY J ON FRILLS High price doesn’t always mean high quality. Especially is this true of face powder. Very often you pay for fancy boxes and frills. In'Plough’s Favorite Bouquet you get the finest face powder money can buy-—at a sensible price. Three million women urge you to' try it. Ask for Plough’s Favorite Bouquet in the square-shaped red box—the largest selling face powder in the world for 25c, VAVOKITB BOUQUET FACE POWDER If you want a heavier texture powder, ehooee Plough’a ■■Exquisite” Face Powder, in the round red box. 50c. For oily akin choose Plough’s "Incense of Flowers” Faca Powder, in the red oval box. 75e. Or Getting One Back Snlg—“Know anything harder than a diamond!” Snigger—“Sure, making the payment on one.” — SEE HOW WHITE YOUR SHIRTS ARE. TOM. ANO THEY WEREN'T SCRUBBED NOR BOILED Tells Tom how new soap saves work and wear “TYEMEMBER how quickly your shins JL\. used co wear out? That’s because they were scrubbed so hard. It wore me out, too! Now I don’t scrub or boil—yet I get whiter washes than ever! My colored things come bright as new. For I’ve changed to Rinso. It’s a marvelous soap!” Rich, sefe suds Thousands write to tell us how marvelous Rinso is. Cup for cup, it gives twice as much suds as lightweight, puffed-up soaps —even in hardest water. Soapy, Luting suds that soak out dirt! Great in washers, too; the makers of 40 famous washers recommend Rinso. It’s safe for the finest cottons and linens. n Hatbing I:if | f /RL it! nch suds for k. dishuash-.r.g. /■MaMMr&TV package. BlG MILLIONS USE RINSO in tub, washer and dishpan Vanished “What has become of the wonderful watchdog you wanted to sell?” “Somebody has stolen it!” Ouch! another mosquito! Kill him quick! Ejj BI FLIT Largest Seller in 121 Countries OFFICE AND APARTMENT BLDG. Indiana college town 40.000. Rental Income S4S« mo. Part cash. Mielke Bros.. Danville. 111. When one really wants to splurge, why not paper the double parlors in $5 bills? ywjggg of Myrrh W. N. U., CHICAGO, NO. 25-1931. Mercy to him that shows it, Is the rule. —Cowper.