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What I wanted you to know was that that was not a new action, that General Pershing was fully instructed about that all along. Then, similarly with regard to the impression that we are now going to rush troops to Europe.
The elimination of this wedge would have great moral effect; it would free the Paris-Nancy railway from artillery fire; and would assure Pershing an excellent base for attack against the Metz-Sedan railway system and the Briey iron basin. The German positions were naturally strong and had withstood violent French attacks in 1915.
When he appeared in the gallery of the House of Representatives at Washington, the debate was stopped and the members turned to cheer him. A sergeant in rank, he sat at banquets as the guest of honor with the highest officials of the Army and Navy and the Government on either side. Wherever he went he heard the echo of the valuation which Marshal Foch and General Pershing placed upon his deeds.
"Oh, Torchy!" she squeals, "what do you think has happened?" "I know," says I. "Baby's cut a tooth." "No," says she. "It's it's about Marion." "Oh!" says I. "She ain't bumped somebody with the truck, has she?" "How absurd!" says Vee. "But, listen, Captain Ellery Prescott has come back." "What! The old favorite?" says I. "But I thought he was over with Pershing?" "Not yet," says Vee.
France and Great Britain having joined in a request for the dispatch of an American expeditionary force to France at the earliest possible moment, the United States government on May 18 ordered 25,000 troops to France under the command of Major-General John J. Pershing.
When the Allies threatened to appeal to Washington over Pershing's head, President Wilson turned a deaf ear. In the United States, the President sought similar centralization through the General Staff. It was this body which prepared the different plans for the Draft Act, the Pershing expedition, and finally for the gigantic task of putting a million men in France by the summer of 1918.
The higher you go in the A. E. F. the more the officers are tailored after the English manner. It is the finest proof of international cousinship. When England and America wear the same kind of clothes, alliance is knit solid. Pershing sat with his palms on his knees. He looked worried. There was a wavering crease down his lean cheeks.
In days of triumph, as well as in dark and critical hours, I will never forget the tragical day last March when General Pershing put at my disposal, without restriction, all the resources of the American army.
But they will eat sweets and such things all day long." "Well, I told you they are children!" "The Americans here seem different. They behave better than those in France." "These are very chics types. Pershing is here. This is the Headquarters Staff." "Yes, one can see they are different." "It appears they get on very well with the Germans." "Hsh not so loud."
November 15 Distinguished Service Medal conferred on General Pershing at his headquarters in France by General Tasker H. Bliss. United States Postoffice department takes control of all ocean cable lines, consent of other governments having been obtained. Prof. Thomas G. Masaryk proclaimed President of the new Czecho-Slav republic.
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