Evening Star Newspaper, January 13, 1931, Page 5

EARLY ARMY CHIEF | ANSWERS PERSHING Head of Staff When War Be- | gan Finds Some Strictures in Memoirs. man in the United States has ere 1 Ge . ersonal ' interest in = Gen: ing's” comments on the conduct of the general stafl of the Army Prior o * ¥he entrance of the United Btates inio an Ma). Cren, Scott. At that time hief of staff. As he kne :n;body :lsle why the United Si not more adeq than it BY HUGH L. SCOTT, fef of Staff and Malor General, FPormer Chlet o i Rettrec: Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. PRINCETON, N. J, January 13 (N. ANA)—I have just read the opening chapters of the memoirs of Gen. Per- shing. In them I find some strictures against the conduct of the War Department and the general staff, of which I was chief, prior to our actual entrance into the war. On these strictures I wish to {pent heads of staff and supply de- My Experience THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY,' JANUARY 13, 1931. ' s in the World War B Gen. John J. Pershing Commander in Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces Chief of Staff Informs Youngest Major General of His New Assignment to Go Abroad, but Prepa- ration Is Delayed Until Congress Authorizes Increase of Army Through Application of Draft. rRAISE GIVEN SECRETARY OF WAR FOR FAIRNESS AND FRANK MANNER New Commander ‘Chagrined” by Lack of Work Done to Pave Way for Task in Europe—Rejec- tion of Ex-President Roosevelt’s Request He Be Allowed to Form Volunteer Division Explained. (Continued From First Page.) After consultation with the perma- Section, later colonel and chief of Air Service until September 3, 1917, 190 in Pershing Party. l PLASTIC SURGEON DIES PERFORMING OPERATION Dr, Luis P. Berne Had Remodeled Faces of Dempsey, Fannie Brice and Mussolini Kin. By the Assoclated Press. ¢ NEW YORK, January 13.—The hand | that beautified the face of Hollywood is stilled in death. Dr. Luis P. Berne, plastic surgeon, was operating on a patient at the Park Wutop}:mplul. He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Della D. e, and a 12- yeac-old son, Allan. He was 47. Dr. Berne remodeled the features of such_celebrities as Jack Dempsey, Bert Lytell, the late “Wild Bill” Brennan, UNEMPLOYMENT PLANS ALBANY, N. Y, January 13 (®).— | The Legisiature had before it today recommendation by Gov. Roosevelt Fannie Brice and members of the family-| that it permit the ecarly expenditure of of Benito Mussolini. e During the 150 years of thelr exist- ence the United States Marines have | been referred to as “webfoot soldiers,” | “soldiers of the sea,” “leathernecks” and | “devil dogs"—this last won in the World died of a heart attack yesterday as he War. Is Your Office A Busmess “Home”? OFES jyour office afford plenty of fresh air and sun- shine which makes your business life as enjoyable as . Unexcelled Location . Exceptionally Large Rooms . Plenty of - . High-Grade Service your home? more than $48,000,000 on public works to aid the unemployed. More than | $38,000,000 would go for highway and institution construction. In a special mmulwmmhm suggested emergency 80 | 'the money might be made available | without waiting for c:nsideration with general appropriations. Or are you hemmed in by a stuffy court, in an office made drab and dull by poor light and ventilation? Investigate The Woodward Building, where every room Jaas unobstructed air and light, where spacious offices aid clear thinking and better work, The Woodward Building has unusually large, light rooms for their low rentals. You'll be agreeably surprised. Why not investigate the exceptionally choice vacancies now available? - . Five High-Speed Elevators comment, in a friendly and by no means captious or controversial spirit, not only on my own account, but on i partments, and with no litle insistence | on my part in more than one instance, | the corresponding representatives to ac- The total number in my party that Just telephone— | sailed on the Baltic was as follows: s y rades in the | company me were designated, and they focount also ot -y oo | in turn chose their assistants. Although | | the list did not include all I would ‘War Department, I bave admired Gen. Pershing ever since our first meeting and recom- | mended him for command, both in| Mexico and France, and always rejoice that I did so. In his conduct of the part we took during the war in France, he held high his Americanism against strong’ opposition that might have| crushed & weaker man; maintained his | point for an American Army and brought back & wonderful victory for our Army in the greatest war of all times, for which the American people owe him an eternal gratitude and ad- jon, in which I share. mmufl Cause of Pu:;‘.er . of our Army W | e laced us in the im'e-.‘r front of all the nations of the efifl.h‘ eand has advanced greatly the cause of peace in the world, since no nation ‘cares to embroil itself with one as pow- erful as we proved to be, and certainly we have no wish to embroil ourselves others. “IL:‘I his first chapter Gen. Persinxfl'snlg: # passed & compr made to carry it out to our actual en- ince into war.” e L have no papers at hand for reference, my memory tells me that the act Gen. Pershing refers to was at the previous session of Congress—at & time when Congress had no thought of war—and for a peace-time force by increments from time to time, and the provision of the act had been carried out as the proper time ar- flv::. for sending a political army to France, there was no disposition to do , in the mind of anybody in the War Department. All the formed officers ershivg mimselt, weré such as Gen. Pel fully conversant with the mistakes made in our former wars, and I was fuliy de- termined, so far as my power should go, that these mistakes should not be repeated in this war. They were not repeated, because I was thoroughly sup- ported in this by the Secretary of War and the President, without whom I should have been unable to accomplish anything, for a portion of Congress seemed bent upon making these mis- takes again. Statements Not Clear. Gen. Pershing does not make himself clear when he'.uy;. in chapter 2: “It had been apparent for months that we ‘were likely to be forced into the war, and a state of war had actually existed for several weeks, yet'scarcely a start had been made to prepare for it. The War Department seemed to be suffering from a kind of inertia, for which it was obably not altogether responsible. ;:zr does he make himself clear, in the same chapter, in saying: “Until a few ‘weeks before the war neither the gen- eral staff nor the War College had re- | Artillery. have select2d, as some were not avail- able, yet all rose to important places in the final organization, except one or two who failed in health. Other Members of Staff. ‘The personal staff consisted of the following: Capt. Nelson E. Margetts, Field Ar- tillery, aide-de-camp, afterward colonel, Capt. James L. Collins, Cavalry, aide- de-camp, afterward colonel, Artillery. First Lieut. Martin C. Shallenberger, Infantry, aide-de-camp, afterward col- onel, General Staff. The original gnembers of the General Staff, in additidh to Maj. Harbord, Cav- alry, chief of staff, were: Maj. John McA. Palmer, General Staff Corps, afterward colonel, Infan- ry. M2j. Dennis E. Nolan, General Staff Corps, later brigadier general and chief of intallizence. Maj. Fox Conner, assistant inspec- tor general, later brigadier general and chief of operations (attached). Capt. Arthur L. Conger, Infantry, later colonel, General Stam, and in com- mand of an Infantry regiment (at- tached.) Capt. Hugh A. Drum, Infantry, later brigadicr general and chief of staff (Fust Army), attached. i Staff Members Advanced. The administrative and supply staft was made up as follows: Col. Benjamin Alvord, adjutant gen- eral, later brigadier general and adju- Llat general, A. E. F. Invalided home later. Col. Andre W. Brewster, inspector general, later major general and in- spector general, A. E. F. Col. Daniel E. McCarthy, quarter- | master Corps, invalided home later. Lieut. Col. Walter A. Bethel, judge | advocate, later brigadier general and | Jjudge advocate general, A. E. F. Col. Alfred E. Bradley, Medical Corps, later brigadier general and chief sur- geon, A. E. F. (Joined in London.) Invalided home Ilater. Lieut. Col. Merritte W. Ireland, Med- ical Corps, later brigadier general and chief surgeon, A. E. F., relieving Gen. Bradley. Col. Harry Taylor, Engineer Corps, later brigadier general and chief of en- gineers, A. E. F. Lieut. Col. Clarence C. Williams, Ord- nance Corps,” later brigadier general lngofbief of ordnance, A. E. F. brigadier general and chief signal off- cer, A. E. P. . Maj. Townsend F. Dodd, Aviation at least a division of regular trcops un- til a large Army could be trained. I stood out against this up to the time I left Washington, May 13, as a member of the Root commission to Russia. Policy Was Carried Out. ceived any hint or direction to be ready with_recommendations, except as indi- cated above. The general stafl had ap- parently done Jittle more, even after war was declared, than to consider the fmmediate question of organizing and sending abroad one combat division and 50,000 special troops.” “This statement differs widely from that the general made earlier in this same chapter—*“beginning with February 3, the War College division (of the gen- eral staff) presented a number of rec- 'ommendations for action in the event of war with the central powers. One was for the enactment of the draft law (upon which I had been engaged myself for four months) and others referred to the size of the Army to be organ- ized and the necessity for the procure- ment of equipment and supplies. March 15, acting under instructions.from the chief of staff, the War College sub- mitted a more detailed scheme for ising 500,000 men.” | n’l'ongbe more accurate, these studies| had been going on all Winter with many confcrences between myself and the different heads of the War College and heads of bureaus. I had been engaged in preparing the mind of the adminis- tration and the country for compulsory | service. Seven hundred and ninety-two | favorable editorials had been received | from newspapers in all parts of the country before the counting was stopped. | Laughed at 1,000,000 Men. T asked the committee of Congress for | 1,090,000 men in 1916. This request was | recoived with great hilarity. I was eske hat do you want with 1,000, 000 men? The United States will never be at war with anybody. Do you want them to eat? You certainly cannot| have any other use for them.” The temper of Congress was such as to dis- courage further effort at that time. I have since felt with Gen. Pershing that it were better so. Had my request been granted, such a gesture would have col vinced Germany of our determined pur- e, with the probability that she would vé ceased the acts that brought us| into the war with the chance of our continuing to stand on the side lines, while the civilization of France lnd} Englend was being destroyed—our turn | to come later, unprepared and alon: No doubt the ideas of all of us were | ‘crude in the beginning, and by no means | the ideas we have now—even Gen. Pershing’s. We all had to grow through exverience. I remember Gen. Pershing asking if I thought it possibie for him | to get a Cadilac touring car for his| personal use in France. I told him to out and buy 10 for himself and stafl. would now have said 100, but 1 gave | mim 10 times ac many as he asked. it was not possible to order the recom- mendations of the general staff carried out at once for the reason that all of them could not be approved on account | of minor imperfections or until the of the Government was decided upon, as to the size and character of the contribution we were to make to the war. our contribution to the war would be mainly morey. None of our allies thought it possible for us to send more than 300,000 trained men to France. Marshal Joffre asked that our be sent over at once with only a small escort for the sake of the Congress thought at one liml‘ My pclicy of a division was the one carried out later by Gen. Bliss, my classmate, and four months younger, who succeeded me as chief of staff. It ‘was not until some time later that the policy of the Government was formed to send a large Army, probably some time after the draft had proved suc- cessful. ‘The fact is that everything was done by the War Department that it was possible to do st that time. We had to wait upon Congress for a law by which we could raisc an army. We were all too busy to talk about what we had done, and it is possible that Gen. Per- shing, who was in Washington only for a short period, was not fully informed of what had been done before. His main attention was without doubt directed toward getting his expedition ready to sail as soon as pcssible. He may, t0o, have been told things tnat were untrue by disgruntled officers as sometimes happens. The supplies called for by the general staff were made the basis of representa~ tion before Congress by tne supply de- partments which had obtained options | on all kinds of material and supplics needed. The telegrams had been written | and we were ready to ciose the options the moment the declaration was signed by the President, thus preventing seiz- ure of thes: supplies by speculators, thereby causing an immense saving for the Government over what would other- wise have had to be paid. ‘We were all waiting in my office for | notice of the President’s signature, and when it was telephoned from the White Hcuse I took a project calling for the expenditure of $50,000,000 to the Secre- tary of War, of which he was already cognizant, and he was warned again that this money had not been appro- | priated by Congress and its expendi- ture under such circumstances was a | penitentiary .offense. . It was signed | and the staff was en route .to file the telegrams confirming the options with- | in less than five minutes. General Staff Small. The general staff was much restricted | and hampered from the time of Gen. | Corbin. Some members of C-ngress were inimical to it almost from its - ception, and, as Gen. Pershing remarks, Congress had lately reduced its num- | ber. In addition, Congress had enacted that no more than half of this inade- quate number should be stationed in Washington at one time. This gave me less than 20 officers of the general staff with which to lay the basis of the great war at a_time when the armies of Prance and England had each over 500 officers on their general staffs, | | and now, in a time of profound peace, | our nyciber of general stafl officers | approximates 100. | This small number of general staff | officers was worked to their limit and | | it is surprising they accomplished as | much as they did. Al the chiefs of staff since Gen. Corbin had t> fight continually until after the breaking out | of the war and the enmity of a section of Congress was overcome. It is a fact that the general stafl never had a real chance until then. Of course, after contact with the allied staffs during actual war, much was learned that Gen. Pershing, and no one effect cur representation would have in E:urope, even if no force were behind 1 considered, however, that this S be an improper Snd undignified way to treat our flag and stood out for else over here, had had an opportunity to learn, and our general sf is now the peer cf any. 1931, by North A (Copyright, by News- | supplies and assignments. Edgar Russel, Signal Corps, later | haj Regular Army officers. . Marine Corps officers O. R. C. officers in active ser Enlisted men. Field clerks [ lan _interpreters. Civilians (correspondents)..... Total on Baltic.......eevsrees..190 ‘The method of raising our armies by conscription was based on studies made By the War College under instructions from Gen. Scott. President Wilson rec- ommended the plan to Congress April 7, 1917, but the draft act was not passed until May 18, 42 days after the decla- ration of war. The question had been discussed in the press for some months, with the result that the value of compulsory system was advocated by the majority of the leading newspapers, and in do- ing so they rendered distinguished service to the Nation by greating fa- vorable public opinion to Sustain the President and Congress in the enact- ment of this importaht law. Opposes Volunteer System. ‘The draft act contained a provision authorizing the President to raise not | to exceed four infantry divisions by voluntary enlistment. When Secretary Baker asked my view whether action should be taken under this provision, I expressed myself against the principle except as to special or technical troops. While volunteer fighting units would naturally be composed of a fine body of men who would give a good account of themselves, there was no reason to suppose that they would be any better than men selected under the draft, sim- ilarly officered by their quota of Regu- lar Army men. Moreover, the yolunteers, as they had | Co done in the past, would regard them- selves as belonging to a special class and would expect priority both as to Any differ- ence in the status of the various units such as would thus exist between out- and-out volunteers and those who should come in through the draft would arouse jealousies almost certain to be subversive of discipline. When one recalled the evils of the volunteer system in the Civil War, with the appointment of politicians to high command, the conferring of medals of honor upon whole regiments for a few days’ extra service, and then later on, in the Spanish-American War, the in- sistent demands by the volunteers, po- litically and otherwise, that they should have preferential consideration, it was not difficult to foresee what would have ppened in the World War, probably on & much larger scale. Explains Stand on Roosevelt. ‘The appeal of Col. Roosevelt at this| time for permission to raise a volun- teer division aroused popular sentiment throughout the country in his favor, but approval would have opened the door for many other applications, and the policy would have interfered mate- rially with the orderly and businesslike application of the draft law. Moreover, the Regular establishment would have suffered from the loss of | COL. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Gen. Pershing regretfully disapproved the former President’s appeal to be permittcd to raise a volunteer division for overseas service. an undue @oportion of the best offi- | cers, who inevitably would have been selected for important positions in these special units at a time when their services were urgently needed in building more largely. . Another important reason for dis- approving Col. Roosevelt’s application was that in such a war it was neces- sary that officers, especially those in high command, should be throughly trained and disciplined. Furthermore, 1. Reosevelt was not in‘the best of health and could mot have withstood the hard work and exposure of train- ing camps and trenches. ‘The Secretary of War, much to the disappointment of Col. Roosevelt, wisely made an adverse decision in his case, which was confirmed by the President. It was evident that both Mr. Wilson | and Secretary Baker were looking for trained leaders and were determined to avoid the emberrassment President Lincoln “experienced in the Civil War, when he was more or less driven to fill many high positions with political appointees who, in the end, had to be replaced by men trained in the mili- tary profession. Quotes Roosevelt Letter. ‘The following letter from Col. velt, dated May 17, 1917, will show his o fine attitude: ‘My Dear Gen, Pershing: “I very heartily congratulate you, d espe- cially the people of the Uniftd States, upon your selection to lead the expe- ditionary forces to the front, Whea T was endeavoring to persuade the Sec- retary of War to permit me to raise a division or two of volunteers I stated that if you or some men like you were to. command the expeditionary forces I could raise the divisions without trouble. “I write you now to request that my two sons, Theodore Roosevelt, jr., aged 27, and Archibald B. Roosevelt, aged 23, both of Harvard, be allowed to enlist as privates with you, to go over with the first troops. The former is a Major and the latter a Captain in the Officers’ Reserve Corps.. They are at Plattsburg for thei® third Summer. “My own belief is that competent men of their standing and rank can gain very little from a third Summer at Plattsburg and that they should be utilized as officers, even if only as Second Lieutenants. But they are keenly desirous to see service; and if they serve under you at the front| and are not killed, they will be far | better able to instruct the draft army | next Fall, or next Winter, or whenever they are sent rome, than they will be gfler spending the Summer at Platts- Tg. “The President has announced that only regular officers are to go with you, and if this is to be the invariable rule then I apply on behalf of my two sons that they may serve under you as enlisted men, to go to the front with the first troops sent over. “Trusting to hear that this request has ‘been-granted, I am, with great respect, “Very sincerely yours, “Theodore Roosevelt." “P. S. If 1 were physically fit instead of old and heavy and stiff, [ should myself ask to go under you in any capacity down to and including | a sergeant, but at my age and con- dition, I suppose that I could not do work you would consider worth while in the fighting line (my only line) in a lower grade than brigade com- mander.” - * ok Kk ok ‘Tomorrow: Pershing balks British and French plans to recruit our men and units for their armies. (Copyright, 1931, in all countries by North _ American’ Newspaper Alllance— | World rights reserved. including the Scan- | dinavian. “Reproduction in whole or in part prohibited.) PLAZA PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT ASKED| Stanton Park Citizens Ask Other| Associations to Indorse Plan. Member Drive On. Vigorous protest against abolishing of the Plaza Playground was voiced by, speakers last night at a meeting of the Stanton Park Citizens’ Association in | the Peabody School, Fifth and C streets northeast. A. H. Gregory, chairman of the School Committee, told the association that out of the $16,000,000 appropri- | ated by Congress, which included the | building of playgrounds, no allotment | had been made for the association’s| district. Following the discussion, Mr. Greg- ory introduced a resolution, which was passed, asking that communications be sent to all other citizens’ associations requesting their indorsement of action which would replace the Plaza Play- ground. A membership campaign, under the leadership of E. J. Elwood, was inau- gurated. The association has adopted the slogan “A Community Worth Liv- ing In Is Worth Working For,” and is expecting a successful campaign. A complaint against Grey Line busses, which, it was stated by Mrs. C. Quan- | trille, exceed their rights by using E streel northeast as a route instead of the mapped route, which runs west on Maryland avenue northeast, was voiced | at_the meeting. | William W. Keeler, prosident of the | association, presided at the meeting. — AWARDS FOR FIREMEN 24 Will Receive Red Cross Honors Thursday Morning. ‘Twenty-four Washington firemen will be presented with first-aid awards by the District of Columbia Chapter of the American Red Cross at 11 o'clock Thursday morning at the Wom- an's World War Memorial Building: 1730 E street. The men have finished a 35-hour course in first aid under the chapter Red Cross instructor, Ira Lee Law. They have taken this course to become candidates for the rescue squad. Brig. Gen. F. R. Keefer, chair- man of the chapter, will make the presentation. O BRI e Sheriff Shoots Boxer. ELLENDALE, N. Dak., Jenuary 13 (P)—Roy Mickelson, who had told au- thorities he was a boxer from Minne- apolis, was sbot and killed by Sheriff C. W, Crandall of Dewey County while being brought here by automobile for question’ng sbout a robbery. Sheriff. Crandall sald Mickelson :rmuledmmnhmnflu 3 Mexico City Police Seek to End War of Rival Ambulances By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, January 13.— Police are determined to break up the rivalry of competing nm- bulance services—the Red Cross and the White Cross. Yesterday ambulances got an even start from a fire head- quarters to an insignificant fire and began cutting in and out ahead of the other. The mad race ended at the fire when the cars collided and the two drivers piled cut for a fight. Last week rival ambulances racing to pick up a man who had sustained minor injuries in a motor wreck collided and three of the ambulance occupants were hurt., In Mexico beth the Red Cross and the White Cross are semi- private organizations. D. C. WELFARE NEEDS STRESSED IN REPORT Increased Personnel for Charity| Organizations Urged Before Council of Social Agencies. Increased personnel for welfare ac- | tivitles in the National Capital, includ- | ing two more supervisors for the Asso- clated Cheritics, cne more supervisor for the Catholic Charities and an extra case worker for the Bureau of Rehabilitation, are recomm:nded in the report of Francis McLean, presented at the Janu- ary meeting of the Council of Social Agencies yesterday at the Y. W. C. A. beadquasters. Mr. McLean's report was read by | Miss Louise McGuire of tie National | Catholic Echool of Sccial Work, who explained that there are not enough individual workers in tne welfare or- ganizations to care properly for the families which must ve visited each month in Wshington. In his report Mr. McLean p-inted out that individual workers are visiting and caring for the needs of as many as 74 families per month, when the best usages of social work prescribe 50 fami- lies as a “top load.” He also declarsd that s>laries of soclal workers, as & whole are t:o low in comp-nmn‘wn.h those of other citi Noted Eye Specialist Dies. NEW YORK, January 13 (#)—Dr. Edgar Steiner Thomson, nationally ki n eye speclalist, died yesterday at his home here after a week's illness. He e b o o known mmong PINEY BRANCH AGAIN HITS BORLAND ACT Citizens Vote Opposition to Any Legislation Which Would Include Its Provisions. A resolution reaffirming its stand 2gainst the Borland act, requiring abut- | ting property- owners to share expenses |of street paving, was adopted by the Piney Branch Citizens' Association, meeting in Hamline M. E. Church last | night. 2 The association also went on record as being opposed to the enactment of any o.her legislation which would in- clude the provisions of the Borland act. | The association indorsed the Wash- ington Community Chest in a resolu- tion. Upon requést of the National Capital Park and Planning Commis- sion, contained in a communication to the association, a committee of three| members of the association was pointed to co-operate with the Bright- wood and Sixteenth Street Highlands Citizens’ Association in choosing a suit- able name for the proposed recreation center ;g be developed on the Sixteenth Street rvoir site. The committee vemed Includes Frank C. Merritt, W. H. Cole and W. J. Lavarre. It was an-| nounced at the mecting that the Six- teenth Street Highlands Citizens’ As- sociation has gone on record as being ed to the development of a recrea- tion center on the site mentioned. Another resolution was adopted re-' questing _the District authorities to| place a traffic light at Sixteenth and Kennedy streets. The lafer resolution was introduced by Frank C. Merritt. | Capt. G. L. Shorey, first vice presi- dent of the association, presided at the meeting in the absence cf Edgar B.| Henderson, the president, who was pre- vented from attending, due to illness. MRS. ELIZABETH HUGHES DIES AT RESIDENCE HERE Mrs. Elizabeth Smoot Hughes, wife of Lieut. Col. A. M. Hughes, U. 8. A, retired, died at her residence, 3310 Park place, last night, after a short iliness. She would have been 85 years old to- morrow. £ Other than her widower, she is sur- vived by a son, Neill Hughes, assistant ffi”"’ clerk 1:1 t.::e Mflen hle‘hn):‘i‘: Department; two_ daugl TS, John R. Moss and M) Charles 8. Brock, and two brothers, Samuel C. smootv:nd Capt. Edward Smoot of Vi« enna, Va. 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