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eriences in the World War —By— A% o Peialn Offers Apologies for Criticizing Means Used by Americans in Training Troops. HAD TOLD HOUSE OF ATTACK PLANS Russian Officers Want to Join Our Forces, but Services Found to Be Impracticable. LARGE party including Col. E. M. House, the American dele- gates to the Interallied Con- ference, Ambassador Willlam G. 1 Sharp and Lord Northcliffe went by special train from Paris De- cember 4, 1917, to our training area, stopping at my Chaumont headquarters en goute. the train I had an interesting conversation with Lord Northcliffe, of the British 'Air Board, rding the formation of an American Army and its transportation overseas. Lord North- cliffe thought his government should @0 more to help ‘with shipping, but 1like most Englishmen he believed it best . for us to send our men for service with the British. He argued in favor of & that Mr. Lloyd George had recently made to Mr. House that we should ineorporate in their units any infantry that we might not be able to organize immediately into complete di- wisions of our own. “It is all very well" I said, “to make such an appeal to us, but it is im- possible to ignore our National view- point. The people themselyes would not approve, even though the President and his advisers should lean that way. ‘We cannot permit our men to serve under another flag except in an ex- treme emergency, and then only tempo- warily.” ‘Wanted Army as Unit. T also insisted that we could con- tribute more largely to allied success the use of the American Army as a unit. Continuing, I said that there was nothing vainglorious in our attitude, but that no people with a grain of national pride would consent to fur- nish men to build up the army of an- other nation. I pointed out that mis- understandings and recriminations would inevitably follow any reverse by such & mixed force, and that his govern- " ment had used none of its colonials in any such way. It is quite certain that Northcliffe Bad not considered the subject from our point of view, for, at the conclu- son of the conversation, he very frank- ly said that we were perfectiy right. fter that, so far as I am aware, he me a consistant advocate of the formation of an American Army. In another conversation, Mr. House asked my views of the proposal above referred to which had been sent to him by Mr. Lloyd George about putting our men into their armies. The memo- randum in question had been forward- ed to Lord Reading for delivery to Mr. House, with a note by Mr. Lloyd George s follows: 2d December, 1917. “My dear R. “The C. 1. G. S. (chief of the ime Perial general stafl) is very anxious gu should place the inclosed before 1. House. I entirely concur and urge #ts acceptance. We shall be hard press- ed to hold our own and keep Italy standing during 1918, Our man-power 4s pretty well exhausted. We can only call up men of 45-50, and boys of 17. France is.done. The American soldiers - ‘will not be ready to fight as an army » Entil late in 1918. Our experjence proves , that meanwhile we must keep the fight going. Even half-trafned rican companies or battalions wolld fight well if mixed with 2 or 3 ye: H. to consider this I “Yours, Nature of Inclosure. Inclosure: The first part sets forth sGermany’s probable course, Russian de- fection, allied shortage of man-power, and time required for, American divi- sions to become available, and continues: L4 “Would America, therefore, be ready #0 help in another way, as a temporary measure? When she first came into /the war we hoped she might send some * men for inclusion in the British armies, @5 being clearly the quickest way of Jbelping, but for reasons we quite under- stand she preferred to retain her nation- , 8l identity. No doubt she still desires to do 80, but over and above the prepara- tion of her divisions, and without inter- fering with it, would it b: possible for her to provide a company of infan- try to replace a British company in such 8 number of British battalions as Amer- fca could bring over men? .., “Even 100 such companies would be ©f the greatest value. Every considera- tioa would, of course, be given to the .companies, and if they desired they could later on be recalled and posted to the American divisions. It is thought that this mingling of American and British troops would establish a close @nd cordial feeling between the two irmies, and would also give the Amer- fcan troops useful training. If this gystem is not possible, would America end a battalion to replace a British Nlnlllnn in as many brigades as possi- ‘There would be no imsuperable @ifficulty in meeting American wishes in any such matters as discipline, ra- tions and general maintenance. The only difficulty is Americhn national s timent, which we quite understand. On the other hand, the system suggested is clearly one which would the most rapid- 1y afford much needed help during, per- 3:?'7 the most critical period of the Pershing Hits Fault Finders. . T told Mr. House that it would not @o at all and gave him my reasons #nd my opinion as to what the re- sult would be. This was, in fact, a| revival of the plan put forward by the Balfour mission. It never received Support from any Americans except a W individuals, including some officers ho were disposed to criticize generally management of our interests “in Prance, and who, for their own ulterior sought to gain the favorable inion and receive the acclaim of the lies. But Mr. House and all other tanding, loyal Americans were from start strongly in favor of building our own Army. About this time Mr. House told me t Petain had criticized the American of training and also_that Louls icheur, minister of muriitions, had n about the rise in prices caused American purchases. Mr. House wisely suggested to these gentlemen, said, that matters of this kind | Thanksgiving were Gen. John THE EVENIN§ v J. Pershing Commander in Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces ncle Joe” Knights of Columbus, giving checolate to an injured refugee. to blame if prices had risen, as we had eliminated competition among our- selves, and that our purchases were and had been for some time actually handled through French officials. I objected to these back-door methods of lodging complaints, and emphasized the necessity of frankness and direct- ness in all our dealings. I asked him to give instructions that if there was any fault to find with our methods it should be brought to my personal attention. He entirely agreed with and exp! any other course had been followed. On the face of it, there was no other conclusion, however, than that both complaints were made for the purpose of finding out just the extent of my independent authority. Pleased With Apology. I took occasion a few days later to let Petain know very politely what I thought of the impropriety of this sort of thing and also_criticized him then and there for telling anybody, even Mr. House, as he had done, about the plan to attack the ‘St, Mihiel salient as the first offensive by the American Army. I was pleased with Petain's apology and his statement that there would be no further action of this kind on his part. As a matter of fact, I think the French erroneously regarded House &s a sort of speclal. ambassador, and thought that they could lay the found: tion for an approach through” him to the question of amalgamation. Just before his return o the States, House said to me that he entirely agreed with me and that he felt sure the President and the Secretary of War intended to leave the whole ques- tion regarding the disposition of our troops to my judgment. Assurance on this point was in no sense necessary, as I had full confidence that this was the case. During his stay in Prance I formed a high opinion of House's ability. We formed & friendship in the beginning which enabled us to discuss all matters most freely and frankly. Before he left for home he and J arranged for con- fidential communicdtion by cable should it become necessary to reach Mr. Baker or Mr. Wilson direct, ‘When Mr, House and Gen. Bliss, who sat in at the second meeting of the Supreme War Council, returned to the United States, Mr. Arthur H, Frazier, first secretary- of our Paris embassy, was designated to attend the meetings, but merely as an observer and without any voice in the proceedings. It seemed to me that we should be actually rep- resented and I so recommended, but from a political viewpoint it would have been impracticable for the Presi- dent to designate any one and clothe him with the authority held by the prime ministers, Mr. Frazier felt that he was more or less handicapped from lack of knowl- edge of military affairs, and I ther fore recommended the temporary ap- pomtment of Maj. Gen. Hunter Liggett as the military representative on the souncil. Later on Gen. Bliss was named to the position permanently, and his selection was very agreeable to me. The Missing Turkeys. Immediately upon my return to head- quarters at Chaumont December 7, 1917, Gen. Harbord reported there had been a shortage of turkey and other es- sentials of & truly American Thanks- giving dinner and in a facetious manner deplored the heartlessness of a staff at ‘Washington that would so neglect our troops. He stated that the shortage was due to these supplies, which had been or- dered in September for delivery Novem- ber 1, being buried under a large cargo | that could not be unloaded in time. The following cable was sent as written by Harbord 18 “On September rdered. supplies for Your ca- blegram stated minc Montanan. There was no mince meat on Montanan. Mince meat arrived No- vember 26 on Powhatan underneath heavy cargo, which it was necessary to discharge before mince meat could be unloaded. Result, mince meat aboard ship Thanksgiving day. Sweet potatoes arrived on Dakotan and could not unloaded until November 22. Resuit, some troops did not have sweet pot: toes. It was necessary to buy geese to Al requisitions on account of part of turkey not arriving, notwithstanding the fact that Thanksgiving supplies were zrd(red to arrive in France Novem- er 1.” Although we had treated this matter lightly, 1 really felt regret that some of our troops had been deprived of a homelike Thanksgiving dinner, and at the same time I was not at all pleased to have further evidence of careless un- loading of ships. ‘The difficulties of transatlantic trans- portation in general made it necessary to limit our demands to those things that could not possibly be obtained abroad within & reasonable time, and every effort was being made toward pro. curement in Europe. France was re- sponding generously, but her supplies were not inexhaustible. Attention was now turned to the neutral countries of Switzerland and Spain and also to Por- tugal. Through negotiations directed by the general purchasing agent it was found that these countries wer: willing to open up their markets, provided the United States would make concessions as to financial accommodal in some cases and remove the embargo on others. couraging for obtaining horses, mules railway ties and other needed supplies, but the numbers and amounts proved RN i Russian Officers Rejected. %dhrynmlflu(ouaflnl Sunday, December 16, 7 of Food Admin. meat shipped on) LORD NORTHCLIFFE. gave an impressive account of restric- tions at home. “Gen. Guorko, Russian Army, came yesterday to urge acceptance of their officers in our Army, but was told that it is impracticable, “As surest means of having trained troops in the Spring, have cabled re- quest for Regular divisions.” . In considéring the composition of our expeditionary forces, it was a question whether we ought to organize higher units by using Regular regiments, with & proportionate number of new officers, or utilize the permanent commissioned personnel of the line for equitable as- signment to the citizen contingents and leave our Regulat organizations to be completed from the relatively raw ma- terial at our disposal, and thus build up all categories of the Army simul- taneously. A this moment training had begun of the first draft, certain assignments from the Regular units had already been made, and a considerable proportion of new personnel had been utilized to fill up the Regular units. ' It was my spinion, with which both Bliss and Har- bord agreed, that the quickest way to provide sorely needed assistance to the allies would be to hasten the training of our Regular divisions and send them to Prance as soon as possible. 1 recommended that Regular regi- ments at Honolulu and elsewhere be relieved for this purpose by National Guard regiments. These Regular troops would more nearly approximate the standards of our allies at the start, and, more important still, their use would diminish the chances of reverses during our first encounters with the enemy. The acting chief of staff at home, Maj. Gen. John Biddle, agreed with my sug- gestion, but the widely separated loca tions of these regiments made their re. placement scmewhat difficult, gnd only the 3d, 4th and 5th Divisions came in time for service early in 1918, the 6th and 7th arriving to take part in the Fall campaign. Criticize Each Other. Gen, /Petain came for dinner De- cember 16, bringing reports from Italy which were far from encouraging. The opinion was expressed in certain French circles that they should take over the Italian Army and reorganize it if there was to be anything effective expected | on that front. Another suggestion was that a French pointed for the Italians, and that the President of the United States, as a distingushed friend, should put the proposition forward with the necessary pressure to accomplish it. But, of course, no such change was necessary or_even remotely possible. Incidentally, it was noticeable that the allies were quick to eriticize each cther and allege inefficiency, especially in case of reverses. In due time, how- ever, the British and French division. | were returned from Italy to their own hard-pressed fronts, where they, too, | suffered disastrous defeats. The Ital- | fans might also have sald many things {about the French and British de- | ficiencies and they probably did so. Be- | fore the end of the war the records of the respective armies in the West as to | reverses were just about a stand-off Tomorrow: Pershing dissatisfied with training at home; visits Belgian King Den and Queen. (Copsright, 1931 North American Newspaper Alliance. rights reserved, including the dinavian Reproduction in whole or in part prohib- sted.) FIRE DESTROYS CHURCH in all countries by the World Chapel Are Saved. Special Dispatch to The Star. LEONARDTOWN, M a frame building, miles from Leon: ardtown, which was used as a house of worship for many years by members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in that section. Services were about to start when smoke was discovered on the roof. ‘The minister, Rev. L. L. Krug, for- merly of Baltimore, had just arrived with other members for service, and as there was no water convenient, quickly removed all the pews and organ ferred to & school house some distance ay. The building was a total loss. PRy Forty-two of 111 vorce were granted by m recent session lnu ) ininutes eachs chief cf staff be ap- | Pews and Organ From Joy M. E. i February 3. |F —Fire completely destroyed Joy Chapel, | Ralelgh.’ N outside and later these were trans-| i STAR, WASHINGTON, DAISY DE BOE ENTERS PLEA FOR PROBATION Convicted Former Secretary of Clara Bow Faces One-to-Ten Years in Prison. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, February 3.—Only & written plea for mercy by Clara Bow and a jury's recommendation for len- ency stood today between penitentiary walls and Daisy De Boe, convicted of the theft bf $825 from the film red-head. The slim, blond Daisy, who until Hollywood’s recent real life thriller was the film flapper's secretary, saw her hope for a new trial go glimmering in Superior Judge William Doran's court yesterday. A plea for probation instead of a 1-to-10-year sentence for the grand theft conviction was entered by Daisy’s counsel, William Beirne, when the plea for & new trial was dened. Among the angles which Judge Doran may hold of prime importance in con- sidering the probation plea before giv- ing a decision next Tuesday is a deli- cately scented note from Actress Bow to the district attorney. The latest episode of the spectacular case found another big crowd on hand when the plea for a new trail was heard and the probationary plea entered. Daisy went back to her county jail cell smiling_cheerfully, with her one card left to play. THE WEATHER I District of Columbia—Fair, not so cold tonight, minimum temperature about 30 degrees; tomorrow partly cloudy and not so cold: gentle south | shifting to moderate to fresh southwest winds. Maryland—Fair and not so cold to- night; tomorrow partly cloudy and warmer; moderate south shifting to fresh southwest winds and increasing tomorrow. Virginia——Fair and not so cold to- night and tomorrow; gentle to mod- erate east shifting to south and south- ‘west winds. ‘West Virginia—Fair and warmer to- night; tomorrow partly cloudy; warmer in southeast portion. Record for 24 Hours. ‘Thermometer—4 p.m., 46; 8 pm., 40; 12 midnight, 33; 4 am, 26; 8 am, 24; noon, 33. Barometer—4 pm., 30.26; 12 midnight, 30.3 8 am., 30.44; noon, 30.39. } Highest temperature, 49, occurred at 1:45 p.m. vesterday. Lowest temperature, 24, occurred at 7:40 am. today. Temperature same date last year— | Highest, 56; lowest, 40. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today—Low tide, 2:46 am. and 2:52 p.m.; high tide, 8:15 a.m. and 8:41 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 3:33 am. and 5:44 pm.; high tide, 9:07 am. and 9:31 pm. 30.20; 8 pm, 4 am, 3041; The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose 7:14 am.; sun sets 50 p.m. Tomorrow—Sun rises 7:15 am.; sun sets 5:52 p.m. Moon rises 7:58 am.; sets 5:15 p.m. | Automobile lamps to be lighted one- | half hour after sunset. Weather in Various Cities. & Temperature. %3 | Stations. Abllene, | Alban; Atlanta, *Ga Atiantic City Baltimore, Ma.. Birmingham . 24 Bismarck, N. ‘. 3034 Bosto 3 Clear Pt.cloudy ear Pt.cloudy Cloud: Lo Louisvi Aiami, N New York, ahoma, ear Pt.cloudy Cloudy Cloudy + Clear FOREIGN. (7 a.m,, Greenwich time, today.) Stations, ‘Temperature. Weather. | London, England. . 38 Rain arls i I D. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1931.° IDR. WELCH TO-QUIT AT JOHNS HOPKING Medical Leader Reveals He Is Doctor Who Will Not Take Own Medicine. By the Assoclated Press. BALTIMORE, February 3.—Called by President Hoover “the leader of scien- tific medicine in America,” and hon- ored by his colleagues in this country and abroad, Dr. William H. Welch re- vealed himself yesterday as a doctor who will not take his own medicine. Just two months less than 81 years old, Dr. Welch is to retire in June from the faculty of Johns Hopkins Medical School, which he helped to found a half century ago. 'm in no position to advise others.” he laughed in response to & question. “I should not advise people to lie in bed until 2 or 3 in the morning read- g books as I do. Nor should I advise them to smoke continuously. “Nor should I advise them to eat exactly what they want irrespective of whether it was good for them or not. Dr.-Welch, a short bachelor with a white- Van Dyke beard, laughed again when_he spoke of his former col e, Dr. Willilami Osler, later Sir Willl Oslet;rand the dictum ascribed to Osler that men reached the extent of their usefulness at 60 and should be chloyo- formed. “I really retired when I was 66, how- ever,” he said. pathology in 1916, and with Dr. Willlam H. Howell, established the new school of hygiene. I should have retired eariler, but have gone on year after ‘year. There is no one who believes in retirement and making room for the younger men \Lhm I do. Success Attributed to Luck. “I've been lucky, and it would be pre- sumptuous for me to assume that I have any message to give to any one about life. I don't waste much time meditat- ing on the imponderables, of which, in the nature of things, we can never knew too much. I live from hand to :mum and from day to day—always ave. “Y did not see when I began what great influences pathology and bac- teriology were to have on te future, I did them because I enjoyed them.” From the laboratory which Dr. Welch established have come discoveries bear- ing on malaria, dysentery, rickets, diabetes, diphtheria, intestinal poisons, influenza fungus poisoning and chloro- | form poisoning. Won’t Open His Mail. Last April, on the occasion of his| eightieth birthday anniversary, dinners were held in his honor in this country. “I stopped teaching | hi several European lands and in China. Speaking over a Nation-wide network, President Hoover called him “the leader of scientific medicine in America and our greatest statesman in the fleld of public health.” Last week John D. Rockefeller, jr. and Dr. Simon Flexner, once a pupil of D}r; ‘Welch, spoke at a dinner bere in s_honor. Dr. Welch holds decorations from four or more governments and has dozens of medals from scientific societies. Just how many he has, he has no idea, His colleagues had to publish his books and papers. They assert he will not even open his mail, . SOCIETY PLANS PROGRAM All'States Group to Take Part in Bicentennial Celebration. Plans for the participation by Al States Society in the George Wa: ington Bicentennial in 1932 were out- lined last night before the officers of the All States Society by Mrs. Harry Atwood Colman, representing the Presi- dent's Bicentennial Commission, at a meeting in the Willard Hotel. The founder of “Mother's day,” Miss general observance of Mother's day, which is the first Sunday in May. Miss Jarvis urged that & central committee from the All States Society be formed in this city and lay plans for local ob- servance, | Miss Bede Johnson, president of the society, introduced the speakers, LIFETIME FURNITURE substantially reduced Now MAYER & CO. Seventh St. Bet. D& E e Associate Dealers [ J L. P. Steuart, Inc., 1401 14th Street General Service Electric Co., 3610 Georgia Avenue Brookland Hardware, 3501 12th Street N. E. ¥. S. Harris Co., Inc., 2900 14th Street Stanléy Horner, Inc., 1015 14th Street N. W. R. G. Dunne Company 611 H Street N. E. Ristigs, Inc., 1352 H Street N. E. J. K. fnright, Rockville, Md. John Ruff, 1000 King St., Alexandria, Va. Beattie’s Electric Shop, In 20 Wilson Blvd., Cluenson. :I"l. Rushe Motor Com Hyattsville, M, " Mitchell Hardware, 5000 Wisconsin Ave. C. W. Kenner, 1778 U Street Stocknotm, " 5 tockholn, _Swi Gibraitar.” s N 1), Azores... 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