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D. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1931. reports of this sort were very hatmful | ican Forces. Emphat- led me to make |ically protest x - aguinst its being per- |licity of this nature.and be shown in the ioliow- 'ommend Re taken to s h .+ One dlg in question is returned m today. ‘gl-l matter be hroll.h"( to the sttention of Mr. Howard At this ' moniént Severs}, hundred of our men were awi aining, French and RAlian were full ‘and we had insufficient planes to train them ourselves. Only nine squadrons of the 260 that we should could My Experiences in the ) BY GEN. JOHN J. PERSHING, Commander in Chief of the American Expeditionary Fofces. recel tes “has thousands of fiyers in Prance and that thousands of Amer- ican the American - forces in Europe today. As a mv:rmu( fact 'h!l‘!lll no‘tnmay a single American-made plane in Europe. o : In my opinion such bombastic claims |be considered at this Mme.l.:lnywhm Again for Failure to in the American press have had the ef- | near ready {or service, and the bros- !e?d :{b materially stiffening German g:cu ‘were h:h.lt ';ven t‘l’x‘l'lmlmlzl nun; uction. r would have to use or types of Cfll’ry 0“' Orders fOl‘ 3 xfl.“smm sane statement might be given | planes purchased from the French un- § the press at home to counteract these |less the receipt of raw material from Troops Abroad. 4 i > [ exi tions, These statemients are | the States and consequently the produc- | < ‘rou‘y exaggerated and are extremely | tion*' in France could be materially detrimental to the future efficiency and | hastened. expectations of the Air Service, Amer- In the of our fallure to produce General Staff Criticized and none too strict when in the field. and these were no exceptions to the rule. Even higher commanders were often found neglectful of their a) ir- -:mnen and lax in the enforcement of dis- cipline., Tomorrow: G indicate offensive is ready to start; Pershing distressed by our lack of preparation. (Copyright, 1931, 1 ries Essential for Morale. No X':.:':m..dn |"’|'n|.’l:"“ ance, "Woor Teserved: ing But the, conditions of service in|HENS Teterved including wne Scandinavisn France demanded more serious attention | jted. SHIPPING , OVERSEAS STILL. HAPHAZARD Newspaper Reports That America Had Large Air Force at Front Labeled as False. CHAPTER XXX. T the ports the amount of freight duc}?:rged in January, 1918, was somewhat encouraging, being about two-fifths as much as during the preceding seven months. The rate of discharge was accelerated to some nt by the bet- ter distribution of r wransports by the Navy. More construction material was being delivered where it was need- ed for port works and the future was somewhat clarified in this respect by the arrival of additional logging machinery. During the month there was also an ncrease in troop shipments, including some elements of the 32d (Haan’s) Di- vision, with 20,000 men for the Service of Supply. By the end of January ap- ately 120,000 combat troops, 34,- m:lneef troops ana 61,000 others for the Service of Supply were in France. Although promising, this was only the merest start, as we were still A elue-p of Gen. Pershing and Gen. Foch. Gen. Pershing says: “Foch never seemed much’ interested when I talked with him of our problems.” in the world it happens, sir, that we do |and the British and Italian factorles 20 well, I do not see. were in about the same fix. “Here we. have come 3,000 miles to| Our aviation control at home had help them and yet we are treated like | made an allocation by which they had mendicants on the street corner holding | retained from 30 to 40 per cent of the a tin cup for passing pennies. production of these woods, although it “I know, sir, that co-operation is | was apparent that no such quantity necessary if we hope to win the war, |could be utilized in the manufacture of ceau’s attention to the remarks made In our House of Representatives criti- cizing the French attitude toward af- fording us port‘accommodations. While this resulted in a somewhat more lib- eral policy, it did not remove the necessity for constant pressure and in- sistence on our part. hind our schedule. mnb:nun be added, however, that the increase in the arrivals of men and ma- terials remained haphazard and not at l.llnin t.h:m pr:dwnwm continued apparen ommendations were not accepted in an altogether unhesitating spirit of help- fulness and that the serious need for executive leadership back home had not ‘been met. eeded. t that my rec- Staft Departments Blamed. In the absence of any preparation for d the principle could hardly be questioned that the com-: There was often no real co-opera- tion among: the subordinate-French of- ficials, who seemed to make little at- tempt to understand our problems. Among the higher officials it was only by dint of constant urging'that we could get them to let us have the meager and insufficient facilities that we had to put up with. In all our relations with them throughout the service of supply, at the ports and in railway traffic, it was an ever-recur- ring matter of surprise to me how well our officers in direct dafly contact with the many obstacles remained hopeful instead of becoming pessimistic as to but it requires an excessive effort on | our part, with more failures than other- wise to our credit.” This was harsh comment, but there were times in the experience of most officers when it seemed to fit the case fairly well. As to wireless communications, the possibility of interference by the enemy with our cables had caused some con- cern, and the projected radio station at Bordeaux was a precautionary measure | to meet such a contingency. Very| properly, it was a naval proposal and | plan, as the navy system had charge of the transmission of our confidential American planes in time to be of use to the allled cause. Questions of details of construction were still under discus- sion between our Aircraft Board at home and that abroad. The fact is that with us the industry had to be built from the ground up, and it had to be done with no experience to guide us. A recommendation was cabled re- questing that the three other countries involved be given a larger share of ma- terials necessary to provide planes for themselves and also for us, until our output could meet our own require- ments. It has never been clear to me Just why we should not have given full OPENING TODAY It is with satisfaction and pride that we announce the opening of Dikeman’s Lunch. This beautifully appointed restaurant has many unique features; it certainly inspires your personal inspection. Come for Breakfast, Luncheon or Dinner and experience the extreme satisfaction that only prompt, courteous service and ,delicious foods can give. Note the ingenious arrangement, and how it ADDS to hould decide upon 1 Sl b fhie S s the outcome. messages and was especially interested | assistance and preference to factories | our service facilities. Have a hasty sandwich at our 609 Fl&eemh requirements, and not the depart- &t‘ in Washington. The employment of our Armies in Europe had been fully by general instructions and Treated Like Mendicants. It must be said, however, that the vered were no problems of strategy or tions concerning _operations tha of partment chiefs or their assistants, be- cause they, too, under supervision, were given lndemdem roles, encouraged and moderated at the same time by one ent—success. Such was the broad conception of the organization bullt up as the G. H. Q, A. E. F. Foch and Weygand Call My diary notes the following: “Chaumont, Monday, February 18, 1918. Gen. Foch and Maj. Gen. Wey- d visited headquarters Thursday, luncheon with us and examined Capt. r of naval construction, came to confer regarding wireless sta- tion at Bordeaux. “Col. Stimson, former Secretary of War, now an efficient colonel of ar- tillery, called and asked to be left with ps. “Cable says Maj. Gen. Biddle re- placed by Maj. Gen. March. as chief of l‘lfll at Washington and ordered to England. “Left Priday, spent Saturday and Virginia—Fair and tonight; tomorrow fair, wit ing temperature, and northwest 'wj t. colder tonight; tomorrow cloudiness and warmer. 12 midnight, 37; 4 a.m., 3: noon, 35. , 29.7 29.80; 12 midnight, 29.88; 4 a. 8 a.m,, 30.03; noon, 30.07. 10:30 yesterda; 31, occurred at 7:30 a.m. today. Highest, 47; lowest, 33, 10:15 p.m.; high 128 p.‘l”n. x French officers of the liaison group as - | individuals attached to various organi- zatlons were always found anxious.to make things go smoothly, though in many instances they clung to the no- tion that we-should adopt French ideas and methods. s . Apropos the experience of many of our officers, I recall that one of the most efficient on duty at a very impor- tant port once said to me: “General, the trouble is that these &0 | subordinate Yrench officials in immedi- ate charge are either so hide-bound or else s0 conceited that it would be as eu{ to convince a Greek statue as to one of them understand. How in those relating to the movements of transports. Although the Navy urfdertook the | construction of this station at once, it was not completed until after the armi- | stice and has since been turned over to | m!flnch as a link in their radio sys- Crisis in Aviation. In aviation development a crisis had been reached as to raw materials, espe- clally spruce and fir. Due to the delay in furnishing these things our aviation program abroad, which depended largely upon allied production, was very much retarded. According to the Inter-Allied | Aviation Commission, of which Gen. | Foulois was the American member, there | was not enough spruci d fir in France | to keep the French factories going more | than a month longer, when they would | require something like a million feet, | abroad that were already turning out planes of approved pattern instead of clinging to the exaggerated and er- roneous claim of our airplane manufac- turers that they could supply our Armies within a reasonable time. ‘That such a delusion still clouded the issue is shown by the promise made by Washington about the middle of February that by March 1 there would be something over 300 planes ready for shipment, and that by May 1 a total of 1,600 would be completed, the numbers increasing monthly to a grand total of nearly 12,000 by November 1. The first thousand planes were to reach the Army in France by July 15. Meanwhile; some of the more sensa- tional newspapers at home were mak- ing extravagant claims about the large number of American planes then ac- tively engaged in France, when, in fact, ur to this moment there was not a sin- gle plane of American on the Western ‘front. Of course, Winfounded District of :Columbla—Fair and slightly colder tonight, minimum tem- perature about 22 degrees; tomorrow , | falr, with slowly rising temperature, gentle to moderate north and north- west winds. Maryland—Fair tonight, colder in east and central portions; tomorrow fair, with slowly rising temperature in the Interior, fresh to strong north and ndrthwest winds, diminishing tonight. htly colder resh to uroulynfi = inds this afternoon, irginia—Pair increasing Records for Twenty-four Hours. ‘Thermometer—4 p.m., 3 m., 37; m., 31; 8 pm, ., 20.94; Highut temperature, 38, occurred at Lowest temperature, Barometer—4 p.m., Temperature same date last year— Tide Tables. (Furnished by the United States Coast and Geodetic Burvey.) Today—Low tide, pm.; high tide, 1:55 ‘Tomorrow—Low a.m. and am. and The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose 7:06 a.m.; sun sets 5:39 pm. , Tomorrow—Sun rises 7:05 am.; sun Sunday visiting 1st Division in Ansau- | sets 5:41 ville sector; inspected infantry in front | line trenches and the artillery. Called | on Gen. Debeney, French 1st Army. “Returned this morning, stopping at aviation park, _Colombey-les-Belles, Maj. _Arthur Page commanding Camouflage work exceptionally well done. Passed through Miracourt to see Gen. de Castelnau, whos speaks highly of our troops.” As Gen. Foch, then chief of the French general staff, had shown some .m. Moon r&s 1:51 am, sets 11:23 am. Automobile lamps to be lighted one- half hour after sunset. Weather in Varlous Cities, “-gwpiarsa. UK surprise when at the allied meeting at | Complegne in January I told of the delays and difficulties we were having at the ports and in the operation of raflways, I invited him to make a visit to my headquarters, hoping to put him g in _touch with our activities. We had already reached a state of development that confirmed the sound- ness of our organization and could forecast its ability to meet all require- | & ments. I went with him to the various | sections of the general etaff and, while he expressed no opinion about what he saw, his aide and spokesman, Gen. ‘Weygand, a staff officer of experience, ‘was very complimentary. Foch Cold to Our Problems. Foch never seemed interésted when I talked with him of our problems and I doubt whether he ever thought. knew or cared much lbo\rl': ‘orllm:llon lm‘ tion and supply. was emnthlryo a student ‘mr r of history and strategy. The very extensive and intricate or- ganization necessary to handle a mod- ern army engaged in waf b:yond the seas was not easy to grasp. Indeed, g8 in our Army itself, except by a numbe;t of officers charged with i ] be, considerable b, b De Detroit, El Paso; Tex Galveston, Tex Helena, Mont. . uron.’ 8. Da details were not entirely under- | g on ‘and co-ordi- | $9) EEG 2982 13012 32 Charleston. 8.C. 30.02 68 Chicago, Cine o y " ‘on: : Snow nver, Gear CHILD COUG Stopped guick] 250 > .SA;ELY ¢ withone swallow of i -Blee, director of aeronautic develop- | MONUMENT LIGHTS UNDER DISCUSSION Officials Seek to Eliminate Menace of Shaft to Air Navigation. Plans for lighting the Washington Monument under the program of il- luminating this shaft at night to elim- | inate a_potential menace to air navi- | gfino were discussed today on the ‘ashington Monument grounds. The ‘conference is being participated in by officials of the Office of Public Buildings | and Public Parks and by Col. H. H.| ment, aeronautics branch of the De- | p‘l.r,',ment of Commerce, and his asso- € Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and public parks, is | anxious to have the Washington Mony- | ment {lluminated as soon as possible, due to complaints of airmen that it is dangerous to navigation, particularly in inclement weather. Usually, during a fog, First Lieut. P. B. Butler, assistant | director of public buildings and public | parks, said today, it has been found | that the top of the Monument is above | the fog. Discussions are being carried forward with representatives of various lighting companies to ascertain the best methods | of turning the Monument into a shaft of lightk, with proper warning bulbs. L33 8 e Pope's celebrated translation of Homer—preserved in the British Mu- seum—is written almost entirely on the covers or wrappers of letters, as en- velopes were first called. | » 1928 COACH FEBR THE MONTH OF | REDUCTIONS » at CAPITAL LEADS U.§. INRED CROSS DRIVE Is Only Large City to Raise Full Quota in $10,000,000 Drought Campaign. Washington is the first and only city of a half million population or over that has raised its full quota toward the $10,000,000 drought relief fund of the American Red Cross, which | has reached a total thus far of $7,052,- 977. 'The sun of $100,000, the quota for Washington, was raised on schedule time last week. Of the 15 larger cities, New York has nearly reached its quota of $1,500,- 000. Its contributions total $1,478,154. A number of chapters in smaller cit- les reported they had reached their quotas, among them being Weston- Wayland Chapter, Mass.; Chapel Hill, N. C.; Montclair, N. J.; Delhi, N. Y.: Wyoming City, W. Va., and North Suf- folk, Co., N. Y. 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