Evening Star Newspaper, March 27, 1931, Page 4

A4 PERSHING ARTICLES MADE NO ENEMIES General, Returning Soon to France, Will Find Warm Welcome. Gen. Pershing, having virtually fin- ished publication of his World War Memoirs, can go back to France or other allied countries assured of the same warm welcome he has received on wounded nationalistic feelings, even though he has been extremely candid in his history of the conflict and its out- standing figures. In fact, he is planning to go to FPrance within the next month or six weeks on dutles connected with the American Battle Monuments Commission, of which he is chairman, and which s bringing to a close its work of marking the ves of Arherican soldiers buried in g‘snce, as well as in erecting suitable memorials to them. Credit Given to Others. That French historlans and military men do not agree with all of Gen. Per- shing’s statements or conclusions goes without saying, but he bas written on a high plane, “with malice toward none,” and especially has he given the other commanders eredit for sincere motives sharp disagreements arose. The reac , i allied and ex-enemy eountries have been noteworthy for the absence of bitter denlals and re- criminations. Those ‘who have fol- ; Jowed the dally story of the America Expeditionary Force’s part in the war attribute this to m&‘f‘flm cbn-hs,- v , yet the presentation, tion of Foch’s of m'. is :‘ymr:‘)l:c offensive wlfilm.mfl- Pershing “latd CABIN JOHN ROW FINALLY SETTLED Differences Which 8plit Fire De- partment Adjusted at Heated Meeting. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. CABIN JOHN PARK, Md., March 27. | the =~Long standing differences which re- eently split the Cabin John Park Volun- feer Pire Department at last have been settled, recognized leaders of both fac- tions announced following a turbulent meeting last night. This morning & delegation, with the pledged support of the entire department left for Annapolis to urge the passage of the bill introduced in the Maryland Legislature at the instance of the fire- | and men, providing for the creation of an independent fire taxing area along the mfln‘em road, exclusive of Glen Echo. tion by both sides, end- plan agreeable actions, by Norman C. Lynch, leader of one of the groups. On motion of Mr. Lynch, unanimously adopted, all members of the department, with the exception of the three original incorporators, resigned. With this sc- elected and the department was free to start afresh, draw by-laws along more Hberal lines elect new officers. The three original incorporators who ‘were left by the Lynch resolution were Mr. Lynch, Harry Davis and Charles E. Benson. Those who went to An- napolis today to seek an audience be. fore the Montgomery County delegation and Senator Hilton were Mrs. Charles hey, and Thomas Sul- Although all for- merly were with the faction to which Lynch was opposed, Lynch said this morning that they now had the support of his group. BODY OF PICKETT T0 BE MOVED HERE Grandson Angered at Refusal to Permit Burial of General's Widow. Plans to move the body of Gen. George Pickett, celebrated Civil War hero, from the Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond to Arlington Natio: Ceme- tery here were announced today by his grandson, Georg> Pickett, 3d. The ashes of “Mother” Pickett, widow of the general, who died last | be placed beside the | Sunday, would body of ber husband under the plan The widow's body was cremated yes- terday. The grandson, a lieutenant in the Army, sald he had reached this deci- sion because the Ladies’ Hollywood Me- morial Assoclation refused permission to bury Mrs. Pick:tt beside the general in the Virginia cemetery. Lieut. Pickett indicated he would not consider an offer of the Junior Holly- wood Memorial Association, in charge of the officers’ section of the Richmond gemetery, 1o provide & burial place for both Gen. Pickeit and his widow. War Department officials announced an offer had been made to permit burial of the widow's ashes in the offi- cers’ section of the Hollywood Ceme- tery. Pickett, as an officer in the Mexican War and also in the Civil War, depart- ment officials said, might be buried in either the Confederate section or the United States section of Arlington Na- Cemetery here. Should the fam- accept & marker of the type now msed in the Confederate section, thus mot break! the general plan, the and the ashes of Mrs. n that section. marker in reds infantry losses. As usual, flnmmnomerdhwunudu\c odds placed against him and carried Germans Overwhelmed on Entire Front as Last Phase of Meuse- Argonne Begins. AMERICANS CATCH ENEMY IN BILLETS Artillery and Machine Guns Are Praised for Effective Assistance to Infantry Units. Army was now able for the first time to prepare for an offensive with some delberation, under reason- ably normal conditions and more nearly ld 1 the east of the the | were completely broken the | th he had been ant- | parts able Army. The value with the Infantry was soon BY GEN. JOHN 1J. My Experiences in the World War PERSHING, Commander in Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces. the day by his dash and courage. ‘The Infantry advanced to the assault at 5:30 the morning of November 1, !anuwlr? an accurate barrage of artil- Jery and machine gun fire, which beat down German over & zone rons points behind the enemy's lines. The attack went forward with precision, gaining momentum with every mile. For the first time the enemy's lines through. Al- badly beaten on all of the front, he had hitherto been to avold this By the it Army, of our ist in the fronted the allies earlier in the war. Germans Badly Beaten. ‘The 5th Corps, in the center, drove 8 wedge into the German defenses, swept through the zone of their artil- lery and by night had reached the heights of Barricourt, five miles from the front of departure. The enemy's especially w! these units of vision were trained . ‘The ad- vance shipments of infs and ma- chine gun units preven! combined in many divisions which had enter the lines supported by strange Arifllery Overcomes Handicaps. A shortage had often m&flefl us to keep some artillery units the line to support ive divisions. Not- withstanding such handicaps, the bat- tle efficiency developed in our artillery was unsurpassed in any army. This was shown especially by the striking success in this offensive of the well planned system of artillery fire, which materially aided the infantry's initial penetration of the enemy's lines. Special arrangements were made for the artillery to employ our limited quantity of persistent gas against the eastern edge of the Bois de Bourgogne and other selected points. The strong- est enemy positions were to be en- gagad from the front by specified units, while all others were to push forward rapidly between these points. In the two-hour violent artillery preparation which the attack, all sensitive places such as known bat- teries, ammunition dumps, stre lds and cross roads were systematically and effectively bombarded. Three batteries of naval 14-inch guns on rallway mounts and manned by | naval personnel had been brought into | the battle October 23, These guns out- ranged any artillery on the western | front and were used to good advantage | against the enemy's main lines of rail- wav_communications. Machine guns were of incalculable ald to our Infantry. Capable of direct and overhead fire and readily concealed | in flank positions, the machine gun, alone or in mass, was the primary weapon of the defense. On the offensive our machine guns, often carried long distances, were kept well forward and played an important role in our sttacks. ‘?fl Division made a slight advance on with the 2d Division in the capture of reached the corps objec- Sivry. The remainder of unable, in spite of great much headway agzinst Bols Loges, although the 78th Division did gain a foothold in that wood. By the evening of November 1 the situation of the enemy was so serious that he had either to deliver a stron, counter-attack or to witbdraw from al territory south of Buzancy-Boult-aux- Bois. The blow struck by the 1st Army had, however, given him such a shock that he was unable to take strong of- fensive action, although he still offered serious resistance. The attack continued with vigor No- vember 2 and 3, the 3d Corps hurling the enemy beyond the Meuse near Dun- sur-Meuse and Stenay. The 5th Di- vision on the 2d captured Doulcon and the 90th took Villers-devant-Dun. The following day the 90th pushed | through the woods on its front and es- tablished its line along the heights over- | looking the river in the meighborhood | of Villefranche. Captured German Billets. In the 5th Corps the 89th Division November 2 captured Tailly in the face | of heavy machine gun fire and the fol- | lowing day seized Barricourt and drove | the enemy backward to Beauclair. The his date, resuming the attack of the 3d. night the 3d Brigade (Col. C. Rhed), by a perilous night march through the extensive Foret de ‘That James Dieulet, passed completely beyond the enemy’s lines and captured German troops in their billets. By midnight the head of the column was in firm pos- In the same way. despite the difficulties, single light-ertillery guns were ad- | | vanced with the troops for use against | enemy machine gun nests. | Demonstrated Effectiveness. | The effectiveness of the machine gun | {was well demonstrated by the exploit | {of one of our men near Cunel. Repair- |ing and mounting in an abandoned | tank a captured machine gun, and holding his position under a hostile | barrage an ~ainst direct artillery fire. he broke up txo - ~mter-attacks agzinst | our lines. Por - feat Pvt. Joh% L. Barkley, Company K, éth Infantry, 3d Division, received the Medal of Honor. One serious deficiency, which imposed | » harder task on our spiendid infantry- men and subjected them to the cer- tainty of additional losses, but which, | however, could not be remedied, was the lack of tanks, only 18 being avail- able instead of several h: which | sorely needed. were ly 4 It seems strange that with American genius for manufacturing from iron and steel we should find ourselves after a year and a half of war almost com- m:mmut those mechanical con- which had exercised such a great influence on the . western front MAKE SURE THE NAME IS WM. PAUL BRODT, INC. ———— i i et il You’ll enjoy big savings in this I special purchase of new Spring | Values $2-45. | ~— up to $3.50 —r a sa sensational purchase of new Spring hats. Other New Spring Styles, $2.95, §3.50 and $5 Wm. Paul Brodt ~ s First Army Bounder, 6 "'1. 4 —rmx— Corps S session of 1a Tullerie Farm, just south of Beaumont. This exploit reversed a scene of the Pranco-Prussian War where a French division was surprised in its bivouac around Beaumont, in the opening phase of the battle of Sedan by a German night advance through the same forest. The success of the attack in the center, November 1, compelled the re- tirement of the enemy on the entire front of the 1st Corps. The 80th Divis- jon on the 2d reached the new. Ger- man defensive position, broke through it and took Buzancy. The following day, against heavy fire, the 80th estab- lished its line along the road running southeast from St. Pierremont. The 77th Division now succeeded in passing Chamigneulles, and by the night of the 2d had reached Harri- ccurt. The following morning it drove the enemy to the hill north of St. Plerremont, where it was held up by heavy machine gun fire. ‘The 78th Division captured the Bois des Loges the 2d, and established its line along the eastern edge of the de Bourgogne north to Briquenay, and, continuing on the 3d, captured Germont and Verrieres. Spends Day at Front. My diary notes: “Soullly, Thursday, November 7, 1918. Had long talk with Stettinius about ordnance on Monday. Visited 2d Army Headquarters and found indications of withdrawal on that front. “Spent the day at front. Went through Grandpre, overtaking Dick- man's 1st Corps Headquarters at Har- ricourt; he was pushing troops toward Sedan. Returned through St. Juvin and found traffic in difficulties, many trucks having run off the road in the darkness. Gave directions to use lights cn all motor transport. “Received letter from Marshal Foch today asking for-six American divisions for new offensive south of Meta. advance has been continuous. Recom- mended Harbord and McAndrew for promotion to grade of lieutenant gem- eral.” By November 4 the enemy, greatly disorganized, was retiring before the vigorous pursuit of our troops on the entire front of the 1st Army. His withdrawal was strongly protected -by cleverly-placed machine guns and well organized delaying operations. The following telegram came to me on the afternoon of the 5th: “The operations begun November 1 by the 1st American Army, due to the valor of the command and to the en- ergy and bravery of the troops, have already assured results of great im- portance. I am happy to send you my congratulations. FOCH. Tomorrow: Germay applies for im- mediate armistice. (Copyright. 1931, In all countries by the Notth American Newspaper Alliance, World Tiohts reacrved. including the Seandinavian. Reproauction in whole or in Part prohib- tted) Oakton Dinner Tonight. OAKTON, Va., March 27 (Special). —The Oakton Schoql League is serving a chicken and ham dinner tonight in the 4-H Club room to raise money for science equipment in order that the school may meet all demands for ae- crediting. HATS If you want style plus quality at ings, you'll find it here in. this All sizes; all colors; all shapes. “YOU LOOK SO GOOD” | 509 Eleventh St. N.W.®440 Ninth St . N.W. ®1404 New York Ave. N.W. PARK ROAD WORK 10 START MONDAY Grading for Link in Rock Creek Valley, Montgomery, to Go Forward. By » 8tafl Correspondent of The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md, March 27— ‘The contract for grading the first unit of the proposed road system to open up Rock Creek Valley in Montgomery announced following a meeting of the commission last night. ‘The actual construction of the roadbed will be commenced Monday, Mr. Root said, by the Hagerstown, Md., firm of Muldoon, Long & Penney, although the formal contract will not be signed until iny will grade the le drainage facilities. about two or three weeks, Mr. declared, bids probably will be the work of surfacing the | road. He said the commission has not gt decided what type of surface will $100,000 SUIT FILED Deception in Real Estate Deal Is Charged by Local Company. Damages of $100,000 are asked in a suit filed by the D. C. Land and Building Company, Inc., 927 New York avenue, against John J. McInerney, Harry M. Bralove, Harry L. Rust, sr., George Calvert Bowie, the H. L. Rust the Pederal and Mortgage Company for alleged de- ceit in a real estate transaction. ‘Through Attorney P. Regis Noel the plaintiff says it suffered loss through al misrepresentations in connec- tion with the exchange of real estate in the 700 block of nth street for an apartment at 1473 Irving street owned by John J. McInerney and M. Br: ‘The b . TOperty was sold out under lerclomn.plt 1s stated. DO YOUR the | Va. Miss Marjorie coquan contestant, The | 8irls’ athletics at her to nd_the Marketing at Washington’s Finest NewCenterMarket Corner 5th 8 K Sts. NW. Something New— Plenty of Parking Space Due to new parking regulations, which became effective Monday, March 23 —parking here is made easy— Convenient Taxi Stand—With Phone Cor. 5th & L St. Quality—Service—Deliveries Made to Any Part of City LINCOLN ORATOR WINS IN L OUDOUN ——— 18-Year-0ld Sophomore, Woodrow Wilson De Ford, Captures Star Finals. At the Loudoun finals, young Ford's oration was adjudged superior to the others delivered by a good mar- gin in the low-point scoring system used by the judges, and received the necessary majority of firsts in their ballots. ~Miss Nelda Louise LeFevre of the Ashburn High School was second with her speech on “What the Consti- fution Means to the Citizens of the United States,” and Miss Winifred Katherine Grove of Lovettsville High School third with her oration on “The of the Constitution.” Superintendent Presides. ited | Oakton High School, Oakton, Va., and Miss Frances of Virginia, and Harry M. Keyser, sec~ retary’of the Washington Rallway and Electric Co. Musical selections on the program were rendered by Miss Cam: illa Lowenbach and Mrs. A. S. Jen kins, who sang one number each, and Mrs. J. R. t. . |Citizens Summoned to Session at Monroe Flippo ing his two years at Lincol School he has been active in pul MI:M and has served as class pres- Among the school winners listed for future participation in the later rounds of the contest are many students who have been tly “identified with the activities of their schools. Miss Prances M. O'Connell, the St. Cecilia’s victor, has been president of her class, editor of the “Crusade Chat- At Oakton High School Miss Doris Miller is secretary and treasurer of her class and a member of the girls’ ket ball team. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Miller of Vi Anderson, the Oc: has been active in school. She plans atte) State Teachers’ College following her ation in 19 Miss Anderson’s are Mr. Mrs. James Anderson of Dumfries, Va. Arthur R. 8. Dial is a native of Bar Harbor, Me. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Dial of that city. While at the Charlotte Hall School Dial has been on the base ball and track teams. He will attend the University of Maine to study chemistry after finishing two more years of preparatory work. BAND’S NAME CHANGED Liberty Grove Organization Takes Designation of County. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. has been changed to the Montgomery County Band of Maryland and it has been thrown open to musicians of the entire county, it was announced today. The headquarters of the musical or- ganization is to be in Fairland. James L. Kidwell is the leader and Albert Browning the manager and T, A ladies’ chorus is being organized and will practice weekly in the Liberty Grove M. E. Church. A series of con- certs are planned. CENTER MARKET DEALERS’ ASSOCIATION TIGERMAY BECOME § ALEXANDRIA MAYOR Carroll Pierce Yesterday Tendered Resignation as City Head. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27.—Spece ulation is already rife here as to whd will be named the new mayor of the city and as to who will be appointed to fill the unexpired term on council off Mayor Carroll Plerce, whose resignas tion, on account of il health, was pred sented to city council at an informed me!c‘unx yemedm‘ng;‘ afternoon. appeare: lay that Vice Maj Edmund F. Ticer would prombly’: named as mayor. No formal action wilj be taken on Mayor Pierce's resignatio until council meets formally, April and in the meantime Mr. Ticer serve as acting mayor. ‘Those closest to council feel that Mo, Ticer will be given the post, as he ¥ the oldest member of council in poing of service, having served since the ine ception of the city manager form of government, in 1922, and has always taken an active part in the work of council, especially with view to finana clal matters. Also mentioned for the post is Arthup Herbert, who became a member of eouncil following the city elections Summer. To be taken into consideras tion in the appointment of mayor i§ the fact that he will be called on ta take part in a great many public funce tions during the Bicentennial celebras tion next year, it is pointed out. resignation of Mayor Plerce camé suddenly, but not entirely unheralded. It was that he had recently undergone a complete physical exami- m at Johns xll;ltml-h:ll ospital and e was not in the best of phystcal condition. 5 s RAINBOW FOUNTAIN TO BE TURNED ON Easter Set for First Operation of Reflecting Pool Attraction This Year. Miss Doris Marian Miller (upper), M. O’Connell, 8t. Cecelia's Academy, Washington, who have been chosen to represent their respecti schools in the seécond round of the Na- tional Oratorical Contest, Evening Star ares. PROGRESSIVES CALL MONTGOMERY MEET For the first time this year, the rain< bow fountain at the reflecting pool of the Lincoln Memorial will be placed in rnfi_‘k_rnn on m S:‘g‘,’ and Mon« e : y. ‘The new! ylvan Theatep Manor Club to Diseuss Legisla- | in"ine washington Monument G , as workmen are now finishe ing up the task of putting final touches on_this job. ' public buildiigs and PubHG Bark, tor of pul pul by | day had workmen cleaning out the res flecting pool of the Lincoln Memorial the bottom. Your Boy wants BLUE—to0! This is a “Blue” Easter—and the boys as well as Dad want a Blue Suit.” Here is a, chance to let them get what they want at a saving! - Boys’ 4-Pc. BLUE SUITS Special for EASTER 117 Sizes 8to18 Suits that are exceptionally well tailored, suits that will wear longer, suits made from finest all-wool French serge and Cheviot. Four-pieces—coat, vest and two pairs of full-cut knickers, 79c Boys’ Part Wool Sweaters. .. 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