Pershing on AEF role and French morale in 1917
General Pershing recounts visits to French and American billets, praising Petain's leadership and Verdun defense. He notes French morale rebuilding after Nivelle, the Meuse battles, and the need for American railway and powder support, plus Dawes leadership and allied coordination.
Training of citizen soldiers framed by past conflicts
The author argues that training was the key issue in preparing citizen soldiers for effective service. He notes that since the Spanish American War, regular army combat experience was limited to minor Philippine actions and two small Mexican expeditions, far smaller than a modern American division.
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Washington
Europe
Jude
Bridsh
France
United States
War Department
Dawes
Red Cross
Charles G. Dawes
Seventeenth Engineers
Taylor
W. J. Wilgus
New York Central
Parsons Board
Prench
W. W. Atterbury
The
Pennsylvania Railroad
A. E. FP
Douglas Haig
R. H. K. Butler
Philippines
Mexico
The Man Who Loved His Hills and Trees
An owner preserves a plain filled with Maples Birches Elms and pines until a new owner clears the forest. Years of rain and erosion follow revealing barren rock as the man recalls the trees' value to climate, shelter, and life. A boy asks what trees are for and the man lists their essential benefits.
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General Pershing
North American Newspaper Alliance
WNU
John J. Pershingo
Petain
Souilly
Second Army
Ayelle
Guillaumat
Fayolle
Meuse
Mort Homme
Gill
First Army
Corvisart
Meuse-Argonne
America
Verdun
Voie Sacree
Barle
Jonas
Jonah
Nivelle
U. S
Paul B. Malone
Col
H. B. Fiske
EmRe Childrem’s Corner
Borothy Edhon
Jchael
Heake
Gilad
Pope Pied Tesell
By Osborne
TNKS
Fanny