JtHRAL
PERSfflNG’S MANY NARROW ESGABES
UNDER FIRE TOLD BY SERGEANT
Q enerars Personal Chauffeur Declares He Spent More Time Under
Fire Than Any Officer or Enlisted Man of the American
Expeditionary Forces—Always in Advanced Post
Directing Major Operations,
NOVEMBER 19. 1919
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D.” Baker,^ .sfeetarsT. of. War, visltear [
the battib fr<m|t-in France he rode in
General ^|Pefs&g*s automobile. Ser-1
geant S^tM ^^iells of many amusing ’
incidents' anjfr^icks General Pershing j
resorted io ln jn " e % rt to evade new s-'
paper men. C|de,.6f these incidents oqcurred during^.Secretary Baker’s firsjt
visit.
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Secretai^
General Persh­
ing were op ^ e i r way up to the front
line, the .secretary In one automobile
and the jgeneral in his. There was a
score of cith.ef automobiles loaded with
newspaper men. in the rear. As Gen­
eral Pershing came up to a turn in the
road he leaped out of his automobile
and into that of Secretary Baker,
neither'of
the ...
machines stopping.^ The
^
machines then separated and the
newspaper men' took up the trail of
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mobile General Pershing
How Much You Should Weigh. |
A simple way to ascertain one*!
Ideal weight was told recently by Dr.
Harvey G. Beck of the University of"
Maryland, in an address before the
Los Angeles County Medical associ­
ation at Los Angeles, Cal. First, put
down 110. Then multiply by 5% the !
number of inches by which one’s
height exceeds five feet. Add the re­
sult of the multiplication to the orig­
inal 110 and the sum is one’s “ideal
weight.”—Popular Science Monthly.
o you w ant i
Buy a dog?
Rent a house?
Find a ring?
Sell a boat?
Trade horses?
Hire a cook?
Secure a position?
Soldiers’ Hat Cords.
New York.—Gen. John J. Pershihg ^that we suffered no ill effects from the
The colors of the cords on the hats
It undoubtedly was the
was the hardest working man of the ' explosion.
of soldiers stand for distinctive
American expeditionary force and was narrowest escape iJtie general had
branches of the army. Blue is for in­
under fire a greater number of hours during his many visits to the line.”
fantry; yellow, for cavalry; red, for
Reaching
the
advanced
headquarduring the war than any officer or en-1
artillery; red and white, for engineer , ^ XI VOUf* W c H lt IS W O T tfe
ters,
near
the
town
of
Mesnil
St.
Firlisted man under his command, ac­
corps; salmon and white, signal corps; ■ .
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cording to Sergeant Cesar Santini, mine, that evening, Geaeral Pershing,
maroon, medical corps; black and red, W f i L I l t l l l g j i t I S W O l t u ®
who was the general's personal chauf- who had been active since the early
ordnance corps; buff, quartermaster
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four throughout the entire length of hours of the morning, turned in for a
corps; gold and black, commissioned S p C n U l l l g
l 6 W C 6 ] l tS IQ
America’s participation in the war. few hours Of rest. He lay down on that held ifor^-two gallons of gasoline!. officer.
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The general worked late and was al­ a cot in an officers’ dugout and slept Gas masks and helmets for the occu­
ways in the advanced post command peacefully during four hours of an pants of the machine were tied in a bag
on the roof in a position where they Man Searched Car of Coal for Dime.' ^
,
directing the movements of troops dur­ unusually heavy bombardment.
could be reached easily by the driver
Discovering that he had lost a dime, WMHHIBHIHHHKnHnBli
All Sizes Coming Over.
ing major operations.
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“Jerry knew something was going to or orderly. Inside the machine there after he had loaded 50 tons .of coal in
General Pershing personally direct­
^
ed the St. Mihiel fight, was in the Ar- happen,” the sergeant says, “because j were always several extra blankets in a freight car, Wilford Stolberg, a miner '
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gonne forest commanding operations he was sending them over in all sizes | the event of an emergency. Genera) of Belleville, HI., shoveled the fuel —
for nearly two months and mingled and shapes. Our car was camouflaged ! Pershing never had occasion to use a over twice before recovering the lost
coin.
with the advanced troTops at Cantigny nnder some'trees and I tried my best gas mask.
During the time the general was ip
and Chateau Thierry. He questioned to take a little snooze on the seat.
prisoners brought in by the doughboys More than once the shells fell too close France he had In lall nine different
at Cantigny and Chateau Thierry, and to the machine to make me feel com­ kinds of machines. An automobile was Walking Delegate Not on Wire Then. tOOTltS tO h u U a n d t h c
When Ben Franklin coaxed electric- I | |
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in the latter operation walked into fortable. One big fellow hit and car­ discarded not because it had been
the wheat fields to the gun positions ried away the chimney of the dugout worn out or failed to function proper­ Ity from the clouds it probably did not S C llC r W u O W O ^ t $ tO S C ll
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ly, but because a better model had occur to him that he was paving the ! i
to personally commend their crews in which the general was sleeping.”
been found. The orderly and driver j way for possible telephone or teleand to tell them how proud he was
N'ext morning General Pershing was
carried side arms and a rifle was graph strikes.
of them.
in the headquarters telegraph office,
Sergeant Santini, who reveals these where he received minute reports from strapped on to one side of the car.
Sergeant Santini was asked if Gen­
hithterto unpublished facts of the do­ the advanced posts which had already
Mentality.
ings of General Pershing in Prance, entered the town of Cantigny. The eral, Persbing was in the habit of rid­
Mrs. Willis—“She says she has had
IS a Fr^chm an by birth and enlisted
personally directed the move- ing very fast, and he replied that “the four husbands. What type were they-”
in the United States army as an auto­ ments of the various units of the First general was sometimes in a hurry.” Mrs. Giljis—“The mental, lemperamobile chauffeur and engineer at Gov­ division, which was engaged in the He admitted, however, that at times mental, accidental and experimental.”
ernor’s Island on April 23, 1917. His operation. At about nine o’clock in he had exceeded seventy-five miles an —Town Topics,. ^
knowledge of the French language and the morning ^the doughboys began to hour. His orders were to “go as fast
his ability as a chauffeur led to his come back with prisoners, several of as you can, but take no chances with
selection as the commander in chiefs whom were brought before and ques­ the general.” Sergeant Santini is satis­ Observation of Oil Belt Philosopher.
personal chauffeur. Sergeant Santini tioned at length by General Pershing. fied he carried out those orders to the
A scientist has just discovered that
sailed from the United States with The general was very much pleased best of his ability.
fish are intelligent. We had observed
When General Persbing moved from also that they don’t bite on everything
General Pershing, he drove the gen­ with the results obtained by the troops
eral over forty thousand miles of in this engagement, the sergeant says, place to place his “war car” traveled that comes along.—Baxter Citizen.
with him in his mobile headquarters,
French roads during the more than
and showed bis appreciation by per­
two years he was in France, and he sonally commending and shaking hands the train which the French people are
Super Realism.
returned home aboard the transport with the doughboys as they drifted now suggesting as a gift to the American people as a permanent war relic.
Leviathan with the commander in
Employer (to clerk)—“M that bore,
back in small groups from tlie front
Smithers, comes in, tell him I’m out—
chief.
line.
Awarded Citations for Bravery.
TRACTOR WON’T JUMP FENCES and don’t be working or he’ll know
When
the
Germans
crossed
the
you’re lying.”
- The general has given Sergeant
Santini a gold cigarette case as a Marne river for the second time Gen­ Some of the Arguments In Favor of
token of his appreciation of the chauf­ eral Pershing was north of Chauraont,
Its More General Use—Will Not
Upon re­
A Poser.
feur’s services to him, and the ser­ his general headquarters.
Bite, Balk, or Run Away.
Priscilla postcards a little problem:
geant- holds a citation personally ceiving word of the crossing he leaped
into
his
automobile,
and
Sergeant
awarded him by the commander in
Some of the many arguments in fa*, “What becomes of a man’s word when
chief for bravery under fire. The ci- Santini was informed the general was vor of the tractor are given as follows, he won’t keep it and no one else wilL
“in
a
hurry,”
but
that
he
must
take
take it?”
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tat^5j^ sjahd^ ai^ mute evidence of gie
In Farm t.Ife; .
hazardous situations General Pershnig no chances.
It- will not bite, balk of run away.
On the way down toward Paris the It will not shy ,at a loose scrap of pa­
found himself in at times, as Sergeant
Moral: Take a Chance.. ' . '
Santini was virtually never out of route took the general past where the per in the road. It will not kick the
“One of the bigges’ mistakes you kin
close touch with his commander, and second division had been in a rest stall ail night and. keep the tired farm* make,” observed Shinbone, “is bein’ so
The division was about to er and his wife awake. It will not crib
they both naturally suffered the same camp.
scart o’ makin’ mstakes dat you don’t
move to a certain point on the line. the manger.
ordeals from shell fire.
do nuffin at all.”
Sergeant Santini was recently mus­ General Pershing countermanded the
It will not break out of the bam at
orders
on
the
road,
directing
the
di­
tered out of service and has taken it
night, jump the fence and eat your
upon himself to tell of his association vision to move post haste to a point neighbor’s cabbages.
Amplifies Sound.
on
the
outskirts
of
Chateau
Thierry.
overseas' with General Pershing.
It will not lie down in a particularly
In a sound amplifier invented by a
Commended the Marines.
Long before American iroops reach­
moist spot in the barnyard, roll over California scientist the fall of a feath­
ed the front General Pershing went
“The general reached Chateau- on Its back and elevate its four feet er makes a noise like a wrestler
through the rigors and sti-ain of in­ Thierry soon after the repulse of the into the air.
thrown upon a mat.
tensive shell fire.. In the summer of Germans by the marines,” the sergeant
It does not have to be curried,
1917 he was the guest of the French continued. “He crossed the engineers’ sponged off or treated with horse lini­
•Duty Always Imperative.
commanders and witnessed the attack bridge and entered the town and went ment.
on Chemin des Dames. On this oc­ directly to several of the gun positions,
If you have no friends to share or re­
It is not addicted to colic, cough,
casion the commander in chief rode where he commended the crews and heaves, spavin or wind-gall.
joice in your success In life. It Is no
right up to the barbed wire entangle­ told them how proud he was of them.”
It will not snort in your ear or whisk less Incumbent on you to move .stead­
ments in his automobile and crossed
ily in the path of duty.—Walter Scott.
During the fight in fhe Argonne for­ its tail In your face.
the German trenches directly behind est General Pershing spent nearly two
It will not “haw” when you tell It
the lines of French infantry.
to
“gee”
or
vice-versa.
months in its recesses directing move­
Guatemalan Salt.
Again in the Luneville sector where ments of troops. His mobile headquar­
You do not have to pull on the lines
Guatemala’s salt industry, which be-,
the first Americans fell in the war, ters was pulled into the heart of the and hbller your head off when you
^an soon after the Spanish conquest,
General Pershing went into the line. forest where it was camouflaged by want it to stop.
He donned hip boots and traversed shrubbery. Every night the general
It does not “up and die” just as the now produces nearly 2,(X)0,000 pounds
a year.
several miles of trenches during an made a visit to the advanced post spring work is coming on.
enemy bombardment. On this occa­ commands, which were almost at the
sion Sergent Santini waited in a com­ barbed wire entanglements, to see
Something for Nothing.
Words.
munication trench until the general re­ that his orders were being carried put.
“How much?” asked the man as he
^How many words is your stenog­
turned, and admits the “Jerry” was
“The general never took any stepped from the elevator in the Fed­ rapher good for per minute?” “She
using his high explosives to compara­ chances,” the sergeant said, “he al­ eral building.
can talk at the rate of about 250, I
tively good advantage.
“Huh?” returned H*. N. Wadleigh, estimate.”
ways went up to the front to be sure
Shell Just Misses Car.
things were 'done exactly as he the elevator man.
Of the numerous narrow escapes ordered.”
“How much?” again asked the man
General Pershing bad in his time at
Quite True.
One of the peculiar things sergeant as he pulled a large roll of bills from
the front the narrowest was, accord­
his
•pocket.*'
Jones—“This war has made every­
ing to the best recollection of Sergeant Santini noted was that every time he
“What
for?”
Wadleigh
Inquired.
thing
else
looks
small and trivial.”
Santini, the day before the battle of took General Pershing to Paris the
“Why, for the ride up to the third Brown—“Yes; especially a feller’s In­
Cantigny.
The general was riding Germans would start a long ' range floor?” said the stranger.
come.”
along a road toward the advanced bombardment or send over a flock of . Wadleigh thought he was being kid­
headquarters, which at that particu­ bombing airplanes. It did not seem to I ded, 'so replied. “Oh, I guess $1.50
lar time was being heavily shelled by m atter what hour of the night or day« will cover It.”
Henpecked.
they reached the city the bombard-1
the Germans.
J The man reached In his pocket and
“Take your wife and go somewhere
Shrapnel shells were continually ment would begin directly after th e ir!■got the amount.
for
a
change.”
“H I take my wife
bursting directly over the automobile, arrival and invariably continue for I “Say, where are you from that you along, doc, there won’t be any change.”
hours.
Sergeant
Santini
is
not
so
sure
steel fragm ents. on several occasions
have to pay for elevator service?” the . —Louisville Courier-Journah
landing on the roof of the machine. that the Germans did not receive in­ elevator pilot asked.
General Pershing and his aide-de- formation as to when the general was
“My name is Carl John Josepl|
C h ild re n C ry
camp, who were seated in the tonneau going to the city, although every effort Aaron Peterson, and I have lived in
FOR FtETCHER’S
of the car, seemed to be little affected was made to keep the movements of South Dakota for ten years,” he said,
by the “strafing” they were under­ the commander in chief in the great­ I “My sister’s child Is going .to be chrisO
A
S T G ) R lA
est
secrecy.
going, and ho m atter how near the
I tened Carl John Joseph and I’m going
Sergeant Santini probably, drove to be there,” came the detailed an­
shells landed their conversation, which
LEGALS
probably had to do with the major more historic personages in the time swer.
he
was
in
France
than
any
other
operation of the morrow, was not in­
chauffeur in the world can 'boast .of to­
Adopt Footprint System.
terrupted.
“One shell—^It was one of Jerry’s day. He drove President ^nd Mrs. Wil­ MorristQvra, Pa.—;;PqJlce authorities
son
on
several
occasion^
President
^
,
here have disenffied the Be:^llom to largest”—^Sergeant Santini declares,
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- gei>prifit i’system^for a new footprint
Clemenceau,
^‘hit the road directly in’ front of us Poincare, Premier
erals
Fodi,
Haig,
Petain
an^
Bliss
and
,.
Astern whijelq^ithey have adopted. A
end only about a hundred feet from
the machine. Had there not beeh a
heavy rainstorm,the day before, which Belgium. King Albert awarded ,Ser- jral Homes in the' remdential porUon Conn)y,on or t)elqre'lliel0t'i4ayo(IJovemljer, •
this city^iand^adtperf^wlth vM{.able
W 3.««.
fO t
turned the road into a niire of mud, .geant Santini the gold Medal o f Merit
€HARLES cou
COUSE,
, ' - ^odt^ -,Th^‘ p i> iae% p e to capture
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none of us probably -would now be Of the first Class.
Administrator.
Fools Newspaper Men.
1Mm m th the. aid of .muddy footpriuts !Henry Shove,
alive to tell the tale. Our automobile
wa^ splashed with mud, but beyorid
On
two occasions m t N e ^ q n found at all of the homes entered.
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