A PERSHING STORY
General John J. Pershing, at a fare- - well, luncheon in Washington before his departure for France in command of the ; American Expeditionary Force, said in a brief speech: "When tho Germans accuse us of vio- i lating international law we ask them in -! reply to explain the legalityoost s their baby murders by Zeppelin and submarine. Well, tho German answer io this is something haughty and vague. It is like ; Colonel Carter, of Cartevsville. Colonel Carter, of Carlersville, sat on the ver- ; anduh of his Cape May cottage with the sea spread before him and a mint julep on the tablo at his side. * v ! " 'Yes, sah,* ho was saying, 'it's a powerful fertile country down round Carter Hall. Why, s«h, I know woods down there where the trees grow so close that ■, vou can't shove your hand between the trunks. And game! Why, sah, I've seen deer iu them woods with an eight-foot spread of antlers. Yes, sah. an eight-foot spread.' " 'But, colonel," asked a Philadelphian. 'how can tho deer get such autlers between those trunks?' ""'■'; "Colonel Carter drew himself up. •' "t'hat, sah,' ho said, 'is their business.' "
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 16, 13 October 1917, Page 7
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192A PERSHING STORY Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 16, 13 October 1917, Page 7
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