Pershing Publishes

General John Joseph Pershing, U. S. A., made a new kind of announcement last week--a publisher's announcement. He had not written a War novel, nor an autobiography, nor even a volume of poems. But the American Battle Monument Commission, of which he is chairman, had completed its official guide to and history of the campaigns of the A. E. F. The book was ready for the public at 75-c- the copy. Address: Superintendent of Public Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C.

Months of research, consultations with eye witnesses, ordering and comparing of records went into making the volume. It is designed to guide the most meticulous motor tourist from spot to spot along all the fronts where U. S. troops went into action. The-- exploits and reverses of each different division are mapped in separate colors. Curt accompanying narratives enable the tourist to follow, or fight over again in memory, the entire Argonne campaign, for example-- Montfaucon, Vauquois, Grand Pre, Sommerance, Romagne, Cunel, Nantilleis, Brieulles sur Bar, etc., etc., with 500 pictures selected from the 100,000 on file in Washington and many more in England, France, Belgium, Germany.

Said Publisher Pershing, reminiscently: "These [the narratives] outline the successive events of major importance, pointing out some of the underlying causes for the momentous decisions made at General Headquarters, and have been prepared with the benefit of the supervision of the former Commander-in-Chief. . . . The book, while in no sense a complete history . . . does nevertheless present a brief but accurate story. . . .''