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...years ago, George Marshall was known as "Flicker." (Ever since, his natural dignity has repelled nicknames - while the first-naming President calls Admiral King "Ernie," he always calls Marshall "General.") When Flicker set his mind on a soldier's career, none of the Republican Congressmen was willing to recommend the son of a stout Democrat for West Point. So George left for Virginia Military Institute. At the end of his plebe year, he ranked 35th; (when he was appointed Chief of Staff in 1939, he was 30th in rank). But from the very first year until he graduated...
...castration argument is not over. Many doctors are castration zealots. Others, like Dr. Kretschmer, are dead set against it. Drs. Herger and Sauer take the middle ground: they do not invariably castrate all prostatic-cancer patients, but recommend castration 1) for patients who do not respond to female sex hormones, 2) to prolong and ease the lives of men whose cancers have become widespread...
Commander In Chief. Secretary of War Newton D. Baker was a dependable man. Mr. Wilson told him to closet himself for a few days and recommend the officer who should take command of the American Expeditionary Forces. Mr. Baker actually knew few generals, except by name, but he had the records. The man he chose was John J. Pershing, whom he had never seen...
...Dear United States Army: My husband asked me to write a recommend that he supports his family. He cannot read, so don't tell him. Just take him. He ain't no good to me. He ain't done nothing but raise hell and drink lemon essence since! I married him eight years ago, and I got to feed seven kids of his. Maybe you can get him to carry a gun. He's good on squirrels and eating. Take him and welcome. I need the grub and his bed for the kids...
...troops in World War I, he found few division commanders over 45, or brigadiers over 40. In July 1917, Pershing sent a blunt cable to the War Department: "Only officers in full mental and physical vigor should be sent here. Contrary course means certain inefficiency in our service. . . . Strongly" recommend condition be fully considered in making high appointments...