He's on his way to Paris as a member of the Supreme War Council at Versailles.

The big question he has struck is: Shall American troops be put into the British and French lines, in small groups, to fill up the gaps in those armies?
The British have persuaded him that it is a military necessity.

If it were less than a necessity, it would, of course, be wrong--i.e., it would cut across our national pride, force our men under another flag, etc.

It is not proposed to deprive Pershing of his command nor even of his army.

The plan is to bring over troops that would not otherwise now come and to lend these to the British and French armies, and to let Pershing go on with his army as if this hadn't been done.