Though chosen over General Leonard Wood for his superior tact, he denounced his allies for their fifty years of defensive mindset and, along with Secretary of War Newton Baker,  opposed their policy of amalgamation, allowing only limited experiments at Cantigny and Chateau-Thierry.
Clemenceau wrote that his fine troops were "not unusable, but merely unused" after a battle plan took seventeen days longer than expected to capture Montfaucon.  Though chosen over General Leonard Wood for his superior tact, he denounced his allies for their fifty years of defensive mindset and, along with Secretary of War Newton Baker,  opposed their policy of amalgamation, allowing only limited experiments at Cantigny and Chateau-Thierry. He commanded the Punitive Expedition against Pancho Villa in Mexico, though it was his service at San Juan Hill with the Tenth Cavalry that earned him his colorful nickname. FTP, name this leader of the American Expeditionary Forces commonly known as "Black Jack."
Clemenceau wrote that his fine troops were "not unusable, but merely unused" after a battle plan took seventeen days longer than expected to capture Montfaucon.  
John J. Pershing