The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-24
FRANCE IS cENTRALIzING.
Development Of Governments Military
Organization.

Development Of Governments Military
Organization.
Paris, July 24.-The passage of the
law framed by Deputy Jean Hennessy,
empowering the French government TO
appoint two more under secretaries of
state for war, in addition to the one
now charged with overseeing the pro-
duction of munitions, is still another
step along the line of centralized de-
yelopment of the governments military
organization. The new under secre-
taries win be under Mr.. Mllerand the
minister of war, precisely as is Mr..
Albert Thomas, the under secretary
charged with the production of NUM-
tions. In France in contrast to Eng
land, there is but one civil head Of ev-
erything pertaining to land operations,
and that head is the war minister.
The two posts just created include
the sanitary service of the army on
the one hand, and the feeding and cIotn-
ing the fighting men Of France on the
other. The administration of both has
been the subject Of some little parlia-
mentary criticism of late; it has there
fore been thought wise to give the par
limentary critics some definite person
atty to whom TO address their observ-
ations.
Mr.. Justin Godart, himself a deputy
and one of the vice-presidents of the
chamber of deputies, Radical Social
list who has made speciality of legisla- !
ton dealing with labor problems, and
especially those phases having to do
with the hygiene of labor, has been APP
pointed the under secretary of state |
for war with the control of the military
sanitary service. His Job Is to be a |
sort of civil Colonel Gorgas in the I
French conduct of their great task, Mr..
Godart is a lawyer and young man,
having been born in Lyons in 1871. He
began his political career as deputy for
the Rhone in 1905.
Speaking of his work, and particular.
ly that part of il which will have to
do with the problem of what is to be-
come of those SO badly wounded in the
war as to be incapacitated for ordinary
Mr.. Godart said to an edi-
tor of LIE Matin:
1T is not enough to nurse and to
are for them; the social values which
they have lost must also be regained
/ am speaking more partic-
llarly of those who have been per-
mutilated by war. Those
whose faculties and aptitudes have been
diminished by the war must be followed
Up in their civil life when they have re.
urned to it, and re-educated for their
lew existence This work is, of course.
specially work for the future; but
t is better to begin to think about it
Iow."
The man who is to be sort of civil
for the French army is
nown as "Thisrry of Alsace." He
vas born in Alsace, at Haguenau, in
s5T--when Alsace was still a part of
rance. After the seizing of AIsace
y Germany in 1871, Joseph Thiarry
ioved TO Marseilles, where he practiced NJ
wv until elected to the chamber OF III
equities in 1898. From that time on II
e has given the greater part OF his
fe to politics. He is distinguished II
and has been chairman of U
ne tariff committees of the chamber :
deputies as well as vice-chairman of :,
le budget committee. At one time, \
: gave a great deal Of attention TO
lie French merchant marine, and was
le author Of a bill dealing with that
iestion. C
On March 81, 1918, in the cabinet OF
hieh Barthou was premier, Joseph
harry was minister Of public works,
post for which he was considered EN-.
emily fitted.