Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-25

regulars UP to the war strength set
by the National Defense act and put
ting that arm or a war footing, while
It has also had to face and carry
through the many problems presented
by training the National Guard for
duty overseas, preparing the plans for
the hrst selective draft registration
and seeing they were carried out, the
plans for the working Of the draft it
self and for housing, provisioning and
equipptng the 500, 900 men that are
to be IN environments some time aft,
or h first Of September.
Eoinctdent with this the army has
had to perform the hitherto unheard-
OF a Of conducting sixteen training
schools for the making OF officers and
Of three camps for the training Of Of
acers OF h Medical Reserve Corps,
unaer-oHeered as every corps lie In
the service they have had mot only to
struggle along with the routine OF the
service. but also to handle the prob
lens Of this enormous expansion Of
the regulars, the National Guard and
the National Army that is in the MAX
ing. And with all this the army has
sent to France General Pershing and
his STAFF, General Sibert and his ex-
peditionary force; has taken over
completely the conduct Of six OF the
British base hospitals; has sent army
surgeons UP to the firing line; has
landed its first unit Of woodsmen in
England fully equipped with sawmills
and other tools, and has al least one
unit OF ayiators on British soils And
nowhere at home has the routine OF
army life been allowed to drop below
it's accustomed efficiency, although the
al task since May 1 Of creating two
new departments and providing them
with headquarters stats.
Praise for Defense Council.
Criticism and fault-fnding have
thousand tongues but they have
pretty well disappeared since, in COM
mon deceney, these elements have
had to acknowledge the army and
navy officers have carried out their
allotted tasks efficiently and we'll.
Europe has rung with praise Of our
men abroad, and our enemy, by the
lone Of his abusive language, is
awakening to the fact that we are a
instead Of being merely q race of doll
lar hunters. On the civil side Of what
has been done in these three months
there is another admirable tale Of
high achievement. Through the
Council Of National Defense and Its
Advisory. Commission the matter of
the purchase Of supplies fruitful
source Of scandals in the past) has
been worked out in q manner hitherto
unknown In the history Of the wars
of the United States. Through these
bodies the railroads have been
brought into a relation with the gov
eminent more close and practical
than most Of us would ever have
thought possible. War has brought
about economies IN. railroad opera
ton that were frankly declared Inns
possible a year ago. Manufacturing
plants have aleo been brought into
really effective ~eo-operation with the
government, ana It would appear that
the problem Of supplying a great air
armada is also to be brought about
through this agency"
The editorial concludes with a iau-
datory reference to the work Of Gem
eral Cocktails and the Shipping Board
and the efforts OF President Wilson
and MI. Hoover to create a rational
system Of food control in the United
States.