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the first 100000 abroad. there Will !
be approximately 100000 men fac /;
ing The Germans on The western
front.
Bat "a nguTes given aboNe DO not
begin TO tell all that Is disclosed 10!
NJ. Tardieu in his remarkable COM
enumeration 10 Secretary Baker. NJ
ter poIntiug our that France. N'"pr-
..;Is and pUAertat, has 3,Ut0. 500 men
N the 'front.' and that her Strebg;
in men has, shown constantly decreaS-
jag Gt:iuIliVc casualties IN Killed,
missing and wodndeG. The French
High SuniatlsSiouer shows that
/ Franc. now has the remarkable totai
| O. & 900 modern heavy guns grouped
with its frontal regiments and that
during their present o1enslNeS thtN
| have 4 heavy gun for every 20 me-
! ttrS-Cr. wnen translated into Eng
! iiSh terms OF measurement. one big
| gun Tor every 50 feet. He shows
| that While the French had enough
ammunition TO fire $4,000 shots from
| the French IS every day. they now
! have enough ammunition 10 IRE
| $50. 900 shots day from the 15S.
! in the recent offensive, according
! 10 NJ Tar,iIeu, the French poured
l442 kIlugrammeS OF metal from
heavy guns on each lineai meter OF
German trench involved. As lin
| cal mater that os lIyOylolyOwkdkd
/ cal meter is 80 and a fraction inches
! this means that in this particular Of
! feneive the French fired projectileS
! weighing 3,112. 400 pounds to the
| kilometer. or, tor every cloths OF
a mile. involved in this particular of
| fensiYe During the last offensive,
/ Says NJ Ta:dieu, Il 900 0V shots OF
| all caliberrs were fired. France. he
adds, has completely re-eQulpped and
| re-armed the Belgian, Serbian and
Gree karmieS, given 500 heavy guns
to the Allies and has spent $ 800
264.0HO since the beginning OF the
war.
Replying TO NJ. Tardieu, Secretary
| Baker wrote:
! / have just received and read with
| admiration and interest the splendid
account set forth in your letter OF
July 80 of the present military siren
9Th ana civil and financial effort OF
| the French people, and am glad TO
have your permission to publish this
| letter in order that the people of the
| United States may have an authorita
| tive and sure basis for the admlra
ton they have felt from the first for
+! France in this great struggle. as we'll
as reinsurance with regard TO the
present situation. This struggle Il
| so vast that it is perhaps not strange
to have occasional accounts from in
/ dividualS who have seen but a small
! fraction of the situation, and there
fore give distorted and unjust view
OF the whole, and it is fortunate that
so comprehensive statement as
! lie information.
| | am. of course, constantly in re-
ceipt of detailed reports tom our
American officers in France. They
are unanimous in their praise of
| the splendid morale of the French
people. their superb industrial and
military efficiency and their great
ness of soul in bearing, as they are
| bearing, almost Superhuman burdens
successfully under the inspiration u
a great cause. Now that America
has begun to contribute soldiers and
for our people TO have the story you
have told, in order that we may rea-
lie that our Army is going to share
the imperishable glory which belongs
to the soldiers of France and her al
lies who have fought so long and
with such increasing spirit and de-
termination in the cause of liberty.