El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-05
j. s. CAN WIN
WARF0RA ALLIES
Exhaustion Makes Europe
Look to This Country to
End Struggle.

Sheet shows why this must be true.
You viii see, for example, that while
Germany can replace over l,uOO,UOO
men next year, $50 OO0-nearly half
OF these gaps must be filled with men
now iu Ospitals-patChed up and
disease weakened wrecks to take the
place Of vigorous men now in the
front trenches who viii die or be sent
to hospitals in the next year, lost
forever as first class fighting men.
At least half as many men as are
now in each OF ne 900
for Germany, 100000 for France
Will pass out Of The armies through
the hospitals next year. sixty per
cent Of them will return to service,
but what VIII they be worth for siren
uous attacks or tenacious defence2
Military experts count a hospital re-
turn" as worth a good deal less than
half an unwOunded man.
Army Merely n Shell
Remember that wounds, shell shock
death and capture fall almost entirely
on the front line troops, the pick OF
the army. and YOU will understand
why. although each OF the armies is
larger than ever before u is merely
shell Of its former self with a rOtting
core.
THIS LOSS OF FIGHTING MEN
Is HITTING GERMANY HARDER
THAN ANY OTHER NATION. In or
within recent months 20 form storm
ing troops" specially picked from the
best in all the regiments and reserved
for attacks, because the mass Of the
German army has reached a stage
where they cannot be depended on
for strenuous action
Remember. too, that age is telling
on all the armies. Men Of 45 who
Joined the army in 1914 are now IS.
and this three years has told on them
more than ten years Of peace viii do;
yet no nation permits them to be
made up only Is percent Of the armies
Of 1915. today they are % percent
OF the whole.
All win Be Weakened.
By next year. therefore. Germany,
Austria and France VIII each have
only few hundred thousand fighting
men who have not been weakened by
wounds, shell shock or disease, and
England VIII have made large iurOads
on the fresh troops now in her depots
or training camps.
For this reason. IL the United states
can put 500, 900 fresh troops on the
western 'front.' FOR next years cam
paign, they may have an important II
not decisive effect In this I am
considering only the military result
entirely apart from the effect that
their presence viii surely have on the
morale OF the allies and the central
powers.
Five hundred thousand American
troops would be numerically only
one-tenth the German army, but they
would equal practically all the fresh
troops the kaiser can secure in the
first half Of the next year from all
possible sources
Germany i GroEEy.
Germany. from the military stand
point, is in the position of a prize
tighter who has fought 20 rounds with
an antagonist Of equal size and skill
and now sees q fresh heavyweight.
your Uncle samuel stepping into the
ring with blood in his eye and
knockout wallop in his right.
In chess game 10 is not necessary
with experience and far sighted PLAY
ers 10 accomplish an actual check
mate. but merely TO demonstrate as
sured and unbreakable strength OF
pieces and paWns to bring about the
capltuiaUon OF the antagonist
II is the same way in war II Is
easily within the power Of the United
states 20 make the demonstration of
assured and un1reakable military
ana industrial superiority so clear
within the next half year that IL will
convince not only the German people,
but even the war lords.
L-SPEED-AHEAD N A1TERT-
cas- WAR PROGRAM Will. BRING
5EENANl TO THE SURRENDER
POINT BEFORE THIS TIME NEXT
YEAR