Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-05

Provost Marshal General Crowder.
with the assistance of the local
boards. has achieved splendid results
in the handling, of the multitudinous
details pertaining to the Inauguration
of the selective system for the, Ma
tional Army. This makes 1t the more
necessary for extra exertion by the
Regular Army to maintain it's stand
ard of efficiency in view of the exist
ing emergency and in order to pre-
pare for a harder campaign of inde-
terminate duration for which is nee
essary surplus of men as a safe
guard against undue attrition or de-
pletion. At no time can activity in
Army building be relaxed 1t must
be continuous. cumulative and CO.
operative in its action and nation
wide in it's scope.
Very few people have an adequate
conception of the danger of our situ-
alton. Without the aid of the allied
fleet our shores before now would
probably have shown the results of
Teutonic depreciation. Without our
assistance the allied cause would be.
in the words of Lloyd George, threat
ened with imminent disaster" If the
allies shall. through lack of ship
nents of men and materials. lose
their grip on a major sector of the
front. their cause WILL BE threat
ened with imminent disaster" II
their cause should so suffer, very soon
indeed may we expect major offensive
operations against our own country
and, literally, upon our own land. 1t
must, therefore, be seen that If this
war is to be won, 1t must be won by
this country. Our men. our resources,
our shipping. our food; these must
be the turning influence If the heavy
hand of Teutonic vengeance and ag-
grandizement is not to dominate the
countries now arrayed against it,
Perhaps some will say Germany
can't last much longer. her manpower
and resources are weakening and she
and her allies are torn by internal
dissension. 1t is never safe to under
estimate an opponent-especially an
opponent as powerful. resourceful and
scientifically accurate in war prepara-
tion as is Germany. Former Ambas-
sador Gerard says she has $4,000, 900
men available for service, with less
than half of them on the line. Others
like Won Wiegand show mathemati-
cally an approximate strength of 49,
100000 men. This is in addition to
ar approximate 5000, 900 for Austria
100000 for Turkey and 100000 for
bulSdTld. AS against lulS lEtlltn-
dous force. Russia, formerly the big
gest factor in allied manpower, is, at
least temporarily. a negligible guam
tity. Italy has had to assume the
responsibility of keeping the Teutons
from heavy troop diversions from the
eastern sector-a heavy responsibility
while on the west front the virtual
deadlock continues. 1t is up to Amer
lea, therefore, to provide sufficient
manpower to turn the tide.
Germany is the only country at war
which spends practically all of it's
money at home. with the result that
the same money is constantly in cir
culation and the Teuton loans to a
'paternal government" are each time
fully subscribed by both the wage
earners and the financiers who, like
well-trained performers, spring inde-
fatigably around the monetary ring
at the crack of the Kaiser's whip.
III what condition this will place Ger
man finance after the war is easily
to be surmised, but after all 1t will
be an Indebtedness to themselves; not
to other nations as in the case with
the allies. AS long, therefore. as the
Teutons retain their inherent rever-
ence for Kaiserism. which at this
time seems mistaken, just so long
will this financial merry go-round
continue. and we cannot, therefore,
hope to conquer Germany by pecuni-