The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-29

Charles G. Morton. who has Just
been promoted a major general, and
who naturally can be considered as
certain TO command a division of our
first expeditionary forces In France,
is one of the best known infantry off,
graduated from West Point in 1888,
and is a New Englander, having been
born In Maine and appointed to the
Military academy from Massachu-
sets.
General Morton has been one of the
army's hard students OF military prob
lens and has served through all the
ranks from that of second lieutenant
to colonel as an infantry officer. He
is a graduate of the Army War college
of the year 1905. During the Spanish
American war he was q lieutenant
colonel of the First Maine Volunteer
infantry.
The appointment of William l.. ST.
bert as major general unQuestion-
ably will be pleasing to the French.
Frenchmen to be probably the worlds
greatest engineer. In his book on the
Panama canal he gave full credit TO
the work which the French had done
on the isthmus, going into the matter
In detail In a way which no other
writer on canal subjects has done. The
recognition given the French engineers
in their work was particularly CRATE
full to France. 1t was a deserved rec
ignition, but for some reasons Ameri-
cans in the main had not given ii EN-
phasis. Bunau-Varilla, the great French
engineer who was In charge Of canal
work when construction by the French
was under way, called Sibert the en-
gineer without fear and without re-
proach."
We Must Feed the World.
Columbia must play part Of Lady
Bountiful. She must feed the world.
The people Of the country have been
given this message in some such form
as this a thousand times b. the Off
Gals Of the agricultural! department
and by Herbert c. Hoover, who even
tually probably will have almost mas
ter control Of food supply matters, but
officials In Washington still wonder
whether or not the average American
understands fully that the words mean
what they say. .su:s. si2sey,'-' =
Every ounce of supplies for the
great American army which eventually
will be thrown into France will be sent
from this country. In addition to this
by far the greater part Of the supplies
for the French, the British and the
Italian armies must be furnished by
the United States. 'ssts;sgs5,ss:sss ss.r.-',-
More than this, the countries now
warning for democracy as allies of the
United States either must see their
civilian people reduced TO starvation
rations or must obtain for them from
this country the food which will keep
them strong and safeguard the health
of coming generations.
The officials Of the government are
urgent In their desire that the Ameri-
can people thoroughly shall know the
situation, that the press shall accentu-
ate the facts and that instantly the
campaign against waste and for great
er production shall be started.
Hard Task, but Will Be Done.
Men here who are charged with the
work Of preparing the way for the saw
ing of food and for an increase in pro-
duction, fear pessimism of expression
on the one hand, and too much OPP
timism on the other. They do not
want it to appear that there is doubt
concerning Americas ability to carry
out her part Of the work of feeding
the world. Neither do they want 1t
to appear that the work easily is to
be done. What they desire is that
American people shall foresee the huge
task that is ahead and hopefully and
willingly shall bend themselves to the
task of accomplishment.
The war cannot be won unless the
soldiers who are trying to win 1t are
fed better than they would be fed at
home. They need more substantial
food when In active service at the
front than they do when engaged in
the ordinary work at home. even
though such work be the heaviest kind
of manual labor.
The officials in Washington want the
people TO know that sacrifice Is nee
essary, but that the sacrifice will not
be Of a kind TO undermine health, or
even to produce any physical discom-
fort, provided 1t is made intelligently.
Beef, wheat, bacon and beans are
the essentials for good service on the
field of battle. These the soldiers
must have, and they are the foods
which the American people at home
should deny themselves in order that
the armies Of democracy may win
what they are fighting for.
Wheat is an essential not only for
the soldiers but for the civilian popu-
lation of France, and In a large
measure for the civilian population Of
Italy, and the British isles. The
French people hardly know what corn