The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-23
American Transports Have
Exciting Time in Passing
Through the U-Boat Zone
SEN. GR0WOtR COMMENTS
ON CONSUMPTION

1--WE are committed to this war"
the general continued, "and we ought
to fight it in the most effective fash
ion possible to us. The necessity Of
raising an army is paramount. The
decrease in the labor supply must be
adjusted in some way other than by
shutting off recruitment. That it can
be adjusted there is no question.
THE problem is not to maintain the
labor supply of agency and industry
intact 1t is to make withdrawal Of
the men in the most scientific manner
possible. / think we have done that
and what is offered here is the basis
for nice balance between our two
necessities.
There are those who say that we
must win this war in the economic
field, with the inference that the rails
ing OF an army is a side issue. | say
to you that with any greater inroads
into the fields of recruitment of our
army, we shall be sending inferior
men to the field That if this nation
is not competent to make the slight
adjustment necessary to compensate
for this scientific selection, then it is
not competent to enter this war.
Effectiveness in Field. -
Certainly no man can urge in this
way Of trial and sacrifice that this
nation should deliberately neglect to
make itself effective in the field of
military operation on the plea that
our greatest contribution to the cause
of humanity is in attaining an eco
nomic supremacy. To do so would be
to relegate the United States to the
role of the sutler for the fighting ma
tions. a~n
1--WE shall, of course, increase our
production. We shall become more ef-
fective as a nation and we shall sup
ply our new armies and do all that
can be expected of us to supply the
armies of our allies.
But we shall not, under that guise,
confine our participation in this con-
fict to the taking of bread and the
sharpening of the swords of other
men.
Won MiIitariiy.
This war will be won militarily Oh
the devoted field OF France. Doubt
less it. will be won by the side which
is able to place behind its army the
prevailing ounce Of provision. 's''
Y Shut the blow that skaters the
German line and extinguishes autoc-
racy from the face of the earth will
be the blow of a mans right arm and
not the insidious stroke, Of shrewd
trader.
General Crowdcr pays high tribute
to the zeal and patriotism of more
than 10000 men who compose the ma
chinery of the selective system. With
but 10 weeks for the task, the first
national army increment Of $4,000
men was drawn. he says; by nation
moving breathlessly, supported by
the governors of the states and by the
members of the selections boards, with
"A patriotism, devotion and unseliish
zcal'~that remains an inspirations"
.,ft "a, First Increnevst. .Htf
Slut the system itself was lack.
ing" he adds. 1--WE hacked the first
increment Of our armies with broad
axe because there was time for no
STcdtCT TCuucIllcuC. "c lAuoI pdlC
future increments away with greater
discrimination. The selective system
must be carried to it's logical cOnclu-
sion and we must meet Prussian ef'
ficiency with a greater American effcc'
tiveness"
With this text. General CrOwder out
lined the underlying motives of the
,o c1u oi II rotinvN cvcf0Nn fOr rnUi2,
tered men with which the boards are
about to begin. In doing so, he as
sured board members that the great
burden which rested upon them in the
first draft had been reduced and the
demand upon their time cut down.
His Picture in tho Papers" will be
shown tonight only at the Orpheum.