Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-07-27

hurley Oh NllchBpi ~ tnhllNlhN ul lU'
Shipping BOARD, and Admiral Caps,
Naval Constructor, as General Manager
of the Emergency fleet corporation,
cambridge Colby, New York, was
named In Whites place on the ship
ping board,
I'VE will start clean sheet" the
President explained in his letter to
GoethaIa, accepted the Generals reslg'
nation offer,
II was evident from the prOmptness
with which the President acted IN every
particular that he had had the house
cleaning in mind for some days
Wednesday, July %
RUSSIA WATCHES RETREAT CALMLY
Russia's shaken armies in Galicia
are still in retreat which bids fair
not to end until they reach approx
mately the line occupied by them last
year before General Bausslol began
his big offensive.
Despite the extensive Petrograd
movement, covering virtually all the
front between the north Galician bor'
der and the Carpathian foothills the
tone Of both official and unofficial dis
patches coming out of Petrograd is not
pessimlstic,
There is apparent confidence that
the disorgination in the ranks, in
duced by the Vaccinations of the eX-
tremists and believed TO have been
largely promoted by German intrigue,
probably will be adequately dealt with
and firm front presented to the
enemy.
For one thing, the Germans by their
own admission have not the men 10
spare TO prosecute a sustained offensive
on az large scale on the eastern
front. The British and the French
are keeping them too busy and they
are too apprehensive of some extra
forceful stroke in the West TO trans
fer any great number Of troops from
the France-Belgian war area,
For another, the Russians have big
reserves Of men and Premier keren-
sky, with vast powers now in his hands,
will find it possible, it is believed to
weed out the disloyal elements rapidly
from the front ranks and replace them
with the hosts Of dependable troops
which Russia still possesses.
BOTH STEEL SHIPS AND WOODEN
Ships will be built at once both
steel and wood a0d there will be little
talk about IT,
This was the decision Of Chairman
Hurley, of the Shipping Board and
General Manager Caps, Of the
Emergency Fleet Corporation, as they
settled into their new positions today
to takeup the great marine construc-
ton work where it was stopped by the
GoethaIs-Denman row,
Admiral Capp is going over the
various ship.building plans, while
Hurley is comforting with ship building
men,
Both men promise action as soon as
their names are confirmed by the
Senate and they can officially take hold.
As to the number of steel and wooden
ships to be built they are unable to say
until they have studied the plans drawn
to date. There viii be more steel than
wood vessels, however.
Thursday, July 26
WOMEN IN BATTLE LINE
Even the actual entry of women
soldiers into battle on the eastern front
has been insufficient to Undue the ranks
of the recalcitrant Russians with pat
riotism. They are still deserving in
large numbers in Galcia, leaving a
virtually free road open for fresh adj
vances by the Germans and Austro-
Hungarlans.
From the Baltic to the Black sea only
at one point along the long line-in the
southern Carpathians- have the Rus
SLAMS risen to the occasion and shown
some of their old fighting spirit. Here,
fighting shoulder to shoulder with their
Rumanian allies, they have attacked
and captured several villages from the
Germans and broken the heavily forti-
lied Teuton line on a wide front.
In Galicia the participate retreat Of
the Russians continues almost every
where from the Carpathan foothills to
the region around Tarnopol, the gov
eminent apparently not yet having had
time to put in force its strong repres-
sive measures which NJ. Kerensky, the
head of the government, has promised
to apply in order to stay the debacle.