The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-04
THREE MONTHS OF
WAR PREPARATION
TOLD IN FEW WORDS

! WASHINGTON. July 3.-Thr Amer
lean nation will celebrate Il wartime
anniversary tomorrow with The con-
seriousness Of having written within
The short space Of Il few weeks
chapter in national achievement I'M
rivHllCd in many respects IN The MS
tory of the world.
Three months a.u Today President
Wilson asked congress To formally
declare a state uI war with Germany
and 10 prepare the nation. after years
Of peace and military unpr"paredneSs.
10 use all Of its resources 10 make
The world safe for druucracy To-
morrow American troops, summoned
from The border and from foreign soil
anu carried overseas Ill defiance nI
HE submarine mrIlar". VIII march
through the streets of Paris. ready Ia
lake their places behind The !Irng
lines on land WhIr American war
ships in force huld important sectors
Of Iii" grraI naval lines which com
nand the seas.
Back Of theSr majo accomplish
mrnIS stand others h'SS spectacular
but no less notable or important III
the monumental TASK nf preparation.
Upward nf len millions If men have
hprn registered undo! War legislation
for military service. and The work OIL
organizing y uniyrr$al service army
il we'll under way.
Scores Of American merchant yes
sells have ber! armed and hay" taken
their toll of l'.buatS. and Il colossal
shipbuildlng program 10 crush the
l'-bOat blockade is far advanced.
Loaned a Billion.
More than a billion dollars mas
been Iuaned to the enemies Of Ger
Ill ,k,,.ir
and Il twu-bllon-dollar bond iSSu" has
been flualed with d large uvrrsuh-
Scriptlnn.
TO take Il firm grip IN The rrunom-
it. situation AZ home. Il food admins
tratiOn has been organized, an export
council created ana lin' nHllGT "nnI-
nous resources marslaIrd for MIR
tionHl service. y pjUSram OF lood
Legislation nearing romp!"lIon soon
will enable enforcement Of AL eff
cheney which il took most .ul the bel
liSrrcnlS years 10 ATTAIN.
Besides Inc universal service law
congress has enacted an espionage
act under which the country has been
secured for German agents aid many
Of them brought into custody. war
Eudgrt iotalin2 NOR" than three bll-
lion dollars. 10 nice! III" initial costs
OF the war and many other measures.
\ bill empowering The PRESIDENT 10
dirrcI what necessities shall have
preference in commerce. has passed
both the Senate and House ana is in
conference. Another Ia: raise more
than billion ami Il half in war taxes
has passed The llnuS"
Prompt Navar Action.
American deSlruycrS wrr" moDll-
lied. ouIliilrd and sent IN tho North
Sea within Il few days after war was
declared With them went their own
supply vessels and numerous convert
I'd craft adapted Ia naval uS". lheir
number and The exact duty lh"r nave
assumed never has been reverted. hul
that they have been recognized A. a
Formidable PAT IF The grand allied .
fleet was evidenced by The d"SISha-
ion recently of American Wee Aunll'
raj Sims 10 command all the forces IN
The important zone of ireland.
Similarly in III" South At1anilc. me
patrol OF which WAS assumed ny inc
United States. along with the patrol
Of American shores. Admiral Caperton
with a squadron Oi Pacific coast Cruls-
ers. has assumed command. All he
French and British warShipS remain.
iuc thprr are under his authority.
In the three months ihr navy mas
bern recruited up 10 5000 men. from
less than 50 .00n. and training given 10
thousands of glInncr$ and crews for
hundreds nf submarine chaSrrS. Inc
Marine CORPS has been recruited from
l., uun To nearly ~ mao. and Ihr regular
army from about 1@n.non 10 26n.Ho".
Scores uf new regiments nave bern
OrganiHrd and contracts let Tor artll-
lnrv. rifles. machine guns and military
equipment running into billions or DOL
lars. The National Guard has been
inrreaS Sod from loss than 100000. AT
ter mon with dependents had been re.
leased. Ia probably 2"N.phh.
Great Aerial Service.
prcnaraI ions are under wa Tor an
aerial Srrvic" Of a size never before
dreamed of The first cost Will be
$500. coo 900.
In the Navy Department plans have
henn drawn for new type. Swlff
powerfully armed submarine chaser.
and hundreds are under. construction.
Additional d"srroyers also have been
ordered and hundreds Of merchant
craft surveyed. armed and many Ia
ken INFO the government service.
Agreement by railway, coal and 9th
or interests 10 cooperate with The
government in giving Il maximum Of
service for minimum cost, The 20
spunSc Of he people in Ovor-subSCrIh-
iuc hv IN per cent. the two billion dol
0 lar Liberty Loan. ami in moro than
surviving The hundred million dollar
humanity" fund asked for by tho Red
Cross war roUnril--these and many
nihcr' devrlnpmhents convince officials
here that he nation is awake In the
emergency ahead and that The achieve
mcnrS Of the three months just passed
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