The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-07-05
NEWS REVIEW OF
The PAST week
Two Contingents Of Pershlng's
Army Are Landed Safely
on French Soil. .
UNDER COMMAND OF SIBERT
Developments In Plans to Control
Foodstuffs and Coal-Good Work
Of Root and kerensky in Rus
sia--6ritlsh Troops Clos
inq in on Lens.
BY EDWARD w. pickARo.

Two contlngents OF Major General
Pershlng's expedItonary force Of
American regulars were safely landed
In France last week, the first on Tues,
day and the second on Wednesday.
The armada that carried them across
the Atlantic and that conveyed them
took also great quantities Of supplies
for their maintenance. The troops
now on French soil are under the inn
mediate command of Brig. Gen. w. l..
Sibert. DIS. ##
This safe and speedy arrival of sea
soned fighting men In France Is tri-
unph of American skill and efficiency.
Without any publicity, the troops were
assembled, embarked on many vessels
and taken through the German subma-
rine zone without an accident to mar
the success OF the great operation.
That these troops and the thousands
that are TO follow them carry all their
own supplies makes them net gain
for the allies. The United States
feeds, clothes. arms and equlps them
without making single demand on
the French or the British.
General Pershlng has prepared ev-
erything for the participation of his
army In the actual warfare. and sec
ton of the line near ST. Quentin Is TO be
turned over to the Americans.
II developed on Thursday that
George Creel civilian head OF the com
mi .tee On public information, author
lied the publication of the news Of
the arrival OF the troops contrary to
the wishes Of the war department,
whereupon Secretary Baker withdrew
the dissemination Of war department
news from the Jurisdiction of Creel's
organization and appointed General
Mcintyre sole censor and dissemination
of war department news.
Coal and Wheat Embargo.
President Wilson appointed a board
Of export control, composed of the
secretaries of commerce, state and la
Dor and the food administrator, and
the board at once began gathering
data on which II recommended that
the president place at least partial em-
burgoes on wheat and bunker coal,
aud possibly on other commodities.
The shutting-on OF shipments Of food
siuffs to certain neutral countries, 1t
IS believed, viii nearly put an end to
their sending of food 10 the central
powers. An embargo on bunker coal
not only viii help In controlling neu.
rral and other shipping, but also will
give 10 the shipping bOard weapon
10 force down present exorbltant ocean
freight rates.
Speaking OF coal, the coal commit
tee Of the council Of national defense
scored q big victory Tuesday when 1t
persuaded" 400 coal borons to agree
TO- sell their product at a reasonable
price to be fixed with the approval Of
the committee. The operators. who
represented both the bitumlnous and
Tie anthracite fields, were told fatty
that unless they behaved themselves
the government would take over their
output.
The immediate result OF all this was
the agreement of the bituminous Op-
orators TO make cuts OF 81 20 81 81
ron in the cost of coal 10 the Iobbers.
This, II was declared, would bring
about an immediate reduction Of prices
20 the consumer.
Consideration Of the food-control bill
with It's "bone-dry" feature, which the
house passed, occupied much Of the
time of the senators, Their committee