Evening star., 1918-05-25
American Troops in France
Soon Will Double Mum.
ber Now There.
GIVE ALLIED SUPERIORITY
FOR REMAINDER OF WAR
Andre Tardieu, French High Com
missioner, Tells Of Americas
Great War Efforts.
By the Associated Press.

PARIS, May "a Friday)-Ths
American forces in France will be dou-
BILE, by midsummer, the number Secre-
tary of War Baker recently announced
as having been sent here, and by the
end of 1918 they will be three times
larger. said Andre Tardieu, French
high commissioner, in a statement is-
sued to the French people on his ar.
rival from the United States today.
NJ. Tardieu described what the United
States has done and is doing for
France and the allies:
"The German offensive is broken"
he said, referring to the present bat
tie. "The Americans, after our VIC
torious resistance, will arrive in time
tor decisive action.
Transport Is Speedy.
The figures given by Secretary
Baker three years ago on the number
of American tfoops in Europe will
| be double before midsummer. The
number Of American troops will be
three times larger before the END OF
1918. We now are Transporting in
one month what would have taken
| five months at the beginning Of the
war.
The capacity Of troops transports
! from America to France Is notably
| larger than the means for the trans
port of German troops from the Rus
sian to the French front in the most
favorable circumstances.
The immediate use Of American
| fighting elements as soon as they land
was settled by the recent agreement
on brigading. This answers the
urgent necessity Of the present and
through progressive training pre-
pares for the constitution OF large
units of, the American Army under
the command Of Gen. Pershtng.
Results Of Two Months.
.4Those are the capital results Of the
last two months. Add to them the
unity of command and you Will be
able to Judge clearly the manner in
which the United States understood
sure for the allied armies for the
| hnal period Of the war q superiority
in numbers and the possibility Of m
limited replenishment."
IN ME Sldt&mcHL ldTQl0U ~
views in much detail what the Amer
ican government is doing to organise
and intensity its war power. Internal
taxes have been increased hvefold.
and 80 per cent Of the total expendi-
| lures are being paid directly from
taxation The minimum income tax
has been raised from per cent to
per cent and the surtax from 13
to 81 per cent.
I He explained how America, by
,l,,- k~fN ~nfo <I IA
ply of grain for exports from 1900
tons available in January to S.l20,000
tons so that the allies are enabled
to await the new crop.
War Material Manufactured.
Reciting figures on war material
manufactured. he said:
"In a few weeks from now 100000
rifles and $4,000 quickfirers and ma
chine guns of all kinds will be manu-
factured monthly. The liberty motors.
the first order for which was for
$4,000, went through the final tests
last month. They are being delivered
at the rate of more than one thou
sand a month now. and all will be
delivered before the end of six
months"
NJ Tardieu goes very fully into the
shipbuilding situation, and recites at
length what America has done, es-
pecially for France. during twelve
months.
Among other things. he says, she
has furnished sufficient grain to feed
100000 persons and steel sufficient
to manufacture 100.000.0o0 three-inch
shells. He continues:
I'm the midst OF battle on March 70
the French government cahled me its
immediate need of 10000 tons OF food
products ready for consumption.
Thanks to American and British aid, I
was able to cable that $4,000 tons
Needs Of 1918 Covered.
"All our needs in war material are
covered until the end OF 1918 and even
longer"
In the purchase Of war material, NJ.
Tardieu says that the economies per.
fected from November to May totaled
at least $45,000,000. This was OBJ
tanned by the cooperation of federal
authorities and the extension OF direct
negotiations and suppression OF inter.
mediaries.
what figures cannot express" he
concluded. "is the wonderful spirit In
which sentiments of right draw to our
aid this country of 100.000.000 inhab-
the deep and sincere feeling of this
great democracy toward the French
democracy. When I came back to
France last November said: I have
entire confidence.
To-day have only to show the re-
suits obtained"
RnMhN0EFS f0IEAVE