The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-06-18
General March Says More Than
100000 Have Already Gone
Overseas.
SUPERIORITY IN NUMBER
This Necessary to Check the
On-Rush of the Enemy and
Bring War to a Successful
Conclusion.

Washington, June Ito give
the allies n mastering superiority of
numbers over the German invaders,
American troops are being rushed
to France as rapidly as transport
tonnage will permit When the pur-
pose viii be realized cannot now be
ioretold, but more than 100000
men have been sent overseas and
| this number will be increaseG to-
''ouO'OOO ~ early in July
These facts were announced N
| Gen. Peyton c. March, chief of stab,
in inaugurating the governments, :,
new poIicy of giving newspaper men
a weekly summary of battle condi7[
tons. - flies
General March drew a graphic pic
ture of single gigantic campaign,
extending from RhYas to the sea-,
where the allied INES have 5rbeen..
battered back in four successiye {
phases. The great wedge of>assahYar
has now increased the allied lines, i
&C miles from Rheimsto Ypres ts1..
I'm a condition of this Kind, said
General March. where new line
has to be held and where the attacks
of the Germans have beeniimade
with such large forces as they ohave,
the Importance of getting American
troops to the front is more and more
pre-eminent. - Sss1n
Pass SOO,OOO Mark. .a3T
I'VE have now passed the SO0,-
444 mark in troops shipped over
seas" =u, =
The extent Of the American troop
movement was particularly striking
because Secretary Baker stated less
than a week ago that more than T.
10000" had embarked. The fact
that the figure had increased approx
imately 100000 in less than seven
days drew a quick question as 10
when definite superiority in man
powe" might b" attained.
THE matter of number OF troops
ON the western front" General
March replied. lis question that
must he considered with reference
not only to the enemy dfwtsions--
which have been known to be there :
I"'l along. but with the potential in
crease which might be attained bv
hrineing divisions from the eastern
front
1T is impossible to predict day,
say, month ahead, or any other
definite time-when a mastering sn-
periority will be in the hands of the
allies; but the number of troops we.
are sending across now is lin,ited
only by the capacity OF the ships 10.
carry them, and we intend to keep
that up"
Channel Ports Main Objective.
General March made, 1t clear THAI
there is no doubt in his mind orSin
that Of the allied leaders that the.
channel PORTS are the main objective.
OF the whole German effort.
The four drives" he said "ose.
beginning March p, the next April
?, the third May 27. and the present
one beginning June Q. are all part of
the common scheme foffensive
Considering as a whole the success
sion Of attacks. the first penetrated
the allied line on the Swiss frontier
some @6 miles into Picardy, the seo-
ond some l 5 miles into Flanders and
The third a distance of 3S miles fur-
ther along the Marne. Under tbes
present drive the line has been meme.
trated an average distance of from
five and half to six miles.
"One striking feature in. conne..4
tion with this whole advance isi the
extension of front which the allies.
have had to cover as result The,/
total stTf' hing of the line .frorR
Hseim che sea was sc miles.
Nin S to hold that extra Hne
alifrs have had to have more
ops than they had at the start
eObrbusiy sth eobiectiye OF the.. !.
g erman 4 sva fer IL. first. the chan
Sks. which would make IL nee,
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