The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-29
THE ACHIEVEMENT WITHOUT PRECEDENT

A - gress, when he told what the nation has done to pre- pare for In language of the simplest with candour and sincerity he received the tale of peoples crusade the story of democracy girding on the sword
 There in France by hundreds of thousands than the widest critics of the government dreamed of when they telling what the government ought to don 4917
 Upon French soil there will be- 100000 Amerl- soldiers, fully equipped and ready to fight
 Upon American soil there 100000 soldiers ready to to France as fast ships be provided for them.
 The tale of preparation in France is miracle story Great harbors have been prepared by the of magcans wand railroad 600 miles long has been made over and amp fled to supply American troops Warehouses in seaport cities and warehouses behind the fighting fronts spread in TOW, miles of country.
 Much of the material has from this country. When possible has been procured France Tonnage and the drain upon transport has been tremendous
 Fortunately France has surplus of machine gun and tery production, ample to supply American troops that transport has been available for other things and America has had time to abcate weapons superior to those in
 the accusations in Senator Chamberan's speech Sec retary Baker simply sad hey incidents picked out from the great things accomplished They do not represent American achievement but only the points in which achieve ment defective"
 Any reading what Secretary Baker says will perceive that Senator ChamberIains indictment really indict- men of the American people, What has been done after a is but the of American civilization of American indus try of American power for cooperation and unified effort
 The leadership in these things necessarily the govern men is necessarily not in the possession of persons stand ing outside the government who have duty except that of citizens and information sufficient for the formation of 
 Here is the government meeting through it's experts the experts of the Allies and deciding by consultation between perts precisely what is necessary.
 All things change. Nothing it was before All the conditions of different The nature of the war; the used changing from day day Things begun abandoned later knowledge to hand New things were undertaken under the pressure of necessity.
 How could government change it's views its methods upon the advice of citizen whose latest military experience old fashioned charge up San Juan Hill?
 The experts who from Europe knew things that Col Roosevelt heard o and that the learned because it was the government
 Even the consultations between experts insufficient They produced division of council The American govern men at the suggestion of Lloyd George brought into being common council of the Allies, in which all things might tied inteligently and carried out concordanty.
 Crushing is the speech of Secretary Baker to the noisy critics of the and the American people How na ura that General Wood experienced medical man should have been selected to prepare the and ments in which troops to be trained.
 At the moment when the scOdng critics complanin of the failure of the to avail themselves Woods services in Europe the that had beer wounded in France. Mr. Roosevelt and his kind apology not to th American government but to the American people, not to th American alone buo democracy itself They accused democ racy of faure in the hour when democracy proving efficiency to the uttermost.