Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-05-24
AMERICA HAS many
TROOPS IN FRANCE
LEAGUE FOR NATIONAL UNITY
TELLS OF FIRST YEARS
ACCOMPLISHMENT


A review of the many things the
United States has accomplished since
it became involved in the world war
year ago is given in a statement re-
Gently made public by the League for
National Unity, New York Organi-
cation.
! The League says a statement re-
garding what America has thus far
accomplished is made necessary "be-
cause the secret enemies of the repub-
lie are still declaring that only small
force of 100000 or 100000 men has
crossed the Atlantic.
1T can be authoritatively an
nounced," the League says, that the
American force across the seas today
musters hundreds of thousands
strong. OF this array several hun
dred thousand American soldiers are
on the main battle line in Flanders.
Daily more troops are pouring across.
as we'll as adequate supplies and mu-
nitions for the great army we are
sending"
Secretary of War Baker announced
last week that 100000 men had gone
lover there" since January 1.
Included in the membership of the
league, which was organized last Sep
TENDER. are representatives of labor.
agriculture. manufacturing. COM
merce, banking, the church. the bar,
women's and teachers organizations,
\ and the heads of the Democratic and
Republican national committees. 1t
has the endorsement of President
Wilson.
The statement was made to hearten
the relatives of the boys cover there"
and to assure them that despite de-
lays and mistakes, unavoidable in all
vast enterprises. our government is
today bending every energy toward
the successful production of all neces-
sary equipment. that every possible
need of the army and navy may be
anticipated"
! What Has Been Done.
Describing the vastness of the OPP
creations in connection with the war,
the statement says:
1.-THE United States in the past
year has made its own port on the
French coast; built its own railroads
$500 miles of double track and
more); laid out at Its new harbor,
which can deal with 40 vessels at
once, a freight yard bigger than any
one yard about any great American
city; provided railroad equipment
such as Europe never saw before; set
up its own telegraph and telephone
system (12,5O0 operators for this
last); constructed hospitals, ware
houses and magazines; established
workshops and factories where our
works are already full, and made all
ready for it's new armies, so that II
100000 fighting men are needed,
room, equipment and provision are
There for all of them, without crowd
ing or deranging what our Allies
have in four years provided for them
selves.
I'VE have now more shipyards
than Great Britain, the greatest of
bodybuilding nations. Our navy is
building more submarine destroyers
than there were in any two Of the
worlds navies when the war broke
out. Our regular navy has more men
In 1t than the British navy had in
July, 1914, when It was the worlds
Largest naval force.
Next year we shall fully make up
the loss caused by submarines. The
year after 1t Is planned that 10000
900 more tons will be produced and
the tonnage afoat will be greater
than when the war began. The sub
marine, already checked. will be seen
to have failed. Working with the
navies of our allies, we have brought
safety at sea. Only one troopship
has been lost in hundreds of voyages
across the Atlantic"
Mobilization of Industry.
! Mention is made of the mobiliza-
ton of the nations industries and 1t
is declared that more rifles are being
turned out today then was ever
reached under the pressure of con-
tracts from the Allies.
The appointment to important
posts Of ''the ablest industrial lead
ers-men like Schwab. Ryan. Stetin-
ius. McRoberts. Trip and others of
like ability" is offered es further
proof of the governments efforts to
leave nothing undone that will help
win the war.