The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-01-31

would take place Immediately back
of the front-so that they could see
the thing with their own eyes and
send us back the details by cable ev-
! cry day of the changing character of
this war.
General Pershing's staff of experts
and officers over there runs into the
thousands and they are busy every
minute and every day that the sun
rises l get cablegrams from General
Pershing from 16 to 20 pages long,
filled with measurements and formu-
las and changes of millimetre in size,
great long specifications of changes in
detail which were agreed upon last
week and changed this week and
need to be changed again, so that
what we are doing at this end is at
tempted by using the eyes of the ar
my there to keep up with what they
want us to do.
"Already you will find in your fur
ther examination into some of the
bureau work of the department, some
of the divisions, when they come
down you will find that schedules
were agreed upon, weapons which
were selected and which we had start
ed to manufacture have been so far
discarded that people have forgotten
the names of them almost, and new
things substituted in their place, and
those forgotten and new things in
their places.
$50 that if one gets the idea that
this is the sort of war we used to
have, or if he gets the idea that this
is a static thing it is entirely an er-
roneous idea and when you remem-
ber that we had to divide this little
handful of officers that we had and
send so large part of them to France
and then think of those who remained
at home, you will realize, l am sure,
that those who remained here had the
double duty, insufficient for either
aspect of it, in numbers and they
still have this double duty-they had
to go forward with manufacturers,
work out industrial relations. They
had to- see about supplies of raw
materials and manufacture finished
products and make from day to day
alterations and changes that had to
be made and they had to be ingenues
with suggestions, to see whether they
could devise on this side something
which had not been thought of over
there.
''They had to be hospitable to sug-
gestions which came from the other
side; they had to confer with the
foreign officers who we're here and
telephone for reports on specific ques-
tions.
Then toward the close of the day
the secretary delivered a dramatic
general statement of the Amer
lean war plan, telling of the
coming of the allied missions,
of the day and night confer
ences with men from the scene
of battle in which the plans now be-
ing executed were adopted and of
success beyond expectations in build
ing the army and it's industrial sup
port at home, transporting men
across the ocean, constructing rail-
roads in France and preparing to
strike the enemy with every re-
source at the country's command.
Profound Impression Made.
When Mr.. Baker closed it was ap-
parent he had created profound i'm
preston. Chairman Chamberlain
said so before he left the stand. There
was no attempt at cross examination.
The chairman proposed that the Sec
retary be given a rest and it was vir-
tually agreed to recall him for fur
ther examination later after the COM
mittee has completed it's hearing of
officers of the medical corps, avia-
tion and other branches of the SER
vice.
Scenes Already Set.
Now, gentlemen, about the plan
of the war 1t will be remembered
that this war broke out in August,
1914. We went into it in April,
1917, so that for two and one-half
years, or more than two and one-half
years the war had been going on. 1t
was not as though war had broken
cut between the United States and
some country, each of them prior to
that time having been at peace with
one another and with everybody else;