Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-08-23
"wIN THE WAR IN A YEAR"
Colossal Army Advocated With De-
En;%. Time Set 70 Do its Work.

finite Time Set to Do its Work.
There Is small doubt that the en-
larged army programme now proinis-
ed, and which will not long walt tor
the approval Of congress, will put In
France and Flanders an army large
enough to administer the Germans a
great defeat and be an effective oar
10 any new Hun offensive. writes
Samuel Colcord to the Philadelphia
Ledger from Washington. But some
OF us are urging that we do even bet
ter and make our army OF such pre-
ponderatlng strength by the beginning
OF the spring offensive as will insure
defeat so overwhelming that II VIII
finish the job: u defeat that wouid
make the kaiser and his Hindenburgs
and Ludendorffs cry "kammerad'
and not compel us 10 tight $40"
trench warfare all the way TO Berlin
with the sacrifice of 100000. or per-
haps 2.UOO.OO men. and all the risks
the added years will bring.
More, there are very grave rlsks III
permitting the war TO run INTO other
wears II we send our men to Eu-
rope at the rate Of only little more
than 1000. 900 men each year. as Is
now proposed. il would he no more
than enough to restore the losses in
the depleted ranks of the armies OF
France, Great Britain and our o"h'
while Germany would add TO hcr
fighting forces for at least two years
about that number from her boys
| from her wounded who recover ana
from her prisoners OF war VINO may
he gradually released and returned
from Russia The losses OF Great
Britain alone total close to mlllion
| a wear. and that loss is far from be-
ing made good by new recruits. france
can scarcely make a better showing
Thus the United States is the sole re-
lance for any advantage over Ger
MANY in new army divisions. This
our Allies not only concedc, but I'M
prcssively affirm.
But what is far worse is that 1t Is
,pssiblc, more, it is virtually CERTAIN
that # we give Germany the time sh"
will recruit and mobilize new d.
visions in subducd Russian provinces
and Russians thus recruited VIII
fight. for German divisions will stand
behind them TO see that they do. II
is credibly reported she is already
organizing to do this in Flanders.
II is simply a matter Of calculation
as TO what it may now he seen Ger
many can do and what we must do
decidedly TO outweigh her. An Ameri-
can army of 100000 in France
in time for the beginning OF the
spring campaign OF 1919, win
background Of 100000 more here for
training, reinforcement and defense
Germany could not meet. 1t would
end the wal. Give her time to or
ganiZe her new resources for man
| power in Russian provinces and old
Russia. and we must meet her with
increasing forces every year, WIN
added losses and added uncertainty as
to the final result.
| am not advocating the unattain-
able. The splendid accomplishments
of the months just past tell US that
we will succeed If we only awake to
the realization OF the need and re-
solve to meet 1t.
From the beginning it has been not
only our mistake. but likewise the
mistake of all our Allies. not to size
the future large enough. We have
lWaited- to be surprised and shocked by
its immensity and then to hurry to
catch up with 1t after it had gone by
us.
We have all been urging the putting
of large army in France ever since
our taking hand in the war began.
Let us now give 1t the definiteness to
say not only how much hut when. Let
us say, in time for the spring Of
fensivc of next year" not at the end
or middle. but at the beginning OF it,
The administration and the great
departments of government upon
which the winning Of the war depend
have in very recent past been
nightly spurred to increased effort
| vigorously expressed sentiment. and
to very great advantage. which Ger
| tainly is not to its discredit. In this
the war and coordinate departments
have not been exceptions. as every one
who reads must know. Wise urging
may help again.
Now Is exactly the time to agitatc
the question, for within the next few
weeks. ii not within the next few
days. II is to be decided. II con-
siderable number OF your readers will
| join TO impress this view and bom-
bard our highest officials and the con-
gress with earnest expression OF pa
triotic sentiment it will go n long
way toward making the cause n sue
cess.
II will not be resented. The writer
happens to have had some occasion to
learn that our highest officials do not
regard with disfavor. but rather well
come, earnest expressions from men
inspired only by patriotic zeal who
have no axes to grind, and in this
very matter.
| The adoption Of this great program
would give to our people new and
inspiring slogan. Win the War in a
Year" II the nation would adopt it.
our Allies would catch it from us. and
united faith in its promise would
give energy and power to our blow
that alone would more than equal the
force Of a dozen new army divisions.
A HERO OF ITALY