South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-04
BAKER
REVIEWS WAR
ATTAINMENTS
Reports Show That There Are
Now 2,170,40O American
Fighters Under Arms Here
and in France.
Associated Press Service

Associated Press Service:
WASHINGTON, July 3.-Supple-
menting Pres't wilson's announce
ment that more than a million
American troops have embarked
for France. Chairman Dent OF the
military committee, laid before the
house today review Of war prep
arations during the 1 months of
war. prepared by Sec'y Baker. 1t
, showed there are now 16O. 400 Off
GERS and 100000 men Nith the
colors. compared with total Of
9.524 officers and 202,5 men IN
the regulars and national guard IA
months ago.
The statement shows that $50
combat airplanes had been deliN-
cred up 10 June and that the
production rate Of this type then
was so per week. More than
1000 Liberty motors have been de-
livered and the weekly production
rate was rs during the first week
in June.
More than 9O0 heavy Browning
machine guns were delivered during
Nav and the deliveries for that
month of light Brownings totaled
1900.
Sufficient rifles are now being
received the statement says, Ito
equip an army division every three
days. More than 800, 600 rifles had
been produced and delivered up 70
June l."
Speaking OF the morale OF the
army i'm France. the statement says:
In France it was necessary to
I change the name Of the zone behind
J the armies from service Of the
rear TO service of supply because
. Of the difficulty in getting men to
serve in a region having the she'll
/ proof connotation Of the word
rear
NO Mans Land" Now Yankee
Land"
Even at the actual front there
7 is something of tradition against
the use of the term No Mans land.
Our men prefer TO call it-and TO
/ make it Yankee land
Mr. Baker said the commission
/ of classification of personnel reports
that "a surprisingly large proper
\ ton of recruits ask 20 be placed in
the most hazardous branches of the
/ military service" and added:
IF a reply is needed 10 those who
say that the men of the national
army are in camp because they have
! to be there it is this: That those
men are going over the top because
they want 10 go
Drunkenness Il Under Control.
Consensus of opinion is. con
tinued the statement, that drunk
/ enness i'm the army is completely
under control. both in the United
States and France You may travel
for weeks i'm France without seeing
an intoxicated American soldier.
There is no permanent military
camp i'm the United States with a
red light district i'm its vicinity.
The statement shows that the
death rate per thousand among all
troops in the United states for the
week ending June was 4.14 as
against a rate Of 20.14 in the regu-
lar army in the United States in
1898 and 5.13 in 1916.
on June the capacity Of hos
pitals i'm the United States was -
SCI beds with new hospitals with
1857 beds under construction. In
I France hospital facilities are being
provided for from 10 10 per cent
Of the whole expeditionary force.
while the army hospital corps is
y 4 d. a
$4,000 enlisted men. exclusive OF
the sanitary corps and army nurses.
IS Planes Per Week.
Deliveries Of elementary training
planes UP 10 June s. Mr.. Baker said,
totaled 4.495. and advanced training
planes totaled $50. The weekly pro-
duction rate OF advanced training
planes was IS on June s. on that
date also $3.50 airplane machine
guns had been delivered.
The most difficult undertaking in
Quitting an army is the manufsc-
ture of heavy artillery. the state
ment said Sixteen plants had 70
he provided 10 make mobile guns
most OF them built from the
ground up
But the artillery program. Mr
Baker added IS now approa ching
a point where quantity production
is beginning
To illustrate the enormous WORK
OF the quartermaster department
thr following purchases were noted
2sG1 900 hammers. 5Isi.OO0 axes
10.S70. Geo nlcS. 100000 haiters
q a. .a
mules 27.349.o00 pairs of shoes
2.2fo.ooo pairs rubber hip boots
1og.o2S 600 wards denim cloth. i0f,
c3S.000 pairs stockings.