Bisbee daily review., 1918-01-29

in process Of rebuilding and amplify-
ing n railroad six hundred miles long
in order TO carry our products from
our ports of Decentralization to our
general bases of operations. And all
of that, gentlemen. has to be done. not
only studied out. as a necessary thing
to do. but when so studied out and re
ported here. the manufactures for
those things have to be carried on in
this country, and the things shipped
over there. nails. cross ties, spikes.
fish plates. engines, cars, buildings.
We have had TO build ordnance depOts
and repair shops and great magazines
of supplies in the interior. All of that
problem has been carried forward step
by step. The plans for a single ord
nance repair shop. which | saw some
time ago. covered acres and acres of
ground. designed over here, the iron
work fabricated over here. disassem-
bled. put in ships and carried abroad
TO be reasSembled over there.
Barracks Erected
I'VE have had to build barracks ov-
er there for our soldiers. and in the
meantime 10 billet them around in the
NAAA1ACS- Nv
er there and building them here is a
very different thing, gentlemen.
when we summoned the lumber in
dustry of this country to produce the
lumber to build our own environments.
1t came in a great and steady stream
from all over the country. but. when
we talk about building barracks in
France. itmeansthis: Itmean cmfwy h
France. it means this; II means to or
ganize. as we have organized. regi-
ments OF forresters. and sending them
over into the forests Of France which
they have assigned to us for our use.
cutting down the trees. setting up saw
mills. making the lumber of various
sizes. transporting it to the places
where il is to be used. and then finally
using it.
We have had to go back to the
planting OF the corn in France in or
der that>we might sometime make a
harvest. Our operations began in the
! forests of France. not in the lumber
yards as they did in this country.
Pershine's Staff
That great staff under General
[ Pershing's direction. containing so ma
/ ny men from the American army. en-
riched by captains of industry and
masters of technical performance in
this country. all OF these large indus
/ trial operations under general direc.
ton. such as the railroad and dock
buildings, under q former vice presi-
dent and now vice president perhaps
/ of the Pennsylvania railroad. Ate
bury and men of that quality and eN.
D periepce. summoned in to aid him
I those are the men who are carrying
/ forward these operations. which are
quite rs expensive as those which are
carried on over here and OF far greater
difficulty. because it means getting
material by cable as TO sizes and spe-
cificatiOns, having il fabricated here
and sent across through those infest
ed three thousand miles of ocean. and
then set up on that side.
In addition to that, on the other
side il has been necessary for US 70
build hospitals and that is where the
major need for hospitals may be. II
has been necessary for the surgeon
generals staff to be divided in this
fashion and to select supplies and pro
cure materials. and to send over stats
Of trained persons to supervise the
construction of these hospitals and to
man and equip them. All of that has
gone on contemporaneously with the
work which has been done in this
\ country and then. in order that anOth
er element may be added to this kal
eidoscopic character which this wal
necessarily has. l call your attention
to a thing which you already know
This war had a more or less set char
L acter until the Russian situation
changed. and it has changed il. in the
last few months. When We had got
more or less used to the situation ere
ated by the uncertainty of Russia
there came the great Italian defeat
which called for even greater changes
in our plans, in many ways.
so that what might have been q
perfectly acceptable plan as to major
operations prior to the change in the
Russian situation or prior to the
change in the Italian situation. had &c
be re-studied instantly. and for thai
reason. among others. there is now re
organized as you know. in France
pursuant to the suggestion OF Mr.
Lloyd-George. the Rapello conference
, or the supreme war council and tbs
United States is represented On thai
by the chief of staff of the American
army and the major international ar
rangement in regard to the military
are worked out there while Genera
Z Pershing and his staff Of experts ar,
working out those other questions.
On This Side.
That is picture of what has beel
going on over there. gentlemen. on
this side much of that has had to b,
done, and in addition to il. all tn,
things we have done. and | ask vol
to remember among the achievement
of this side, is the building OF thi.
army. not Of $4,000 or 100000 or 500,
900. but OF substantially a million anl
lone half men.
And now let me be frank with YOU
and let your judgment be frank witt
'me about this. Has any army in his
tory, ever. since the beginning O
time. been so raised and cared for a,
this army has? Can the picture b,
duplicated We have raised this army
taking the regular army and the ma
tional guard, raising il to war strength
and experimenting il by the operation
OF a draft. and there are senators II
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