The Sentinel=record., 1918-07-03

Washington, July 2,-American troops sent over seas numoered 1,019,l15 July l.
 This was made known tonight by President Wilson, who gave the pub lie letter from Secretary Baker dis closing a record of achievement which the president said must cause uni versal satisfaction" and which will give additional zesl to our national celebration of the Fourth Of July"
 The Inst unlts-non- com bataut-- left American shores May S, I9It, General Felshlng followed twelve days later, anu at the ena ol snc monlH LIS men had started for France. Juue saw this number increased by l2,Aol, and thereafter khaki-clad crusaders from, the western repuolic sent over seas steadily until approximately 100000 had departed when the great German thrust began ldsl March. The March sailIngs of S5,S1l were in another 244,o4J men embark anu last month 276,3l2 were sent away, maA- ing total for the three months ot 631972. This, Secretary Baker said later put the troops movement SIX months ahead of the original program
 Substantially thirty divisions are now in France ready to meet whatever move the German staff has in prepara- tion. Some of these divisions already have been formed into the first sield army under Major General Liggett, others are holding trench sectors at important points along the battle line and still others have been broAen up and brigaded with the French ana British troops. And so when the Ger man thrust cones, the Americans will be called up to play no small part in meeting 1t.
 Secretary Baker wrote the president that the supplies and equipment n France for the million men who have gone is shown by latest reports to be adequate and added that in 1t the out put of our war industries in this coin- try is showing marked improvement in practically all lines"
 Secretary Baker said tonight he dis approved of speculation as to the fu- ture records in troop movements, de- claring he did not desire to have past performances made the basis of specu- lation for the future."
 As reserves for the million and more in France, more than a million are in training in the United States ana three million American soldiers will be under arms by the end of this month. while information recently fur nished to congress by Brigadier Gen eral k. F. Wood, acting quartermaster general, disclosed that he plans to clothe the four million men by Jan uary.
 General Crowder recently told the senate committee that class one reg istrants would be exhausted by the first of the year and added:
 Every body expects heavy calls to be made during the first six montas of next year"
 MT. Baker said 1t was worthJ oI mention that the month in which Herman submarines were operating off our coast was the month in which we made the record number of ship ments."
 Not a single American transport carrying troops to Europe had been sunk by Germany's sea wolves, the only two destroyed having been at tackled when returning home without the protection of American destroyers and other naval craft.
 Two transports carrying American soldiers have been torpedoed and a third was sunk last month returning here without convoy.
 Secretary Bakers letter reveals for the first time the number of marines sent to France.
 They form only about division, but they have been giving a splendid ac- count of themselves since they helped stem the German thrust for Paris and reports today from France showed they again had battered through the