The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-01-29

a glimpse of what Is being done ror
taps tb,y Wiu hc satisfied.
S~,Dttt3r, Ius.r Iut"rms us. iu -uoi
tina, vc ,r, .u ha,, 900 600 troops 10
France ,sr, 600 lal,. and that another
million and % h,5t VIII uo ready 90
transport there o- fast a- facilities ar,
available lu other words, 1t is quite
likely that 10, The end 81 rhc present
year W shall has, uu army Of tN"
million men ON French SOIL Nut .
had record con-id,rlus that the ma
inritN ut these men htd To- bee oall,l
from the stores. the offices, the Tao
tories. tho farms. trained ANA cluip.
ped Furthermore. tho men viii hr. o.
the necessary initial equipment aud
they viii not have to be sent %agaiu"t
the Germans with wooden guns. 1.
some of the critics OF the government,
contcuded would be- the case.
The much discussed artillery short
age has been explained. And while
ON the surface there may have been
grounds for rudiIl fault with the fat
that American troops are using allied
artillery, it develops that this ~ bcinp
handled according to u p~rc-arraugol
plan. Britain and France had "a sur.
plus 81 artillery. or were situated $50
they could turn IL out quickly and ia
suffirieut quantities, and they request
cd that we use artillery Of their make
and thus leave more ships available
for carrying much needed supplies to
the ali,s. The intcr-iliicd mission dis
GUESSED his, quite nilly and decided tina:
this would be the most feasible pan to
follow. But of course the American
people did not know. hence the crit.-
oisms.
Secretary Baker does not hold HIM
SELF hlamcloss. lie admits that mrs
takes have been made. But H. this 60
be wondered at" Certainly not Most
people do not lake into consideration
the magnitude uf thu task with which
the secretary OF war has been cou-
froptcd. We have always been "a
peugc-lovius nation. We mad not been
I,]onstruuting q military machine ,ut
forty years a~ Germany had been d"-
ing. True, the war declaration found
England uuurcparcd az and France
pretty much 90 But those countries
made mistakes Just as we ave don'
In 1878 with lc~s han 3o0.ooo moH
under arms there were more chtrg,s
of iucfncicncy aud neglect against our
war department than have been made
durmg the present war
Another thirl must uut be- lori
sight ~ with am army Of several
million moa m The field We are glta-
to hcaI complaints. These men viii
come from tl walks or life Most "t
them ht,. .ccu accustomed @" cn
itUShg comfortable humc- good tool
and other thinas which trud to m'Ne
living enjoyable. sending the" mon
leo arm camps ap home or to Franz"
deprive them OF many privilege. Che.
had In the past. Quite naturally there
will be complaints. These may not b
made fur the purpose OF stirring up
trouble ur misrcprcseu'.ug matters
Hut IA, letters hey viii, home VIII
naturally ton o1 pleasure they have
To- rorcsu. and perhaps paint t glooWt
plotmrc at camp conditions The first
Thing o. know "A lut ct fond mnm1s
viii he writing 10 their senators and
90 that their precious
white. percivals, Charles. e octrst,
are undergoing intense suffer.ugs
ling to The inefiicioncy of the war de-
partmcnt,
Taking several million young men
out Of comfortable homes and placing
them In army camps will naturally
nave "a tendency ga create much dis
satisfaction Parents II relatives ot
soldiers. therefore, can aid the gov
crnmeu, by not going of half cooked
and Forwarding to Washington every
complaint the> receive.
secretary nak"r has his f,u'ts lrt.
like o'her human beings nUt so far
there has been nothing adducc To- in
dictate that me- has been dcrcIet iu his
duucs.