The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22
Probably No Other State Has Supplied So Many Leaders for Conduct
 ing the War
IS SHOWN IN WAR IN FINANCE AND IN
 NATIONS INDUSTRY.
State Has Practically a Mo- nopoly on Handling Health Problems of the Army
 and Nation
By HUGH W. ROBERTS

Washington, September Fl. (S p ecial. While Missouri
 has it's Pershing and Georgia l its Benson, few states in the union have more signally con- tributed to war leadership than Alabama.
 It is an interesting fact that when American troops were first sent abroad an Alabamian, Gen. William l.. Sibsrt. was second in commands; and when Gen. eral Sibert was transferred to other fields of operation an Alabamian. Gen. Robert L. Buliard, succeeded ahim as chief aid to Pershing.
 General Bullard is now on the fir- ing line directing highly successful op~ erations against the German Boche. General Sibert. having commanded tho |southeastern division of the national Iarmy with headquarters at Charleston. lis now in Washington at the head of the gas and flame division of the Unit ed States forces.
 z ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF It is not generally known that an Alabamian is assistsnt chIefso of stan. He is Gen. Frank Mcintyre, member of the well known Montgomery fam fly of that name. General Mcintyre, since uhe Inception of the war, has had charge of many important duties. ono of them being the censoring and dis eliminating of official information. Pro- noted to assistant chief of staff, he was assigned the duty of experimenting the transportation of officers and men from France to the United States.
 Alabama is represented on the fir ing line by General Bullard, and at headquarters by General Sibert and General MyIntyre Bullard is fast mak- ing an international reputation for strategy and brilliancy in handling the American forces General Sibert is su- and developing the chem ical division, organizing and training officers and men in the use of gren- ades and gases, adjuncts of war in strumentalities which have become es- sential to victory. And General Mo- Intyre is assisting General March, the great chief of staff.
 MONOPLY IN SURGERY
 In the surgical end of the game of war Alabama has practically a mo- nopoly. Gen. William c. Gorgas. whose relatives live Tn Tuscaloosa, Is srr-s geon general of the army He iszjT man of international fame, and Is
  habitable for others than natives o for the magnificent health record of ne army since organization for servict oit the Mexican border. General Gorga now with Newton D. Baker, Secre Ray of War. in France. where he Is su intending the construction of hosp ample enough to care for an arm SA q approximately 5.O0o,o00 men.
 General Gorgas chief of stan is Gen. Robert Noble, whose relatives live in Annston. During the absence of tho surgeon general General Noble is dis charging his duties in America. If General Gorgas is permitted to retire Ocuoberf 3, his date for retirement on account of age, General Noble will be one of those favored as his successor.
 In the public health service Gen. Ruppert Blue is in charge. His chief assistant, however, Col Ben s. War ren. Is an Alabamian, and his relatives are now living in Clayton.
 IN REALM OF FINANCE
 In waging war nothing is more im- portant than wise financing. In this war one figures in billions. for 1t is not only necessary that the United States finance itself on never before dreamed-of scale. but necessary, also. that 1t finance the countries of the all lied world. The man at the head of the financial end of the government Is obviously financial genius.
 w. G.. McAdoo is Secretary of the Treasury, and Georgia, Tennessee and New York claim him. Mir. McAdoo has many and varied jobs. perhaps the greatest of which is the operation of the government controlled railroads. The business of financing, of national banking. therefore. devolves on the shoulders of another, The man in ques- tion is w. P. c. Harding, who was born in Greene county, Alabama, be- came runner for a bank in Tusca- loosa, eventually president of the First National bank of Birmingham, and now governor of the federal reserve system of the United States.
 That system is the system through which the finances of the government are operated. In addition. MT. Harding fs head of the war finance corporation, cap- italized at $500. 600. and authorized to issue bonds in the sum of $4.0000O0, 600.
 WAR FINANCE CORPORATION
 The war finance corporation was organ ized for the purpose of preventing un- necessary imitation and expansion in business. possibly to the detriment of the government, and of assisting with neces- sary capital the organization Of other companies. the products of whicb would be of consequence to the government I'm the prosecution of war.
 1t can readily be understood therefore, that this position held by Mir Harding IS
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