Albuquerque morning journal., 1918-08-25
America Expects TO Have -Four
Million Men in France Next
Summer Then Defeat Ger
many and End the War,
WORK OF D0UGHBOYS is
ACCORDED HIGH PRAISE
Tales Of Achievements Hereto
fore Kept a Secret Are Made
Public by Chief of Staff in
Weekly Review,

Washington, Aug. 24-Announcine
that 10 date more than 1.DOO. 600
American soldiers have embarked for
foreign shores, General March re-
iterated today his belief the presence
OF 100000 troops of the United
states in France by next summer
would enable the allies to carry out
any campaign they may adopt for the
defeat OF Germany and the end of tho
war such declarations, General
March said, were founded upon cold
Dlooded study of the respective man
power of all the allies and of the
enemy in June, 1919. and are not is
sued as spread-eagle statements"
General March impressed the news
paper men who met him In confer
enee today with the absolute conf
dence American officers have in their
men as result of the initial tests on
the battle fields of France. He init
mated that the somewhat sensational
prediction which he had, made was
based as much upon these soldierly
qualities as in the numerical supert-
ority which the war department plans
to give the allied command by mid.
summer of next year.
Delivered the Goods.
The American soldiers deserve the
confidence of. the American people
said General March. ''on every occa,
sion so far where he has been tested
he has absolutely delivered the goods
My confidence in them IS inspired
and developed by serving with them
and beside them in battle. / have or.
dered back from France certain mer
who have won distinction over there
to give them increased rank in the
divisions organizing at home. These
men talk the same language / do
You do not find any lack of conf
dence on the front in France amone
the American forces.
These officers are telling me in
teresting things which have not We.
come over in official reports One
officer reported specifically that ir
one engagement of the first American
division they captured sfxty-eight Ger
man guns and brought them in at the
rear of our trucks On the same oc
casion they tcok $500 prisoners.
Another officer reported that tn,
second division. which he was with
captured ten complete German bat
teries. which they brought in and pre-
sented to General Pershing.'
Fine Work of French.
No recent reports have been made
TO the department on the progress o
the organization of the first United
States field army and the chief of
staff was unable to say whether the
concentration of the thirty divisions
definitely assigned to this force was
nearing completion.
This organization is being left en-
tirely In the hands of General Persh-
ing, who is governed by instructions
from General Foch.
Discussing the changes on the west
ern front since last Wednesday, Gen
oral March said the French operating
in the Noyon sector have now ad-
vanced across the plateau overlook
Ing that important base until they
have reached the Oise and have pro-
Sressed northeast to the Ailette. The
enemy has been pushed out of Carle.
pont forest, south of Noyon. and be-
hind the Disc.
Recent events, General March said
emphasized that "the fine work of
the French has been duplicated on the
British front"