Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-05-02
"Last Reserves" to Crush PruS.
sian Military Machine Are to
Be Quickly Transported.
TONNAGE IS AVAILABLE
Considerations of Comemrce and
Trade Will Be Laid Aside for
Transporting Troops and MUM.
tons to the Battle Front.

Washington, April 3O.-The Unit.
ed States is to furnish t e last re.
serves that will give the final de.
cision against the Prussian military
machine. This important announce.
meHt regarding the war was made
here.
Men, men, more men!' on the wes-
tern front in the present great crisis
of the war is the cry from all quar-
tiers that has been ringing in the ears
of the American people.
"Ships, ships, more ships!" for the
transportation and maintenance OF
American troops abroad is the echo
of that appeal that has stirred the
United States Shipping board from
day to day.
Two Million Men to France.
The decision has now been reached
The supreme effort is to be made to
get troops abroad. Considerations of
commerce and trade have been indeti-
nitely put aside. The business OF
winning the wal is the only business
that will be recognized from this
time on.
Two million men and more are go.
be loaded on transports and shipped
away.
1t is not a matter for a shipbuilding
program or of negotiations for ton
nage. The necessary tonnage is now
under the control of the United
States, and to the last ton it will be
devoted to the transportation of troops
and war supplies unil the last re.
serves" of American troops have been
placed in fighting position on French
soil.
Congress will be asked to authorize
ar army of 3.000,0 900 men available
for service abroad and a reserve army
at home, both for home protection
and to make up the wastage at the
front.
Ready to Vote to Five Million.
Congress is ready to vote an army
of five million men. 1t is waiting the
estimates of the wal department. The
war department has been waiting up.
on the shipping board. The board
promised at an important conference
early in the week. to supply all the
shipping that would be required to
take every available man to the front
in France. :~a. ~. ~.
Quartermaster General George W.
Goethals, in supreme command of the
transport OF troops and supplies. later
furnished the Shipping Board with an
estimate based upon the number of
men the United States was prepared
to send to the front. 1t caused the
officials Of the board to pause, out
now the members have mode their
answer. They will meet the Shipping
requirements of the estimate of the
number of troops supplied by Gen.
G6e(hals. 1t is the last words. 1t is
reported that the estimate IS in ex-
cess of 10000 900 men; in fact, that
it is close to 1850, 900 men.
New Plan Is Advanced.
In its announcement the Shipping
Board puts forward an entirely new
plan. 1t is estimated that two and
and one-half lightweight tons of ship.
ping will supply a soldiers needs in
France for a year. Departmental es.
Inmates have been as high as six or
eight tons OF shipping for each sol.
dier.
The Shipping Board has tonnage
enough afoat under its absolute d.
rection and control to transport the
necessary number of troops to France
to make up a force of 100000
American fighters without waiting up
on new shipping, and to sustain then
after they are landed in France.
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