The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-04-11
GLORIOUS FRANCE,
OUR RUNNING MATE
IN FREEDOMS CAUSE
Says Col. Henry s. Graves, Who
Arrived Last Night; Mystified
at Our Hardness in Getting
Men to Front,

ll Nt'hNluFi'l hf INV llthA Hfh ~ "
main IN the city until sunday.
He viii 20 from here 10 ogden,
t'tlh, ana thence via Denver. 20 Wash.
iugtou. II viii be ten days or two
weeks before he names a successor
to Paul B%cdington as superintendent
81 southwestern district No. 9 with
IT, seventeen million acres aud 800
employees. whose headquarters are at
Albuquerque,
Col. Graves CONSIDERABLY met a
Herald representative by appointment,
~ his private officca IN the forestry
headquarters here to,iay. and talked
about his recent visit to France. and
other matters ~ Interest to the Amer
lean public.
He reached France last Junr and
left there IN January. For moro than
six months he was busy behind the
lines IN examining forests. assigning
segmcnts Of American engineering
regiments 10 respective areas whore
timber was to lac utilized. and rap
idly changed into All KINDS of war
material. rsnging from heavy bridge
beams "a the most delicate ~acroplnne
parts.
Having left France about three
months nEn, he declined Ia discuss
the position ~ American soldiers at
the front. or to venture any state.
ment as 10 tho relative positions OF
the allied armies and those Of the
central powers.
We nre face TO face with q most
serious situation said he. "and there
Q 4ra phsrtattg U..anV9 .asl.a .A.,i4
not attempt to "a into details on such
a wcighty matter. when four
hours may. AT any time. change tho
entire situation. ~ frought with dcs-
tiny"
he would like to modify one idea
as To France, which seems To- be- gen.
eral In America. II *. thai We are
saving" France. France herself ha.
been greatly mystificd and puzzled
because the tuitod States. first WINS
81" slow entering the struggle. and
since She did enter, has been disas-
tr"uslr t1rdy iu sending mon 20 tho
front
She fools that our great republic
first showed her lettering foot the
Path 81 republican liberty was one
- tho first sources Of her iuspirn
ton IN her efforts To- follow the LOFTY
ideals ~ The American republic
Hence her intellectual p%crturna-
ton and her putriotic mystificatiou.
whom tho great pathfinder of world
democracy seemed Ia hesitate when
individual freedom aud republican
liberty both lay wounded and bleed.
ing AZ the feet ~ the u~uspeaRablc
Hun.
with an her inimitahle refinement
and charming rccIprocity iu social
amenities and her ,~maEuamiuitv ia ii.
Plumatlc intercourse. bleeding. chiv.
%nlrous, noble France, feels that thi,
is as much Americas war for free.
Com as ~ is hera
lie would not liscugs the carnage
~ the western front. bccnusc. as he
explained. his work was almost alto.
ccthrr behind tho firing lifrs and
he saw little Of the sickcning casual.
ties. Il hc had seen them an az one
horrid nightmare, they are the newt.
nhl" consequences 81 war. aud should
not b" maFnificd 5000 miles away
from tho fatal localities where the,
unfortunately occur.
Coming To- the timely aud prtctlca
phases ~ the signal service aud for
estrN work during ,hcGc strenuuu
timct IN" culuuels fano lighted ~
with % radiance hcspcpking iutens,
intelligent patriotic interest.
II want 10 tell You how the furesir.
laboratory at Madison. Wisconsin, /
solving important war problems 20
Uncle sam" said he. as ne settle
back into his chair AZ IL a"pproachill
a pleasing duty
I'VE are living az a day ana time,
he continued, when problems, ia
reaching iu their results, are cumiuI
up for solution. There may be u
precedent to guide set the result
may be 81 supreme importance 10 IN
human race.
For instance. a acroplGucs rc
qulre A certain Kind OF delicate Woo
mechanism An the demand ~ uTgct
and muAt be met Heretofore TIE
world has been dependent upon al
dried SiIka spruce for instance, IT,
beams for a~rroplanca. It take. on
whole season To dry uud harden sue
timber.
when the government started
/ build It's thousands at acceptance
|, found that such necessary wood
} could not uc supplied iu .ufiiciri
I quantities. Then OF course, II starfc
, tu und "a way around the problem
AT our laboratory boo Madison "
I rXperim,utcd with kln drNiuI. uu
/ finding the exact strength Of wood.
I We reduced the .lmr ~ prrlariu
|, such special timhers, from q mont.
! to 3 Weeks without imptlriug u
I strength "a modicum We ar" nuw t