The Tomahawk., 1918-04-11
UNITED STATES Il ! At :
WAR ONE YEAR
Expansion Of Armed Forces Out
standing Feature, of Period.
D,528,s24 MEN IN THE ARMY
DAlciaI Review Of Twelve months>
s g Activities Shows What Various
Departments Of Government
{ Have Done.


Departments Of Government
s Have Done.
The United States has been an &c
I'VE participant in the great world wal
Fl Tor one year. At the opening OF the
1. SECOND year the government commit
4. tee on public information has issued
. review Of the irst twelve months oi
h hostilities, showing what has been
done by various branches of the gov
krnment to place the United States III
u position to play an effective part IN
the ultimate defeat of Germany and
her allies. The committee on public
Information says that all statements
contained in the following summary OF
the review are authorized by the war
Z department, navy department, United
States shipping board and treasury
department.
The outstanding feature Of the first
J year of war, it is pointed out
In the review, has been the transfor-
nation of the standing army and Ma
tional Guard, composed Of 1924 otfl-
GERS and 202,51O men into fighting
force that now aggregates 123,SO1 Of
ficers and 1,52S,924 enlisted men.
A statement of the adjutant general
shows that the regular army which in
April, 1917, comprised 5,791 officers
B and 121, ,797 men, now is made up OF
1O,69S officers and 5O3,142 men. The
NatiOnal Guard in April, 1917, includ-
I'D 1888 officers and 1871 men, while
now it comprises 1898 officers and
431, ,5S3 men. The reserve corps In
service one year ago included 4,OOO
men. Now it includes 06,21O officers
and 1880 men. The National army,
which did not exist one year ago, now
includes 516,S39 men.
A substantial vanguard military
expediency prohibiting publication Of
actual numbers) Of this army Is meet
lng the enemy In France today or Is en-
camped there awaiting the call to the
trenches; in 18 environments and IL
camps and on numerous aviation fields
and in a variety Of other schools IN
all parts of the United States the men
tOf the remaining army are hardening
and training for their part in the great
contest overseas.
Behind the activities of this vast
force lies great industry organized
to produce an adequate supply of mu-
nitions, equipment, and provisions,
and to provide transportation to the
firing line, almost every branch OF
essential industry Of the country hav-
ing been drawn upon to produce these
material requirements. II
Expeditionary Forces.
4 Military necessity particularly for
bids detailed review of the activities
Of the American expeditionary forces.
General Pershing and his staff ar-
rived in Paris on June ii, 1917, 69
! days after the declaration of war. The
1irst American troops arrived IN
Trance on June &c. On July 4, in eel
ebration Of our natal day and new
Npht for liberty, American troops pa
RaJled the streets of Paris and were
ERECTED US the forerunners of great
American armies and vast quantities
OF supplies and ammunitions.
.- On October 10. 1917, 1S7 days after
wa
diers went on the firing line. In jan
nary American soldiers took over per-
manently a partNQf the line as an
American sector, and this line is grad
ually lengthening.
Behind the fighting line in France
Ahe American forces have scientifically
4 prepared groundwork of camps, COM
munications, supply bases, and works
in anticipation of operations by the
full force Of the army. They are
building and have built railroads, hos.
pitala ordnance bases, and docks IN
France. They have constructed I'M
mense barracks, erected sawmills, re
claimed agricultural lands, and car
ried forward many incidental enter
prises. ...-.ts
The construction Of an ordnance
base in France, costing $25, 100000 1:
now well under way. Great Quantitie.
of material used in the foreign con
struction work have been shipped from
the United States-from fabricated
/. lronwork for an ordnance shop to nails
and crossties for railroads, and ever
the piles to build docks. -.-. -
All the while there has been fairi!
even flow Of men and materials from
the United States to France. The mel
IN the trenches, back Of the lines, OF
the construction projects, and In tn
hospitals have been steadily supplied
Our losses at sea, in men and mate
riais, have been. gratifyingly small
The greatest single loss occurred Of
February s, when the British shil
Tuscania was torpedoed and sunk
! The bodies Of IA soldiers, en- route t
France, have been found and 55 other
were stin missing on March 16.
To secure an adequate number O
npmpetent onicers to lead the nev
nfmies various plans were devised
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