The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-07-13

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! j.. ,r,-.i rather than material. but there
! l.. in any particular c;.$r both tn" moral
! md material side.
:. For instance. when III" Er"at "'ncrhi
; ra.!lut founder ~ AL thr revolutionary
, AMI Narol,":lir :.ySirru "r war. bodily
, shifted his reserves from his l"fi /" nus
! right during til" sight -! th' 49, ''''
| day At WattiEri"S IN l'?''' ann
| for" as much as any "i" man "'''"'"
! tho history If the W"ri'' IL WAS Il ".,'N
| mlirrui example Of tlaS(l'l'H,
: whole hattl" had h"c1l cnNiSaSfu run
,h,. nnint nc view al tn" centre and LEFT
! hr,,uss the French generals had ut the
! nnrnirg :,r,..r;-d 1i.c cu,mys plan "r
/ h:,ttlr General Garnet. something Ike
: General E'nch on the Marnc. determined
to snatch vI.,"ry ~ changing IN" con-
trc of gravity Sudd"rilH. II meant "
. vast number of n"w orders ever, Wa t S''.
! Cumpa rativcly SINAI! sea-" ~ .""'''"
inherent TO tho ST. or inc ar'h'rH nv
rap>d: il mr;,nt a vast amount "' I'm
collation. ii plans. "t rapid STUDY W NJ"
! GROUND aud all ihc rest at preparation
! - ,,,.,y h.,ttI,s Tho great SUCCESS ihas
! r,,I ,,..,. Iroor ur the value Of tn-
> n,n,,,,.;ty IN war.
. l"'I"' - ~ ,,,I-;,,,Iel rv Three
lsAeN - l>l. ,t Tho uta,is-
: Now Il H'' .,,or, 1,r-cr vn,
! TICS Pu3!tSh'" ~ I,.,i,.ity
Will see no" '"'. J." -. ia. ~. III,
: appeared on III" .\tu' i'"'' ' &,
. alliance and Why thoS" 70 whom II
! ,rrr,isrd victory ar" So Immensely
/ ,r,,iri.d ny il. From last September
! md ~ February the sending nv-
: |" ''t' va" .,.I,,,;. ;, L.rrouc nro-
! or Of -NH,cr'CHn ''""t'" .M , ,,o,-
! crr'lrd along Wh"' W. ""ss 49,, r;.Ir.
! mai curve. Tn" curve Wis ""t
: very stecply. II YOU give !" w
ordinate of time such space lot ON
! month as you CIV" |" III" c"-"ru'i'''t'
~ numbers Cor %r.0uO men IN" curH-
,.,,a nc far as | can make out. at n"
! ',' - ,I,,,,t ,,n degrees And it dI~
| anS'e VI ',;.hnu, rIuctuat,ons For
not Il" '','S ,hn rs 900 sent In
! instance p''" rnn in December
! october and the $50. no ono g., Snvnm-
! there was slump oil 2"'VVo III
! hrr and allowing TOT inc olAi'',''s
! her Of days IN til" different h,o'''"S' W.
! D,cr,nhcr ratio was virtually Hfni-
aimed until close to the end OF March'
! ~, ,,rh,. German offensive with lts
Inv h.,;,,aroiIc Succrss came on
| 49,, ~ aud almost immediately the
49, - 80 ,Eonrcd in cha acter March
Wh"icc 'u r ,,rS-. onIy saw tho kind OF
atsi,,,,,,t hr.-jnnirr IT It's close, because
! Niilpts','. nfrnns;v,. concerned only the
, ,t'n ,i,ir,t ~ tho month: nevertheless.
tdE't LII ,nrIy "a 400 men embark
Marcn -" Iay thr moment which
oclorH 10 - ,,.i,E , check TO the Ger
1ot -, ~ A,nirns
I'LL -, -. +,n really startling lnfor-
| +;nr - Tho whole affair, covering
,n,.;I N,r and Junr-April giving H.
I APP -u~'! ~. o"S OnO and Juno 27G.O0o.
I"' 49, ,,.ords ortnr tho German often
-. "E hod started and showed the cxtrrmn
49, -, ~ tho allies by the extraordinarily
-, .,;d REPRESENTATION plan Of the Amcri-
80 VIZ had Tho winter rate of delivery
muI,iplied by six. Another way Of put
- !, ;S tS,r tho end OF March more
80 IoIhIrd tho beginning OF March
49, ~, inns multiplied the Marli
-, ,rr much more than three.
,Jotbine Like 1t In History Of War.
7, - ,,',Ilv an amazing 7icco of work.
?. 800 th., rho whole enormous COM
rticx machine RESPONDED Immediately to
~, rnnrnrc,cd sudden call. IF II had
49,, r,or'. dnaI material which was thus
80 1enor1,d with such astoniShrglF
| rnm;d eynonstcn due 10 the unexpected
| nas1 n world hnyc been wonderful
1900, b,-t whom Won, arc dealing with
,an,, p mems infinitc problems of sup
Wv. 70 ieeen the streams alive. and not
! nniv live brt equipped.
CIV again mat nothing like It has
| b,,cn known in the history Of war. The
,rosonrn ~ this factor OF elasticity in
! H., American effort was seen hcfore in
! ,fis var when the rapid and immediate
! 6ec,sinn WIS reached TO brigade the AM
cr;can unit- with The French and Eng
| Iieb. h1It tho transformation in the
! ,,-hoie schcn,e of transport In what was
really but a few days was far moro
| extraordinary.
! One cannot discuss the most interest
! ing point of all in this matter. which is
! the rate ut which tho men thus landed in
! Euror., paSsed through tho bottle neck"
! Of spccial training and appeared on tho
! battle line. NV readers arc acquainted
! with tho importance Of this element in
| Ih,. situation and the handicap under
! which the allied effort suffers on ac-
| count Of 4. We cannotiin This war. Us
| in former wars. train mon wh"rr w, will
! and then send thorn Immediately ready
| ~ ,rt Ia the Theatre of wlr They rn-
| m,irn first 10 b. made acquainted after
| landing with the spccial conditions on the
! ,yrstcrn from But though we cannot
! s,,,k ~ This ot any length or in any
| detail vol II 10 sufficient 10 know thai
| tho r.ttc oF delivery al the front itsrl! is
! f,r N ,ycess Of ANYTHING expected by
| ,be onc7,r,y or hrncd for bv ourselves
Tho PronorHor of Combatant Troops.
| 4 word NAV be necessary as Ia tho
nroportions Of fighting mon represent
! I'd nv the figures given, There is at the
! harinnfnr Of any such effort n very
! large r,rororiton Indeed Of nnn-cnrnhat-
ants Communications have to be male
! rcndv and all mo a,rxiliar. forces arr in
!