The sun., 1918-11-22
GIGANTIC U. 5. FEATS
SHOWN In FIGURES
Vast Machinery as Well as
100000 Fighters Were
in France Nov. IL.
HUGE RAILWAY SYSTEM
Millions Of Rations on Hand
and Aid Promised to
Other Armies.
By tAe Associated Press.


AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE.
Nov. 91.--The extent of Americas mill
tary effort In France at the time the
armistice was declared Ii shown by sta
tistics which the Associated Press 10 now
permitted to make public. While the
stupendous figures required to tell the
story are In themselves amasing. II
should be remembered that they show
only a part OF the great effort made IN
war preparations in men, money and
material.
The morning Of November IL the
United States had in France 1884 ON
GERS and l,ssl,376 men, q total OF al
most 100000. AZ has been announced
there were 10000 combat troops in the
Argonne action. This number does not
include the American units engaged on
other parts OF the front.
Man power alone. however. was but
one factor In the preparations for
American participation in The war. Be-
hind II lay vast machinery which was
required In operations. Railways and
motor roads were constructed. and
across the sea were brought locomotives
cars, rails and motor transport Of every
kind.
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Behind this again. was the requisite
food, clothing and general supplies for
the men. as we'll as dockage and ware.
house construction. Every effort Of civil
life, plus the requirements Of war. was
exerted.
The American Army has brought over
to France and has in operation 90,
standard gauge locomotives and 1917
standard gauge freight cars Of American
manufacture. In addition It has ir
service $50 locomotives and s7S cars Of
foreign origin. To meet demands which
the existing French railways were un'
able to meet S43 miles of standard
gauge railway were constructed. Fvs
hundred miles Of this have been bull
since June I. On top of this the de-
partment of light railways reports the
construction OF lis miles OF road. ant
40 miles OF German light railway wer'
repaired and put in operation. Two
hundred and twenty-five miles Of French
railway were operated by the Americans
Railways represent only a fraction o.
the transport effort. Modern warfare II
motor warfare. and It Is virtually i'm
possible to present IN figures this phas'
Of the work Of the American Army.
The whole region behind the American
lines IL full Of typical American road
machinery, much of II Of a character
never before seen in Europe. To do thii
work the American Expeditionary Forces
had in operation on November IL NOR
than $1,000 motor vehicles OF all descrip
| ton.
In army terms one ration REPRESENT
the quantity TO which one man Is en-
titled daily. Thus the Americans have
| $50. 900. 900 rations of beans, $4,000, 00t
of milk. 161 100000 OF butter or suosti
tutes. $4,000. 900 of sugar. 5000. oot
! of meat, $1,000 900 of coffee and 11s.
| 100000 Of rice, hominy and other foods
There are also fiavorings. fruits. candy
| and potatoes in proportion. while fol-
smokers there are 761. 100000 rations o.
| cigarettes and tobacco in other forms.
Without home economies this woult
| have been virtually impossible. The
American Army further had engaged L
give to the French 1000. 900 pounds o.
meat. 5,500,00o pounds of beans, and
rice, flour and milk in proportion. Tt
the British 100000 pounds Of mea
were promised. while the Belgians wer,
assured that they would receive 4,600.0ot
pounds OF rations of all kinds.
Ten Steamship Berths Built.
I len EteamSnlD DertnS nave Dcen Dlul
at Bordeaux. a total length OF 400 feet
At Monitor, near St. Nazaire. eigh
berths are under construction with {
total length of over $500 feet In thi'
| phase OF improvement great labor ha
| been expended In dredging operations
| repairing French docks and increasing
railway terminal facilities.
Warehouses having an aggregate foo
| area OF almost 100000 square fee
have been constructed. This develop
ment OF French ports increased facilities
to such an extent that even II the Ger
mans had captured Calais and othe
channel ports, as they had planned. thu
Allies loss would have been strategicall.
unimportant
So largely were facilities increased
| that the English armies could have ha,
their bases at the lower French ports /
necessary. In other words, American
work in port construction lessened to
material degree the value to the Ger
mans of their proposed capture of tn
channel ports.
| During the second stage of the Ar
gonne operation captured German
Major. in casual conversation with al
American officer, said:
| I'VE know defeat is inevitable. w
know your First and Second armies ar
operating and that your Third army 1
| nearly ready to function. We know
there are more and more armies to fol
low. We can measure your effort Tn
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