The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-02

ly transported to France to give bat tie to the Hun on the western front served to focus attention upon the great accomplishments of the War Department under the direction of Secretary Baker.
 At the request of the House Com mittee on Military Affairs the Secre- tary submitted to Congress a sum- mary pf the progress made during the 15 months America has been at war. The manner in which the statement was received is revealed In the fol- / lowing letter:
 July 3, 1918. Hon. Newton D. Baker,
 Secretary of War,
 Washington, D. C.:
 Dear MT. Secretary: Your letter, in response to one from me requesting a summary of military achievements since the declaration of war, and par ticularly during the past F months, was read to the Committee on Milf tary Affairs at a meeting this week. At this meeting there were 19 out of a total membership of 21, present. Upon motion of MT. Kahn, of Cali fornia, I was unanimously instructed,
  tend to you and your department our hearty congratulations upon the re- rnarkaIble accomplishments as dis closed by your very interesting letter. was further instructed to place these facts in the Congressional Rec ord.
 take great personal pleasure in communicating to you this action of the committee.
 With highest regards, I am
 Yours, very sincerely,
 S. H. DENT, JR.
 Chairman The Secretary's letter which drew forth the tribute quoted above dis closed:
 Since April 6, 1917, the Regular Army has increased from 5,791 off cers and 121,797 enlisted men to H.. 465 officers and 514,376 enlisted men the National Guard in Federal ser vice, from 3,733 officers and 76,71$ enlisted men to 17,O70 officers anG 417,441 enlisted men; the Reserve Corps in actual service has increased from 4,000 enlisted men to 31,96S officers and 7S,56O enlisted men; the National Army has been created with an enlisted force of approXi' mately 100000 men.
 The army has increased in four teen months from 9,524 officers anC POP, ,510 enlisted men to approximate Iy 160, 400 officers and 100000 en listed men.
 The number of men in France ol en route to France, including com batants, medical service, service fol supply, and all the units which go tc make up an entire army, is on July 1 practically 1,OOO,OOO men.
 The death rate per thousand among all troops-Regulars. Nationa Army, and National Guard-in the United States for the week ending May 31 was 4.S9. and for the week ending June :, ALA. The death rate for disease only among all troops ir the United States for the week end ing June ' was 3.16, which is stil lower than that of the preceding week (3.2). which was then the rec ard low rate since that of NovembeI ,, 1917.
 Transportation in France: WitI the completion of the organization O new regiments and 19 battalions o railway engineers there will be ovel 45.000 Americans engaged in railroad construction and operation in France Nine regiments of railway engineer! have been in France since last Au gust.
 There have been produced for tht railroad operations of the War De partment i'll France more than 22, 000standard guage and so c. M freight cars and more than 1,6OC standard guage and so c. M. loco motives. In addition to this, pur chases of both cars and locomotive have been made abroad
 A double line of railroad communi cation has been secured from thu French by Army Engineers, extend ing from the coast of France to th' battle front. including the construc ton of hundreds of miles of trackagt for yards and the necessary sidings switches, etc.
 Aircraft production (trainine planes, bombing planes, comba planes. and guns therefore. and pro ducticn of Liberty engines)
 Deliveries of Elementary training planes tc June S............4,49 ,49' Deliveries of advanced training
 planes to June S..... S2t The average weekly production O advanced training planes durin, April was 22; turing May was 45 l.. week ending June was 7S.
 To June s, 2S6 combat planes wer delivered. The weekly average O this typo of machine in April was 5 in May SS; and for the week endini June s was so.
 Six thousand eight hundred an, eighty elementary training engine were delivered to June s; 2,133 ad vanced training engines were deliver ed to same date.
 More than a,OOo Liberty engine have now been delivered to the Ar my and the Navy. The averag weekly production in April was 96, | May 143 and in the first. week c June 115.
 Thirty-seven thousand two hun dred and fifty machine guns were de livered for use on aeroplanes hefor June 8.
 Rifles and ammunition: More tha 1,3OO.0o9 rifles were produced 1 America and delivered between tn declaration Of war and June 1 of tht ycar.
 Deliveries of the new Unite States model 1917. the so-called mod flied Enfield, have passed the mi lion mark. In the two weeks pre- ceding June 1 more than 66,000 r res were delivered. Sufficient ri fles are being received now to equi an Army division every three days
 Ordnance supplies. artillery, an Browning guns. etc: As to machin guns. heavy Browning guns for ir struction purposes are in every Ns tional Guard camp and National Al