Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-12-18
WHO CARRIED THEM OVERSEAS?
Figures Seem to Show Differently
from British Claims.
(The State, 11th.

last. We had almost begun TO &C
cept the repeated and reiterated
statements that the American army
would never have got over seas if it
had not been taken over in foreign
lotions. We are glad to learn from
our Navy Department the following
cheering facts:
Our own ships carried to France
952,5S1 men.
Out Of every 100 men transported
to France during the War our boats
carried more than 4G.
If it is remembered that our fight
ing army at the close amounted to
about 100000 men, it will be readily
understood that American ships
carried to France more than the
total number of our victorious
armies, and enough to win the war.
There is no doubt that the majori-
ty of.people in this country, and per-
faps in France and Great Britain
entertain the view that we would
rot have been able TO get respect
able army across the Atlantic If it
had not been for the British ships.
The statements made by the Eng
lish Prime Minister lend themselves
to this interpretation and to no other.
He has said that he urged Presi-
dent Wilson to send over at once
something like 10000 men. Mr..
Wilson replied that he would send
the men if Lloyd George would send
the ships for them. Mr.. Lloyd
George sent the ships, Mr.. Wilson
sent the men, and Mr.. Lloyd George
declares to the British public that
he is happy that the bright idea oc-
CURED to him to call on Mr.. Wilson
for the needed reinforcement.
1t is a charming picture and al
most historically complete. 1t would
be perfectly historical, If it did not
enforce the Inference that it was the
only way in which we coulnd have
got our troops to France.
The Prime Minister'S presentation
Of the incident inevitably calls up a
bit of fine English humor-perhaps
we may quote it approximately COR
rect
When q mans afraid Z pnau,ilri
maid ia charming SignL 60 500.
AND It's Oh. I'm glad thMt that mu.
rnent SAD
Was cieGred By tho sight OF nnaS
Let Ms give Great Rritain hcr fJll
measure OF praise pressed down
and running over. Our records
show that our own ships transport
ed 952,5S1 men; that 1,0O6,9S7
were carried in British bottoms;
GS,246' in British leased Italian ships
and 52,OG6 in French and Italian
ships. We give Great Britain the
credit for the GS,246 in Italian
leased bottoms.
There are two or three deductions.
That Of the 2,079,SS0 men taken
over, our ships transported 4G II
per cent. and the British ships
rs 1-2 per cent.
That the promptness with which
the British furnished ships at the be-
ginning enabled us to get consider
able force into France very quickly,
to the great Improvement of the
situation.
But, also, that the men transport
ed by our ships alone were sufficient
to furnish the ultimate strength that
we placed in the fighting lines.
We could not bestow upon Great
Britain too much praise for the
magnificent way in which she
handel a most perplexine problem
and for the assistance she gave us in
the transport of our armies. We
are sratified, however, to learn posi-
lively that we succeeded in transport
ing very nearly half of our own men,
and that had the war continued q
few months longer we would have
carried more than half, for we were
swiftly building armadas for the
purpose.
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