El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-30
send EVERY AVAILABLE MAN
NOW" WHAT WILL ANSWER BE?

THE most direct and urgent appeal the United States has
yet received Is that which comes from the British
premier David Lloyd George It is most frank remarkably
10 the point
@Send Us every soldier you can and at once" is the
British satsman message conveyed through lord Reading,
British high commissioner IN the United States It comes
on the heels Of Mai Gen Leonard Woods statement to the
senate military affairs committee that France is dsap
pointed to the number OF troops have sent to France
Soon after the United States entered the both
France and Great Britain expressed desire nun
Der Of American troops in Europe for moral effect no matter
If they only couple Of divisions It understood
they would enlarge the expedition by normal stages
and Iattery there has been anxiety about getting
France million by the close Of this year Never at
any time heretofore have The allies sent Us direct and
public appeal for every could send and just as
quickly possible The reason for Mr. Lloyd Georges
appeal IS the offensive Under
way the western front II is cTy for immediate help
The premier realizes that the few months may spell
victory OF defeat and that a million men on one side OF
the other VIII have decisive weight This is for the
that the opposing forces the western front very
evenly matched If had million trained troops IN the
Of France today ready to throw against that big
enemy salient the German offensive would be broken
quickly The allies may break it anyhow but with rela-
lively little assistance from because have too few
troops available and probably most OF those have
not suitably equipped artillery, machine guns and
ammunition for big battle. But BY extraordinary efforts
ms have enough IN the area in the next three
months to play important part IN whatever action IS
occurring then
It Is up to Us to make that extraordinary effort no mat
ter at what sacrifice Of trade to provide ships
for transport purposes from those already existing and every
ship in the ways should be rushed to completion work
ing three shifts day We have plenty Of troops IN this
country, than transport IN the time ought
transport them and by the time these the water
another army VIII be IN training It isn't question Of man
power with with Britain and Frame 1t IS ships If
the ship question be solved that some
hundreds Of thousands Of to France IN the next few
months and provide them with the proper supplies far
supplies available IN this country, may help save
the day for the allies.
when the United States entered the war one of the
German leaders, possibly field marshal HindenbuTg said
would be Is months before the United States could put
army Of size N Europe We received the statement with
6cE but at the end Of y months have not proved
1t false Only extraordinary and surprising effort from
bring the right kind Of result.
The need IS numbers. Individually the troops sent
abroad the superior Of the enemy They believe the
men placed the front carefully selected for
superior physique from among the troops That is mis-
take The taken they and they show to
advantage, both to appearance and fighting ability
merely because they constituted. But while they
excel individually they match for greatly superior
numbers does physical excellence outweigh strength
Of artillery superiority In the air. To make showing
IN this great combat, must have numbers We must
put every possible IN France and at the earliest pos
sibIe moment, as the British premier urges