Arizona republican., 1918-01-03

governments war plans. Originally it was proposed to use all available ton mage for the transportation of supplies and munitions and to send no soldiers over until they had been given years training. This was changed when Marshal Joffre came to the United States with word that France wanted at once any number of Americans who could come to put the Stars and Stripes on the firing line and hearten the French soldiers, wearied by their long battle against the invaders.
 Arrangements were made 10 have the United States participate in mili- tary deliberations of supreme war council ''as step toward efficient and centralized unity of control Of military operations"
 Plans also were worked out whereby to permit the United States to visua- lize the problem of food control at home, Great Britain. France and Italy -sreed to put in legalized and com. Julsory control of foodstuffs in theB countries.
 The extent of the military effort to be aimed at by the United States was clearly determined and an allied ad- Vlsory beard was created to advtss each nation on allotments of snips. to permit the American military effort 60 | be realized
 The principal recommendations of the American delegates, headed by | colonel F. M. House, as president Will sons personal representative are:
 That the United States exert all her influence to secure the entire unity of effort, military, naval and ecv- homie between themselves and the ! sa1
 war.
 'Inasmuch as the successful termi nation of the war by the United States and the allies can be greatly hastened by the extension of the United States shipping program; that the govern ment and people of the United States
 bend every effort toward accomp-
 fishing this result by a systematic CO.,
 ordination of resources of men and materials.
 That the fighting forces of the Unit
 ed States be dispatched to Europe with
 the least possible delay incident to
 training and equipment
 The following statement by the state
 department was made public, in con- nection with the recommendations:
 A review of the report filed with
 the department of state by Colonel
 House, the head of the special war
 mission which visited Great Britain
 and France in November, shows that
 1t succeeded in its purpose of reach
 ing a definite working plan for the prosecution of the war through CO., , operation of the governments repre- sented at the conference held in Pari, l in the various fields of activity and through marshalling the resources Of the nations at war with the central powers and co-ordinating their uses under common authority, thus evad
 ing the waste and uncertainties that l arise from independent action. ''The results of the conferences, as l shown in the report, are most grati 5 flying to this government, first, be- cause they indicate that the confer
 ences inspired by the desire 10 be } mutually helpful. and second. because the agreement winch was reached when put in operation will greatly increase the effectiveness of the efforts now l being put forth by the United States Y and the allies in the conflict against ] Germany and Austria Hungary.
 "A summary of the results accom- e plished at their conferences and the f recommendations made by the Ameri- I can mission will indicate the value ot g the work done and the practical meth ods which are recommended in the re. n port"
 e The summary of results accom-
 plished is divided under diplomatic e naval, military, finance, shipping, wal n trade, war industries and food. d Naval
 . CD The formation of an. inter r allied naval council to coordinate the t operation of the naval forces of tn, T United States and her associates in tn,
 war so that these forces may in tho T future be operated as one in the prose. y
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