The Washington herald., 1918-09-15
TO CONTINUE ADVANCE
Yanks Will Proceed as Fast
as Possible to
Berlin.
REQUIRES 7 BILLION DOLLARS
" n Department Needs That Amount
to Garry Out Military Pro-
gram for 1918.

% the capture of ST. Mihiel sector
established better base for opera
tons against Germany than any
sE ting heretofore was the most inn
-uD. ant OF the announcements made
yesterday by General Foch in his
communications to the press.
q Describing the military and STRAIT
egic value of the capture Of the cap
ture Of the st. Mihiel salient and sec
tor General Foch said: The Ameri-
can movement at st. Mihiel is OF
course freshest in your mind. The
old St. Mihiel salient was the first
one that was established along the
Western front IN September. 1914. and
is the best least one to go; the mar
rowest and most angular Of all sali
snts. projecting twelve miles into the
French line and having important
military bearing because it is across
across the railway of the Mouse fur
and having important military bear
. Ing because 1t Is across the valley
OF the Mouse valley, cutting of Yer
dur rom Commercy and Toul and
g only one supply line, the one
yoes out to the week toward
Or -5-las.
IS salient was cut OF by the
lsrfcan army in less than two days
~uick. sharp blows on both tanks.
he south flank our troops
Ns1ced along a ten mile front
sTgeen Xiyray and Fey-on-Hays. up
- ugh the undilating plain of the
30 ges re. On the west flank on an
Or -oe5 the heights of the Meuse. a
sEs which is six miles wide, and
G oxen by deep branching ravines.
b the evening Of the first day
south flank had been driven in
miles and the north flank three
= iss. BY the evening IF the second
q - Friday, the silent had been
..4psd out. Gen. Pershing's COM
snuniIues which have been published
sn the newspapers indicate over 1900
prisoners. The removal of the salient
shortens the line twenty-five miles,
restores rail communications between
Nsrdun and st. Mihiel and TOul an1
kivss very much better base fOr future
nTEnsiye operations than existed be-
foTa this drive began.
-Germnns withdrew Quietly
1T is to be noted that the German
ronnnunique says that they witharew
huietly from this sector, in accord
nnce with a carefully prepared plan;
but This does not cover the 1890 men
ehsy left behind. They constitute the
eorl5atant strength of an entire Ger
man division.
GeneraI March declined to disclose
ths total number of the American
trocps engaged at the beginning of
the drive.
rrsition in the public press that
.'america isn't going through with
this war" He said:
2aat. Of course, is preposterous in
iis falsity at a time when We have
asked Congress to give US an increase
n ne age limit which will carry
every available man over there and
AZ upon the point of asking for over
: coo 900 600 more for the military pro-
gram this year. And with everything
moving at the highest speed 1t is in
conceivable that any such propa ganda
can be considered seriously by any
body.
America Is going through with
IL. The increased program calls for
increased effort in France, increased
port facilities, etc, and 1 have here
a cablegram which indicates the
way things are going over there IN
that respect"
The cablegram referred to by Gen.
March read as follows:
This afternoon $4,000 men came
ashore at one of our base ports and
1900 more will be off before noon
tomorrow. Fifteen ships came in
at 10 o'clock this morning, out of
which twelve were unloaded and
: will be ready to return tomorrow
before noon"
A telegram was read by Gen.
March from Gen. NauIin, the COM
mander of the Twenty-frst French
Army Corps. in which he speaks in
high terms of the Rainbow Forty
second American Division. In an
official order Gen. Naulin says:
AT the moment when the Forty
second American Division is on the
point of leaving the Twenty-first
Army Corps. I desire to express my
keep satisfaction and my sincere
thanks for the services which ii has
rendered under all conditions. By
fts valor. ardor, and its spirit, it
very particularly distinguished
itself on July Is and 16 in the couse
OF the great battle where the
Fourth army broke the German Of
1 fensive on the Champagne front.
Yam proud to have had it under my
orders during this period. My pray
ers accompany IL in the great strug-
gle we are engaged in for the
liberty of the world"