Arizona republican., 1918-01-03
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 WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-An engage ment by the United States to send a great army against the Germans in time to offset the defection of Russia was disclosed through the publication by Secretary Lansing of a review of the work and recommendations of the American mission which recently par ticipated in the inter-allied war con- ferences at Paris.
 American fighting men are to cross the Atlantic as rapidly as they can be mustered and trained. France and Great Britain on their part undertake not only to join in providing ships to carry them but to see that any defi- ciencies in arms and equipment are made up on the other side.
 This was one of the great decisions reached at the conferences through which the o-belligerents planned to pool their fighting resources and move as a unit toward driving the Germans and their allies out of the conquered territory and crushing the Teutonic world domination scheme. There is to 1 be co-ordinated effort not only in 1 fighting on land and sea but in pro- 1 duction at home in the vast shipbuild- | ing projects upon which depend the vital problem of maintaining uninter- rupted transportation in spite of sub marines.
 Even before Colonel House and his associates on the American mission reached home, the machinery to speed up war preparations here had been sci in motion.
 In today's announcement is seen the explanation of the reorganization oi war department control embraced 1T the formation of the new war counci of general officers, of renewed efforts to speed up the shipping boards mer- chant building program, and possibly of the decision of the administration to take over all the nations railroads without waiting for action by congress Other indications of the new pressure are manifest but cannot be discussed publicly for military reasons. It car be stated authoritatively, however, tha' definite steps to make good the pledge: to allied leaders by Colonel House al ready have been taken.
 The first recommendation of tn, mission is for entire military, maya and economic unity of action betweeI the powers opposed to Germany. Ina
 is regarded as having been accom- : plished.
 The summary of the military confer ences attended by General Bliss show that an agreement to pool resources fo the mutual advantage of all' was en
 tered into. There follows this signi
 ficant statement:
 'The contribution of the Unite
 States to this pooling arrangement wa ] agreed upon. The contributions like , wise of the countries associated wit 9 the United States were determined l This pooling arrangement guarantee I that full equipment of every kind woul ) be available to all American troops sen to Europe during the year 191S.' Q Looking beyond 1918, the Unite 9 States will have no need to seek mill n tary equipment of any kind away fror T home, Before the present year ends it n full war resources would have bee made available.
 The third recommendation of tn
 mission to which the country is com l. mitted is for extension of the Ameri
 can shipping program. Systematic co 2 ordination of resources of men an materials, to produce the necessar = ships is urged upon government an i people alike.
 | Under resolution adopted by til inter- allied conference, unified use (
 ship tonnage was agreed upon whic
 woula permit the liberating of tn
 greatest amount of tonnage possibl
 for the transportation of America
 troops" A policy to govern the us
 of neutral tonnage was agreed upon. l Assistant Secretary Crosby of tt
 treasury department. who remained
 Europe as president of the inter allie
 council, met there today with the f
 nancial representatives of the otht l powers to discuss questions of cred
 and as to which of the allies furth'
 American loans are to so.
 The decision to keep America
 troops moving to Europe in stea6
 stream marks another advance in u