The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-04-08
GREAT RESOURCES
OF AMERICA BEING
Modified FOR WAR
First Anniversary of Entrance of
United States Into the Conflict
Finds Nation Busily Engaged in
Preparation.

Washington. April S-Thc first an.
nlvcrsary of the entrance OF the
United Statcs into the war finds the
great OF the country Just
coming into tho struggle but rapiIly
being prepared.
Tho ACHE, cmcuts of The first yea
ara chiefly divided between The army.
which has been supplying and training
fighting forces. the navy which has
been hunting tho submarine ana CON
Noyiug troops Hud supplies to Europe.
the shipping board which has been
building u merchant marine ana tho
treasury which has been advancing
credits o. the allies.
Ia an other departments OF the
gov crnmcnt there has been a trc-
| mCndous effort 10 bring all the force
Of the Couutrys csource me power
To tho aid OF the actual fighting ma
chino.
For military Reasons IL is moi per
missiblo t. state the exact number pf
! American troops iu France with Gen
eral rorshluB's expedition, but Sccre-
tary lslkcr, iu reccut testimony be-
fore The senate military con mltucd
predicted half a million mon WOul
bo thero early this year n that am
other million would he ready To 90
during the year.
American troops have taken up sew
cral positions on the fighting line ia
France. nave occupied a sector OF their
own northwest OF Toul, and have had
numerous encounters with the Ger
mans. official statement from brit
ish and German army h~eadquhrtor;
have shown that certain America
fighting forces were thrown into tht
battle brought on boy the great Ger
man offensive this spring. the Britt.
war office first reporting them "a
fighting shoulder 90 shoulder with tins
British and French troops in the N'
' c.nity ~ Roye.
How Arm, liza, Increased.
By ..afcrr!ug 90 nee combined turcc'
OF IA. regular army and nattona
guard % year ago, and comparing TIA
strength OF the regular army now
the NATIONAL guard mustered Into fcd.
crll service. and the mon OF the tlrs
draft ia rantouments, 10 is apparen'
that the total number Of ready ughl
ing men has Been increased from
meagrc two hundred Thousand 4.
something like a. million ana a nav
with about ton million men resisieT'.
under the DRAFT sin aNailahl" i'
calls To The colors.
Military experts have estimated ina
shuu,d the war be- prolonged aud
Incomes necessary Tor the Inte'
states 20 assume the burden "t car
r,ing ON tho conflict uu army ot nv
million men would not be impruoth''
The immense and sudden eNphnsiu
uf the army has uct been wlth"o
criticism but. u b. declared this $50
expected In the cpnvcr~ioH INTO
fighting force ~ "a nation TRADITIONAL
welded 20 the pursuits ~ peace.
The expansion OF the naval iorr'
has been characterized ir congress 70
many as pralscWorthN. Iho ~.
details. here too are shroupra
secrecy as "a military measure. but
is vol known that AN emergency va
building program has been ph-ho
} with such rapidly hat the Unite
states be- we'll on the way 60 "a plac
sccpud only TO Great Britain as
naval force. and that in dostroyri
/, alon, most proved and deadly wel
non of the stpmarinc-the navy 20
nrN' ycir win have the greatest tle.
ON m, seven s,is since the Unite
States went Co var IN navy has place
contracts for practically Il thOisar
/, vessels. ana uesid, that took charge
repairing the seized German and An
trlan shlun damaged bv their crew
, ~ the orders Of the German govern
mcut
Example ~ t.riicicncN.
}, The case % the Rreat liner Water
' aRd now the United states shl