Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-12-10

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move $4,000 tons daily. besides trA1s'
porting troops and material in the con
duct Of active operations"
on the strength Of the American
army in France General Pershing says
There are in Europe altogether. IN
Guiding a regiment and some sanitary
units with the Italian army and Inc
examinations at Murmansk. also m
Guiding those en- route from the states
approximately 2.053.347 men. less our
losses. OF this total there are In
France 1,33S.l69 combatant troops
Forty divisions have arrived. Of wfnch
, the infantry personnel Of ten nave
been used as requirements, leaving
thirty divisions now in France organlz-
ed into three armies Of three corps
each.
The losses of the Americans up to
November IS are: Killed and wound
ed, 36.l45: died Of disease. 14'eSl;
deaths unclassified. 2,204; wounded'
1885,; prisoners. 2.163: MISSING, g.
I60. We have captured about +9oo
prisoners and 1.40O guns, how!t1ers
and trench mortars." 4
Early Deficiencies Overcome.
Referring TO equipment. General
Pershing says that entrance into the
war found the army with few OF the
auxiliaries necessary for its conduct.
He mentions among the most import
ant deficiencies. artillery, aviation and
tanks. He says the army accepted ar
tillery from the French government.
His report on this situation says:
Our entry into the war foundsus
with few Of the auxiliaries necessary
for its conduct in the modern sense.
Among our most important deficiencies
in material were artillery. aviation. and
tanks In order to meet our relre-
ments as rapidly as possible, we &c
cepted the. offer Of the French govern
ment to provide us with the necessary
artillery equipment Of seventy-ffes,
one fifty-fve millimeter howitzer, end
one fifty-five G p F guns from teir
own factories for thirty divisions. The
wisdom Of this court is fully demon
strated by the fact that, although we
soon began the manufacture Of these
classes Of guns at home, there were no
guns of the calibres mentioned manu-
factured in America on our front atthe
date the armistice was signed. The
only guns Of these types thus far re-
seived in France are 100 seventy five
millimeter guns.
In aviation we were in the same
situation, and here again the French
government came to our aid until our
own aviation programme should be
under way. We obtained from the
French the necessary planes for train
ing our personnel, and they have pro-
vided us with a total Of 2,676 pursuit,
observation and bombing planes. The
first airplanes received from home ar
rived in May, and altogether we have
received 1879. The first American
squadron completely equipped by
American production. including SIR
planes, crossed the German lines sRon
August Z. 1918. As to tanks, va YEre
also tompeffsd % rely on she
French. Here, however, we were less
fortunate, for the reason that the
French production could barely meet
the requirements of their own armies.
1T should be fully realized that the
French government has always taken
a most liberal attitude and has been
most anxious to give us every possible
assistance in meeting our deficiencies
in these as we'll as other respects. Our
dependence upon France for artillery,
aviation, and tanks was, Of course, due
to the fact that our industries had not
been exclusively devoted to military
production. All credit is due our own
manufacturers for their efforts to meet
our requirements, as at the time the
armistice was signed we were able to
look forward to the early supply OF
virtually all our necessities from our
own factories.
The welfare of the troops touches
my responsibility as commander-in-
chief to the mothers and fathers and
kindred of the men who came to
France in the impressionable period OF
youth. They could not have the privi-
lege accorded European soldiers dur
ing their periods Of leave Of visiting
their families and renewing their home
ties. Fully realizing that the standard
Of conduct that should be established
for them must have a permanent infiu-
ence in their lives and on the charac-
ter Of their future citizenship the Red
Cross. the Young Mems Christian asso-
citation. Knights Of Columbus, the Sal
vation Army and the Jewish Welfare
board. as auxiliaries in this work. were
encouraged in every possible way. The
fact that our soldiers, in a land Of df-
ferent customs and language, have
borne themselves in q manner in keep
ing with the cause for which they
fought Is due not only to the efforts In
their behalf. but much more to other
high ideals, their discipline, and their
innate sense Of self-respect. II should
be recorded. however. that the men,
bers Of these welfare societies have
been untiring in their desire to be Of
real service to our officers and men.
The patriotic devotion Of these repre-
sentative men and women has given a
new significance to the golden rule,
and We owe them a debt Of gratitude
that can never be repaid"
Will Hold Veterans Abroad.-Secre-
tary Baker gave It as his personal
opinion last Thursday that none OF
the veterans divisions of the American
army in France will return home be-