The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-09-19
Copyright. 1918. by william Fox
CHATTER ~.

OY July 20. 1917. General Perish
ing had arranged with the gov
at Washington to pro-
vide "A regular rams Atlantic trans
port service Tor provisioning ana
bringing general war supplies to the
American eXDeditionary force.
Thus the United Statca was to sup
ply all the food for the troops. There
was a world shortage IN food In the
summer and fall of 1917. The enor-
nous armies maintained 10y the allies
Lad made "a stupcndous Dram upon
an kinds of foodstuffs. The use OF
all the available man power by these
same nations had created a shortage
Of iabor for the fields. and the supply
oi grains ana other foods was less
than ever before.
The United States. before entering
the war. had been sending England
and France all the supplies that could
hr spared. % that America WINS
raising u huge arny Of her own h
rad an additional call upon her re-.
sources. and some way had to be
devised To provide for the worlds
food supply.
Upon the request by General Perish
ing that TIA" foo situation be taken
in hand. the United States govern
imont appointed a food administra-
tor. and IA whole country set out
upon a policy Of % conservation.
Al available food was sent to Perish
ing and his army and TO our allies
After Americas food reserves had
heen thus applied the people saved
enough out Of their normal cOnsump-
ton TO supply the American and al
lied armies until the following har-
vest.
TrrShing's Care Of Ills Men.
Since vast numbers Of ships were
required TO transport troops and
TODD. and the number Of ships was
constantly decreasing owing to the
submarine activities Of the Germans.
General Pershing put In operation "A
plan by which many of the supplies
needed by the army could he manu-
featured In France out of raw ma
terials brought from America. The
raw material would take up only a
small percentage of the space that
the manufactured goods would De-
cupy.
Artillery and ammunition was need
cd at once and in large quantities.
The United States had no immediate
facilities for turning out guns In the
quantities needed. The French army
had "a large number of the best guns
that could he devised and facilities
tor turning them out I'm vast num-
hcrs. prrshinr decided 1t was better
that IA, United states purchase these
guns from the French government
Than TO wait upon the American fac
tories.
In every detail that related to the
efficiency Of m, army General Perish
ing believed IN getting the best that
was available-in food In clothing
out in equipment IT." knew that
nothing so seriously impairs the
morale ~ an army a. ul-t"d and dis
satisfied men. lie Knew that disease
often Kills more men than the bullets
of he enemy. aud ne resolved that
this should not be the ease with his
army.
Pershinr not only had 10 see that
his men underwent a sever training
10 prepare themselves for their en-
trance into IN" front-line trenches.
hut he knew that he must undergo a
similar training himself In order to he
iittcd 20 lead them properly when the
time came.
Lessons In Huge OPERATIONS.
Every that could be spared
from his organization work he spent
20 The front observing the tremendous
operations OF the opposing armies.
h first Of these visits To the front
was on June 20. 1917, when he visit
ed Sir Douglas Haig. the BRUSH
commander In chief. After this he
was frequently at the front-espccial.
~ when the forces Of either side
were engaged In some large offensive
movement.
Thus he had opportunity TO observe
the particularly effective work Of the
Ncrdun duriag the latter part of
August. 1917, and again with the
british AZ Cambria. ThrSr battles
not only were Of Interest 90 the
American commander. but were %
lesson In huge operations, Involving