Evening star., 1918-07-04
j. S. ACHIEVEMENTS
SINCE WAR BEGAN

sons announcement that more than
million American troops have en-
barked for France, Secretary Baker
has made q supplementary summary
of what the War Department has
accomplished in the fifteen months
that the United States has been at
war with the Huns. This was put
into the Congressional Record yes
terday and made public by Chairman
Dent Of the House military COM
mittee.
The summary showed that there are
now 106,400 officers and 100000 men
with the. colors, compared with
total of 9,524 officers and 202.51O men
in the Regulars and National Guard
fourteen months ago.
2s6 Combat Planes Delivered.
It tells the world that 2sS combat
airplanes had been delivered up to
June s, and that the production rate
of this type then was eighty per
week. More than 1000 liberty motors
have been delivered and the weekly
production rate was 115 during the
first week in June.
More than 900 heavy Browning
machine guns We're delivered ou.tms IN
May, and the deliveries for tna1
month Of light Brownings totaled
1900.
"Sufficient rifles are now being re
ceived," the statement says, TO equip
an Army division every three Gays.
More than 100000 rifles had oeen I,
produced and delivered up to June l..
Spirit of American Fighters.
American soldiers want no she'll
proof fighting in rear positions, ae-
cording to the Secretarys statement
and in illustration Of the spirit OF
the American fighters he said:
"In France it was necessary to
change the name of the zone behind
the armies, from the Service of the
Rear to the Service Of supply be-
cause of the difficulty in getting men
to serve in a region having the shell.
proof connotation of the word rear.
even at the actual front there is
something of a tradition against the
use of the term no mans land. Our
men prefer to call it-and to make 1t
Yankee land"
Mr.. Baker said the commission of
classification of personnel reports that
"a surprisingly large proportion of
recruits ask to be placed in the most
hazardous branches Of the military
service" and added:
IF reply Is needed to those who
say that the men of the National
Army are in camp because they have
to be, it is this: That these men are
going over the top because they want
to 60"
Minimum Of Drunkenness.
Consensus of opinion is" continued
the statement, that drunkenness in
the army is completely under control.
both in the United States and France.
You may travel for weeks in France
can soldier.
There is no prominent military
camp in the United States with a
red light district in its vicinity"
Death Rate Lowered.
The statement shows that the death
rate per thousand among all troops in
the United States for the week ending
June was 4.14 as against rate of
20.14 in the Regular Army in the
United States in 1898 and 5.13 in 1916.
On June the capacity of the hos
pftals in the United States was 1857
beds, with new hospitals with 1857
beds under construction. The num-
ber of base and general hospitals
had been increased from to 70. with
further increases impending. In
France hospital facilities are being
provided for from to 10 per cent
of the whole expeditionary force.
while the Army Hospital Corps is now
composed of $4,000 officers and $4,000
enlisted men, exclusive of the sani-
tary Corps and Army nurses.
For Heavy Artillery.
The most difficult undertaking in
Quitting an Army is the manufac-
ture of heavy artillery, the statement
said. Sixteen plants had to be pro-
vided to make mobile guns. most Of
them built from the ground up.
Baker added, "is now approaching a
point where quantity production is
beginning"
shell-flling plants is now beginning to
produce, and number of private plants
are loading shells. Solution Of the
problem of motorizing field artillery Is
ION the way" the statement said, add
ing that the immobility of the heavy
guns has heretofore been a constant
factor in slowing up the advance OF
troops.
Railroad Work in France.
There are now $4,000 Americans en-
gagged on railroad construction and
operation in France, and %, 900 standard
gauge freight cars and 1000 locomo-
tives have been produced in this coun-
try for service on the double-track rail-
road from the French coast to the battle
front. Additional purchases Of both
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