Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-08-30


for, ms l have already Indicated the iurtne' w
velopment of the great base ports i'"y se' ~
of some of its originally contemplated functions
but, however that may be. II Is now one Oh tne
main pillars of the structure. IL comprises "'ue
variety of enterprises, all on n huge scare seat
tered at various points over large secuoh Oh inc
country but skilfuly linked up by rail-, one
branch dovetailed into another, and all combin-
ing for the quick handbag of stores for an army
of millions
An Organization chart" showing the activities
conferred under the commanding general OF this
great intermediate section though not quite SO
formidable perhaps. reminds one of chart or
the Whitehall district OF London. This command
Ing officer is responsible primarily for the main
reserve stores, for the American expeditonary
forces and the constant sending forward OF their
daily supplies: but In addition to that he has
large measure OF responsibility for the organiza-
ton and control of great camps. schools. base
hospitals, rest areas, engineering and repair
shops. the principal repository for spare parts
of all machinery used In the army cold storage
plants, oil and petrol depots, forestry work and
control OF good-sized labor army, which in
cludes many thousands OF negroes, Cinnamon and
German prisoners of
round of this huge field of operations Is
both instructive and inspiring. At one point l
went through enormous locomotive assembling
and repair works (housed In great modern fac
tory building nearing compleon) built for
the Americans, under French supervision, by n
Spanish firm; a huge oil and petrol supply sta
tlon,. 10000-bed hospital and number of other
highly important branches of central organiZa-
ton which constitutes one OF the real backbone
sections of the service OF supply. At another
point went over great railway yards to see the
upon rows of street structure warehouses
which are being built to hold supplies for an
army Of II million men for 80 days; immense
refrigerating plant AID countless other features
all on the same prodigious scale.
Calm, quiet are supervising IT all, watch
ing 1t grow before their eyes. When the tele.
phones Jingle (and they long In
pOse) there Is no shouting excitement Just
quiet firm replies to the questions put. There
Is everywhere an air Of suppressed energy rather
than eXuberance hustle" II Is orderly prog
ress, firmly guided by strong minds, by capable
men. America has put her best executives into
this work and they rapidly "makng good" MS
events OF the very future are certain 10
prove
Farther along the line | saw much the same
evidence of orderness combined with strength
in The army bakeries, in the big central camou-
tlage plant, N the various advanced centers from
which the army supplies are rearranged for
shifting TO various railroads and thence to the
soldiers at the front.
II, az many believe, II il going to be
sary for the Americans to put army of 1000
900 into the field to enable the allies to achieve
Il definite and conclusive military victory then
the quick development of the full American pro-
gram is matter Of the highest importance to
the whole allied cause. From every pont Of
view the results of the first years work may be
set down glorious achievement, OF which
Americans have every right to be proud; the
years record Is monument 10 their zeal and
their wonderful ability II is record which
promises still greater things for the near future
II spells the beginning of the end. and points
clearly to an overwhelming victory for the allies
II to that the more the people OF
France and England and the United States know
about this American work in France the better
If the enemy, failing in his effort to deliver a
knockout blow by iinging against the allied lines
the full force OF his eastern armies released by
the collapse OF Russia, next turns his efforts TO n
concentrated peaIe offensive. as doubtless he Will
then surely clear knowledge of the nature and
extent of the American achievement TO date OF
the American plans and most OF all an under.
standing of the underlying determination TO on
the whole distance and not stop TN the right
kind OF peace has been secured will steel Tho
hearts OF the war-weary ones and silence the
traitors and pacifsts among for good and all.