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things which were agreed upon last week and changed this week, and need to be changed again next week, so that what we are doing at this end ls attempting by using the eyes of the army there to keep up to what they want us to do.
 Already you will find in your fur ther examination into some of the bu- rcau work of the department, some of the divisions when they come down, you will find that schedules which were agreed upon, weapons which were selected and which we have started to manufacture, have been so far discarded that people have forgot ten the names of them almost, and the things substituted in their place, and those forgotten and new things In their places.
 "So that if one gets the idea that this is the sort of war we used to have or if he gets the idea that this is a static thing, it is an entirely erroneous idea, and when you remember that we had to divide this little handful of officers that we had and send so large a part Of them to France, and then to think that those who remained at home. you will realize, l am sure, that those who have remained here had the double duty. insufficient for either as- pcct of it, in numbcrs--and they still have this double duty-they had to go forward with manufacturers, work out industdy and industrial relations; materials and manufacture finished
 acts. and make from day 10 day alterations and changes that had to be made and they had to be ingenious with suggestions to see whether they could devise on this side something which had not been thought of over there.
 They had to be hospitable to sug- gestions which came from tho other side; they had to confer with the foreign officers who were here and were constantly being changed, so that men fresh from the front could be here to advise with us, and in addition to that everyone of them had 10 be a university professor, going out into the life of the community and select. ing men who had mechanical cS- pcricncc and knowledge and training, but not military mechanical exper- fence and knowledge and training. and adding to his original equipment their scientific training that finishing touch which made him available for use as a military scientist
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BAKER TELLS OF AlhERICA'S
 STUPENDoUS WAR PREPARAT TIoNS

As a consequence this little gTouI which stayed here have built the graat special departments of the army. The ordnance department starting, think with ninety three or ninety six officers, has now, as 1 recall the figures something like 5000 officers. They have had to be trained; they have had to be specialized, and that has had to go on contemporaneously with this remen dous response to the changing condi- tions on the other side
 "In the meantime, when we started into this war, l think it was common ly thought throughout the country that our contribution at the outset might bell be financal and industrial. The industries of this country were largely devoted at that time to the ap- propriate industries, and many con- verted industries were largely devoted to the manufacture of war materials for our allies.
 As l suggested this morning when we went into that market we found it largely occupied, so that our prob lem was not going to a shoe factory and saying. Make shoes for us," but 1t was going to a factory which had never made shoes, because all the shoe factories were busy making shoes for people from whom we could not takc them. and saying, Learn how to make shoes in order that you may make some for us
 Now of course. that is not true of shoes, but it is true of machine guns, it is true of other arms it is true of ammunition, it is true of forging ca paclty, which was the greatest defect In the country, and all of this time we had not merely to disturb tho pro- gramme of allied manufacture in this country, but we had not to cut off the supplies of raw material to our allies, and we had not to dlSturb the industry of this country to such an extent that products upon which they depended for the success of their military opera tions would be interfcrcd with, both agricultural and commercial and in- uuatria' products.
 (Continued tomorrow
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(Second installment

50 that from the very beginning it was not a question of abstract speculation here, but a question of study there to find out where our shoulder to the wheel could be put
 They realized that And so Great Britain sent over to us Mir Baifour and General Bridges and a staff of eX- perts. They came over here and you
 saw Mir Balfour in the house of Con- gross and at the White House and in public meetings at one place and an- other, but the group of experts whom they brought over with them you dld not see much of; and yet, they dis tributed themselves through the War Department, and their ordinance cN- perts sat down with Gen Crozer their supply experts with Gen Sharp and hia assistants, their stategists sat down with the army War College and all over this city there were these confidential groups exchanging infor- nation, telling how the thing was over there, what we could do. what they advised us to do, what experience they had had in developing this. that and the other implement or supply. how certain plans which one might nat urally have evolved out of the past experience of the world had been tried there and found not to work at all
 They were exchanging informa- ton, giving us all that they thought was helpful. And then came Joffre, with his wonderful reputation and his great and charming personality, and he made great figure here and we welcomed him. It was a tremen- dous inspiration to see the hero of the Marne; but with him came this unobserved staff of fifteen or twenty or twenty-five young men, the most brilliant men in the French army strategists, mechanical experts, ex- perts in arms experts in supplies, eX- perts in industry and manufacture, and they told us not merely the formal and military problem, but they brought over with them men who were in from the beginning, in their reorganization of their industries, in their mobilization of their industrial plants; and we sat down withe thew in little groups until finally we collated, and collected and extracted all the information which they could give us from theiT respective counties. And every coun' try which has been brought in the wal has brought us that sort, or sent uF that sort of a staff of experts, and Il has been necessary to compare notes and with this as a basis. to form such an idea ns might be formed of what was the thing for us to do over there
 But that was not enough. They admitted that it was impossible tC draw that pricture. They could de- scribe to us and bring the specified tions and drawings for a piece of or tillery, but they could not tell us why the British theory of the use of ar tillery was by the British preferred tt that of the French. They could no
 picture to us a barrage of heavy how
 itzers as compared to a barrage O
 75mm. guns. They could not picture t' us the association of aircraft, balloon
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Continued tomorrow
The Washington herald., 1918-01-23
TWO HARD BATTLES
FOR CENTRAL OUINT

Central High basketball team
will be hosts to the Episcopal High
quint of Alexandria in the Mt.
Pleasant gym today. A hard fought
game is expected, but Central
should come out on the long end of
the score, as it has lately been go
ing at a fast clip.
AS a preliminary game the Cen
trail Reserves will play the Western
Reserves five, which will furnish
some good basketball for the fol-
lowers of the floor game in this To-
cality. The contest will start at
3 p. m.
The Mt. Pleasant team will Jour-
ney to Baltimore on Friday to play
the Baltimore Polytechnic quint in
the second meeting of the year.
The first game of the season played
in this city resulted in a victory for
the Monumental City quint.
Central hopes to get revenge in
this game Friday night. Coach
Metzler will take over his regulars
and hopes for victory.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-23
HARD TIMES FOR SCOUTS.
Major League Clubs Likely to Re.
lease Ivory Hunters.

Chicago, Jan. 22.-Many scouts for
the National and American League
clubs are likely to be without employ
ment next season unless a majority
of the minor leagues decide to con-
tinue in the game, it was said by club
owners here today.
It was pointed out that up to this
time none Of the club owners in the
two major leagues had renewed a
contract with a scout, although few
have contracts which hold over.
1t was estimated that if scouts are
dispensed. with the saving to the two
leagues would be in the neighborhood
of 100000
The Detroit club will do little scout
ing this year. 1t Is reported that
Jimmy Burke, who coached the pitch
ers last year. will not be back, and
that wild Biz Donovan, former
manager of the New York Americans,
will be signed to replace Burke.
Donovan was Detrolt's star pitcher
for several years.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-23
ISASIN LANDS
| RACEFEATURE
Captures Handicap from
Smart Field at New Or
leans Track.

New Orleans Jan. zz-Favorites and
long-price horses divided the bill AZ
Fair Grounds today. sasin proved the
best Of a smart field in the feature
race, which was the fourth number
for all ages at one mile. Redland ran
second. with Waukeag In the other
money position Wood Trap. who was
the favorite. was never q contender.
Aztec was easily the best OF the field
in the six-furlong dash, which opened
the card, while Mary H, another ia
vorite. scored in the second number.
Mira was the first down In the third,
while Waterproof made ever post .
winning one in the NTH. Dunoresry,
at the longest price Of the day. cap
tured the sixth. Handful got the clos
ing event at TO /. The summary:
FIRST RACE-SiI fuIoneN Aztec, 10
CTruisel, even. 20 s. / 10 S. won; BreeEy. l0
tWillisl. TO !. 70 /, even. sscoud: Tel Nc,
l0 CW. COninsl. % TO 1, % l. 20 l third.
Time, lI7 IS Black BAss, Shandon. Don Jose
All Bright sIso ran
SECOND RACE-siI fuloneL karJ H.. ~
q. Gamerl. Q 10 s. ] 20 s Out. won; Pilssn
lis Martini. TO 10. out seoond; Lndse5. -
(Mooneyl. % 70 !. Q 10 /. 2 70 l. third. Tim.
lac sS. GGri. LOanshHrf and ChemmG also
ran.
THIRD RAcE-on. and ooequsyt-r uIl.-.
Mira, lO tRowsnl. to /. Q TO s. % s. won.
Ampcre II. LOB (POolel, 10 20 s. 20 q.
second: Lady WorthingtOn. ln tNe1msel. %
:. 6 70 S. 70 s. third Tine 2l5 Is Amphion.
Gold Color. BillettA. MAibew. Btrbe Bake.
MindA and Slumberer also rzn-
FOURTH RACE-Mle and ssventy yards
sSsin, lOs Igkel. 10 !. 70 s. 2 10 q Won
RedlGnd. l6 willis, 70 /. 70 z even. 80
ond: WEukeag. - (JOhnsonl. TO !. % 10
70 ). third Time. Is IS Merchant. Grumpg
Queen Of the Sea and Wood Trzp also nn.
FIFTH RACE-One and oos-SKtssnth nils
sWaterproof, Il6 (Robinsonl, Is % s. even, 1 %
2 won; Butsrpe. l0s DouAhuel, 70 l. S 20 z
even. second; Royal Interet. ios CMooneyl 70
!. 5 TO 2 6 70 s. third. Tine. 81 Blue
Thistle Yodeles. Hayden. Erin. Eddie T, Al.
fAdir. Leah Cochran, Reno and 'Dcubas Ban
also ran
SIXTH RAOE-One and one-Extseuth nils
Dmdresry. ln5 sands. 10 70 L 10 l. : 10 l
won; Napoleon. 10 tButSnl. 70 2 2 70 o.
7 TO 10. second; TiAjSn. los Poole. 70 l.
10 s. 10 TO- third. Time s. IS Maxim
mond Elkton. RuToco and Ben Hsmpsou Llsd
ran.
SEVENTH RACE-Ons and ouesrtenth
miles. Handful. los Usksl, S 10 L 10 !
even. won: Arbitrstor los tObe-tl. 10 /. 8 u
2, % s. second; Luther. ll6 (Racsl, Q to s.
% S. 70 ; third Tine ! g SS Ezeu1to-
AleKAnoer, Duke Of Shelly, JEbot. StooehenCe
Perseus. InquietA and Edna p. Llso an-
Also eligible
The Washington herald., 1918-01-23
MORGAN AND BISHOP
MAKE GOOD SCORES

Pinehurst. n. C. Jan. 22.-Twen-
ty-three firing squads comprising
l15 guns toed the line at the Off
cial opening of the mid-winter
tournament today at Pinehurst. and
about one-third of the big field
broke ninety per cent or better. and
eighteen guns broke ninety-three
per cent or better.
Today's event was the first 200
targets OF the 500 target event at Is
yards. Charles S. Newcomb. or
Philadelphia, who won yesterdays
preliminary contest with 1913, led
the big field today with the fine
score of 1876.
r. d. Morgan. Of Washington.
had a couple of poor strings today
but finished up at 1S4. Julian 7.
Bishop. OF Washington. whose spec
ialty is big game hunting but who
is making steady progress at the
traps, broke 146 today. The compo-
sition Of the Washington and Bal
timore. team for the sectional race
had not been announced up TO a
late hour tonight, but il will
doubtless comprise Morgan. of
Washington. +. U. Roseberry. OF
Baltimore, and d. Ford Seeley. of
Baltimore. Roseberry tied with
Morgan at 1s4 today and Seeley
broke 1S1.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-23
Cornell Leads Rivals
In Winning Regattas

New York, Jan. 80 - Cornell has
a long lead over its rivals in the
number of intercollegiate regattas
won.
The Ithacans have had almost a
monopoly of honors at Pough-
keepsie. Since 1900 the sway of
Cornell has seldom been broken.
The Ithacans have won eleven of
the varsity races in that time,
Syracuse has won four, Penn one
and Columbia one. Columbia S
victory in 1914 was the first at
Poughkeepsie for the Blue and
White, and the second in the his
tory of the regatta. The Morn
ingside Heights students won the
feature race when the events were
held at Saratoga.
Georgetown, which formerly was
represented at Poughkeepsie by a
crew, has not taken part in the
races there since 1907. The Hill
toppers never won a varsity event
on the Hudson, but in 1903 they
finished second to Cornell. defeat
ing Wisconsin, Penn and Columbia
in that order. lh 1905 they finished
third to Cornell and Syracuse, the
latter crew beating them.
The regatta for 1918 has not yet
been officially called of and no
action to this end will be taken
until the sentiment of the colleges
likely to row is obtained. Mr..
Mapes' reasons for feeling doubt
full about the holding of the re-
gatta are based upon the expense
involved more than upon anything
else. He believes all the colleges
interested in the sport will prefer
to row upon home waters.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-23
NEW ORLEANS ENTRIES.

FIRST RACE-Three-year-old and up-Ird
500: claiming; Ex friong- Billie B.. is.
Birdmsn, llS;; Grand DUKE l06: Imp Enes,-
hert. lis; Paw. lls: PetroEAd. IL: Swift FuI.
III; 'HAsty Cora, los; Carbide IL; J. @ Wslch.
Ill; Mico Girl los: Chas. ConDeu. us. Also
eligible: Busy Alns. ms; T1ESty. Ill: Pug-
time. lo6: Master Franklin. rs
SECOND RACE-Cziming: $40: SyeAr-olds
and upward: sI furiongs RHYME. u6; Lao
rose. is, Dominion PG-k. los: sCurlicUe. no
Al Pierce, lis; Thistle Green. lB: MAry's ReE1.
lG; 'MArtre. lO5: Freeman. u5; Silvey Shspiro.
lGS; -Felicidad. Ill; sMGrgey IG5 Alsp eliE.-
bic: .DT. Csmpbell l8; Royal Tea, ICE; JOIN
Hynrr, 100: 'Caronome Ios
THIRD RACE-Claiming; 5yesr-olds and I'D
ward; siN furlOns Montreal l1: 'B-s Hruss.
IL; o Ts True, lis; 'Korfhage. los: Max, Iiss
The Norman. rs; Ben's Brother. Us: KnGiinE
ii. 10; ToddlinG lIs; Imp Thorn Bloon. Ii:
Alex Getz. lis; F1Hpper, s. Also slirble:
Tsjsn, llS; Lewis Copper. ID; Lynn, lis; Hin
del. lG3
FOURTH RsCs Handicap: SW: Syear-o8ds
and upward; elk furlongS. Enden. us: Cssn
Up. los: BrOncho Billy. lOo: Opportunity. us;
Sol Gilsey. lG5; Cobalt Lass, -; Bob Hsusley
lOe; Water Lady. l6.
FIFTH RACE-Clsiming: 500: +yesr-olds ana
upward; one and oae-sxtesnth miles sam
Slick. liz; .PruCresSye lG5: 'Zamloch. lOr: Trrn-
tino. lOo: Red Cruss. los; 'Ben HHmpson. IOs
SIXTH RACE-Claiming: 4yeGr-olds and urs
ward; one and one-ixteeuih miles wEtsrT-cof.
!ls; Baby Lunch. 100; 'Prince s.. los: Pit, ia;
'lutrlguer, lO9; Lucky R., III; Irregular, lP,
SEVENTH RACE-Claiming: 500 Syear-olE,
and upward: one mile. T1rco. l8: Brow
ESvorite los: DolinA. lo5: Harvest King III
Kebo. lO: Kultur. lol; ThO-pwOod, lG; Hondo
lG; St Jude. o.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-23
.MAT'TY BCAMP
CHECKERCHAMP
Pilot of the Cincinnati Reds
Shows Sammies a Few
Moves at Sheridan.

Camp Sheridan. Ala, Jan p - II
Christy Matthewson had not been a
great baseball pitcher he might have
become checker champion Of the
world.
This is only one of Matty's attain
ments outside baseball, but 1t Is one
of his favorites and he spends much
time during the winter months pond
ering over moves with the best check
er players he can find as opponents.
When Matty heard of a big checker
tournament to be started among the
Sammies at Camp Sheridan, Mont
gomery, Ala, he Immediately made
arrangements to go to Montgomery
to direct the affair. Since his arrival
here he has become the biggest figure
in camp.
Matty has found some able oppon-
ents here, among them Private Charles
E. johnson, of the 14Sth Ambulance
Company, who didn't know who his
wizard opponent was until after the
match.
When told afterward he had been
defeated by the great Matty he grasp
ed the hand of the Cincinnati man.
ager and said:
I've heard of you ever since / was
a kid, but / never thought I'd have a
chance to talk to you. This is my re-
ward for giving up my girl and en-
listing. Had my picture snapped with
the greatest pitcher of them all. l
guess I'm satisfied"
Magnates may cut calaries- but the
players will get part of it back eat
ing on the spring training trip.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-23
O'CONNOR IS NAMED
TO HANDLE MATCH

Bobby English. the middle-weight
grappler. who is slated to meet Joe
Turner in a finished bout tomorrow
night at the Lyceum Theater. ar
rived here last night and looks to
be in the pink of condition for his
match with the local mailman.
An agreement was reached last
night between the wrestlers to al
low P. F. OConnor to handle the
bout. English had protested upon a
local man acting as the referee in
this affair but after a few minutes
of rangling he accepted O'Connor.
The clever British grappler ranks
among the best in the game. as he
demonstrated this fact to the local
wrestling fans when he held Tur-
ner on even terms in a two hour
match here a short time ago. Bobby
has been making ever effort for
a returned go with Turner and
claims that he will work his hard
est for victory. Manager McGeorge
of the Avenue Playhouse has made
a ten strike in landing this bout.
which should prove hummer
from start to finish.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-23
Twombly Signs with Cards.

st. Louis, Mo-, Jan. 2.2-Branch
Hickey, of the Cards, announced yes
terday that he had received a tel
egram announcing the signing of
Parker Trombly, the star hurler of
Lehigh University. President Ric-
key said he could not confirm the
signing of the collegian. but declar-
ed he had an agent in the East who
had been trying to obtain the
youngsters signature to contract
for a long time. The Cardinals,
Hickey said, were after Trombly
last summer, but at that time the
pitcher was determined not to en-
ter professional ball. Hickey said
he now has information that Twom-
bly, has changed his mind and is
willing to enter the professional
ranks. Twombly. who is a right
handler, was one of the leading COL
lege pitchers of the country last
season.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-23
ANOTHER BIG
DEAL IS MADE
Pratt and Plank Traded to
Yankees for Five Players
and Money.

New York, Jan. 22.-Another big deal
was today added to the already long
string of trades and sales that have
followed each other in lightning rap
idity for the last two months and
broken all records of previous years.
Seven players were involved in the
deal which will send the veteran
pitcher, Eddie Plank, and Second
Baseman Dell Pratt, of the st. Louis
Browns to the-Yankees. Catcher Les
lie Nunamaker, Pitchers Shock and
Cullop and Infielders Fritz Maisel and
Joe Gedeon will transfer their allie
glance % the Browns. Col. Jacob Rup-
pert also contributed a sum Of money
to land the two stars, the exact
! amount of which is not definitely
known.
1t has been known for some time
that Miller Higgins, new manager OF
the Yankees, was angling for the sec
ond sacker. but the deal bringing
Plank to New York came as a sur
prise to the baseball world. The vet
eran recently announced that he would
be back in the box hurling the ball
when the season opened. Plank left
the Browns last season while they
were on a tour Of the East, return
ing to his home in Gettysburg, and at
that time a report was given out that
he had retired from the diamond.
The annexation of the two stars
will again put the Yankees in the
race for the pennant. With Pratt on
second. the infieid will be completely
rounded out. No one will dispute
Plank's ability to do credit to any
team. He has been one of the best
pitchers in the major leagues for the
past sixteen years.
Pratt probably welcomed his trans
fer from the Browns. At least Phil
Ball, president Of the Browns, well
coined it. When things were going
bad for the Browns last season Ball
is said to have accused some of his
players Of laying down on him."
Pratt and Johnny Lavan brought dam
age suits against him for slander.
.Pratt's batting will be a valuable
asset to the New York club. He is
normally a 800 hitter, but his real
value is not expressed by these fig
ures-he Is one of the best long-dis-
tance hitters in the American League.
Eddie Plank was one of Connie
Mack's invincibles. He played with
the Athletics from 1901 until the win
ter of 1915, when he was uncondition-
ally released by Mack because he was
dickering with the Federals. He
pitched in the Federals in 1915 and
then went to st. Louis.
Fritz Maisel came to the Yankees
from the Baltimore club Of the Inter-
national League. He ranked as the
best base-runner in the American
League in 1914 and pulled a batting
average Of .2S1 the next season. Nun
amaker came to New York by the
waiver route. Cullop and Gedeon were
purchased from the Houston club
! early in 1916. Shocker is spitball
artist
The Washington herald., 1918-01-23
GEORGETOWN TO
BATTLE NAVY
Hilltop Tossers Meet Mid
shipmen Quint at An
napolis Today.

The existing rivalry between George
town and Navy springs forth again
today when the hilltop basketball
tossers are scheduled TO meet the
middies in the annual indoor game at
Annapolis. Coach John O'Reilly will
have his quint intact and the Blue
and Gray expect to give the mid
dies great battle at Dalghren Hall
Capt. McNulty. who recently took
the aviation examination, will be with
the club and will jump center. Bobby
Olone and Freddy Fees will look out
for the forward jobs. while Finnegan
and Lonschak will play the guard po-
sitions.
The middie's lineup will. no doubt.
start like that which won from the
Crescent Athletic team OF New York
last Saturday. Coach Billy Lush, of
the Navy five. is blessed with having
plenty of good substitute material and
this may prove a big factor in the
result
Quite a number Of the followers of
the Hilltoppers will make the trip to
the little Maryland town today to
cheer the Blue and Gray on. Navy
has always been Georgetown's great
est rival at the floor game, and al
though the Hilltoppers have not been
beaten this season, their most ardent
Supporters are. not looking for victory.
but are confident that the Hilltoppers
will force the middies to the limit.
The probable line up: