The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-03
This Is Promise Given to the
 Allies at Recent War Council
STATEMENT OF WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED
 BY HOUSE MISSION
This Is Made Public by the State Department for the First
 Time

Washington, January ~ Ali engagement by the United States to send a great army |against the Germans in time to offset the defection of Russia was disclosed today through the publication by Secretary Lansing of a review of the work of the American mission which recently participated in the interallied war conference at Paris.
 American fighting men are to cross the Atlantic rapidly as they can be mustered and trained France and Great Britain, on their part. under take not only to join In providing ships to carry them but to see that any deficiencies in arms and equip ment are made up on the other side. This was one of the great decisions reached at the conferences through which the co-belligerents planned to pool their fighting resources and movs as unit toward driving the German assi thei,, allies essltse 70 6R qsteYed ter ritory and crushing the Teitonic world domination scheme There is to be co l q 1f on land and sea but in production at home and in the vast shipbuild ing projects upon which depends the / vital problem of maintaining unin- terrupted transportation in spite of ~ubmarines.
 SPEEDING UP BEGINS
 Even before Colonel House and his associates of the American mis- sion reached home the machinery to again speed up war prepara- tions here had been set in mo- ton. In tOday's announcement is seen the legislation of the reor- ganizatiOn of war department con- trol embraced In the formation of the new war council of general officers, of renewed efforts to speed up the shipping boards mer- chant building programme and possibly of the decision of the ad- ministration to take over all the nations railroads without waiting for action by Congress. Other indi- cations of the new pressure applied since the House mission returned are manifest about the navy and war departments, but most of the things being done cannot be dis- cussed publicly for military req sons. It can he stated authOrita- lively. however, that definite steps to make good the pledges given to the allied leaders by Colonel House have already been taken.
 UNITY OF ACTION
 The first recommendation of the mis- ion is for tentire military. naval and conomic unity" of action between the overs opposed to Germany. That is re- arded as having been accomplished. The summary of the military confer I1ces attended by General Bliss shows hat an agreement to pool resources or the mutual advantages of all'' was ntered into. There follows this signif. llnt statement
 POOLING ARRANGEMENT The contribution of the United States D this pooling arrangement was agreed bon. The contributions likewise of the Puntries associated with the United hates were determined. This pooling ar kngement guaranteed the full eouip- lent of every kind would be available all American troops sent to Europe bring this year. 1sls.''
 Looking beyond 1918 the United statas ill have no need to seek military eouip- ent of any kind away from home Re- pre the present year ends it's full war fsources will have been made avail ble.
 HURRY SHIPBUILDING
 The third recommendation of the mis- Pn to which the country is now con- fitted is for extension of the American, hipping programme. Systematic CO., dination of resources of men and ma rials to produce the necessary ships
 urged upon government and people ike.
 Under resolution adopted by the inter- lied conference a unified use of ship tnnage was agreed upon which would frmit the liberating of the greatest lnount of tonnage possible for the ansportation of American troops" A Plicy to govern the use of neutral ton hge was agreed upon. Port facilities
 deharkation points for American rces were respected and steps taken permit the return of vessels to their bme ports with the least possible de- 
 START TO MAKE GOOD
 Even as the nature of this agreement hich has bound all the resources oi Pre than half of the world into one
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