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 WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.-Physical damage wrought in Belgium by the German armies is described in cable gram received by the food adminlstra- ton from Herbert c. Hoover who, with William E. Poland, European director of the commission for relief in Bel gium. has just completed a survey of conditions in this liberated country. On the basis of Mir. Hoovers report the food administration announced to- day that hereafter 1S0.000 tons of sup plies. including clothing. would be shipped to Belgium each month. As this program will require 16O,OOO dead weight tons of shipping, in addition to the $40 000 tons now on charter 10 the relief commission, application for ad- ditional tonnage has been made to the shipping board.
 The cost of the entire relief program will be borne by the Belgian and French governments, from loans made by the American government Frances part of the expense will be for sup plying the people of northern France, as well as several hundred thousand refugees who were forced from that section into Belgium during the retreat of the German forces.
 Mir. Hoover's report on his survey of Belgium says:
 Together with NIT. Poland, Euro pean director of the commission for relief in Belgium, I have now complet- ed a survey of the entire Belgian sit uation, as disclosed by the evacuation. The work of the American relief of ficials in Europe during the last month has been beyond all praise, because they have followed up the retreating army with distributions. by one means or another, and there has been no break in the food supply at any point
 Destroyed Railroad Zone
 Prior to the armistice, the German army had completely destroyed a zone of railroads and canals same 20 miles wide, extending entirely across Bel gium. After the armistice there was comparatively little destruction of transportation to the rear of this zone, and with the rapid rehabilitation of transportation facilities across this zone of destruction, the problem of distribution of food and reconstruction can be undertaken with much less diff ficulty than at present.
 "The Germans in their final retreat removed but little of the relief sup plies.
 Their action towards the native harvests and cattle in their withdrawal differs widely in different areas. They started to take all remaining hogs from the western part of Belgium, except those hidden by the peasants in under ground caves. After the armistice however, and with the demoralizatior of the German army in it's final retreat many of these beasts were abandoned or sold by soldiers to the peasants fur ther back, and in practical results there appears to have, been no wide spread cattle stealing in the retreat although during the four years of oc- cupation, there has been a great dimi mutton, probably over one-half, in tht total number of cattle and hogs. can be said almost literally tha horses have disappeared out of Bel gium, there probably now being 15 pc cent of the original animals left.
 Devastation Is Varied
 investigation proves that industria and residential destr9ction in Belgium varies greatly in different localities and with different industries. For in stance, out of this fifty steel furnaces in Belgium, thirty five or forty hav' been deliberately destroyed by the Ger mans, in theit determination to ent the Belgian steel industry. Mar- of tn textile mills have been put ont of com mission. either through deliberate de struction and removal of machinery. O by removal of the copper and bras parts and electric motors. Some of tn textile mills of the more antiquatet
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