Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-10
MARVELLOUS SURGERY AND OTHER
WAR FEATURES.

Congressman Porter II. Dale has per-
formed a grand service in helping to
arouse Americans to the necessity of maxi
ing prompt efforts on tremendous scale
to win this war. IL we are to hope to be
victorious. That he did not confine his at
tention wholly to developments in the
field is evident fom his contribution to n
symposium in the New York World deal
ing with various features Of American
work abroad.
Among other things Congressman Dale
said: II visited hospitals at London. Paris,
and the base hospitals near the front
line. Our people cannot easily con-
ceive of what is being done to rebuild the
human wrecks that have come from bat
tlefields. The surgeons are performing
marvellous feats. These were noticeable
especially in the face hospitals. From
a mans leg they will take piece Of bone
and make a jaw of it. Men whose coun-
tenances were seriously dishgured are
| made to look like themselves again. We
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less in this war than in former conflicts,
yet the fact remains that the proportion
of men wounded is greater. 1t is essen
tial that the United States make a thor
ough study Of this work Of human repair
and restoration. This branch Of our med
ical service should be we'll supplied
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by the reliance Of the French on our CO.
operation and aid.
France has complete faith in the Uni
ted States" he said. "They believe in us
implicitly. The English. too. have absolute
confidence in US.
1--WE must have first, ships and then
ships, ships, ships. We must have de-
stroyers, airships and aeroplanes. The
great utility Of the aeroplane was shown
in our observation of the work of a GER
tain 16-inch guns. 1t was behind hill.
A German battery some three or four
| miles away was giving trouble. An aero
plane went up to observe. The first shot
it wirelessed fell 200 metres too far. An
other was fred. The aeroplane reported
it was 60 metres short. The next shot
wiped the battery out Of existence. More
and more it becomes evident that control
of the air is essential. and the nation that
would win must have supremacy in the
| air.
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point of efficiency. The most noticeable
indication of their loss of supremacy is in
ammunition. The allies are firing Ave
| shells to their one. or course they are
drawal"
| The necessity of winning this war or
the western front is thus outlined by
Congressman Albert Johnson of the State
of Washington:
This war will be decided on the western
front. The Germans know it. They are
too wise to be fooled. They have prepared
for 1t. This front is where their blgges
preparation have been made. The allie,
hit them harder here than anywhere else
The Italian campaign was planned long il
advance for its psychological effect on thu
German people. 1t was timed to meet thu
entry of America. They knew Americs
was coming in. They realized that dis
satisfaction was spreading in Germany
They had been losing slowly but steadily
They planned the Italian drive long agt
to bolster up their people. The German
never expected to win in Italy. 1t is in
cumbent on us to help Italy to the bes
of our ability.
1--WE might as well keep alive to tn,
fact that the issue must be decided OF
the western front. There we must win tn
war. 1t may he long. but German effi
cheney has reached it's height. The mos
shocking sight to me was the battle
field at Verdun. Six hundred to eight nun
dred thousand men were shot away. an,
only ten thousand graves to show for 1t
They were shot into nothingness, int,
atoms. They were blown to pieces int,
the mud"
This war is even worse than Genera
Sherman called 1t, but we must win II a
all costs. Humanity demands decisive
victory over Hun barbarity.