The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-01-24
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Do you appreciate efficiency? Well,
YOU have lot of it here at home. Do
not underestimate it as it will show a
weakness of conception on your part
Your Uncle Samuel is full of it; he sows
and harvests it and has large stock on
hand. and knows when and where to
use it. / have heard Of German efficien
cy, but in reality as applied to this war
was only a Scheming, cunning, cOnniv
ing, patient waiting for the pSychOlogi-
cal moment when the Teuton empire
was at the zenith of its military strength
and the rest of the world off guard in
ciencv go hand in hand, yet there is a
great difference between the two. The
real test or efficiency does not come in
planning and preparing for contingent
cy. sclf-crented as in the case of Ger
many, butt in meeting a crisis which
catches one unawareS. Talk about Ger
man efficiency, it exists in name only.
Give us the good old u. S. A. brand of
efficiency-that means something. Is
there another nation on earth that C IN
equal Uncle Sam in appreciation and eff
ficiency? Well, hardly. For example,
consider the mobilization OF our first ex-
peditionary fOrceS-the order was quiet
Iv given to assemble the expedition and
in this country realize. Troops of all
kinds-infantry, artillery, engineers ard
marines and material to house and equip
them. guns, munitions, provisions, sup
plies, motor trucks, ambulances, steam
engines and rails for tracks for them TO
run on: machinery of all kinds, animals
with stock and prOvender quietly and
quickly came rolling in to the base port
from all sections of the country.
Troop ships, transports and Golfers a-plenty
awaited them, with strong convoy OF war
snips. All this in just 20 days to the day
that the order was given to assemble the ex-
edition. Fully completed, equipped and con-
vowed it sailed for France. All this took
place in a -mihtiaristc nation, inexperi-
enced and unschooled in troop mobilization
and in country where military and war
plans played no part in the laying out OF its
railroad system. 1t is very doubtful II Ger
many, or any other nation for that matter,
believed we could do it. 1t is worth some
appreciation to know that Uncle Sans first
fleet on its own initiation and effort and With
out help from allied sources sailed through
the danger Zone unScathed. More than 80
ships, including convoy, carrying Whole
armv with all the impedmentS of animals,
machinery, munitions and provisions neceSr
sary for it to stand on its own legs upon dis
embarkat1On on FrenCn SOllS IedCneo Iilc OO
iectlve point with every man, every ship and
machine intact and uninjured. Was this ever
done by any nation before, and what nation
could do it now? The Uncle Sam brand OF
efficiency and appreciation did the trick, and
he has no competitor.
But let the kaiser put this is his little book
as a reminder that American efficiency, push
and get-there ability will give his nervous sys-
tenn such a shock before the war is over that
his brand of efficiency will be only dream;
and he will wake up some day and realize
that he is not the whole thing and discover
that there are others and he only counto one.
He will learn to appreciate the privilege ne
has heretofore enjoyed and has forever lost,
due 80 lack of appreciation and craving de-
sire for national supremacy, desire that ne
will never attain. And the very fact that ne
must know his inability to succeed and allow
this awful struggle to continue only emDltters
the world against him and submits MIN 10
reproach when sympathy might be given, but
as it stands today when he meets his water
loo he has the world against hin-then ne
will appreciate things as they Ewere then and
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