Bisbee daily review., 1918-01-29

ing will be given mechanical oppOr-
tunities in the army. The round
man is not sought to be put into the
square place The Y NJ c. A.. the
Knights OF Columbus. the Yourg Won
ems Christian association. the train
ing camp activities committee. the
training camp athletic committee, and
the Red ross, have all benn brought
in 20 live with the soldiers. and by
virtue OF activities started in the war
department the communities which
surround these camps have been in
stantly gotten away from the notion
which used 10 prevail of a certain
alienation between a civilian and sol
der group. and these soldier boys in
these camps have been adopted into
the homes and hearts OF the people
among whom they live. No such re-
latiOn has ever existed between an
army and civilian population as ex-
lists with regard to this.
And then. with your aid. the army
has been able 10 practically stamp
out intemperance and vice among the
soldiers. by the establishment OF
zones. by the establishment OF patrol
systems of one kind and another. by
the training of these young Officers
in these training camps. young men
OF experience and fine feeling and
ali that, We have gotten into this great
army the idea that it can be strong
and effective military army and stin
be free from things which have hither-
to weakened and Slapped the vitality
and virility OF armies.
Question Of Discipline.
Il have gone from camp to camp
among these environments. and my
first question almost Invariably is to
the camp commander. What about
your disciplinary problem
odd men in the army men whose
lives have been spent in il from their
ooyhoOd, and who have been all over
the continental United States and
through its insular possessions
wherever our armies have been. who
know the life of the soldier and the
camp and the service all say with one
accord. and no exception. that they
have never seen anything like this.
that the disciplinary problems of the
army are reduced TO a neglible guam
/ tity and instead of the melancholy and
/ pathetic parade through the secretary
OF wars courtmartial after courtmar-
tial, OF men who have fallen down and
yielded to temptation under these IN
usual circumstances. which used TO
Tobtasn. j have an infreQuent case now
OF eOurtmartial, by reason Of such
weaknesses
/ Here at the request of the chairman,
Mr.. Baker put into the record state
ment showing the number Of hospi,-
ais army and Red Cross, established
in France. with the number OF the per
sOnnel OF each.
The secretary then resumed his
testimony.
When Lord Northcliffe returned to
/ England. he was invited. as recall
II, by Lloyd-GeOrge. TO accept a posi-
ton in his cabinet. He wrote a let
ter which was printed in the papers.
and in that he made this casual ref
erence 10 the United States. He
spoke of our war preparations in this
I fashion:
Northeliffe Quoted.
War preparations proceedings in
the virile atmosphere OF the United
States and aCnada with fervor and
enthusiasm little understood on this
side of the Atlantic
He was then in England. hap
pen to have copy OF n confidential
instruction issued by the German gov
eminent in June. 1917. to the German
press as to what course they should
take in dealing with American mat
tiers and they say;
While the news about American
war preparations, suhc as the organic
ing and outfittins of an army of one
million men strong. 10 reinforce the
Z French-English front is looked upon
in that form as bluff the spreading OF
which may unfavorably affect the
opinion OF the German people. yet the
fact must not be overlooked on the
other hand that the United States
with the support OF its capacity for
material and industrial MANAGEMENT
is arming itself for war with great en-
ergy and tenacity
Your committee will have fun op-
portunity. and viii doubtless go into
those things. II YOU win deal with
the hospital situation. the medical
corps. the signal corps. you will hear
the wonderful work done by the en-
gineering department Of the army.
When il is all told. Mr.. chairman.
il will be story which l am sure
your committee viii be glad to report
70 the senate OF the United States as
being a tremendous response to a
tremendous responsibility. and when
you have made this Investigation
know that the American people will
feel. as I think they have a right 10
feel that we are in this war to win
il. that we are in il to hit and to hit
hard. that we are in il to coordinate
our strength with that OF our aSsO-
ciates. that the problem is not one OF
individual star playing. but Of team
play. with these veterans and ex-
perienced persons under actual battle
conditions; that more has been done.
perhaps. than the country expected.
more than the wiseSt in the country
thought was possible to do.
No Division Of ounsel.
I Insofar as | am personally concern
ed. | know what is ahead of us.
know what the American feeling about
this war is. Everybody is impatient
to do as much as we can. There will