The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-05-02
ALL U.S.. MEN NOW
TRAINING TO GO TO
FRANCE BY FALL
Still More Troops Are to Be Rush.
ed Across to Stop
the Huns.
AMERICAN UNITS FILL GAPS
Appeals Of British and French Au-
thoritIes for Increased Manpower
viii Be Answered by United
Ststes-New Antisub Plans.

Washington, April 29.-Sdll more
troops are TO be rushed to France.
The appeals Of the British and French
authorities for Increased manpower
VIII be answered by the United States,
II was learned here.
Official statements by the French
mission here and by Gen. Delma Rad
cliffe, chief director of military oper-
ations in Great Britain, that the re-
suit Of the war hinges on the ques-
ton of who will hold the last re-
serves, has deeply impressed Wash
ington. The result will be that every
possible means will be used to get
more Americans on the other side.
Every man in training camp in
the United States today will go over
seas this summer. Their places will
be taken by the new draft units Sc
lected from Glass A.
U. S. Units to Fill Gaps.
BY autumn the American manpower
will be sufficient TO maintain the allied
strength at the maximum desired. And
In the meanwhile American units will
fill the gaps which the Germans have
made in the lines.
To accomplish this the shipping
board will comb the seven seas for
ships. At least an additional million
tons Is coming from the Pacific. and
from the unused trade routes. Some
30 large steamers have been declared
fit for overseas transport service and
are to be placed In the Atlantic trade
Lake steamers that are not speedy
enough for such service. but are good
cargo-carriers. will displace better
vessels In the South American and the
coastal trade, and the latter will be
used in the troop and supply move
ment
Further drastic cuts In traffic in
nonessentials will be made to save
shipping space. Within month there
will be no nonessentials cluttering up
ship holds. Instead there will be
war supplies of every character.
New Antisub Plans.
And in connection with this move
ment there Is To he very real de-
velopment in the antisubmarine work
Certain new plans which are being
worked will make impossible the OPP
GRAFTON of smaller type of underwa-
ter craft with which the Germans
have been getting many slow cargo
carriers In the coastal waters ada
cent to France and the British isles.
These plans are now being worked
out by Vice Admiral Sims and by the
British and French admiralties. While
| they will not end the submarine men
ace, they will force Germany To util-
lie only her larger craft. which must
operate well out from the coasts and
which are thus somewhat easily han
died by the international fleet of de-
stroyers.
The present German operations on
the western front viii develop con
tinually. Positive proof that the Ger
man general staff has determined to
force the fighting all summer to gain
a decision In its favor is in the pos
session of the supreme allied war coun-
ell at Versailles.
Not Wasting Men.
Germany has the ascendancy I'm
manpower on the west at present. as
the result OF the release Of all Of her
forces on the eastern line and the
amalgamation of Austrian divisions for
the fighting In the west.
But this Is fully realized by the
oil h. ha
allied commander In chief, and II Is be-
cause OF this knowledge that no men
are being wasted In any sustained
counter-offensive.
Foch will be as saving of his men
as is possible. and will force the Ger
mans to continue on the offensive,
military experts here say, In order
that the Germans loss shall be made
as high as possible. Then. following
the summer OF fighting. he will have
regained manpower supremacy, with
all that II implies, and can adopt new
tactics which will make for winning
complete victory.
Want Daily News.
Officials here are anxi0usly waiting
some word of the operations OF the
American troops. who are now en-
gagged on the western front. II is
known that a picked division Of regu-
lars has been In action for two or
three days. but up 10 the present
time no information has been allowed
TO come out as 10 what they are do
ing or the nature and extent OF their
losses.
The demand that General Pershing
issue an American communique has
been renewed In congress and through
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