The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-17


competent body of allied troops. 1t Is
announced that two regiments now IN
the Philippines will form part OF tne
American contingent, and that 1t VIII
be commanded by Maj. Gen. william
S. Graves until recently assistant chief
of staff of the army. Later 1t VIII
be determined whether he will com
mand the entire expedition. At Vladl-
vostok the Americans will be Joined by
an equal number of japanese and prob
ably they will first drive from the
Amur branch of the trans-Siberian
railway the bolsheviki and the Teuton
war prisoners who were armed to ala
them.
Conditions In northern Russia are
very encouraging. The allies have
been driving the bolsheviki south from
Archangel, and a new government has
been established In that city embracing
half a dozen districts. Volunteer de-
tachments of White guards are as
sisting the allies. NJ. l. Terestchenke.
minister of foreign affairs in Keren-
sky's cabinet, has been assassinated In
POltava.
The submarine pirates continued
their depredations in the western At
lantlc, torpedoing a number OF mer-
chant ships and fishing boats and sink
ing the Diamond Shoals llghtship off
Cape Hatteras. This aforementioned
exploit may be part of a set plan OF
destroying important navigation Sig
nails in order to hamper shipping. The
doings of the U-boats, however, no
longer cause the allies extreme anN-
iety, for 1t is evident they are on the
decline. Addressing the house OF
commons, Premier Lloyd George said
$50 submarines had been sunk by the
British navy, and the British admir-
atty announces the output of merchant
ships by the allies and neutral nations
for the three months ending June 30
exceeded the losses from all causes by
296696 gross tons. The American
yards are now turning out vessels with
extraordinary rapidity. The launch
ing of the first one from the great gov
ernment yard at Hog island was at
tended by President and Mrs. Wilson.
Our war departments army program
was partly revealed to the senate COM
mittee on military affairs by General
March, chief of staff, when he ap-
peared before 1t to urge all possible
haste In passing the bill extending the
draft age limits to eighteen and forty
five years. Concisely stated. the pro-
gram is as follows:
Ninety-eIght divisions - 3,920.00O
men-to make up troops obtained un-
der existing law.
Eighty divisions-3,2 200 900 men-to
be sent to France.
Eighteen div iyisions-720,OOO men-to
be held in reserve in the United States
while additional recruits are being
trained.
An army when completed of 5,000,-
900 men. minimum strength
Troop movement to France at the
rate of $50 600 men month until cold
weather sets in, meaning over 100000
more men abroad before the first of the
year.
An expeditionary force of almost p
100000 men in France by January 1.
General March told the committee
| the United States can end the war by
getting 100000 trained troops, fully
equipped, into France, and he intimat-
| ed that Marshal Foch is only await
! ing the arrival of the Americans in
full strength to hurl the entire united
military strength of the allies at the
Huns on the western front. This tre-
mendous blow, he intimated, was due
to fall next spring. The chief of staff
said he did not believe 1t would be
necessary to send the eighteen-year-o old
class to the firing line, but that the
| government wants these young men
trained and in readiness. He said it
would be satisfactory If the bill were
| passed Immediately after congress re-
sumes the transaction of business on
August %.
The federal trade commission has
recommended that the government
| take control of all the principal stock
| yards. cold-storage plants and ware
houses and of refrigerator and cattle
cars, in order to destroy the monopoly
which it declares is exercised by Swift
& Co., Armour & Co., Morris & Co., VIII
son & Co.. Inc, and the Cudahy Pack
Ing company. The commission ac-
cuses these concerns of Illegally and