Bisbee daily review., 1918-05-14
AMERICANS MAY
 .BE WELDED INTO SEPARATE ARMY
Ottawa Report Declares Sam mics May Be Kept in Re Reserve Until Completely Trained for Warfare.
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 WASHINGTON. May 13.-American officers were inclined tonight to char acteriZe reports from London. via o. tawa. tha. American troops would not be used until a complete powerful American army had been developed m France. as an echo of the political c,.n- troversy pTecipitated in England by the incident of General Maurice.
 They could see no other explana- tiOn. since the statement attributed 70 the war committee" of the British war cabinet was promptly repudiated by Lord Reading. British ambassador here, and later declared by Secretary Baker in a fOrmel statement tO be en absolute variance with the facts as known here.
 Lord Readings statement said he was confident no such announcement had been issued with the knowledge of Premier Lloyd George. adding thar the views of the British government. which nc was transmitting. were cx- actly opposite. Secretary Baker sad American troops were being used ir battle ana would be continued to be used as the supreme cOmmGTdef. Gen eral FOch. deemed best. InCuiry at the various bureaus of the war deDart- ment showed that the expedited move ment of men to France Is proceeding as planned after announcement; that American units would be brigaded with French and British divisions for immediate operations as we'll as for training.
 Await British Report
 In view of these developments it was felt that an explanation must come from the British capital
 Since the decision to scatter Amer ican battaliOns or regiments in allieS forces w0s made only because O. the cry for Menpower from both the Brir- ish and French governments when tte German onslaught was batteTirg inc lines in Flanders and Picardy. off cials here were icnlined to find lha tone of the announcement now attri- buted to the war cabinet distasteful
 The whole American program in France has been subject to revision by reason of that decision. the effect Of which was to set aside national pride and the ambitions of American off cers of bgh rank in order to provide aid. Such sacrifices are not to be viewed lightly, it is held. or to be accepted or rejected as the whim of in London or elsewhere. There ire some other questions agitat- ing officials here which the Ottawa report served to bring to light For one thing. American army officers for the most part are convinced that the American army will never reach it's highest efficiency under either the French or British army systems. The relations between the officers and men in each army are things peculiar 10 each army Tehy cannot be trans posed from one to the other.
 New Plan Needed
 In the opinion of many officers here. the time is fast approaching when American officers from the other side should be relied upon for the training of the American army. rather than of trench warfare from the French and British services. Men who are most inistsent on this point of view believe trench warfare has pro iNNNu AptAihb NhiNh JuSeiAiNN thc o'o-- 1onment of all other theories of mill tary operations for high specialization r trench actions
 If America Is to contribute largeiy to the ultimate defeat of the eGrman army. they hold she must contaribute more than manpOweT; she must contribute to the working out of ! new theory of operations which will bring victory as trench warfare has not done For that reason they feel t wuld be a mistake to lose the dash and initiative of the American army in lver-trdining for trench action.
 CLAIM REPORT ERROR
 LONDON. May 13.-The Associated