The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-29

,,r Thai problem and this is what ines
showed. They showed that the ran,
ruods and the facilities OF France hau
1ur,rr this war been kept IN AN eACcl-
Icnt condition, far better than othci
cunoosed possible under war conditions.
And vet that those railways were uScu
"a the maximum TO take care OIL mi
r,cds nf the French and the SrltlSn
and that when our army
hcca,ne q great army. it would be neceS-
.u,v for lis to build back or our own
live and independent line OF comm"ti-
cation.
Tho Work in France.
ON other words. France WAS O. Whtlc
sheet Of paper 50 FAR us VIC WEI ~,
earned. and on that We hhd Hol "iit'
~, ,,r;tc an army but we had to write
tho means Of maintaining that. arm!
,,d from the first time when Cafeiui
u,d scientific study Of the "prortuni-
,fcs of France Ii help us were Hiauc'
ivan, TIM, hour until this We have oecn
huildiug in France facilities ihSti
ocnts. agencies. just as many NJ W. u'e
bare I'm the United States itnd Ii'"i
MANY Of them If the same ch'i'" ~ W
Ior instance. the French had llalu''li'!
reserved thr hest ports IN francc ~"
their own supply. the chLl'l'+, 70
t,n,.,. ,,.cn reserved for the British.
W., ,r, ,,,u,. IN il was necessary fof
us IN havc independent ports OF entry
:, order that there might not be conlu-
.;,n and adinixturc Of our Supplies go
ing through these ports Of d!seninarh'.-
,lnn ,rith those Of other natloHS. We
w,r. given several ports. AS you per
hans recall, the ports Of Franco are u,
la morris. ports with deep water ana
tidal basins nj high tides WIN lhSuHi
,;.,t wafer for landing ut the oocAS
when the tide is out.
",u a consequence the construction
,r docks and wharves in ports or mat
Find is very much more difficult lh''i,
cher. yUu have Il deep sea harDor anu
ou van need 70 do is to erect piic
wharf We have had Ia build dochS'
~, have had 10 fabricate IN TINS couh-
,ry and send over do"k-haEdllnG NM
,.iin.ry. W.. have had to send from ms
country even the piles [" oui'u tlS
dnrtS ". hny. had TO have gauntrF
.cr,ucs manufactured in this country
and sent over 10 be erected on tnoss
dnrks. VIC have had to erect over e"c''
warehouses ut the ports III dlSc'np"'A"
tim I'm order that these vast accutnu'h
tons OF stores and supplies WHICH 20
aver can be properly housed ana cai Gu
for until they can DC a'sl'i"o'-N
Che interior.
We have mad 10 take ever. ana arc
in proce :. nj rebuilding IN ampiilS ING
:, railroad six hundred miles long IN or
Ter 10 carry our products from out ports
g: Decentralization tn our Eci"r2i '"H""
.nf nurr.itiun And all OF :hat. Eenlle'hen'
ha; ,u h. done. not Only :tuh'eF out rs
h,,t
= necessary thing /" do nut WIG" ~
studied ont and reported here the inaii'
ufsrturirs for these things nave 10 We
carried on in this country, anu Lie
Kings shipped over there. nails cioS9
Ties. fish plates. engines. cars. 'nhiiu'nsS'
W. have had - Duili ordinance aePola
..,J r,.nair s,lnnS End great magazines OF
supply in Ill" In'"ri"-''
Great Task Put Through
All that problem has been CARRYING
forward step ~ stop. Tho plans TOT
singh. artnanr- repair .Inr. WHICH
rIy. SOM" t'mr AGO. covered ArFeE III"
nrr.s vi ground. ,i:StSn"l cE"T mere. inc
iron rahrI, at..i rN'r H"r'. ilSiSScin "l@u'
put in ships aud carried rur"a" ~ "e
uSstinhler over there.
We mas" had 1" huiii barracks "'er
,h,.r. for u,ir soldiers, and III tee mean
tire IT, billet III. lna"uEd ~ t:t frrnc"
villages: Eu!!diu:; barracks over there
and huIlIiHe th"m here - i very ''H
en-; thing. gentlemen.
when ". summoned III" lumber m
,I;;stry II ,h:% country !" prud"'c the
lumber L. build our OWN "an:"n'l;%nis
!, ,au,. in a great AMI stead? stream
from all oyer III" country. lu: w',cm W"
ak about building E.trra"k* II. Franco.
i, means tniS: IL means 10 organize, a.
v.c nnv, organized. regiments If :"r"S;~
rs and sending them over in;" tn" for
rsIS Of France whh'h trey BAY" aSStG"''!
to N for our use. Sr!it:H;; down Inc
tees. setting up s:twiniiiS making The
h.n,hir Of yarInuS SZZ =. transporting
to thr ;rla.,rs viii, r. il - /" H. Used, ana
,hcn finally using II.
Pays Tribu:e.
we nave hnd I" !" -" rt'niin" "t
H.. corn in France in nor that we
nigh, S4imr t::'!v max" = ""rN"S!. tur
preparations began in III" forests "I
Prince. no: IN IN, iurnh"r yards rs they
aid in tili> r"un:ry.
That great staff Under General
p.rshing'S direction. containing :"
many men from III" American army.
enriched NY captains "i Industry ana
Of technical p"ri"rinauc" ~
this country. I'll nf these large inhus-
tria! operations und,r general direction
such AS tn" railroad and dock buiidIhSS'
under q former vice president ami no"
u vicr president perhaps "t the Frhn-
Sylvaria railroad, .itt"Ibury. and men
oil thu: quality and experience sum-
lnuncd into aid by. hiii--thosn At" Tn"
r;cu who arr carrying forward tho
operations which are. quito "NrctSlv" ms
These which have carried on over here.
and u:' Ter greater difficulty. because
II means getting material ~ 10 Slzca
and specifications. having II fabricated
hero and sent across through those IN
trstrd three thousand miles of ocean
and then set up on that side.
As to CS,ssta
I'm addition - hat, on thr other
side 4 hns hc"n necessary for MS to
build hospitals and IL Is where thu
major need for hospitals may be. L.
hns been necessary for tho surgeon gen
erals staff to be divided in this fashion
and to select supplies and procure ma
t"riaia. and IN send oyer Staffs NJ
trained persons to supervise the con-
s lruciion Of these hospitals and u man
them and equip them. All Of that has
gUn, Oh conirmpnraneously with ;hn
work which has been done in this coGn-
try, and then, IN order mat another
element may be added to this knleido-
scopc' character which TINS war nece:s-
sarily has. l call your attention IN :.
thing which you already know. This
war had more or less set character
until the Russian situation changed.
and 1t has changed. in the last few
when We had gotten more OF
less used 70 tho situation created by
the uncertainty as to Russia. there
came the great italian defeat which
called for even greater changes in our
plans, in man" ways.
so that what might have been a
perfectly acceptable plan as TO major
prior ~ the change In the
Russian situation. or prior /" the