The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-06-12
AMERICAN RESULTS
GREATEST PART OF WAR
London Paper Says Accomplishments
OF American Troops VIII Shine III
History.

London. June 1.-THE Times pub
fishes from a special correspondent
an article describing what the Amer
lean forces have accomplished IN
France during their first eleven mon
tbs of participation in the war. Inc
results of the American efforts, he
thinks, will rank in history as one OF
the greatest achievements OF the
war. In part he writes:
What the American forces IN
France have accomplished thus fai
is almost incredible. For instance,
out of the waste lands adjacent to
an old French port they have con-
structed splendid line CT modern
docks, where every day new ships are
pouring forth their cargoes of men
and war materials, cars and machln-
cry. This dock system is finished. 1t
supplements the old French dock
system in a town where still more
ships are constantly discharging
American cargoes. A huge new
warehouse system at this point also
+ is nearing completion. Even now 1t
is able to take care of the great flood
of supplies which are constantly
pouring in.
In an old part of this same coast
. town the Americans installed motor
/ operation and cold storage plants, "a
motor reception park, and quarters
for storing supplies for the ordnance
and aviation forces. These are more
or less temporary quarters and Will
be merged in the near future in
general scheme which is now being
completed in the outskirts of the
town.
In addition to new docks, there
are warehouses and extensive rail-
way yards. These latter have
trackage of nearly 200 miles. Work
is well advanced on new car as
sembly shop, where already, when L
saw it in its incompleted state, TWEEN
ty-odd freight cars day OF three
different designs were being turned
out and put into Immediate service.
/ Another assembly plant has been
/ constructed at different point to
i handle all-steel cars, which are trans
ported here from America in sec
/ lions in order to economic shipping
space. At this plant these steel cars
are now being assembled at the rate
of a complete train day, and plans
are rapidly eliminating for large
! extension of the work.
| Here, too, a large camp has been
built for negro stevedores, also re-
mount camp and two big rest camps,
each providing for many thousands
| of American soldiers, who march
/ thence from boats, to be sifted and
rearranged for dispatch to various
! training camps further inland.
Not far from here work on a new
10000 bed hospital is forging ahead,
and thirty days from now it will viz
tually be completed. This is the lar
gest hospital centre yet constructed.
1t is composed entirely of small one
story, light, airy, and attractive struc
lures divided into small squares laid
out on great open stretch of sand,
surrounded by pine trees. and al
together it promises to be an ideal
institution of it's kind.
In this same section is an i'm
mense new artillery camp, all ready
for the several brigades of artillery
which were expected when l was
there; and, like the hospital enter
prise. it is in strong hands and
promises we'll. 1t includes large
remount camp in which were several
thousand horses at the time of my
visit. Work in this section, which
is typical of that at all 1 visited. is
being vigorously and intelligently di-
rected. Strong executives are in
charge, and the spirit of the workers
is excellent throughout.
Everywhere Americans are rea-
lizing that they have caught up with
themselves and now that they can
visualize the completion of what a
few months ago looked so much like
an impossible undertaking, they are
buoyed up, happy, and inspired by
their success. They have conquered
obstacles and overcome conditions
which only great ability and indomi-
table spirit could possibly sur
mount