, 1918-04-11
STATES At
j WAR ONE YEAR
smansion Of Armed Forces Out
standing Feature Of Period.
,52s,924 MEN IN THE ARMY
.y,,,,I Review Of Twelve Months'
Activities Shows What Various
n.partments Of Government
Have Done.

five
s,r one wear. At the opening of the
,scond year the government commit
80 m public information has issued a
Glow of the first twelve months Of
.o,,u,ties. showing what has been
dono nv various branches Of the gov
srnment to place the United States in
nosition TO play an effective part In
The ultimate defeat Of Germany and
hs, allies. the committee on public
Incarnation says that all statements
contained in the following summary Of
tho review are authorised by the war
dsosrtment, navy department, United
states shipping board and treasury
department.
The outstanding feature of the first
wear of war, 1t Is pointed out
N the review, has been the transfer
nation of the standing army and Ma
toual Guard, composed Of 1924 OFF,
eers and 2O2,510 men into a fighting
force that now aggregates 123,s01 Of
tcers and 1,52S,924 enlisted men.
A statement Of the adjutant general
shows that the regular army which in
April, 1917, comprised b.791 officers
and 121, 797 men, now 10 made up Of
1Oe9s officers and 5O3,142 e The
National Guard in April, 1917, includ-
ed 3,7sS officers and 76.713 men, while
now 1t comprises 1888 officers and
43ly5s9 men. The eserv corps in
service one year ago included 1000
men, Now it includes 96,210 officers
and 1890 men. The National army.
which did not exist one year ago, nov
Includes 516,S39 men.
A substantial vanguard military
.1pediency prohibiting publication Of
actual numbers) Of this army is meet
ing the enemy in France today OF Is en-
camped there awaiting the call to the
trenches; in IS cantonments and is
camps and on numerous aviation fields
and in a variety Of other schools in
all parts Of the United States the men
Of the remaining army are hardening
and training for their part in the great
contest overseas.
Behind the activities of this vast
force lies a great industry organized
" plOuuNC uh duCQuutC SuPRAy u hlu-
nitions. equipment, and provisions,
and to provide transportation to the
firing line, almost every branch of
essential industry of the country hav-
ing been drawn upon to produce these
material requirements.
Expeditionary Forces.
Military necessity particularly for
bids a detailed review of the activities
of the American expeditioDary forces.
General Pershing and his star ar
rived in Paris on June IA. 1917, SO
days after the declaration of war. The
first American troops arrived in
France on June 20. On July 4, in eel
ebration of our natal day and a new
hight for liberty, American troops pa
raded the streets of Paris and were
greeted as the fOrerunners of great
American armies and vast quantities
OF supplies and ammunitions.
On October 10, 1917, 1877 days after
Inc war was declared, American SOL
oiers went on the firing line. In Jan
uary American soldiers took over per-
manently a part of the line as an
American sector, and this line Is grad
ually l%engthening.
Behind the fighting line in France
me American forces have scientifically
prepared a groundwork of camps, COM
muhlcations, supply bases, and works
III anticipation of operations by the
IHl force of the army. They are
Oullding and ha re built railroads, hos
p'tais' ordnance bases, and docks in
rance They have constructed i'm
mense barracks, erected sawmills, re-
'aihed agricul ursl lands, and car
r'ed forward many incidental enter
prises.
Inc construction Of an ordnance
DSse IN France, costing $25, 100000, is
'"" well under way. Great quantities
" material used in the foreign con-
uVtoh work have been shipped from
ne united States-from fabricated
"orh Tor an ordnance shop to nails
Iuo crossties for railroads, and even
"e piles to build docks.
All the while there has been a fairly
wen now of men and materials from
united States to France. The men
'e trenches, back of the lines, on
construction projects, and In the
%apI.als have been steadily supplied.
- 'osSes ut sea, in men and mate
rS" ' nave been g~ratifyingly small.
greatest single loss occurred on
repruary D, when the British ship
nv oVahin was torpedoed and sunk.
ae bodies Of IA soldiers, en- route to
ance have been found and So others
w sui missing on March 10.
secure an adequate number of
pe'eht officers to lead the new
Tan various plans were devised.
nv classes at West Point were grad
pg1 IN advance of the usual gradu-
ws.s yates and special examinations
trv heio In various parts of the coun-
|Tb' appointments from civil life.
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