The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-29
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nave been so far dtscar led that people
have forgotten tho names OF them al
most and new things substituted IN
their places and these forgotten ana
new things in their places.
$50 that il one gets the idea that this
Is the kind Of war we used to have. or
if he gets the idea that this is static
thing it is an entirely erroneous idea,
and when YOU remember that We had IN
divide this little handful OF officers that
We had and send SO large 4 part OF them
to France and think OF those who re-
NAMED ~ home. you viii realize. / am
sure. that those who remained here haa
the double duty. insufficient for either
aspect of II. in numbcrS--and they sun
have this double duty--they had TO go
forward with manufactures. WORK ndt
industry and industrial relations: they
had to see about supplies OF raw ma
,erials and manufacture finished pro-
ducts and make from day to day alt"ra-
tlons and changes that had to u" made
and they had to he ingenious with suE-
ccStinus, 10 sec whether they could de-
wise on this side something which had
not been thought Of over there
Building the Machine.
They had TO be hcSpitablc To sugEcs-
lions which came from the other Slde'
they had TO confer with The foreign
officers who were here and we're con-
'stantly beng changed. 40 that men ifcSh
from thc front could be hero t" adVlsc
with us and in addition TO that every
ORC Of them had to be university pro.
feSsnr going out into the Iii" "t III"
community and selecting men VIII" had
mechanical experience and kn"wi"hS"
training, but not military mechanical OK
pericnco and knowledge and training
and adding TO his original equipment
the scientific training. that nnlsHtn%
touch which made him avnilan!e I"T US"
as a military scientist.
as n consequence this little group
which stayed hero have built The great
sucri;,I departments Of tho army. Th"
ordnance department. starting. think.
with % or sc officers, has now. AS | re-
call the figures. something Tx" ",""p
officers They have had to hn trained;
they have had "a TO specialized am
that has had to go on contemporaries
ousIv with this tremendous Te&ponS" L"
the changing conditions On the other
side.
At the Outset.
"I1 rho meantime, when We started
tnto This war ! think II was commonly
thought throughout the country max
our contribution at the outset might
we'll he financial ind industrial. IN"
Industries Of This country were largely
devoted at that time. The appropriate
industries. and many converted INDUS
tries, were largely devoted to tho niin-
uracture Of war. materials for our al
lies.
as suggested this morning. whom
ay-n fnIl
largely occupied, 50 that our problem
was not going tn a shoe factory ana say
ing, 'makr shoes for us but 1t WAS go
Iuc tn :, factory which never made shoes.
because all tho shoe factories we're busy
making shoes for people from whom ~
could not tukn lh"m and saying, learn
how t. make shoes in order that y"a
may make them for us.
"Nov, Of course. hat is not true II
shoes, but ii IL true ct machine guns.
Il Is true of other arms. 1t is tr'i" -:
ammunition, II il true of forging ga
nacitv. which waS the greatest defect
i'm the country, and all Ut This tinlr We
had not merely tn disturb the program
Of allied manufacture in this country
hui We had not to disturb tn" industry
If this country, tn such an extent that
PRODUCTS upon which they depended l"r
th,, Success nT tnClr military tI'Tl tl''l!'
would ha interfcrrh with. hnth nSrirui'
iural and commercial and industrial pro-
ducts.
Quotes Magazine.
al tho outsLt the flea waNi that ""
yvnull lie u financial and indl% rial h$-
sis,auc" to our allies during ia" yc"r
1olN, aud | think | probably can r"ri
from th" Metropolitan rnGn2'r" f"r
Angus, II suggestion which VIII show
what tn. current cXp"CtH'tmr Of -"
cnunirv WIS. The editor If ;h" M"l-
ropfliiau magazine WAS protesting;
against what hr hnli"v"d - l." ~" IN
,.ui ion of the government n that tim.
Here Senator Weeks INTERRUPTED -"
osl; y that WAS th" uuga2in" al "h,"n
Theodore lsnoS"v"l, is :.%-"c!at" editor.
Secretary iiak"r replied thai Mr.. E""Sr-
velt was :: contributing "dii"r, AMI r'"il
timed:
"rhis nagrzin" raIn'. "nt IA August.
1917, and this editorial sa!~:
"'Sirrr il is "Ir war. "" want /" pa:
everything int" II - ~ !" ''mish - IL
the shortest I"@>!hl tIrn". :" ha' IN
world may "a. r"%rur, Il, i" oar mInI
m. who'll. plan 81 ia" wrr departments
has been ilav""'.d With - desire :" h"ii
off u:Iil thu aili-$ liuIsh IA" Va" Tor US
"Yuu see. ia" ,,lIt"r w. ti'.Hllu.; wlh
wha: h. SrppuS'd - be- III" Intention ri
tn war department at that tili", thu;