El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-22

lful conclusion and is bringing them
] back to you finer men than they were
when they left I introduce TO you
I the secretary Of war, Newton D.
Had TO Meet Test.
] Secretary Baker spoke as follows.
THE test we had TO meet when we
entered the war was whether We had
been enfeebled by peace. We had to
create an army reconstruct commerce.
land start new inventions to meet the
armament Of Germany We realized
I that modern war is different from an
cieut war-that the whole nation was
involved, that the old method Of Sc
Letting couple hundred thousand sol
diers and the rest OF us going about
our usual business would not do, but
that this war would engage the ener-
gies of the entire nation
The force that made us a great
progressive nation at peace was the
force that made US great irresistible
nation at war Il was not q simple
task Congress appropriated more
money during the 20 months Of this
war for the war department to spend
than IL had previously appropriated in
the entire history Of the country for
cry kind
"On the 18th Of November when the
armlstice was signed. Gen. John j.
PershinE stood at the head OF an army
Of 100000 men, with more American
soldiers on French soil than Great
Britain had there; and If the war had
gone on for another four or five
months, the American army would
have exceeded the army Of France The I
construction work which was under
taken in France by the American army /
would iii the country with amaze I
menL
The French army was using prac- I
tically all the facilities at their com
mand- The railroads, warehouses and 4
docks were in use We had TO dredge /
rivers. build railroads, warehouses and /
WharVes- For instance, at one place I
we built warehouses covering 600 ]
acres Of land: and the aggregate OF I
warehouses built by the army Of the I
United states in the 20 months was so {
great that if they were placed end 10 I
end they would make a line so feet
wide and ESQ miles long.
we laid hundreds Of miles OF rail-
road. and built something like 1000
miles Of telephone and telegraph wire. I
We had our own telephone and tele-
graph line from France TO England
When I was in London and wanted TO Z
talk with Cen Pershing. I talked over
American lines from London 10 the
headquarters at the front We had TO
build great hospitals. They were
equipped for something over 200. 600
men, and were attended by American
doctors and American nurses.
Modern War Costly.
Il want TO call your attention TO
the cOstliness Of modern war The war
college told me that the nearest esti-
nate that they could make was 197
thousand millions (S197.000. 900. 00O)- I 4
nave tried to find a comparison IN
1912 a census was made OF the worth
II the United States. the value Of all +
he land from California TO New York
md from Canada 70 Mexico. with all
IF the improvements, and the miner q
is. All the property Of every sort in S
he United States added together to
zee what IL was worth, and II every z
.ody had sold their holdings for what
6 was worth. you could have bought
he aggregate for Isl thousand million I
.olars. or Il thousand million dollars 7
ess than the nations spent in money d
Expenditures on this war. Ic
what does this mean II means
hat all Of that wealth has vanished
e means that there will not be a
ably born in the world for the next c
90 years that win not have TO look e
onward to the fact that a substantial a
art OF its labor viii have TO 90 TO IL
'ay some part OF the debt Of this war. g {
100000 Men Killed. lc
That IS not all. 7 asked the warlt