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military high command, since it in
volved like action on their part.
2. Realizing the hopefulness of
inducing any voluntary cession Of
army or national sovereignty to
central command of the rear of the
armies, l then, as representing Gen.
organization of a board, consisting
of one officer from each of the allied
armies in France. which could not act
without unanimous agreement, thus
Preserving the ultimate sovereignty
f. each aFnry, but which, when in
unanimous agreement, could issue or
ders binding upon supply activities
OF all the allied armies in France.
3. This board was in effect a mill
tary league Of nations operating in
the advance zone of the rear Of the
allied armies. AS in the case of the
league OF nations, it could do nothing
vital without unanimous consent, and
as with the league Of nations, the bit
ter opponents of its creation predicted
that 1t would not be effective or use
full
Pool Like League a Success.
4. During the military operations of
the months of July, August, Septem-
Der. October and November, 1918, this
board was in existence. When / state
that the orders which it issued pool-
ing French and American ammunition
gave the American Army. when most
OF its own ammunition owing to lack
OF shipping was unavailable, free ac-
cess to French ammunition dumps at
the front and enabled our Army to
fire over 100000 rounds of French
IS. amounting in weight to over 1885,
100000 pounds. Of which ammunition
1.15s.s4o rounds were fired September
"a. October 4, 3 and IA and November
1, our five heaviest days, and in addi-
ton that we received from the French
more than 100000 rounds of 1855. I
need not further emphasize by illus
tsation it's manifold and useful work
under the unanimous consent provi-
sion. This was but one of numerous
accomplishments.
S. What happened in creating this
board is exactly what is happening in
the effort to create the league of ma
lions.
(a) The proposition for the ces-
sion of the Independent sovereign
ties of the armies and the govern
ments. fortified though it was by
tremendous military necessity, was
rejected as has been the case with
the league of nations.
CD But because of the necessity
for finding some remedy for the
deplorable lack of coordination of
interarmy action on the rear
without interfering from first to
last with the Independent soyer-
eign power of each army over it's
rear, the board was established to
control thea which. like y the
league of nations. could do nothS.
ing effective without unanimous
consent
League to Safeguard Peace.
Thus the efforts made to more eff
fectually safeguard the future peace
Of the world, by having a cession of
the independent sovereign power of
each nation made to the council of
the league Of nations, failed in the
peace conference. But realizing their
duty to humanity in the general cause
Of peace. the members lof the peace
conference. having protected the indie
pendent sovereign rights of the ma
tions by the unanimous consent clause.
proposed a plan in the league of ma
tions by which as in our military
board of allied supply opportunities
for common information and common
consideration would enable separate
sovefeigntiesf to work together of
their own free will in a practical and
continuous way for the betterment
Of the world. s-
My experience in France enables me
to testify to the. invaluable, and
mutually beneficial coordination of
independent military and civil au-
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