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His Ability and Performance Are
Recognized in Promotion and
New Command

and proceeded to build up bis 49,.
feet. The story of that achiever,s..
Is the story of hard, gruellins vor.
interspersed with thrilling adyentr,..
It includes the seizure Of the oe,r,.s
liners and the triumph Of Yankea 4.
genuity over German iniouity ~,
had damaged the machinery. an ~.
enemy thought, beyond repair. n =
cludes, besides a thousand essen,,.,
details, the sailing of seventies,
groups Of transports and their $40
arrival in European ports without n.
loss of a single soldier at the hands :,
the enemy. Not that that service ~.
without hazard; there were numernn.
attacks made on the transports AZ.
their conveys, especially in 1917 ana
the early months Of 1918, before o.,
man submarine commanders learn,A
by experience that to reveal the nrs,'
ence of a submarine in the vicinity !,
an American troop convoy was !,
court almost certain destruction
German Attacks Failed.
Although not one of these attach,
was successful against outbound coD
voys, three homeward bound tran,
ports and one cruiser were sunk whn.
the U-boat left its mark on two other,
But constant vigilance, a high stat,
OF morale and anti-submarine tactIc,
cleverly conceived and executed con-
fined the losses to these small limit,
SURPRISING even the most sanguine a,
pectations.
A complete narrative of the wort 4,
the cruiser and transport force ala.
would include its development in a,
ganization, administration and genera
efficiency. by which the carrying "a.
pacity of the ships was increased /,
some cases as much as so per cent. Al
the critical period when German
troops were almost at the gates q
Paris and American reinforcement
from being a desirable element IN
strengthening the allied morale had
become a pressing military necessir
All this Is history of which futun
generations will be justly proud. M.
miral Gleaves overcame all obstacle,
with energy and force combined with
tact and consideration, and inspire,
the utmost endeavors from his me,
through affection and loyalty-,h.
true genius OF leadership.
1t is a noteworthy fact also ina,
whereas the American naval force,
operating in European waters wer
perforce under the direction of the
high naval command of the allied
countries, the men of the cruiser and
transport force carried on their work
independently of the chiefs Of foreign
navies. They relied altogether on
American resources, American STRATEGY
and American direction in the accom-.
plishment of their mission and they
carried 1t out with true American dis.
regard of seeming impossibilities.
In 1889 Admiral Gleaves married
Miss Evelina NJ. Heap of Washington
The couple have two daughters, Ii.
elder, formerly Miss Anne GieaTss.
now the wife of Lieut.. r. F. Van
Metre, U. s. N; the younger, Miss
Evelina Porter Gleaves, recently sailed
with her mother for Japan, where they
will reside during the Admiral's two
year tour of duty on the Asiatic STA.
ton.
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Starting With Nothing, He Created
the Vital Division Of y. S.
War Effort

T is not on record that Admiral
Albert Gieaves ever expressed
= publicly his feelings in the force
full manner OF the first American Ad-
miral. But II the cruiser and transport
force or it's commander, the then Vice.
Admiral Gleaves, had adopted a slogan
their war cry might well have been
Farragut's famous oath: Damn the
torpedoes! Full speed ahead" Unless,
indeed, II might be the words OF an
other American officer, the COM
mander Of the first destroyer fiotilla to
cross the Atlantic, who. when he was
asked by the British Admiral to whom
he reported when his ships would be
ready for service. replied: "we are
ready now, sir"
Full speed ahead was their regular
cruising speed, and they were always
ready to tackle problems far more diff
f1cult than the navigation of a well
found ship. even in submarine infested
waters. Starting from exactly nothing
at all, so far as transports wero con-
cerned, Admiral Gleaves was charged
collection of tonnage that was turned
over to him from time to time the
most important single division of
Americas war effort and making Of
hcers and seamen out of landlubbers
many of whom never had seen the
ocean untfl they boarded the trans
ports or destroyers at an Atlantic port
The work he and his men did was eb-
solutely vital-had it not succeeded
American intervention would have
been nullified and in all human proba-
bility the summer of 1913 would have
witnessed a German triumph even
more complete than the allied victory
which actually occurred.
Frustrated German Plans.
That it was not only a success, but
very nearly that rarest of human
achievements, a complete success, all
the world knows and no one better
than the German leaders. who saw
their plans frustrated by the steady
and ever increasing flow of American
reenforcements to the hard pressed
allied armies. From n nucleus of de-
otIOgSES lHe lOTCt u
Gleaves developed into a feet of 149
ships manned by 4,23s officers and
$1,000 enlisted men. III spite Of the
submarine, this fleet prior to the armi-
stice, carried 911,047 fighting men to
Europe and supplied escorts for S09,-
S15 men who took passage in foreign
ships, all without the loss of sim
gle soldier from enemy action. After
the signing of the armistice the feet
expanded still more and has brought
home in ten months approximately
100000 men.
No one could be more generous than
Admiral Gleaves himself in giving the
officers and men under him full credit
for this unparalleled achievement. In a
letter addressed to the personnel of
the transport force on the occasion of
his relief from that command. he said
"In relinquishing command / wish to
thank you for your loyal support and
cooperation. II was these, combined
with native ingenuity and determina-
ton. that made possible your brilliant
performance of the eXacting, arduous
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and hazardous duties of this service.
1t has been great honor to have
served with you in comradeship ana IN
full communion of devotion to great
cause"
Admiral Gleaves's promotion to the
highest rank in the naval service and
his assignment to the command Of the
Asiatic feet is not only a recognition
OF his war work but of his demon
strated ability both as a seaman and as
a diplomat. In these days when peace
treaties are engrossing public atten-
ton Il may be forgotten that the great
est potentiality of future wars lies at
the frontiers of the races where white
and yellow and brown meet with their
complex and conflicting interests. Tho
naval commander charged with up
holding the interests of great Power
in Far Eastern waters must combine
the finesse of a diplomat with proven
ability as a fighting seaman. Therein
lies the reason for the choice of Ad-
miral Gleaves as the American naval
representative in that quarter of the
world.
Through Every Grade.
Graduated from the Naval Academy
in 1877 at the age of 21, Admiral
Gleaves has won his way to the highest
flag rank through every intermediate
grade. Promotion in the navy during
the thirty years following the civil
war was discouragingly slow, depend
ing entirely on seniority, and the
progress of Passed Midshipman Gleaves
was typical Of the day. 1t was nearly
four years before he was commits
stoned an Ensign, six more before he
became a Junior Lieutenant and an
other six years before he wore the
two stripes Of a Lieutenant. In 1900
he became acknowledgements
and on July l, 1905, a Commander
His Captaincy came exactly four years
later and on July 20, 1915, he became
Rear Admiral, then the highest rank
open to officers of the American Navy.
But the long years of preparation in
his case had not been wasted. When
he broke out his flag as a Rear Ad-
miral he was known throughout the
service not only as a strict disciple
marian and a punctilious observer of
AOhhh dilu ctlQuctle, out also rs n STU
dent whose interests were not confined
10 the dry bones of professional sub
1ects. He was an expert in every
thing pertaining to torpedoes and gum
merry. II Is true, but he also was rec
ognized as a ready writer on naval
history and kindred subjects and as
the author of a life of James Law
renee. the hero of the War of 1912,
whose dying words, Don't give up the
ship!" have equal fame with Nelson's
famous signal at Trafalgar
During the winter of 1916, while in
command of the destroyer fiotilla Of
the Atlantic fleet, Admiral Gleaves
recognized that the trend of events
was impelling this country toward par
ticipation in the European war, and
with characteristic energy and fore
sight he began to prepare himself and
the men under him for their part in
the struggle. He planned and con-
Quoted drills and tactical evolutions
which served to train the personnel of
the destroyers and to test the material
OF the flotilla under war conditions.
Deficiencies in material were discov-
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the skin, vicious cicatrices," painful
scars, inflamed joints of infective
origin, fibrous adhesion, and tumors Of
bone covering due to blows, &c.
1t seems that the f1brous tumors Of
the skin. scars. &c, responded to the
corrective action Of radiup if the
patients were able to REMAIN long
enough for conclusive treatment. The
best results were realized by protract-
ed exposures to the radiations filtered
through silver screen. Painful scars
were generally unresponsive. A good
deal Of care had to be exercised when
dealing with scars of extensive area,
or when they lay close to bony tissues
the reaction of the radium tending in
such cases to the promotion OF super
fetal liberation. To guard against
this undesirable aftermath in the nor
NAL substance, applications of quarter
strength were invariably employed,
and the length Of exposures was like
wise curtailed.
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cred and remedied, and the confidence
Of officers and men in themselves and
their little craft was built up, so that
when the actual declaration of war
came they had reached a high pitch
Of fighting efficiency.
Lack of ships.
Our entrance into the war found
America discouragingly unprepared in
many respects, but especially, for the
task of bridging the Atlantic with
fleet of troop carrying transports. The
possibility that the United States
might some day have to send an army
of millions to Europe was a contin-
gency too remote to be foreseen, and
no preparations whatever had been
made to meet such an emergency. The
few transports which the Government
possessed were on the Pacific coast,
where they carried an occasional regi-
ment to and from the Philippines. Even
after the declaration OF war the extent
to which the United States would have
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the cruiser force of the Atlantic fleet.
with the additional duty of commander
of convoy operations in the Atlantic.
Meanwhile ships, officers ana crews
had TO be obtained, and it was neces-
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affected. In the years that have FOL-
lowed investigation has revealed that
more precise results can be secured
by using screens of various additional
metals as well, each of which has 10
own screening powers and thus en-
ables the physician to choose appa.
ratus which will meet best the require
ments of different problems. That u
to say, where the radium is to do 10
work internally, or when impedded IN
a wound or growth, it is essential that
the reactions be extremely local and
under nice control.
At the London Institution last year
out Of 749 cases only siXty-one were
found unsuited for treatment. Wills
lO3 were apparently cured twenty
seven were cured and 2SS were i'm
proved. At the Manchester and Dis
trict Radium Institute GAS persons pre-
sented themselves for relief. Forty
eight cases Of malignant diseases, eI'
elusive of rodent ulcer, II is reported
were rendered free from symptoms
and signs in twelve months. Thess
represented 11.75 per cent. Of the can
cerous patients dealt with and meant
an advance of over per cent upon
the figures Of 1917
In many cases of malignant disease
improvement was brought about ~
burying tubes of radium emanathn IN
the growths. These tubes ranged ~
number from to I, were made o.
platinum and had walls of but three
tenths of a millimeter thick. They eon'
tanned altogether not less than l2V mlr
licuries of radium emanation, OF toA
OF thirty carcinoma and sarComa cas-"
in various parts of the body, preVlou"
ly considered inoperable, all have OeeH
well Cor two years or more. II seen'
that in advanced inoperablc cases
locally eXcising the growth and ou''
ing radium tubes at its site, the du"
treatment is of the greatest beneh|
Radium as "A stcriIiEcr.
This result is quite in keeping WIN
a announcement made sovora! yeHs
back by DR.. Howard y. Kelly, u"
iOlSu buIBtOH anu Spt'lt'.NN 't ..
mere. As he explained the actloH'
where radium is used in complh'
ton with the knife. rddium complete,
the sterilizing or the DESTRUCTION
the remaining infltratel tissue 'WtnI"
the scalpel could not remove IN de'aI
In other words. 1t reduces To Just u'I,
extent the measure OF surgical "O''
and contributes just SO much more "
ward the likelihood Of a perInan'"
cure"
Radium also Is COMING me-" WIZ"
use rs 4 prophy!axis, tNo' IS guar
ing against disease. r.. +" ms w., w.,
its employment is necessarily INN,
because Of the quantity Of The inl'''
required If considerable surfaces
to be dealt with. This emphasizes a.
Moore's warning against putting rau,
um to strictly commercial npphca'U".,.
That the action of radium i- not w
essarily beneficent is established ~,
the fact that radium workers ' ~,
X-ray operators. run certain 'V'
Continued on Sirth PAGE
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to furnish actual military aid in Eu-
rope was not fully appreciated, and it
was not until July that Admiral
Gleaves was detached from the com.
mand Of the destroyers and ordered to
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pies, and especially to tho people OF
France. that the American army was
really on its way, that the war worn
nations of western Europe were hence
forth to count the resources in men
and material Of the great republic
across the Atlantic as their own. 1t
was q rainbow of hope across the dark
sky Of the war.
The failure Of that expedition, in
significant as was the material aid 1t
brought, would have entailed conse-
Quences. which might not have been
entirely repaired by the success OF fu-
ture transports, for serious damage to
the first fiotilla, the loss of a single
ship even, would have demonstrated
to the world that German boasts Of
without foundation, and In France es-
recially, with the morale of her people
undermined as 1t then was by the ef-
forts Of the Defeatist party. the result
probably would have been the over
throw of the Government and the con-
clusion of a peace as disgraceful as 1t
would have been burdensome. But in
spite Of a determined attack by enemy
submarines every ship and every SOL
der landed safely at the little French
port and the French press and French
people celebrated the praises of the
American Admiral who had set the
submarines at naught and successfully
landed the first contingent of the
American Expeditionary Forces on
French soil.
1t is characteristic of Admiral
Gleaves's ability as diplomatist that
he did not rest on his laurels, but took
the first opportunity of further ce-
menting the French-American en-
tente. At a luncheon on board h,
flagship, the Seattle, in replying to the
jubilant Fluctuations of his French
guests, he said: ut was only little
over a month ago that l stood at
Yorktown before a statue erected to
commemorate Admiral De Grasse and
the great service rendered by him and
the personnel under his command in
the cause of the American Revolution.
With a full appreciation of the essen
tial part taken by the French navy
in making possible the attainment of
American independence, 1 find it par
ticularly gratifying to have the honor
of commanding this first naval expedi-
ton to bring our fighting men to the
aid of France"
Diplomatic Speech.
1t was a graceful speech it showed
thorough understanding of the
French character, and once more the
name of Admiral Gleaves was coupled
with many complimentary epithets in
the French press. AS an expression Of
the sentiment of the new ally of
France it was second only to Per-
shing's Lafayette, we are here!" The
rank of commander of the Legion of
Honor was conferred upon Admiral
Gleaves by the French Government
and President Wilson promoted him
to the grade of Vice. Admiral.
But If the successful carrying out OF
the first convoy was in many respects
an epoch making achievement, most
Of the work which Admiral Gleaves
was to do for the American and allied
cause still remained before him. On
his return to the United States he es-
| tablished headquarters at New York
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Needless to say, these last named
vehicles have lost most Of their eqnip-
ment already--by the weather (per-
haps),
This photograph was taken from an
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airplane by courtesy OF sergt. Albert
o. White and was brought to THE SUN
by one Of the men who brought the
vast attention of Congress to this
wastage of motor material.
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10000 is a minor estimate.
Every type Of car ever used by the
army is represented. Some are limou-
sines, Others mere runabouts, some are
small motor trucks and many are
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dies. Chronic eczema, limited to small
but intensely irritable areas, has been
entirely cured after two exposures to
radium, using half strength apparatus,
screened with aluminium, the applica-
tions lasting for only a quarter of an
hour. In cases of "lichen" relief from
itching was obtained within a few days
from the first radioactive treatment,
and disappeared completely after the
fourth one. In one instance lichenifi-
cation, which had endured for two
decades, was eradicated in the course
of two months by means of radium!
In numerous superficial diseases of
the mouth, lips, tongue, &C., radium
therapy was found to be highly effec-
tive. Strange to say, radium is the
only satisfactory treatment for spring
catarrn. a hitherto incurable condition.
This may herald the amelioration or
the cure of other catarrhal Affections,
such as hay fever, rose colds, &C.
New Screening Methods.
In the earlier days the radium rays
were screened" /. e., tempered to suit
conditions, either by interposng thin
discs or sheets OF lead or aluminium or
by holding the radium at a proper dis
lance from the surface or growth to be
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Congressional committee is trying to
find out why they were left there ex-
posed to the weather since last March.
No accurate count has been made of
the motor vehicles held here, but
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Reduced Proportions.

Some of the scar cases called for
treatment in. the neighborhood of en-
bedded fragments of shrapnel or metal
These foreign bodies set up secondary
radiation by surface reflection and
thus greatly intensified the sum total
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RA-6Nk

FRONT RoW-LEFT to RIGHT;
CAPTAIN CASEY q MORGAN,
REAR ADMIRAL A L. tlUSE,
ADM RAJ GLEANES CAPTAIN
H.B CRIMSON end CAPTAIN
DE WITT 6LAMER CHIEF of
STAFF.
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large ones Others OF great value are
the mobile machine shops for the
Motor Transport Corps constructed at
great expense and fully equipped for
full service at the front.
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Continued on Strh Page.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-28
Eastern People Change Views the Mexican Situation
Says All Prices Are High Because Our Money Is Cheap

ct FOUND very considerable
1 change Of opinion IN Chicago and
New York in regard TO Mexican con-
diuons.r said D. H Williams. OF Los
Angeles, formerly OF Mexico. They
were not so cock-sure that we Ameri-
cans are and had been in thar coun
try robbing and exploiting the 3lexi-
can people. 7 had O good many peo-
pie admit 20 me that &c was dawning
upon them that they had been misin-
formed, not permitted 20 know that
foreigners in Mexico had been MUIR
dered and robbed Waut0ulF and that
in this country they had been mis-
guided, 10 say the least, by state
ments branding US as exploiting adj
Venturers- What IS opening the eyes
Of people back there, and they adj.
mitted it. was the way the Mexican
government tried 10 conflscate the
property Of the oil men and The band
ing together Of the latter TO protect
temselves- Then all other interests
saw the advantage of organization
and began going i'm with them. When
the biggest financial, oil, mining and
ranch interests Of americans iu Next
co began 20 get together the people
saw the light Another thing that is
causing this change OF opinion IS that
society in New York. in which are
some Of the hrainiesr business pro-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-28
Burleson Is Dodging

POSTMASTER GENERAL A S. BURLESON, who gathers
uupopuIarity rapidly binder gathers grain is
evading charges of his inefcency by raising out
CIV that the attacks upon him the result of systematic
effort BY magazine and newspaper publishers him.
The postmaster general has nothing to say regarding
his own wretched administration Of the postOice depart
ent no justification for his seizure of the telegraph and
telephone communications explanation miserable
service they giving under his direction he aside
nconsequena all the loss and inconvenience he is
the public and raise BY declaring
that selfish interests wagng propaganda to destroy
him politically o1der repeal of the zone rate on
second class mail matter may be less difficult Of
plishment.
If one heeds Mr. Bueson he gains the impression that
the only criticisms Of the postal telephone and mail services
from magazines and newspapers that there
is no feeling against him except among publishers
But If Mr. Bureson really believes that he is selfde
ceived Every person, firm and corporation who the
nails the wires that service hardly can
be imagined In many instances, mail service could beat
the present telegraph service not the mails themselves
vIetchedly slow An FL Pasoan Saturday received let
that had been eight days the way from New York
Even letters from nearby places often TO three
days overdue IN delivery.
As for the telegraph service everyone who uses the
familiar with the nexcusable delays in transmits
sion and delivery Of messages So lar as IS dscenlble
only class Of dispatches gets through promptly That
is government propaganda. It always goes.
The public well acquainted with the quality Of the
alleged service furnished under Mr. Burlesons direction that
it smile at his claim that the publications are stirring
up all the fuss
Perhaps some hope for the future lies in the Washing
reports that the Democratic national committee IS
sidering petonng president Wilson retire MI Bue-
Mr. BuTleson is rocking the administration boat IF
not removed soon, he may upset the whole craft.
The best we can do is to put up the flags and the bunt
ing for the returning soldiers Owing prevailing egisa
is impossible at this time to priovde much in the
way OF interior decoration.
Buresou says he welcomes the issue arising from cr
sms but the chances he really wishes everybody would
shut up and 90 home
It's perfectly safe refer automobile outing If
there's much engine tire trouble, it's picnic.
MaybeItaly viii tell us that Boguslav is the same
gent who Is trying grab Fiume under false pTetences
They call It Victory loan drive" but really not many
people have to be driven to subscribe