The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1919-09-11
OUR WAR EFFORT
TOLD in FIGURES
What Uncle Sam Did to Whip Ger
many Reduced to Statistics.

many heuuced 10 statistics.
In accordance with instruction,
from the Secretary of War. Colone
Leonard P. Ayres, chief Of the sta.
tistics branch Of the department, has
prepared 15O-page book dealing with
the larger steps in the military prep.
parations and acton Of the United
States in the world war says the New
York Times. A condensation Of some
Of the facts presented therein follows;
The number of men serving in the
armed forces Of the nation during the
war was 4,oOO,OOO, of whom 10000
served in the army.
Ihe United States raised twice as
many men as did the Northern States
N the civil war, but only half as
tion.
The British sent more men 70 France
IN their first year Of war than we did
in our first year, but If took Enc
land three years to reach a strength
OF 100000 men in France. and fba
gnlted States accomplished it in half
OF that time.
Of every 100 men who served IN
We're National Guardsmen. l3 we're
Regulars, and n were in the Nation
al Army, (ro would have been IL the
services had not been consolidated
vi the 54,000,000 males in the nonu-
lation, 26,000,000 were registered n
tne draft or were alreadn in service.
Country Boys Best.
n the physical examinations the
iotates. Of the Middle West made the
Dest showing. Country boys, did bet
Ter than city boys; whites better than
ecolored and native born better than
foreign born.
In this war twice as many men
We're recruited as in the civil war and
cost.
There were 100000 army officers.
VI every six officers, one had previ-
Gus military training with troops |
t!nree We're graduates Of officers train /
civil life,
The average American soldier who
fought in France had six months of |
training here, two months overseas be-
Lore entering the line, and one month
battle.
Most soldiers received their training
N infantry divisions, which are our
lyrical combat units and consist of
about 1000 officers and $1,000 men.
torty-two divisions we're sent to
france.
More than two-thirds Of our line Of
icers were graduates Of the officers
raining camps.
France and England sent to the
United States nearly 800 officers ,vho
'@He aid as instructors.
Transporting Troops.
During our nineteen months Of war
more than 100000 American soldiers
we're carried to France. Half a mill on
I these went over in the first thir-
cen months, the others in the last six [
lonths
The highest troop-carrying records ]
re those Of July, 1918, when 100000
oldlers We're carried to Europe, andd I
lay, 1919, when 100000 were brought I
ome to America. /
Most OF the troops who sailed for
rance left from New York. Half Of
mem landed IN England and the other t
alf landed in France. Z
%A.AAoh5 SHSAy lOV AmeIlcdHS VINO I
'ent over forty-nine went in Brit :
ii ships, forty-five in American I
nlpss, three in Italian, two in French
nglish control,
Our cargo ships averaged one COM
lete trip every seventy days and our
one complete trip every
lirty-fve days.
The caroo haat xyoe elnooet ,.roI,.r &
ely American. 1t reached the size 4
1000, 0,000deadweight tons andd car
ed to Europe about 100000 tons
cargo.
The fastest transports have been the IS
reat Northern and the Northern Pa
fic, which have made complete turn
'ounds, taken on new troops and
arted back again in nineteen days.
Problems Of Purchase.
The greatest troopship among all b
le ships has been the Leviathan,
hich landed $4,000 men (the equiv
ent Of a German division in France
cry month.
The problems Of feeding and clothing
e army were difficult because Of the
imense quantities involved rather
an because Of the difficulty Of man
acturing.
Requirements for some kinds 81
othing for the armyw ere aore than
nee as great a. she pre-war total
nerican production Of the same ar
les.
To procure the articles needed for
e army the Government comman-
cred all wool and some other staple
tleies m the United States and con-
oiled production through all IFS
ages.
American engines built IN France
new ship herths, 1000 miles Of
lndard-gnage track, and 538 miles
narrow -guage track.
The Signal Corps strung IN France
O,OVO miles Of telephone and tele-
aph wire.
Prior to the armistice 10000 trucks
re shipped to the forces IN France.
Construction prsjects in the United
7tes cost twice as much as the PAN
"a Canal, and construction overseas
IS on nearly as large a scale.
Rifles nd Machine Guns.
When war was declared the army
4 on hand nearly 100000 Spring
d rifles. Their manufacture was
ltinued and the American Enfield
e designed and put into produc-
n.
The total production Of Springfield -
! Enfield rifles up to the signing
the armistice was more than d
1000.
/. ne use OF machine guns on a large
lie IS development Of the Euro n
IN war. In the American army the
1wance IN 1912 was four machine
rs per regiment. In 1919 thenew