The Monticellonian., 1919-07-11

lhc 'itit '"'i'ii dS regards Il German army was thoroughly ma ue stood by high commanding Amor,4 'ef and it was very mentallv as doughboy who did not know for taT KY selt just how things stood witn H,,l foe that was confronting him q. ue Metz to Belgium. Va
 It is true that the Germans man. ed to keep their battle line intact k, they had troops confronting era' aa' unit of the allied forces. but thor t' :, no reserves worthy of the namn aa, aa, while their supply of ammnnition ra a4 sufficient for some weeks ffghtino ~ end of the supply was in sight ~
 All these things were known to | American commanders. The iptoR gpnce service of the armies of tho a,. lies was of the best. Information v,. obtained from captured prisoners f,os raids on German trenches. from os blaine observation and by other moos
 The Germans had a railroad Tn, and a high road running from No,. in Lorraine, which WAS one of tho. great military strengths. to the a,m, lines back of Nerdun
 Nothing Left But Retreat.
 The Americans cut off the St Ii hiel salient and drove the Geymo,. back north of HatteH-C -Chatel who, the enemy established new lin, North of the Argonne the enemy v,, driven back to Sedan. which fell som. days prior to November IL
 The railroads and highways firm Metz to the west were under Amer can artillery fire. In few days e the most the German armies fyon north of Sedan to Metz could hay. been supplied only ill roundabm way. way SD difficult that it ylrn ally was impossible t0 use it adA quately.
 There was nothing left for the Ger man army except retreat, which meant soon the isolation of Metz, the fall q, that stronghold. and d precipitate re treat of the Germans into their own territory. There was He other WAY out of it.
 The German army of November Il last was licked out of ifs boots k commanding officers knew if. Thpy saw the inevitable facing them and hastily they took advantage 0f the op portunity to enter into an armistice
 Army of 5oo,ooo Urged
 Military men say that 5eo,000 regR lar troops will be necessary to main tain Ameriea's part of it's obligations under the League of Nations. General Peyton (. March, chief of staff, has testified to this effect before ihe senale committee on military affairs
 There k apt to be miSunderstaa ing concerning what k said before te s committees of congress en army mst terS. The administration has askd for appropriation for continuing force of .5o0.00O in service until pea4 becomes stable and the League of Ns tions becomes reality. if fl is to be | come one. In addition to this ths | belief of military men k fhat large force of regulars must be maintaina after the present War k a thing Of the past and the Leagae If Nations k in existence.
 This k mere statement of tfsI things that have been presented R | military chieftains and ny the sece tarY Of war to the house and to thF | senate committee which has been tak ing under consideration the matter appropriations for the army as il ki to continue until peace k an actuallt. i, In the hearings which have been hell' the future has been gone into as well as the present, and it iS for this reaSa that the regular army of the fuIur has been under discussion
 Wide Variance of Opinion
 There seems to be feeling amOn' ma jority members in congress that in ! United States regular army safely ra be cut to 125, ,00O men after peac definitely is established. Therefore lh | country can see at once how wlde tF variance Is between congress and ml tary Chieftains on the subject Of tlr ! force necessary for the country maintain under the ordinary eondltiOR of world affairs. It seems that 'F chief of staff believes the proyiSloN of the League of Nations will make necessary for us to maintain an arm of half million, notwithstanding Vh fact that the league in its provlslVn aims to make military forces to cf siderable extent unnecessary. h'S eyer, as the chief of staff views II, lR force will be necessary in ease t provisions of the league are yloae and the United States intends to R np to it's obligations under the eee nant.
 Secretary of Baker in urging ua present appropriation he based on army of 500,000 men is moved by n desire to make recreatienal and euf cational work in the army an ablu4 feature thereof in order to stlmun' enliStments and to make the al~ not only Il fighting force, but SGD" In which men can fit themselves certain lines of activity in civil lie
 It has been the cndeavor to gel iiV" army men their views ef the poss'p, lties of enlisting by the volunteer p enough men to keep filled the raiA' an army of half q million men
 army officer has been found Wilo lieves that in peace times tue V nary enlistment methods will De su. cient to maintain the half million iO' which March thinks will be necesS@
 It Is the secretary of wars view a- !