Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-14

ordnance onlcerS ABOVE the lower
grades should be commissioned in tho
ordnance. and that all should be de-
tailed periodically for duty with the
line troops, where they would learn
the needs of the troops and would
perceive whatever mistakes. IL any.
they might have made in their de-
signs.
Summed up. the conclusion seems
to be that in the reorganization there
should be provision for an ample
| number of ordnance officers perma-
nent in their corps; but doing duty
at stated times with the several
branches of the service.
The quartermaster general OF tho
Army. Maj. Gen. Harry L. Rogers. has
created a fine
Opportunity for field in his de-
Wounded Soldiers. p par nc, TOT
ment of the made-over men of the
Army who are available He realized
that this class of men make the most
reliable employees and that many Of
them now, handicapped as they are
by their injuries. are more valuable
by reason of their special training
IMAM they were before they went to
| war. Accordingly Gen. Rogers d.
rected his assistant and chief of per-
sonnet. Col John S. Chambers to take
on for the quarterma ster department
all such men as he could procure, and
to use them where there are OPEN
ings among the $1,000 civilian en-
| ployes.
There are some 5000 positions in
the quartermaster department that
partially disabled soldiers can fill. The
a sc
qualify in the appropriate civil sery-
ice examinations, but in this respect
tney nave an advantage, as they are
only required to make a IS mark to
pass instead of the standard so points.
Col. Chambers has established a
specIaI section to answer queries as to
When and where examinations are to
De heid: what qualifications match
certain jobs. and what pay goes with
them. All soldiers should write to this,
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ing. Washington. D. c., for the in.
formation. -
The Motor Transport Corps. Ord
! nance Corps and other branches or
the military service that are employ-
ing large numbers of civilians are
making survey to ascertain what
positions in their branches can be
, niled by wounded soldiers who have
fitted themselves for such work. -
rms practical applicatio Of civilian
work Tor wounded soldiers was taken
on the initiation of Gen. Rogers for.
the double purpose of finding iobs
1or the men who need them and for.
securing for his branch of the service
class of men who viii have stronS
| inclination to be identified with the.
organization and to reap the benef,ts
p, OF advanced pay for consistent and con
tinued service.
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General Ludendorff is now pivin~
out the story of his anxieties oysr.
con itions
LudenQorn and within Ger
the American Army. =, many any IN in ;, the ne
1917: and is telling the world how
calmly he reckoned that with the.
amount of shipping then available
the United States could not send a
million men within a year. He tells
us that his opinion was based upon.
reports as to the quantity of available,
shipping and the opinion of experts
that 1t would require 5000, 900 tons
British register to move and supply
an army of a million men. He further
calculated that the Americans could
not transport more than six diyiBions-
within twelve months after entering
the war. The fact justified the latter
conclusion. for the United States had
not moved six divisions by Aprilis
1918. His other view was wrong It
the initial movement Of each man and.
his supplies and equipment; but once
transported 1t did not require any
such tonnage to maintain him. =
For the first few months approxi-
mately 3.5 tons of cargo space wers
engaged I'm frQnqnnrfin0r nj
permanent material. such as railroad
construction material and the like.
After that period it did not require
more than two tons per man for sup
plies. The great mistake Of the Ger
man director, however. was his be-
lief that the troopshfps would not be-
confined to the transportation OF
troops and he had made no reckoning
of their frequent turn arounds. In
fact when at the best they were maxi :
ing the round trip in thirty-two days;
and while there never was in the
fleet more than 100000 tons of ship
ping it carried across nearly 2,000,. =
900 men in six months.
Perhaps Ludendorff also overlooked
the possibility that Americans might
repair the informed German liners:
but the Navy did accomplish this fact,
and thereby added about 100000 tons
Of swift troopships to the little fleet
then available.
1t may be recalled that at the outset
of the war the United States paid
little attention to the matter OF
transporting men and munitions The
first army proposed was only SOC. 600
strong. and the Secretary of War sup
posed that the shipping board would,
when he called upon it, be able to
provide the transports. 1t failed Mt
terly in this respect, and the Army
assumed the job. and with the CO.
operation of the Navy put it through.
From somewhere-the United States,
Japan. Holland, China, Scandinavia 4
and the rest of the maritime world
not under German domination - the
Army called 1900. 900 tons and England
furnished the rest. The Navy trained
and provided the crews for all but
the British ships 1t furnished the
artillery protection and the conveys
for all but the British shipping, or to
speak more accurately, about half Of
the convoy protection, the protection :
not being nationalized. Maj. Gen.
Cocktails cleared the port terminals.
and the transportation division COM s.
pleted the job Of transporting twice
as many men as Ludendorn had
feared. although at most it did not :
control more than 10 per cent of the !,
ships which Ludendorn believed neco )
essary for 100000 men. Ts
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