The Dolores star., 1923-09-21

millions at home, and wasting billions?
Congress, in passing the National Defense Act
of 1920 sought TO provide the broad foundation
Of authority for the solving of this material pre-
paredness problem. This act gave the president
emergency power, authorized the creation of a
non-partisan Board of Mobilization of Industries
Essential TO Military Preparedness" outlined the
industrial mobilization task and turned the Job
over to the assistant secretary of Col ].
Mayhem Wainwright, appointed March %, 1921,
labored at this titanic task until his election to
the Sixty-eighth congress from New York brought
about his resignation.
In lecture before the Army War college
January 20, 1923, Assistant Secretary Wainwright
said
1T is not in spirit of egotlsm but rather a
report of my stewardship when l say that l am
certain that more has been accomplished in the
past eighteen months looking TO industrial prepared
ness than has ever been accomplished before in
the history OF the War department"
Dwight Fllley Davis of st. Louis succeeded
Representative-elect Wainwright as assistant
tary of He born in St Louis in 1879
He got his A b. from Harvard in 1900 and his
IL d. from Washington university In 1903. Since
then he has been man of many activities both
local and national. In St. Louis he was prominent
in every movement for municipal betternent In
1921 he became director of the War Finance cor
poration
September l, 1917, Mr.. Davis was commissioned
captain of Company L, Fifth Missouri Infantry, by
tne governor OF MISSOURI. harcn 70 1913, ne was
promoted to rank of major, National Guard. lie
was appointed lieutenant colonel of infantry Oc-
tober 10, 1918 He served as assistant chief of
staff in the Thirty-ffth Division and in the Second
Army, A. E. F. He graduated from the Cen
eral Staff college at Lanqres. He served over
seas from April 25 1913 to April 20, 1919 when
he honorably discharged
He was cited in General Orders No 81 Head
quarters. Thirty-ffth Division, dated October H.
1913 and in Citation Orders No. /, General Head.
quarters, June 3, 1919 'for carrying the orders
of his brigade commander in manner utterly de-
void of fear under the most intense artillery and
machine gun fire. At Bauny, on September 20
and 30, he reckessly exposed himself to the enemy
fire in order to obtain information of great value
to his brigade and division commanders" which
citation carries the award of the silver star
Col. II. B. Ferguson is director Of procurement
He has seen much service In many lands He
born in North Carolina In 1875 and ia n
graduate of the q. S. Military academy GS9O,
Army Staff college G9O5) and Army War college
(1912). In 1898 he second lieutenant of the
Corps Of Engineers first lieutenant In 1900: can
tain in 1904 major In 1911; lieutenant colonel in
May of 1917 colonel of Engineers N A., in August
of 1917; brigadier general, August s, 1913 He
with the troops In Cuba and the Philippines
in the Spanish American war. He was chief
engineer of the China Relief expedition during the
Boxer uprising He has served as instructor In
the Military academy and Army Staff college He
raised the battleship Maine in Havana Harbor
G91012) He has had charge of river and bar
Dor work in various districts. He organized and
trained august. 1917-May. 1873 the Onehun.