Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-18
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samo, Finland, to bring back Amer
lean refugees.
That was a problem that came
up Yesterday. Mr. Roosevelt assert
ed, adding that obviously the ship
has to get home. But he had heard
nothing on tn. matter today, ne
said. and understood the State De-
partment still was considering 1t.
Stimson on Hand.
Mr.. Moffatt and Secretary OF War
stimson, who directed foreign az
fairs as President Hoover's Secre-
tary of State, also were on hand Tor
tonight's historic conference.
The President said the important
thing about the Army maneuvers
In Northern New York Is that they
represented the largest peacetime
gathering Of American troops since
men were dispatched to Texas after
the Civil War. That was at the
time Macmillan had been sent to
Mexico by France to set himself up
as emperor.
At the Ogdensburg Academy, Col.
r. B. Wildly, chief OF staff of the
lst Army, had used large map to
explain to Mr.. Roosevelt how two
opposing armies would be employed
next week on 1000 900 acres of land.
A war" will be in progress, with
Canada neutral, between the United
States and a combination of East
ern and Western powers which have
Invaded" New England and are
seeking to cut off the Detroit-Cleve-
and-Pittsburgh industrial triangle.
Brig. Gen. James E. CLANCY told
how an aviation defense program
would operate with the assistance
Of civilian volunteers stationed at
400 listening posts
Will Spend Night on Train.
Mr.. Mackenzie King crossed the
st. Lawrence from Prescott, accom-
panied by Edouard Handy, sec
rotary: j. S. Nichol, a confidential
messenger, and chauffeur.
The Prime Minister was to spend
the night on Mr.. Roosevelt's spe-
cial train and attend church serv-
ices in the field tomorrow with the
President and officers and men of
the LIST Army.
After the services Mr.. Roosevelt
will board his special train here
and leave for Hyde Park to spend a
few days at his country estate
The President arrived at nearby
Norwood at noon, and as his train
was moved to Ogdensburg he looked
who are commanded by 1t. Gen.
Hugh A. Drum.
He was greeted at Norwood by
the massed airplanes of the military
forces, which have completed two
of their three weeks of mock war
fare.
Shortage of Equipment Noted.
Driving in turn to the encamp-
ments of each of the Army's divi-
slons, Mr.. Roosevelt saw at first
hand some Of the deficiencies of
equipment which the Government
Is striving to eliminate under its
defense program. He saw trucks
being used for tanks and logs for
artillery.
Starting out to look over the
massed troops Of the eight divi-
sions of the LIST Army, Mr.. 7oose-
welt stopped first at headquarters
Of the 43d Division near Stock
holm.
The division was drawn up in a
pasture facing gray farmhouse, its
troops of National Guardsmen from
Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island and
Connecticut aligned In battalions.
Trucks and vans were drawn up
in formation, and the divisions
colors waved in a light breeze. As
a gun salute sounded. band struck
up f1ourishes and ruff1es and the
division command Their was intro
duced to Mr.. Roosevelt.
1t was the same routine expert
enced at each division headquarters.
Maneuvers Halt Early.
Maneuvers which had pitted divi-
sion against division were halted
ahead OF time at noon yesterday and
Mr. Roosevelt saw no troops en-
gagged in actual combat action.
While Mr.. Roosevelt lunched i'm
his car in field alongside a road
between Winthrop and Potsdam,
125 planes of the LIST Army and
Guard flew over in formation, sup
plying an idea, on a small scale, of
what England is up against in
fighting of waves of German air
craft.
Through > radio hookup, the