Evening star., 1943-09-24
Gen. Marshall Warns
Resources OF Nation
Must Back Attack

s count only If War bond purchases
place weapons in their hands, Gen
George G. Marshall, Army chief of
staff, said last night as he warned
America not to be 'lulled into a
false sense of easy victory by the
initial successes our troops already
have gained"
Gen. Marshall told several thou
sand spectators at the Monu-
ment Grounds, witnessing the Army
Treasury War bond show, that
while total victory is in sight,
it can be won "only by concentrating
every resource of America to the
task"
Asserting that the people must
give mot only their full personal
effort but the full use of their dol
lars invested in War bonds to back
these attacks" in Europe and in the
South Pacific, Gen. Marshall said
we faced grim months of fighting,
with the casualty toll mounting with
the increased size of the opposing
forces engaged.
His address in full follows:
This exhibit offers thousands of
Americans an unusual opportunity
of seeing the powerful weapons and
superb equipment which their pur-
chases of War bonds are providing.
"In the wastage of every con-
ceivable type of military equipment,
this devastating war in which we
now are engaged surpasses any in
Tho hictrrt of tho u,orlJ rT,l,oro ~. -
hazard of loss in every shipment
overseas, with a greatly increased
hazard during landing operations.
The development of the airplane.
of modern automatic weapons, of
rockets, and bombs of every descrip-
ton, combined with operations in
all types of terrain and weather,
jungles and ice-caps, deserts and
mountains, plus an enemy who is
adept in every method of destruc-
tton-all this necessitates the pro-
duction of staggering quantities of
munitions.
Problem of Losses.
mo previous war has approached
such requirements as the present
awful struggle. Tanks, jeeps, trucks,
airplanes and artillery are inevitably
destroyed by the hundreds on the
battlefield even when the going is
good. So far we have been extraor-
dinarily fortunate, but even so the
losses present serious problem
The weapons and equipment must
be replaced Immediately, without de-
lay, If the advance is to continue,
and If We are to give the soldiers
who depend on these weapons a
fair break on the battlefield.
There will be no end to these
requirements for weapons, until the
last battle is victoriously completed.
I'VE face grim months of fighting
on fronts all over the globe. Last
week we secured our landings on the
italian mainland against determined
resistance on the beaches. In COM
pany with the British 9th Army, our
9th Army is now starting its Often
sive towards Naples and Rome. Our
air war on the continent from Brit
ish bases grows In intensity week by
week. In the Southwest Pacific and
the Solomons our advances have
been greatly accelerated, and in the
China-Burma theater, we are get
ting into q position to carry heavy.
fighting to the Japanese. In fact,
we are, for the first time since the
war started, ready to deploy the
tremendous American Army which
the purchase of War bonds has f.
nanced.
Draw Heavily on Supplies.
But successful as these opera
tions have been of late, they impose
heavy requirements in Shipping and
munitions to replace the losses by
enemy action, or by way of wear and
tear. They draw heavily on our
reservoir of supplies.
THE American people must give
not only their full personal effort
but the full use of their dollars in
vested in War bonds to back these
attacks. There is no alternative.
Total victory is in sight, but it can
only be won by concentrating every
resource of America to the task.
DO not, beg of you, be lulled
into a false sense of easy victory
by the initial successes which our
troops have already gained. Each
OF these victories was secured by
hard and costly fighting. The toll
will mount with the increased size
OF the opposing forces engaged, as
we drive deeper into the territory
OF the enemy. Our men are trained
and are resolved to do their full
part, to the sacrifice of life itself
The Army will not fail in skill and
courage. Your purchases of War
bonds must keep the weapons in
the hands of our soldiers to make
their skill and courage count"
Transport Corps Day.
The Transportation Corps, which
plays vital part in every military
nlaneuver, will be stressed today at
the Monument Grounds. A special
arena program at 515 pm, en-
phasizing the role transportation
is taking, will be staged immedi-
ately following the formal guard
mount. At that time seven enlisted
personnel of the corps, who came
here from Charleston, S. c., will re-
ceive appointments as warrant off,
GERS IN the Army, from Brig. Gen.
Robert H. Wylie, acting chief of
transportation. The orders of au-
thorization will be read by Brig.
Gen. James T. Duke, commanding
general, Charleston Port of En-
barkation.
The very nature Of the equipment
employed by this 15-month- old
corps-ships, locomotives, box cars,
harbor boats and other craft, pier
and warehousing equipment-makes
pageantry impossible, officials said.
At 2:30 pm. Gen. Wylie will deliver
ive-minute talk on the corps
work.
Meanwhile thousands daily are