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THE WASHINGTON TDIES, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7: 1913. ,
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U. S. ARMY READY FOR WAR WITH MEXICO
Bureau Chiefs, as Result of Careful Preparation, Have Plans
for Putting Half a Million Men in the Field Fine Military
Asset in Regular and Militia Veterans.
VARIOUS MODES OF TRANSPORTATION USED BY
MILITARY FORCES
Orders All Prepared and Ready for Wiring Should Hostilities
Occur Small Arms Superior to Those of Any Foreigh
" Troops Field Artillery and Ammunition Only Weak Spots.
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By JOHN
War with Mexico may or may not
come, but discussion of It has brought
out the striking fact that the United
States is today better prepared for war
than at any time since the great con
flict of the '60s and the years immedi
ately following.
In a comparatively short tune this
Government could put Bft),0U0 men into
the field. In many respects, they would
not be equipped up to the standards of
the best European armies. But they
would constitute a most formidable
fighting force, which no nation of the
world could afford to encounter lightly.
Uncle Sam could give every man of
this half-million a modern magazine
rifle, with plenty of ammunition, and
then have a large number of small
arms to spare, and in no army in the
world Is there in use a military rifle
uperior to the weapon with which the
American army is equipped.
X considerable shortage of field ar
tillery and ammunition would exist.
This is a fact which, as much as array
men regret it, they do not attempt to
deny or gloss over. It would be a seri
ous defect, though there would be less
destitution in the matter of batteries
than is sometimes imagined. The cav
alry needed -would be fairly -well sup
plied.
If war comes with Mexico, it is hard
ly to be expected that there will be a
call for a half million troops. Some
there are who think the United States
could conquer Mexico with 10,009 men.
Nevertheless, Huerta has talked of
raising a large army, Mexico has a mil
lion men of military age and capable
of bearing arms, and plenty of compe
tent military authorities are convinced
that if this country Is compelled to
tackle the job of restoring peace and
order in the unhappy republic of Mexico
It will require 200,000 or 300,000 men be
fore the task is finished.
Volunteer Organizing System Needed.
In any event. If American troops are
ordered to cross the Rio Grande, there
will be a sharp scanning of the coun
try's immediate military possibilities. In
fact, that scrutiny has already been
given. It discloses far less unreadiness
for war on the part of the United States
than most people imagine and than most
foreign observers believe exists.
Early in the present session of Con-
TUB GREAT HIKE
Supper Cooked in the Open. Rel
ished by Scouts With Troop
from Takoma.
There were sixty-five scouts in the
big hike yesterday afternoon, which be
gan and ended at Takoma Park, and
at a meeting which, followed the hike
and the supper cooked In the open,
etiry one of them voted It the greatest
thing of Its klr.dft staged in Wash
ington. Nothing Is more certain than that
none of those who went from other
parts of the city will ever miss u hike
which is in charge of Scoutmaster F.
L. Harries and Troop No. 21. for they
proved themselves the very best of
hosts.
With knapsacks filled with material
for sandwiches, stews, and other camp
fare, the hikers lined up at the end of
tlie iaiionid. I'uris trin.nn- m.. .
swung Into a quick pace down the road (
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they were met by President Louis D.
Bliss, who took them through the en
tire school plant and showed them
eventhlng. from an eight-ounce electro-magnet
that lifts ten times its own
weight to a full-size street car chassis.
Halt at Station.
Further on. through winding roads
and scattered woods-, the trail then
led to where the Takoma Park pump
lag station coughs beside the Little
feiigo, where a brief halt wa called
Then the hill was climbed to the Ad
entist seminary and about a mile fur
ther on camp was pitched beside the
old grist mill.
Eight camp tires were soon beating
back the gathering darkness and the
sound of swinging scout axes echoed
through the forest. Soon pork chops
v,.k sizzling over one fire, sausages
browned over another, while the mem
bers of Troop No. 21 had a water
bucket full of slew containing fish,
beef, corn, tomatoes, potatoes, bread
and other ingrtdients that always tast
ed like more.
Scoutmaster Harries was everywhere
at once, teeing that etrbodj had a
good time, lie thougntfully brought
three loaves of bread and i-eeral
pounds of sausage, for all who were not
provided with lunch, and this helped
a lot. Troop. No. 47 made a big log
tire that gae the place an appearance
of an all-night camp.
To put the cap-sheaf on a tine hike,
Scoutmaier Harries suddenly produced
a live-pound box of marshmallows and
these were toafcted to a golden brown
In the dying embers. In addition to
the scouts and Scoutmaster Harrie
there were present Scoutmasters Tay
lor and Bowles, Assistant Scoutmaster
Fred Reed and Quartermaster lliller
cf the Naval Battalion
Fire Put Out
Shortly after six o'clock the fires
were doused and the hikers marched
back to the parish hall of the Episco
pal church In Takoma, where the boys
of 21 hold their weekly meetings.
Here impromptu talks were made by all
he visiting scout officers and by First
Sergeant Anderson of Walter Reed
Hospital, who Is giving the Takoma
Park boys special instruction In first
aid work.
Then the boys of 21 gave what was
described as "a three-ring circus" one
squad going through signal practice,
another giving knot-tying exhibitions,
and a third doing some fine bandaging.
Bos'n's Mate Rooney. ol the naval bat
talion, was a late comer, and, though
he was n'ot in time to make a speech,
lie showed some new knots.
Altogether it was a fine afternoon
and evening and everybody agreed It
set a high mark for what a mass hike
could be. . .
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SNURE.
greys. Chairman Hay, of the House
Committee on Military Affairs, will urge
the passage of a bill which he has al
ready introduced and which the War
Department has sanctioned for the ss
temntic organizxtion of the volunteer
forces. This bill will probably pass.
When it is passed, a long step will have
been taken toward preparedness. One
of the worst defects of the system to
dav, from an arm standpoint, is the
lack of any legislation for the system
atic organization of the volunteer forces.
If war with a great power should strike
suddenly, this lick would be a grave
one. A repetition of the confusion wit
nessed' in the Spanish war, so far as the
matter of organization of volunteers is
concerned, would be threatened.
It could only be obviated by Congress
hurrying through a law for the organi
zation of volunteers, and the eve of war
or a time of war is not the best time
for such legislation.
Three Steps In Plans.
The navy of the United States, though
having Its defects. Is stronger today
that ever Jbefore, and one is accustomed
to look on the army as far less ready
than the navy. It is worth -while,
therefore, to consider briefly the facto
as to the army's preparedness and the
preparedness of the country fonta great
military campaign or series of cam
paigns.
The land military forces of the
United States are In three lines, the
regular army, the national guard or
organized militia, and the unorganized
militia. The unorganized militia in war
would be speedily organized into volun
teer regiments.
Plans have been worked out by the
War Department In the utmost detail
for the raising of an army of half a
million men, approximately, composed
of troops of these three lines. War
witli a big power would cause immedi
diate orders for these three steps:
Raising the regular army regiments
to full war strength, making a total of
about 109,009 men.
Raising the national guard regiments
to mil war strength, making a total
of about 300,000 men.
Enrolling and organizing volunteers
in such number as needed. If an army
of half a million men were needed it
would -require, roughly, 209,000 volunteers
in addition to the regulars and the na
tional guard,-to make up the total.
Many Experienced Men Available.
Of the 6,000,000 or more men in the
unorganized militia capable of bearing
arms, on the outbreak of war a con
siderable number would as quickly as
possible be organized into volunteer
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Potatoes As a Part of Their Second Class Examinations. HVH siB.
iUTSl RAISE SCOUTS TO MET PtgJEpJ
FLAG OVER SCHOOL C0NG.RESS HEIGHTS 3mMwm
Capitol Heights Troop Will Of
ficiate at Patriotic Ceremony
Tomorrow Afternoon.
One of the newest troops under the
Jurisdiction of the local council' Is No.
1. of Capital Heights, ild., organized
by Scoutmaster Hamilton, but it has
proven itself one of the most loyal and
patriotic to be found anj where, and to
morrow afternoon will have charge of a
big flag raising ceremony at tho Capi
tol Heights public school.
About the first thing the troop learned
after the boyi had taken their tender
foot examination, was that the local
school had no flag. The troop could
not afford to buy one, but its members
immediately 'began a campaign of
patriotism, and. as a result, the Junior
Order of United American Mechanics
presented a fine flag to the troop,
which will be turned over to the sciiool
tomqrrow.
All the city officials, including the
mayor, will be present, and Congress
man Smith, of that district, is also ex
pected to be on hand. Every scout
master and scout In Washington has
been invited by Scoutmaster Hamilton.
Tho car that leaves New York avenue
and Fifteenth street northwest at 1.30
o'clock, will be met at the District line
by the Capitol Heights boys, and tho
exercises at the school -will begin at
2:20 o'clock.
United States Troops Detraining at 0
regiments, followed by other quotas rWMmSSWt
from time to time to keep the regl- ..i- A- ....?.f i l..!. FfalTJli' -fni ifVH iMBr"
ments at the front up to full fighting - ii.. -,. s . w ALi!mmmx TffcnTlhtgMH'
strength. It would, of course, require PWti?;-4mi)'P?m
some little time to raise a force of MgT,-Cr7jr52aBBvffJaM
200,000 of these volunteers, equip them M J,&0 Vdftfe3EHW!af fmw. Jf fliMLnwfnTWI
regiments, followed by other quotas
from time to time to keep the regi
ments at the front up to full fighting
strength. It would, of course, require
some little time to raise a force of
200,000 of these volunteers, equip them
and gel them drilled In shape to fight.
But it should not bo overlooked that
the number of men in the unorganized
militia who have seen service Is large.
They Include veterans of the Spanish
war. the Philippines campaigns and the
Boxer troubles, together with many
men who have been schooled in the
National Guard or have been trained
to bear arms at various Institutions
where military training is given. Such,
men at the outset might not be long
on parade, but most of them would
know how to shoot and how to take
care of themselves In camp and In the
field.
After all, the big question would be
the eauipment of the troops and here
there has been surprising progress made
in recent years.
If war should break out on a notice
of twenty-four hours, it Is a safe guess
that more progress would have been
made In a week toward the mobiliza
tion, enlistment, and equipment of a
large army than was made In
three months In the spring of 18SS.
The War Department has profited by
the experience of the Spanish war. The
o-finance department, which supplies
the arms and equipment of the troops;
the quartermaster's department, which
supplies food, clothing, and transporta
tion, and the medical department, to
s.w i.clhlng of the signal corps and
the engineer corps, have been going
along quietly for many months, in fact.
Scoutmaster Taylor will lead the big
mass hike next Saturday, the start be
ing from tho Twining City end of the
Pennsylvania avenue bridge, at 2
o'clock. This is just across tho Anacos
tia river from Seventeenth and Penn
sylvania aenuo southeast, and is easy
to reach by street car.
Tho route will He through the wooded
hills the other side of Anacostia, and
stops will bo made at the rifle range
and tho Government Hospital for tho
Insane. Tho wind-up will be In Con
gress Jleights, where Troop No. 1M holds
forth, and tno new clubhoune of the
troop will be open for inspection.
Many of the scouts on yesterday's
hike were bo loud In Uieir demand for
arother supper in the open at the i-nd
of the next hike that Scoutmaster Tay
lor announced that every boy that
brought the materials (or a meal might
Join In a camp with his onn troop.
No. 47, at Congress Heights, and repeat
yesterday's frolic. Troop No. 21 -will
have a good camping place selected,
and many of the boys will stay for
the lato fun. As the Congress Heights
car line will be right at hand, those L
who do not wish to stay may go back
Supper in Camp Will Follow 1 W&mBbB&SA WkSwJSmK
Mass Tramp Being Planned I 3HiBflB BKBttMf s9
for Next Saturday. llm'fmffm Q flSBBHlikTH
ito the cltjc
tune.
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THE LOUISIANA.
Flagship of the United States Fleet on Duty on the East Coast of Mexico.
for years, dnlnc a Ian? ninmint rt work
in preparation for whatever may come
in the way of hostilities.
Progress In Every Branch.
Every one of these departments of
the military service has in late years
made p: ogress. With the general staff
at the bead of tbe service, efforts have
been made to have each lp.irn,ci:t . r
1-rnnch of the army organization move
forward as rapidly as appropriations
aid circumstances would permit, cut
ting plans perfected to raise, equip
and send Into the field an army of
Wl0,('0o troops. Progress has been made
in niming out what supplies are neces
saiy for war, in determining where
they could be purchased or manufac
tured, and In accumulating such sup
plies. Progress has also been made in
This Hungry Scout "Passed" As tbe
Well Browned Sausage Testifies.
Scouts Are Urged To
Keep Equipment Clean
When Assistant .Scoutmaster Fred
Reed was Introduced at the Takoma
Park meting la,t night as "tho best
scout In Washington." while htnl in
the ranks as a stout, he made a pointed
talk to the boys on the matter of keen
ing their equipment neat, and it Is a
point that every tnle scout should con
sider. "When people boo a scout whoso uni
form needs w ashing, whose hat shows
careless treatment, or which Is care
lessly worn, thoy aie Inclined to dis
credit tho whole bcout movement," said
Itred. "Keep your badge shining, nib
the green spots oft nur buttons, don't
wear two leggins that were meant for
the same Ictf, and take good care of
your uniforms, and you will do much
to make scouting- as nonulur u it de-
Istrves to be." j
narfittntr .nnnllhi ,ij4 AilltnmPTlt- The
quartermaster's department has greatly
field rations, methods of cooking, and
r. Illn 11... ntiultnnt ilnnarttr nTit TlAJI
done wonders with anti-typhoid serum
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corps has achieved much in field teleg-
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rapny. ill ntjrimuuuvs, inv mi -
projectlles from air craft. The engineer
corps has advanced in Its pontoon train
equipment ana in vanoua iratict-u. .
ordnance department has to lta credit
such improvements as the new infan
try equipment, the new cavalry equip
ment, the new sabers for field artillery
and cavalry, the new rifle, which is
declared the best In the world, and
which. In tests last year, proved su
perior to rifles of nlneten other gov
ernments, the new pointed bullet, the
new automatic machine gun, and fire
BY SCOUTS
Scout Beverly Galloway, Son of the
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture,
Who Is Now In Second Class.
Boys and Friends to
Take a Mass Hike
Hoy scouts and their friends in Wash
ington are Invited to take part in a
mass hike whl"h starts from tho end
of tho Takoma. Park car line tomorrow
afternoon at '1 o'clock. Tho hiko will
he led by Scoutmaster F I,. Harries
ot Takoma Park. President Louis
HIIss of the Bliss electoral school has
promised to take the hoys through the
laboratory the.-c. Most of tho boys will
firing raw materials for 3Uppcr and
took it in the open at the conclusion
of the hike.
Troop 22 Meets Friday.
The next regular meeting of Troop
22 will ha held at Eighth and 1 streets
northeast, at 7 o'clock, Friday. It will
be preceded by a meeting of the pre
paratory class at 1:S0 o'clock, and the
troop expects to initiate several re
cruits wry shortly.
Fodder Transport Along the Rio
Grande.
control for seacoast artillery. These
are but a email part oi ine aavancea
which have quietly been made within
the last several years by the army.
Ordnance Department's Big Task. '
The department which would be
among the most important if war broke
out la the ordnance department, or of
fice, of which Gen. William Crozier Is
the distinguished head. On this de
partment would fall the responsibility
of arming and equipping the troops, of
seeing they had- enough rifles, of sup
plying them with field artillery, of pro
viding ammunition for rifles and guns,
of supplying horse equipment for the
cavalry and equipment of various sorts
for the Infantry and other arms of the
service. An army may fight pretty well
for a time on scant rations and poor
clothing and shoes; and medical service
can to some extent be Improvised. But
lack of weapons and ammunition and
other equipment of the sort the ord
nance department supplies means that
the army Is out of business and whip
,ped before It starts.
The ordnance department working
diligently over a period of six or eight
years, with plans in mind for equipping
approximately half a million troops,
has made surprising progress on its
task, and has reached a measure of
readiness that few outside the army
and many inside it do not comprehend.
Equipment Orders Are Prepared.
General Crozier and able assistants,
like Col. John T. Thompson, have pro
ceeded on the theory that If the army
TENDERFOOT
PASSES ITS TESTS
Forty-seven Second , Class
Scouts Are Added to Wash
ington Enrollment.
There are forty-seven second class
scouts In Washington today, -who yes
terday were only tenderfoot scouts,
that number having concluded their sec
ond class tests at Rosslyn, Va., yester
day morning under the supervision of
Dr. W. H. Leonard and Scoutmaster
LugenbeeL All but flvo of the class of
fifty-two passed.
The first aid, signaling and oral tests
were given Friday night In the office of
Scout Commis3i3ncr Martin In the Dis- ;
tret building and most of tho boys .
showed that they had been well pr-
Lparea for the examinations by their re
spective scoutmasters. Only tne tiro
building and cooking tests were given
at Rosslyn and as the day was clear
and the air still, tbe boys had little
(difficulty on that score.
The boys who passed their examina
tions are: Harold Harrison, Robert
Bonde. Boverly Galloway, Samuel
Rosenberg, John Kldd, Norman Kalet
skl, Roland Simmons, Charles Spring
man. Robert Knsslin, Harry F.
Bleber, George Porter, Earl Sawyer,
Floyd Roberts. Ferdinand" Hofman.
Sidney King, Amand Donncll, Hummell
Ftshburn. Roger Gates. Augustus Hlnes,
Jr.. Ralph Lee, Jr., Frederick S. Lee,
Nelson P. Marshall, John Muchler. Her
bert Pierce, Thomas Somervllle, Robert
N. Young, Leslie SherifT, Frank Arm
strong, Lawrence Gardner, Dave Good
man. Edward Rohm, Leroy Harris, Mil
ton Price, Jack O'Donnoghue, Lindsey
Green. J. B. Holier, William B. Prigg,
Hartley Fellows, H. Wade Butler,
riarence S. Thurtell. Howard Jordan,
George Graft, Ea-lo Zirkle, Harry Mat
tingly. Paul Seltzer, Stanley Crossfalth
and Edward King.
Troop No. 25 Planning
Two Hikes a Month
Troop No. 23 will have two hikes each
month. These will take place on the
first two Saturdays of the month, un
less delayed by rain. The meeting place
will bo tho Sixteenth street bridge,
across Piney branch.
Individual instruction in" scouting will
take place Friday evening of each week
a: 7 o'clock 1519 Park Road.
Every Boy's
a Scout
with Marble's Safety Axe
Ideal Hunting Knife in his be
compass on his coat and
Marble's famous "Game Getter
Gun" (.22 upper barrel and .44
shot or ball lower). All true
American boys thould know
about
Marbles
60 Outing specialties
They Include nothing but the
better grade of outing neces
Ities. Don't plan your camping
trip until you investigate them
Take a man's, gun with jou-a
cliafu iii-h-irriicli stool
axe a hunting Knuo
that will cut a coin
pass that nover goe
wrong anil .uaruiu a
Waterproof Mate h
box. Good tools last
buy them first and
save In the end.
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is to rise to tho occasion when needed,
there must be a most systematic pre
paration of tho fighting material in
times of peace. Wartime problems, as
far as possible, have -been worked out
In advance. This is true to such an ex
tent that If war were declared, tha dis
patch of a limited number of telegrams
from tho ordnance- office In Washington,
which is like tho planning room of a
great industrial establishment, would
set all the arsenals going night and day
and would start the issue of arms, .am
munition and rqulpment to troops as
fast as organized. It would not even
be necessary to write out orders for re
sponsible officers stationed here and
tnera aoout the country, at arsenals,
district supply deposit or supply arsenals
These orders. In advance, have all been
prepared with utmost care. No one who
has not had experience appreciates the
magnitude of tho task, of getting out a
multitude of rush orders when war
comes. So well Is the business of pre
paring orders systematized -that the
commandant at tha Rock Island arsenal,
for instance, would require a telegram
only a few words Jon? So set the es
tablishment going at war speed, turning
out arms and equipment. The entire
equipment for a-regiment could be start
ed for its destination at point of enlist
ment or mobilization by simply- wiring
the proper office to issue "War. No V
to designated troops. This equipment
Is stored and carefully listed at district
supply arsenals located convenient to
points where troops will concentrate if
hostilities break: out.
Five Ordnance. Districts:
The country has been .divided Into
five ordnance districts, each supplied
from an arsenal located"'therein -where
are stored all the small arms, personal
equipment aad horse equipment neces
sary to bring- the regular army and
the National Guard to war strength
and, to a large extent, to equip addi
tional volunteer forces.
As a part of the preparatory plans,
the ordnance office maintains up-to-date
statements of the reserve ord
nance and ordnance stores on hand at
the arsenals, and has complete infor
mation as to the capacities of the
various arsenals, private manufactories
and powder mills In this country. In
other words, it knows , just where it
can lay its hands on every bit of war
material in the United States, has cost
figures down to a nicety, and has com
plete plans, with letters of instruction
drafted, for equipping the troops. None
of the laborious preliminaries, none of
the long work: of preparing elaborate
letters and instructions, which had to
be gone through with in the Spanish
war, would-have to be done. .
The War Department has asked
Congress for liberal appropriations for
Held artillery and reserve ammunition.
And. while Congress has not seen Its
way clear 'to give all that has been
asked. It has made- It possible to go
steadily ahead, building more modern
field guns and storing np more and
more reserve ammunition. In a pinch,
partly with the new army rifle,, partly
with the Krag-Jorgensen. there Is no
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doubt a million men could be scppliei
with small arms and given amraaal
tion for- a campaign. ,
Artillery a Weak Spot .
The weakness In field1 artillery an
ammunition Is serious, though it would
probably take something more than a
war with Mexico to develop It Tee
600,000 men it would require about M
batteries of four guns each, or t29t ganat
The arm has about. SO per cent of tte
necessary guns either constrncte or
appropriated for and under construc
tion. Tf fin nhnnt K a ,. .
necessary supply of reserve aauBanl-
iiir" ,UBrf uirea re Dasea on, a lens
liberal estimate of guns and. ammsnl-
i . inadl0 for European
armies, like those of Germany. France,
and Russia. Wars like those la tae
Sar..5!ft.vanIJhe BaBfflI1 lm -Ped
the prime importance of fteld
artillery In modern .campalgnlnc aa&
troops going into action wlthduteaoegV
artillery would be gravely handicapped,
tmless indeed, the enemy U fmS
weak in that respect. Mexico wetfM
not develop this country arSXr
weakness for the reason that wSbiSr
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Much AmmHBitioa xTeeoe.
In modem war, field artmery toegiaa
rL1 ? &. eneny long enouarh la
advance of the Infantry attack to break
down the enemy's Olnes wXlrS
artillery fire, in the Infantry attack,
until the infantry gets close up tothe
enemy, the supporting artillery ttrtm
over the head of the Infantry an4ea
deavors to crush the enemy's resistlnr
power. It is apparent such use of
modern quick-firing artillery "fairly eats
supply is gone, the field gun becomes a
useless piece of furniture. This show
that a large reserve supply of- artillery
ammunltio i practically iadispenaablA.
Efforts of the 'War Department and
men In Congress friendly to the army
will be more and more directed to' get
ting tab field artillery and its reserve
ammanlUon supply up to the needed
basis. But, -with the recent Increasing
appropriations, as already pointed out,
a good beginning haa been made-
By the creation of a general staff after
the Spanish war. which, smoar other
duties, co-ordinates the work of the
supply departments, confusion In 'time
of war would be replaced by system,
much like the system which character
izes modern Industry. Want of pre
paration would he replaced by. prepared
ness .
Washington's ma-rim, "in time cf
?eace, prepare for war.' has not been
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the Medical Corps, the quartermaster's
corps, the Signal Corps, ,and the en
gineers; all have been forging ahead
with the same general objective to put
Into the field. If need be, and maintain
an army of a half million. Much re
mains to be done, but the responsible
army heads feel they are beginning to
see daylight, and that if the call sounds
they could give a good account of their
stewardship.
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