Secretary Baker Defends Army Efficiency Amid War Efforts
The speech explains the wartime shift from theoretical planning to practical cooperation with Britain and France. It describes gathering experts from Britain and France, rapid on ground analysis, and immediate deployment of top U.S. officers to France to coordinate artillery, supplies, industry, and mobilization for a dynamic, nonstatic war.
War in France: Pershing staff and industrial effort live daily
The speech outlines the vast U S war effort in France led by General Pershing. It describes thousands of staff, daily cable updates, shifting armaments, and the need to double as engineers, manufacturers, and university experts. It notes building docks, railways, barracks, hospitals, and supply depots while coordinating with allied industry and maintaining unity of operation behind the lines.
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France
War College
Napoleon
Britain
Ifour
Ria
Joffre
Pershing
General Pershing
Army
Ordnance Department
Metropolilin
Metropolitin Mindgeawine
Paris
America
Regia
Cambrai
Balfour
Keng
Birliahe
Tern
Joilre Seid
United States
England
Steel Cross
Nayeb
Ave
Francé
Channel
Wei
Kreneh
Irance
Brance
Pennsylvanian Railroad
Sugar Supply in War Times Presses for Fair Distribution
Worldwide conditions affect sugar availability as wartime factors cut off Central Powers production and disrupt trade. The United States, aided by Allied agreements, works to stabilize prices, prevent hoarding, and ensure fair distribution while refining sugar and promoting smaller package sizes to curb waste. Rivering from Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii, and Louisiana, sugar output is restarting, with full normal supply expected over weeks or months.
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Weeks
Theodore Roosevelt
Baker
Roosevelt
War Department
France
Chamberlain
United States
Wiggin
Field Marshal von Trindenburg
Carman
Hans Arc
Great Britain
Europe
Belgium
England
Cuba
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Louisiana
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Java
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