Show The American Effort W HEX HEN the United States entered the great war var German Germany Ger Ger- many mans scoffed at the thc idea of the tho republic transporting transporting trans- trans porting a fighting force to France in tune time l to be a factor in ill the thc conflict Likewise there were skeptics at nt home and nd generally n-cn n the task was regarded as one almost ins ll mol mountable I table D Br By this time tl the answer is is largely gely a a. matter matter mat mut- ter of history hut the manner of df f its accomplishment is isan an nit ever er inte interesting subject Kb No doubt the item of transportation t was the chief in th tinS the struggle and md for this obstacle h tall to our participation Gen Frank T. T chief reason the report of Brig is of consi consideration worthy orthy of the transportation on service ice is The Thc following extracts from his report arc are reflective of the thc American effort Irom From May 1 I. 1917 i to June 30 1919 1119 the tho transportation rall rail to and ports over camps service cr route routed men ioa ts In the United States State Within thin eighteen months the tile transport fleet wa was e oX- oX from i e cn en to over GIG vessels with a a. total dead deadweight weight or of ton tons of or war ar after atter the declaration Within I thin eighteen en months men were welo transported d to France Of OC the thc tt tal American forces forceR In France on I o oember o ember II 11 ii 1918 there thero were embarked from ranee I-ranee for tor or orthe tho the United States Statts between bet en No November ember 11 11 1 ns and Juno June 30 jw 1913 4 men Of Ot this number men neIl or orI 54 I per pcr- cent of th tho total W were l' l In ships ship carrying the tho American flag German tonnage taken en over at tho the outbreak of ot the war i wart t transported to France ronce an army of or over over- half halt halfa a million men and up to June 30 1919 had hall returned of ot that number num nurn- ber to the tho United States In all the they transported safely sael both ways was American and of oC this number the transport Leviathan luthan alone carried Rail flail transportation for 8 men was provided from Crom July Juh 1 1 J. 1915 to Juno CO ZO 1919 Approximately 40 tons tone of or freight were moved and tons of ot this freight were handled b bj b. b transportation orders H lull 1512 consolidated es During tho the year car 19 of ot the ton type were shipped d from New York to France It took twenty four hours to bring a 0 locomotive from the shop hop where It Jt was built to tho t New cw Jersey terminals It took six sia to transfer the tho locomotive from the railroad railroad rail rall- Io road d to tho the car eRr float six hours later tho the locomotive had reached the ships ship's sl side e in one ono hour It had been swung Into the thc ships ship's hold nine days later and the locomotive ha had been carried from Crom New ew York to France When the armistice was signed ned the army was prepared to ship setup set set- up uI locomotives at tho the rate of OO a n. month S Between July 1 1 1918 and June SO 50 O. O 1919 tonof tons ton of army car cargo o were shipped to tho the American forces including shipments to tho the French The Tho cargo caro re returned returned rc re- re turned to tho United States StateR from lom the American expeditionary expedition expedition- ar any ary forces during the fiscal year 1919 1911 totaled short tons Th The figures arc are of special interest to Utah since Since Mr Hines Jine is himself a 3 Ut Utahn hn who has distinguished himself in ill the world of endea endeavor r. r In his lus official position he occupied oc one of the most important posts in tho conduct of the war var hec because use an any failure in n his department would have have- been betl reflected on the battlefields of France He lie tackled 1 n a stupendous task with ith a determination that should be lC the pride 01 of every individual in his home I tate It ha has already received the recognition 0 of the I five greatest governments go in the world Now that it is claimed that it is Venus and not Mars that is trying to communicate with us by wireless the world will pay more attention oll if it is at t all human |