Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-06-26 | Page 3 | Root Explains Discipline in American Army

ROOT EXPLAINS DISCIPLINE IN AMERICAN ARMY MOSCOW, June 25. Klihu Root, head of the American mission which is visiting Russia, today received the Moscow journalists jour-nalists and delivered to them a talk on the discipline in the American army. Mr. Root explained that the American officers either are educated in a special military school or have risen from the ranks, in the latter case only after they have passed the required examinations. Such a thing as the election of officers by the men was unknown in the United States. There were no soldiers' committees commit-tees there and no participation by soldiers in courts martial. America, continued Mr. Root, heartily rejoiced at Russia's conquest for freedom. free-dom. One of the chief motives of the United States entering the war, he added, was a desire to fight shoulder to shoulder shoul-der with the Russian democracy. The journalists asked Mr. Root whether the active intervention of the United States in the war would not diminish the material support which that country had previously given the entente allies. Mr. Root answered in the negative, saying that all shops working on armament would be taken under government control con-trol and their production greatly Increased. In-creased. "Our active participation in the war," continued Mr. Root, "will consist of operations op-erations on land and sea, and the supply to the allies of materials, arms and financial fi-nancial support.' Admiration was expressed by Mr. Root for the conduct of the Russians since the revolution.