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Show I'! !llin OilTsT1 Army Program Embarked Upon With Much Faith, j i March Says. j B.Geel on Comprehensive ' bluay of'lhe Whole Situation. w p-plwtux. J ec. '. The nv:v.y i '.-:.r. mi of eighty (1, vision:; in Fianio by .June :;n, was embarked upon with, compkde coniid. n,v that CiTir.any couid and would be defeated diving if tin: Jco.ioct was earrPd n ;t. f p nera 1 March, chief of staff, (h'.-l.nrs in ,is annual import im-port U Sfi'i-cinry linker, made public to-iav. to-iav. T!i;it convi ; i on was based on a comprehensive si lid.,- of me wrnde war ntnalinn order d !v i;r"or,:i Man. h im-m'dciiep,- :y:r !e ;-i!ti:.-,l )i;s duties as tlm hi ad u. the army i;isl. Ni:rf.i. "A it''.' a -Si u i i v hi' t no si 1 11:1 1 inn," 1 1 if: renou says, ') m l ; u img ;k :n-.-iirat' an estimate of the potential strength of our allies on l .'a' w e -; en i front an.! of t he pioba'dc Pci'inau snivnmh as was pussi-l'k pussi-l'k I r:iin.- to tin- .one liision thai the war might he hnnmhL to Ha cml in Pdp provided ye w ere aide to land in ' Fra n L bv .luiif ;; of thai rur ePlilv American division of a strength of ipjtlupuo men. V Study of Ulelhods. "On July is. P-P, T submitted In you a Iorm;U memorandum a'-c(ini un n ied I'V a study o!" meiauds bv widen the men could he obtained, the supp'ms pioeured. and an analysis of the siiipph.g whieh Must lie. obtained in order to a.' oni)' ish 1 ins very large mil i tr.ry pro-1 am. This was accompanied by an estimate, of the cost of the proposed program. "In tins .sin fly T recommended to von the adoption. ;is the A m erica n pi'ogra m, of eighty divisions in Framv and eighteen eight-een at hi.uie by .June il-id, based on a., total strength of 'the American army of -I.-dii. unii men. This was approve, by yon and by the president of the United States ami adopted as o;;r formal military mili-tary pro-; i' a !u. To carry this pro -ram into effect ivn uii'ed the adoption byon-Kress byon-Kress of a iiati.-o in the draft ages -co os to inennh; men between the ages of s and.-lft years, uii.1 uiso created a deficiency defi-ciency over the e no in mus appropriations alrendv made i.y congress of seine sT,- (i":i-n,1 ' The presentation of tic nro- fi'Min t'i cm::,'rcss. :v -o ni 'a n : ed 1-y U?e statement that this hi'-ivase in the army, if ia.w s were pass. d bv congress which fuild- ninLu it Uferd i e. would !e:ul to Slcee;JS ill I '.) 1 'I. padll.T.! 1 I I! .1 ; t. aJK-1 favuiaclc coe-'iLJeratioii ly that bedy. The Results Speak. "Up to tit'- sinina" of Ibe armisticf troops were bein- t . .1 11.- j ior t ri to Fram-o l non till y in ae. c.v'-i 1 n- wb 'n t iiat pm-;;r.ini. pm-;;r.ini. The .results siieaic for them- 'i'iit: f-nnaii'der of the report is devoted to a pi (.'Seniat ion of the steps it was l'onnd iie.-essaiy to i;il:e to build up an , adequate enernl s'at'f and the aTtnounee- A Jiient liiat a co;nn!et'- plan of rei'-r'aniza-liou iV.r tiie an. iv. iueiudiim' the stm'f, was beiny worb-d oi't. ' ' f Ivu- iireet.d the division of t ! . r-K'"ileral r-K'"ileral .fbaif oneerin'd to sl.aly mid suit-nut suit-nut for you r cn nsii Ural ion a. plan for the r.eor-uiizat ion of urn- arjuy, wdiieh will laUe adwmlaLe of our e.suerience in this wa r, '. '. iich has ; a on - : it about man v ' . -nances in 01 u'a 1 1 i v. at inn of all a 1 nis of liie K'-rvfce", aiid iia'.s tlyririped nnv';imi" imL !;no'.ri wliLu the war Marled, Tlif air sendee, the lin k eoi-ps. - develop-laeip. develop-laeip. of hea.vy mobile: a ri ilh-ry, t. iio pi ope r orLC.n Iza lion of di ' edons, corns and arm:"-', will be set i'nrih in tiie s' hcin" wlii.-h will I..' sni-mined lo you wild! the recommendation that it' be tra nsmilted for tile consideration of eon-' eon-' Kress." Pride of Americans. Tiio n-.odes;v and aliantrv of the individual indi-vidual soldier in branee "is a mailer ot pride to all Americans," Ueiicrnl .larch de'dand. adding: "(b.-m-ral L'eishin: and bis command hti'.'e earned the thanks ot the American P'.oeie." 'J" Pie eliicf of staff also commends tno work ""of ip.Na'al fhiss at, '(.n'sai!le--. which, he says, was of the greatest value to I lie dep.- ri mewl . . Anp. i.d.-d lo l he ivtmr t is a terse ' rlli..nf.;.-v of the oi.eiatams of tl.O Aiaei ie..n' aim-'.' in Ui ai.c. ...1 a day-today si.elcb of the r, 'i-u. hi--inniiiL. on jnril bMT. and ''n'icludim; Xoembc'.' Jl, liiS, , v, heii b-.st ililies ceased, |