Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-09-23 | Page 2 | Baker Visitor at Aviation Fields

BAKER VISITOR AT AVIATION FIELDS PARIS. Sept. 22. Newton D. Baker. American secretary of war, visited the aviation field yesterday and another an-other last nit:ht. Repardin his" vigit. he made the following statement to the Associated Asso-ciated Press: VI have just completed an Inspection of the ports and am now making a thorough thor-ough inspection o the service of supplies from here, and later I am going to the recreation areas and thence to general headquarters in France, from England, and will spend some time with our combatant com-batant troops in the American sector. ' after which I will sail for home. The progress which has been made in six months in building up the great facilities "pun which the subsistence and supplv of the army, rests is amazing. The promptness, efiictenc v and accuracy of the services are evident, and the spirit of the officers and men is confident and h:-'h." The '"orrespoivlent of the Associated Press told Secretary Baker that he had been with the service of supplv for fix months and t:iat onne the American officers offi-cers talked of the lierman oreanization. The secretary interrupted, saying: "We've beaten it from the beginning." I