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Show ii Chief Points in ii Baker Statement I WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. High spots 'in Baker's testi- ',' rnony: ; !; There will he half a million ; men in France early in 1918. ; !; There will be a million and a ;' : half ready to go to France In ; 1318. ' ;! The American people will ; toon demonstrate upon the bat- 1: Uefields of Europe, side by side ; 1; with our allies, our determination !; to win the war. ' !; The ordnance bureau, has been ! letting contracts at the rate of !; 'I twenty a day. ; ', We could not delay sending j men to the cantonments until the ; last button was on the last coat. ; I' Major General Wood advised ; !; me to send the men to the camps, ; !; paying they would have a lot to I; ' loam before they would have need !; for rifleB. ;! It was Pershing who caused ; ;! rejection of the Lewis machine I; gun. ; !' The Gennan government Is still !; unaware of the number of men ! i; we have in Fiance. i One railroad built by Ameri- ! i' cans in France has 600 miles of !; rails. ; !; It was not for us to decide the ; !; theater of war the theater was ; '! France. It was not for us to ;! decide the line of commuuica- tions tho line reached across the ! ! Atlantic ocean, with one end in- ! !; fested by submarines. Our en- ' !; emy was on the other side of No ; !; !an's Iand, nd our problem ; !; was to get over there and get ;. j: hira. |