Show Placing Pacing of S Troops in France Will Break AU All Records It t Will Be I Impossible le to Get More Than Soldiers Soldiers Abroad Abroad W oad Within thin a Year Vear Official Show Reports ti 51 i y L I t- t t h John Sohn r rot i l v. v A I m. m I. I I y u JO n c. c Edwin wIn i International News Service Staff Staff Correspondent I ASHINGTON D. D C. C July WASHINGTON W V V 17 The The United States will have broken a military military mili miU tar tary record if it is able to place on French soil troops by next November No matter how successful it may be In speedIng speedIng speeding speed- speed Ing up the training of Its new na no national national na- na army it will be humanly Impossible to get more than American soldiers on French territory within a a. year ar Official rt reports ports on file tile today in inthe Inthe inthe the army war college show this conclusively High army officials with the task of or getting Americas America's man power into action against German aggression today were openly criticising the propriety propriety propriety pro pro- of ot publication of wildly en enthusiastic enthusiastic en en- stories that the en entire ra national guard of the nation now being mobilized was to be rushed to France regardless of its state of or preparedness Such publication it was pointed out simply arouses false hopes and expectations on the part of the American people The American arm army will go forward forward for for- ward as speedily as safety will permit permit per per- mit but the actual transportation of supplies and necessary materials for the men now on the ground and those who are to make up the SECond second second sec sec- ond expedition must necessarily tax the available shipping ties Without violating essential military secrets it is possible to outline a few of ot the great grent obstacles obstacles obstacles cles that must be overcome o in making making making mak mak- ing the United States a vital fightIng fightIng fighting fight- fight Ing element on the western front First While First While the British sea base is only some fifty miles from the fighting front held by the British soldiers soldier the American port of en entry entry entry en- en try Is more than six times as aN far Second Second France France is unable to furnish furnish furnish fur fur- nish railroads and equipment sufficient sufficient suf suf- to carry the new American army and General Pershing's men men I will have to build practically a new I railroad For this purpose tons of track thousands of ties and the like locomotives and from to box and other cars mus must be transported from the United States Third Third The The American troops cannot take t ke up any active operations operations opera opera- on the western front until their heavy artillery is placed in position and the eyes of the ar artillerymen ar- ar the the aviation section section- gets on the job And the big a aviation aviation avia via tion appropriation bill is still in senate committee and formation of ot otan an aviation section hardly has be be- be gun The British army today todar is util util- utilizing utilizing izing some men to maintain and protect its fifty miles' miles of rail rail- road The United States has organized or organized organized or- or certain regiments of experienced ex ex- ex railway workers Some of these are now in France and others are to go But But it will be weeks before they will be able to place the highway from the front to the sea in condition so that an uninterrupted stream str-eam of supplies can be kept en route to the front But while the officers of the army who realize what this war really means willingly point the handicaps under which the Americans Americans Americans Amer Amer- must operate they are far from discouraged Instead they are highly highl elated with the progress that has been made and with the outlook for the future When Pershing's force reaches the mark it will be formidable and it will be increased as fast as it Is humanly possible The warnings against exaggeration are designed to prevent disappointment in re results results results re- re on the part of many citizens who do not realize the enormous task confronting the army and nav navy which must safeguard all aU movements of transports transport |