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Show FRANCE EDS MEN DIRECT APPEAL OF REPUBLIO FOR RE.ENFORCEMENTB HAS IT3 -EFFECT. AMERICA IS SPEEDING UP Fart Werk In the Officers' Tralnlrv Camp te Be Followed by Equally Fas Drilling ef the New National Army. By EDWARD B. CLARK. Washington. From the Instant that war was declared between tho United States and Germany, Ajnerlc.au, officers of the 'jLounser and more nctlve ranks have urged the necessity of sending troops quickly to Prance. It Is believed thut If tho original plan of high army officers lutd been adhorcd to, American troops except for some few engineer detachments would not hnvo been sent to Eurooo for many months. The Ipv of the younger officers of tho American service. Indorsed as It was by Ornrrnl Joffre and unquestionably unquestion-ably also by the president, brought a chungo In plan, although of course It Is not known definitely, nor will It be published when It Is known, Just how quickly large forces of American soldiers sol-diers will be sent-to tho fighting line. Here Is n copyrighted and authorised author-ised cable In the Now York Tluiea from Wythe Williams : "Franco always has kept the number num-ber of her losses to herself. She now says quite openly that nho needs men. The Germans lire still terribly strong, and It Is therefore to America that she. Is looking to help her strike hurder thnn ever nt the Teuton's battle line and shiu.mIi It." Relies on America. This Indirect appeal for men which has Just come from Frnnce seemingly Is Indorsed by General I'ctnln. The disclosure of the French army's need for men to drive home victory probably would not be made unless It wiih thought that the npeul would be answered an-swered by tho American army authorities. authori-ties. France never has allowed It to be known prior to this time that her armies stand in need of re-enforcements to cuahle tho republic to carry home the blows which It has been delivering de-livering for months. Tho situation In Frunce, it Is held In Washington, makes It imperative that there be upeedtng up In the training of our oversea foices. It seems certain that tho early predictions made that regulars and National Guardsmen would be sent to the front much more quickly thun anyone hnd supposed will be bprne out, but the main proposition concerns Itself with the great national army which early In September In de tachments will .o Into tho training cunrjK; ":! It la only neceesjuy to go to Fort Slyer to learn that the speeding-up process Is In operation. If Is not known definitely here bow things are going on nt the other officers' reserve training camps, but nt Fort Myer what would be called In any college In the country "tho cramming system" Is In dally service. The young men across the Potomac who are trying to learn how to become officers of the American army will bo given In three months Instructions In-structions and drill which ordinarily would be spread over half a year. Young officers aro In charge at Fort Myer. So long ngo ns the time that your correspondent was In Frnnce, when tho war was only about eight months old, the 'possibilities that the French republic would need re-enforcements of men In order to enrry the war to u conclusion within tho territory of tho Germans ntrendy was being discussed. dis-cussed. It was discussed In whispers, It Is true, but It wus known that the man power of Frnnce had a limit line well within that of tho other countries engaged. Even then the French were looking to the United States. Thought It Would Be Sooner. Your correspondent was In Paris when the Lusltanla wns sunk. Frenchmen French-men that day believed that Uys entry of the western republic Into'tlie WHr could be a matter of only a few days. They had believed at the first outbreak of hostilities that the United States would come In from tho sheer Impulse of a desire to savo democracy. The French gave over this thought reluctantly, reluc-tantly, hut when American men, women wom-en and children were murdered ou the high seas tho French thought that entry of this country into the conflict would be certain und quick. From tulks with Frenchmen It became be-came known that It was their belief that If American troops should bo sent to the front the wur would not lnst a year. That wus Just two years ago. Now tho French have allowed it to be known definitely and by authority that troops ure needed and. needed quickly. It seems that General Joffre was content con-tent to speak about the sentiment of the mutter and not to dlscloso fully the actual necessities of the case. General Gen-eral I'ctnln has gono farther tlinn tho hero of tho Marne and has lrtimlly ' sent out an appeal not for men to hold the Gurmnns, but for help to drive them Into their own territory, there to cleun them up and to end n righteous war righteously. It fceuniH entirely prohahlo thut th" lutensli training of tho now n.-tlniml army will ho made quickly .ml thai the speed now manifest In the war department, de-partment, along regular army, Nntlon-til Nntlon-til Guard mid Officers' Reserve corp. lines will ho tho order of tho dny In the rump where th llrt hnlf-inlllioii selective se-lective service ir.cn lire to lie taught bow to fight for democratic Ideals. ' BBBBBMBaBBaBaBaVBaBBJBBBBH |