Show MUST HAVE ARMY OF FIVE MILLION SPEED HUGE AMERICAN ARMY TO FIRING LINE TO SAVE DAY GENERAL WOODS WOOD'S PLEA Every Other Consideration Should Be Laid Aside in His Opinion to Crowd Trained Armies Upon French Soil Washington America America must have an nn army of men half of whom must be sent at once to the western battle front of Europe This Is the message which Major Majo General Leonard Wood brought from France to the military affairs committee commit commit- tee of the senate and und delivered to that tha committee In executive session Monday Mon Moti- da day afternoon It ma may result In action by y the Committee ommittee to speed upon legislation legislation legis- legis lation for raising the draft raft age anc and otherwise Increasing the nations nation's armies S The supreme need of the hour General General General Gen Gen- eral Wood told the committee Is moreman more man mun power The sooner an army o of men Is landed In Fra France e by bythe bythe bythe the United States the sooner will come com the end of the war Ever Every other consideration consideration consideration con con- should be laid loid aside in General General Gen Gen- eral oral Woods Wood's opinion to crowd trained traiD d armies and their necessary supplies upon French soil So o overpowering Is this need fo fomen for formen men inca General Wood sal said that although there is no or ordnance nance of American manufacture man tuna on the allies' allies front the British Brit Brit- ish and French governments will b bable be beable beable able to supply nIl all the guns needed I It if America will only furnish the themen men t to han handle le them General Wood praised highly the national na nn- army and expressed the opinion that all ull of the men of this classification tion now in training camps should b be dispatched to France Immediately H He pronounced them as a whole u a splendid I I. I bod body of soldiers whose devotion t to I training had ren rendered ered them read ready fo for active service To take the places of these men General Wood recommended ed Immediate drafts from the eligible registrants an and raising of the draft limit so that there ma may be more men to draw from until are In the training camps General Wood found foun no discouragement discourage discourage- ment meat In the latest news of the German offensive He said that the British ha had had fully prepared for it although they ha hanot had hadnot hadnot not anticipated the Ule drive would be s so rapid or that the they would be compelled to lose so large a number of guns It was pointed out b by General Wood Woo that while the Germans are obliged t to tomake tomake make their advances over rough shell shell- torn roads the British h have the U a advantage ad- ad vantage of smooth smooth territory to ov over r to conduct their withdrawal ith The roads behind the British lines line ma may also be used by the retreating forces but not by the enem enemy General W od was inclined to believe believe be be- lieve this advantage would ai aid th the Bri British Ush more and more if the Germans German co continue Ito to to advance into Into the battle swept area He said he believed th the British strategy would be to permit the permit th the Germans to penetrate as far fal as they ca can into this territory before beginning a which mn may crush the enemy and drive e them back General Woods Wood's view of the entire si situation tua tion was J highly optimistic and nd he lie expressed himself to the committee as being entirely satisfied or of the We success of the allies In stopping the tile present drive He praised the morale of the British and French w who o are in active contact with the enemy and said he lie was much lunch gratified to find the splendid spirit and courage of ot the Americans |