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Show I REGULAR ARMY WAS SLOW. General U G. MacAlexandei . in command at Fort Iiougles. has d fBl oped Into an after-dinner speaker wfth his story of the second battle of 1be Marne. He tells of the work of the American forces and gives due credit to the soldier boys, after explaining ex-plaining that their morale systematically systemat-ically was built up by the training prescribed by those in charge. We hear much of the bright side of the conflict, from the American point Of view, but gradually some of the Mundcru of our commanding ottlcerr are being disclosed. It always has been a mystery wh the 145th field artillery', which so proudly carried the good name of Utah, was prevented from getting into action, although It was rated as one of the best prepared regiments in the rmy. , When the boys landed in France they expected to go to the front without with-out delu . Instead they were sent south from Havre and disappointment raj expressed by all. It was discovered discov-ered that th-ir artillery' methods were according to American practlco and the American system was faulty in that the range finding was slow and cumbersome, and tho boys had to undo much they had done when they began to train under French gun fire. This caused the unexplained delay which is traceable to the regular army and Its failure to keep up with the progress made in warfare from 1914 up to 1&18, vhen America got into tho trenches With hundreds of thousands of heroic boys. |