New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 6, 1918, Page 10

IRST ANNIVERSARY | FINDS 05 A GLANT rupendous Accomplishments of America During Year of War ington, April 6.—The first an- the entrance of the es into the war finds the of the country just ming into the struggle but rapidiy prepared hievements of the first year hiefly divided between the army, pich has been supplying and training hting forces; the navy which has En hunting the submarine and con- ing troops and supplies to Iurope, shipping board which has been lding 4 merchant marine and the sury which has been dits to the allies. n all other departments of the gov- as been a tremendous to all the force of the 's resources and power to the of the actual fighting machine. or military reasons it is not per- ate the exact number of lerican troops in Framce with heral Pershing’s expedition, but bretary Baker, in recent testimony bre the senate military committee ficted half a million men would ere early this year and that an- br million would be ready to go g the year. merican troops have taken up ral positions on the fihgting line in lrce, have occupied a sector of r own northwest of Toul, and have numerous encounters with the ans. Official statements from ish and German army headquar- have shown that certain Ameri- fighting forces were thrown into battle brought on by the great an offensive this spring, the sh war office first reporting them ghting shoulder to shoulder with British and French troops in the ity of Roye. Military Strength Compared. referring to the combined forces e regular army and national 4 & year ago. and comparing the gth of the regular army now, the nal guard mustered into federal e, and the men of the first draft bntonments, it is apparent that otal number of ready fighting has been increased from a e two hundred thousand to hing like a million and a half, about ten million men registered - the draft still avallable for to the colors. itary experts have advancing estimated that should the war be prolonged and it becomes necessary for the United States to assume the burden of carry- ing on the conflict million men would The immense the army not been without criticism but, it is declared this was expected in the conversion into a ghting force of a nation traditionally welded to the pursuits of peace. The expansion of the naval forces has been characterized in congress by many as praiseworthy. The exact de- tails, here too, are shrouded in secrecy as a military measure, but it is well known that an emergency war building program has been pushed with such rapidity that the United States is well on the wav to a place second only to Great Britain as a naval force, and tnat in destroyers alone—most proved and deadly weapon of the su by next vear will have the greatest fleet on the seven s Since the United States went to war, the navy has placed contracts for practically a thousand vessels, ana besides that n army of five 10t be improbable took charge of repairing the seized | German and Austrian ships damaged by thelr crews at the orders of the German government Time to Remove His Hat. The case of the great liner Vater- land, now the United States Ship Leviathan, is a fair example of the efiiciency and speed with which the naval engineers conducted that work. When the Germans finished their work of destruction the Vaterland's commander remarked he would take his hat off to the Americans who could put the ship in shape in time to be of any service. Within six months from the time his words were spoken the Vaterland was in running order and since, the navy has announced, has carried number of American troops and great quantities of suppliies to the fighting lires in France. By taking the ships and men of the Coast Guard into its fleets, by the merging of Naval Volunteers and Naval Militia, and with the growth of the Marine Corps, the navy has expanded its forces practically five times since the country went to war. In its immense task of convoying troops there have been some los: notably the Tuscania and the Antilles, but the losses of life have been for- tunately small in comparison with the numbers of troops transported. At the same time the American destroy- ers, working with the British in the submarine zone, have made them- selves a terror to the undersea boa How mar craft they ha accounted for remains a military se- cret. ¥eats of Treasury Department. The Treasury, concerned with fi nancing the war, has raised from Tiberty Bonds and War Savings Stamp sales more than §8,000,000,000 the first anniversary of the declaration of war on Germany, is launching the Third Liberty Loan. estimates put the expense ar at about lden expansion of | marine—the navy | 1$12,000,000,000 exclusive of the ad | vances to the Allic The idvances to all the Allies have tc »d, up to the closc of March, 600,000. The United States has been secured with the bonds or obligations of the countries to which the money was advanced. | More than $125,000,000 of the sum went to Rus before the debacie put the country out of the war. What return, the United States will get, if any, 1s considered doubtful. hairman IHuriey of the Shipping | Board, in & recent speech in New York at which he outlined the ship- { building program fully for the frst time, declared the great building program which is to make the bridge of ships to F. e is 28 per cent. to- i ward completion. He pointed out the magnitude of the task by recalling that the Shipping Board building a greuter organization than Corvoration has been able to build up in more than twenty The recent disclosure by the Admiralty that German sub- ctually are destroving the | world’s shipping twice as fast as it is being built is the spur which is expected to put the full force of the country at this vital task Beside the work of the ecxecutive departments of the government, the vear has seen tremendous strides in the mobilization of labor, industry, science and invention with the sole aim of winning the war. Hundreds of business and profesional men have give up private interests to serve the government at nominal pay. Business and manufacture has given the best of its secrets. Whatever criticism was made of the lack of co-ordination of all these tremendous resources and power, none ever has charged that private interest has withheld them. What is expected to be one of the mightiest weapons toward winning the war is the War Trade Board, cre- ated for the purpose of cutting off supplies to Germany through the ad- jacent neutrals. As the war goes on, , the work of this organi- annot be underestimated OUCH! ACHING JOINTS, RUB RHEUMATIC PAIN Rub Pain Right out with small trial bottle of old “St. Jacobs Oil” Rheumatism is Not one case in fifty requires inter- nal treatment. Stop drugging! Rub oothing, penetrating ““St. Jacobs OiI” ight into vour sore, stiff, aching joints, and relief comes instantly. “‘St. Jacobs Oil” is a harmless rheumatism liniment which never disappoints and can not burn the skin. Limber up - Quit complaining! Get a, small trial bottle of old, honest *St. acobs Oil” at any drug store, and in just a moment you'll be free from rheumatic pain, soreness and stiffne Don’t suffer! Relief awaits you. *St. Jacobs Oi is just as good for sci- atica, neuralgla, lumbago, backache, sprains. A year of war, all officlals concede, finds shortcomings and defects, hut it *d no more than might ha pecn expected fronmt i peaceful nation suddenly reorganized to a war is. President Wilson in a recent oo laration pronounced the present yveus the vital one in the winnig of the war. the resources of America now heing gathered, get to the battle- fronts with a mighty rush, they avc fully expected to carry the .Allics through to victory. WOMAN'S LAND ARMY Committec Now Making Arrange- ments to Replace Male Agricultur- ists Who May Be Needcd in Army. Hartford, April 6.-—Man, will be working on the farn necticut this summer hec active steps being ta a Woman’s Land Army in The Committee on Womar ties of the Connecticut of Defense has inves: the pos- sibillty of placing the women on the farms to meet the present labor shortage and is now developing the organization plans. The investigation work was as- signed to a sub-commiitce, the Com- mittee on Food Production and the organization work now falls to an Executive Commitee recently formed. Mrs. E. G. H. Schenck of Wilton is the Connecticut representative of the Woman’s Land Army of America and is serving in the capacity of chairman of the newly created executive com- mittee. The other members are: Leo A. Korper, state director of department of labor; Allen B. Lincoln, assistant director department of labor: David Elder, special field representative de- partment of labor: Miss M. Fstelle Sprague, chairman of food conserva- tion and Mrs, Joseph W. Alsop, chair- man of focd production. The Wom- an’s Land Army of Connecticut, will work in complete co-opcration and under the direction of the Comitttee on Food Supply and Conservation of the State Council of Defense, the De- rtment of Labor and the County rra Bure: In sounding the farmers to see whether they would use women or not five 1dred letters in question- naire form were sent out by vestigating committee. T wers approximatcly as follows: Fil iy per cent. would tsc women s of Con- the in- answer essary, twenty-five ner nt would not vse women and twenty-fi per cent did not answer An educational campaign regarding the Woman's Land Army was conducted at mec ings of the Connecticut Pomological Society, the Connecticut Vegetable {and Fruit Growers' ociation ! the various dairy s iations problem of financ mover hos not been solved but certain socie ties and individuals have promiscd t help in this direction. means spe = EFFICIENCY— that is the watch-word of today. It ed. It means the elimination of all waste in time and effort. It means the co-relation of brain a nd muscle in making each minute a productive minute. If we are to wi n the Great War, we must introduce this doctrine into every phase of our daily life. As a nation, we must learn to challenge each tick of the clock and 1nsist that it register Action. In this connection, please remember that the auto- mobile is {one of the most efficient Time and Labor saving devices that has ever been devel- oped. It has become the pace-maker of modern progress and to eliminate it would mean to turn back the calendar a quarter of a century. In every profession and every field of business you will find the motor car performing its work with economy and dispatch. Tt carries thousands of executives to and from their offices each day. pointments on the dot. It permits them to keep ap It multiplies their use- fulness and broadens their scope of activities like no other form of transportation. So, by all means, buy a motor car —but get a good one while you are about it. Look Of & manu- facturer’s reputation rather than four wheels and a painted body. Look for enduring quality— that is all we ask —and you will be led irresist- ibly to the Paige. PAIGE-DETROIT MOTOR CAR COMPANY, DETROIT, MICHIGAN STANDARD TIRE AND AUTO CO, New Show Rooms Corner Elm and and Service Station Seymour Streets. il FOR THE DURATION§ ON THE WAR Put Your Dollars Into the Third Liberty Loan to :tay ’l‘HE men who have gone into the a iy and the navy have enlisted “for the duration of the war.” The money that we put behind the army and the navy should be invested for the duration of the war. Every dollar that goes into the Third Liberty Loan should be sub- scribed with the firm re- solve that it is there to stay as long as the coun- try needs it. Qur men are in the front line, with the causualty lists mounting daily. They cannot turn back until their work is done. Our dollars must not turn back. Our ships are setting out along the hazardous 3000-mile line of com- munications. In spite of all attacks, they must go on to the end of the voyage. Our dollars must go on to the end. It is easy to subscribe to a Liberty Bond. But as Secretary McAdoo has pointed out, sub- scribing does not help, unless we actually mean to pay for the bond, and to keep it. To hold it for only a few months and then sell it or turn it back to the bank, or use it to pay the grocer or tailor, is like enlisting in the army for 3 months and then going home when the guns begin to roar. EVERY subscriber should take all the bonds that he can pay for in cash and with the sav- ings of the near future. If this does not come up to his share he should ef course borrow from his bank in order to take more. But whatever ameunt he borrows, it should be with the posi- tive intention of paying it off out of additional savings or increased earnings. There should be no home which does not buy its Liberty Bond, and every bond should be bought for the dura- tion of the war. Subscriptions will be received under the gov- ernment plan which is 5 per cent. on the date of subscription, 20 per cent. on May 28th, 35 per cent. on July 18th, 40 per cent. on August 15th, or on the weekly or monthly basis extending over a period of 50 weeks or 10 months. An initial pay- ment of 4 per ceat. will be required on subscrip- tions taken on the monthly or weekly plan. NEW BRITAIN NATIONAL BANK NEW BRITAIN TRUST COMPANY BURRITT SAVINGS BANK PEOPLES SAVINGS BANK SAVINGS BANK of NEW BRITAIN ) COMMERCIAL TRUST COMPANY PLAINVILLE TRUST COMPAKNY, Plainville ! Courtesy of the Third National Bank