AMERICAN TROOPS' TRANSPORT
FACILITATED BY BRITISH SHIPPING
v WASHINGTON, 16th August. Referring to the shipment of American troops to France, Mr. Newton D. Baker (Secretary of War) made the following statement: "The War Department's programme has been adjusted so as to be able to continue the most rapid shipment of troops to France. This is made possible by reason of the great assistance of the British Government in placing a large amount of shipping at our disposal."
General March, conferring with the Senate Committee, said : "The United States has novt three pillion men under arms, of whom 1,400,000 are overseas." General March anticipated a further German retirement on the West front, though he did not know its possible extent.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 43, 19 August 1918, Page 7
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