War Expenditures: Hearings Before the Select Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, House of Representatives, Sixty-sixth Congress, First[-third] Session, on War Expenditures. June 23, 1919U.S. Government Printing Office, 1920 |
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Adjutant advance American Expeditionary Forces ANSELL armistice attack Attention room 160 automobiles BARNES BARNETT battalion believe brigade British BULLARD camp Camp Holabird Capt cars casualties cease charge Chemical Warfare Service Chief of Staff CLENDENNING COLLINS Colonel commanding officer committee CONNER court-martial Director of Purchase Division DOWELL DRAKE duty enemy equipment fact fighting FLOOD France French FRIES front German GUTHRIE HAAN HARBORD headquarters Hegeman HEINTZELMAN HERRINGSHAW Infantry inspection JOHNSON Lieut LIGGETT machine guns MAJOR matter ment military months morning Motor Transport Corps motor vehicles never notification November 11 o'clock operations orders organization PALMER Pershing Quartermaster question received recommend reconstruction park record regiment repair requisitions Second Army sent SHERBURNE shipped signed soldiers spare statement STEVENS Storage and Traffic supply thing tion tires told TROMLEY troops trucks United United States Army Verneuil WALKER War Department Washington
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Page 1915 - BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR : PEYTON C. MARCH, General, Chief of Staff.
Page 1674 - America's participation in the war with its man power. ing for the British Army, Gen. Petain, Marshal Foch, Gen. Cadorna, and Gen. Pershing were present. This conference considered, primarily, the condition of Russia and what steps should be taken in case she were forced out of the war. The general conclusions reached were necessity for adoption of a purely defensive attitude on all secondary fronts and withdrawing surplus troops for duty on the western front. By this strengthening the western front...
Page 1480 - AFTER RECESS (The hearing was resumed at 2 pm, pursuant to the taking of recess.) The CHAIRMAN.
Page 1365 - The enemy, disorganized by our repeated attacks, retreats along the entire front. It is important to coordinate and expedite our movements. I appeal to the energy and the initiative of the Commanders-in-Chief and of their armies to make decisive the results obtained.
Page 2165 - This was the state of affairs that existed when we entered the war. While our action gave the Allies much encouragement yet this was temporary, and a review of conditions made it apparent that America must make a supreme material effort as soon as possible. After duly considering the tonnage possibilities I cabled the following to Washington on July 6, 1917: Plans should contemplate sending over at least 1,000,000 men by next May.
Page 2164 - June 9th and, after spending some days in consultation with the British authorities, reached Paris on June I3th. Following the rather earnest appeals of the Allies for American troops, it was decided to send to France, at once, one complete division and nine newly organized regiments of Engineers. The division was formed of regular regiments, necessary transfers of officers and men were made, and recruits...
Page 1877 - Army, forced a crossing of the Meuse east of Beaumont and gained the commanding heights within the reentrant of the river, thus completing our control of the Meuse River line. At 6 am on the llth notification was received from Marshal Foch's headquarters that the Armistice had been signed and that hostilities would cease at 11 am Preparatory measures had already been taken to insure the prompt transmission to the troops of the announcement of an Armistice. However, the advance east of...
Page 1663 - That the American personnel of the artillery of these divisions and such corps troops as may be required to build up American corps organizations follow immediately thereafter, and that American artillery personnel be trained with French materiel and join its proper divisions as soon as thoroughly trained.
Page 2075 - That no part of any of the appropriations made herein nor any of the unexpended balances of appropriations heretofore made for the support and maintenance of the Army or the Military Establishment...
Page 1909 - ... repair or overhaul, carelessness or waste on the part of any individual organization and similar matters, together with his recommendation as to any action that should be taken. 11. The chief of each department will submit on or before August 31, 1918, a list of funds appropriated for the design, purchase, equipment, repair, and maintenance of motor vehicles as defined under paragraph 3, preceding.