ILLUSTRATING A WRONG THEORY
Illustrating a Wrong Theory THE OFFICIAL REPORTS of Surgeon-General Gorgas regarding the shocking health conditions in several of the camps, due to lack of clothing and proper shelter, were frank...
...but most of all, they exhibit the misjudgment shown by certain officials at Washington in forming their conception of America's practical part in the war...
...This was largely due to the overpressure of French, British, and other visitors, who could see only the thing that they most needed for the moment rather than the deliberate processes that would best lead to the desired results...
...Let the good work go on.—C...
...January, 191S...
...Since then we have been moving men to France with great rapidity, and we have found ourselves somehow committed to the theory that trench fighting in Europe is to be our chief function as respects the present war...
...I am in hearty accord with La Toilette's position to raise the revenue to carry on the war...
...later, it was stated that we were to send one division of regulars to show our good-will towards France...
...Inclosed please find postal order for $1.00 for another year's subscription...
...Illustrating a Wrong Theory THE OFFICIAL REPORTS of Surgeon-General Gorgas regarding the shocking health conditions in several of the camps, due to lack of clothing and proper shelter, were frank and straight-forward...
...Those first men were almost wholly fresh recruits who should have been trained nearly a year in this country before being sent to the theatre of war...
...At first, our War Department intimated that we were not to send troops abroad...
...T., Portland, Ore...
...and it seems to be fraught with danger, because to carry it out might involve such diversion and misapplication of our national energy as to hurt our Allies and the common cause, rather than to help it.—Review of Reviews...
...It would be useless to say that they did not reflect discredit upon branches of the army administration...
...The theory is probably fallacious...
Vol. 10 • January 1918 • No. 1
