File:The people's war book; history, cyclopaedia and chronology of the great world war (1919) (14595263678).jpg

English: Column of troops from the 1st Engineers of the 1st Infantry Division on a road near Wirges, eleven miles northeast of Coblenz during the occupation of the Rhine.

Identifier: peopleswarbookhi00mill (find matches)
Title: The people's war book; history, cyclopaedia and chronology of the great world war
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, J. Martin (James Martin), b. 1859 Canfield, Harry S. (from old catalog), joint author Plewman, William Rothwell, 1880- (from old catalog) Foch, Ferdinand, 1851-1929 Lloyd George, David, 1863-1945 United States. President (1913-1921 : Wilson)
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: Cleveland, O., The R.C. Barnum co. Detroit, Mich., The F.B. Dickerson co. (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
ions engaged were the 1st, 2d. 3d,4th, 5th, 26th, 28th, 29th, 32d, 33d (includ-ing Chicago regiments), 35th, 37th 42d,77th, 78th, 79th, 80th, 82d, 89tli, 90th and91st. Many of our divisions remained inline for a length of time that requirednerves of steel, while others were sent inagain after only a few days of rest. The1st, 5th, 26th, 42d, 77th, 80tli, 89th and 90thwere in the line twice. Although some ofthe divisions were fighting their first battle,they soon became equal to the best.U. S. Force 2,053,347 Men. Of the total strength of the expeditionan-force, Gen. Pershing reports : There are in Europe altogether, includ-ing a regiment and some sanitary unitswith the Italian army and the organizationsat Murmansk, also including- those en routefrom the States, approximately 2,053,347men, less our losses. Of this total thereare in France 1,338,169 combatant troops.Forty di^^sions have arrived, of which theinfantry personnel of ten have been usedas replacements, leaving thirty divisions
Text Appearing After Image:
oU O M S-o > 3 tL» S u; < u C bo w < 244 THE PEOPLES WAR BOOK Of their equipment he says: Our entry into the war found us withfew of the auxiliaries necessary for its con-duct in the modem sense. Among our mostimportant deficiencies in material were ar-tillery, aviation and tanks. In order tomeet our requirements as rapidly as pos-sible, we accepted the offer of the Frenchgovernment to provide us with the neces-sary artillery equipment of 75s, 155 milli-meter howitzers, and 155 G. P. F. gunsfrom their own factories for thirty divi-sions. The wisdom of this course is fullydemonstrated by the fact that, altliough wesoon began the manufacture of these classesof gams at home, there were no guns of thecaliber mentioned manufactured in Amer-ica on our front at the date the armisticewas sigiied. The only guns of these typesproduced at home thus far received inFrance are 109 75 millimeter guns. Same Situation in Aviation. In aviation we were in the same situa-tion, and h

Note About Images

Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.