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Nov. 25-Greek provisional gov- ernment declares war on Germany and Bulgaria.
Nov. 28-Roumanian govern- ment abandons Bucharest and moves capital to Jassy.
Dec. 5-Premier Herbert As- quith of England resigns.
Dec. 7-David Lloyd George ac- cepts British premiership.
Dec. 8-Gen. von Mackensen captures big Roumanian army in Proliova valley.
Dec. 12-Chancellor von Beth- man-Hollweg announces in reich- stag that Germany will propose peace; new cabinet in France un- der Aristide Briand as premier, and Gen. Robert Georges Nivelle given chief of command of French army.
Dec. 15-French at Verdun win two miles of front and capture 11,000.
Dec. 19-Lloyd George declines German peace proposals.
Dec. 23-Baron Burian succeed- ed as minister of foreign affairs in Austria by Count Czernin.
Dec. 26-German proposes to President Wilson "an immediate meeting of delegates of the bellig- erents."
Dec. 27-Russians defeated in five-day battle in eastern Wal- lachia, Roumania.
1917
Jan. 1-Submarine sinks British transport Ivernia.
Jan. 9-Russian premier, Tre- poff, resigns. Golitzin succeeds him.
Jan. 31-Germany announces unrestricted submarine warfare.
Feb. 3-President Wilson re- views submarine controversy be- fore congress; United States sev- ers diplomatic relations with Ger- many; American steamer Housa- tonic sunk without warning.
Feb. 7-Senate indorses presi- dent's act of breaking off diplo- matic relations.
Feb. 12-United States refuses German request to discuss matters of difference unless Germany with- draws unrestricted submarine war- fare order.
Feb. 14-Von Bernstorff sails for Germany.
Feb. 25-British under Gen. Maude capture Kut-el-Amara; submarine sinks liner Laconia without warning; many lost, in- cluding two Americans.
Feb. 26-President Wilson asks congress for authority to arm American merchantslips.
Feb. 28-Secretary Lansing makes public Zimmerman note to Mexico, proposing Mexican-Japa- nese-German alliance.
March 9-President Wilson calls extra session of congress for April 16.
March 11-British under Gen. Maude capture Bagdad; revolution starts in Petrograd.
March 15-Czar Nicholas of Russia abdicates.
March 17-French and British capture Bapaume.
March 18-New French minis- try is formed by Alexander Ribot.
March 21-Russian forces cross Persian border into Turkish ter- ritory; American oil steamer Healdton torpedoed without warn- ing.
March 22-United States recog- nizes new government of Russia.
March 27-Gen. Murray's Brit- ish expedition into the Holy Land defeats Turkish army near Gaza.
April 2-President Wilson asks congress to declare that acts of Germany constitute a state of war; submarine sinks American steamer Aztec without warning.
April 4-United States senate passes resolution declaring a state of war exists with Germany.
April 6-House passes war reso- lution and President Wilson signs joint resolution of congress.
April 8-Austria declares sev- erance of diplomatic relations with United States.
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April 9-British defeat Germans at Vimy Ridge and take 6,000 pris- oners; United States seizes four- teen Austrian interned ships.
April 20-Turkey severs diplo- matic relations with the U. S.
April 28-Congress passes sclec- tive service act for raising of army of 500,000; Guatemala severs dip- lomatic relations with Germany.
May 7-War department orders raising of nine volunteer regiments of engineers to go to France.
May 14-Espionage act becomes law by passing senate.
May 18-President Wilson signs selective service act. Also directs expeditionary force of regulars un- der Gen. Pershing to go to France.
May 19-Congress passes war appropriation bill of $3,000,000,- 000.
June 5-Nearly 10,000,000 men in U. S. register for military train- ing.
June 12-King Constantine of Greece abdicates.
June 13-Gen. Pershing and staff arrive in Paris. June 15-First Liberty loan closes with large oversubscription. .
June 26-First contingent Amer- ican troops under Gen. Sibert ar- rives in France.
June 29-Greece severs diploma- tic relations with Teutonic allies.
July 9-President Wilson drafts state militia into federal service. Also places food and fuel under federal control.
July 13-War department order drafts 678,000 men into military service.
July 14-Aircraft appropriation bill of $640,000,000 passes house ; Chancellor von Bethmann-Holl- weg's resignation forced by Ger- man political crisis.
July 18-United States govern- ment orders censorship of tele- grams and cablegrams crossing frontiers.
July 19-New German Chancel- lor Michaelis declares Germany will not war for conquest; radi- cals and Catholic party ask peace without forced acquisitions of ter- ritory.
July 22-Siam declares war on Germany.
July 23-Premier Kerensky giv- en unlimited powers in Russia.
July 28-United States war in- dustries board created to supervise expenditures.
Aug. 25-Italian Second army breaks through Austrian line on Isonzo front.
Aug. 28-President Wilson re- jects Pope Benedict's peace plea.
Sept. 10-Gen. Korniloff de- mands control of Russian govern- ment.
Sept. 11-Russian deputies vote to support Kerensky. Korniloff's generals ordered arrested.
Sept. 16- Russia proclaims new republic by order of Premier Ker- ensky.
Sept. 20-Gen. Haig advances mile through German lines at Ypres.
Sept. 21-Gen. Tasker H. Bliss named chief of staff, U. S. army.
Oct. 16- Germans occupy is- lands of Runo and Adro in the Gulf of Riga.
Oct. 25-French under Gen. Petain advance and take 12,000 prisoners on Aisne front.
Oct. 27-Formal announcement made that American troops in France had fired their first shots in the war.
Oct. 29-Italian Isonzo front collapses and Austro-German army reaches outposts of Udine.
Nov. 1-Secretary Lansing makes public the Luxburg "spur- los versenkt" note.
Nov. 9-Permanent interallied military commission created.
Nov. 24-Navy department an- nounces capture of first German submarine by American destroyer.
Nov. 28-Bolsheviki get absolute control of Russian assembly in Russian elections.
Dec. 6-Submarine sinks the Jacob Jones, first regular warship of American navy destroyed.
Dec. 7-Congress declares war on Austria-Hungary.
Dec. 8-Jerusalem surrenders to Gen. Allenby's forces.
1918
Jan. 5-President Wilson deliv- ers speech to congress giving "fourteen points" necessary to peace.
Jan. 20-British monitors win sea-fight with cruisers Goeben and Breslau, sinking latter.
Jan. 28-Russia and Roumania sever diplomatic relations.
Feb. 2-United States troops take over their first sector, near Toul.
Feb. 6-United States troopship Tuscania sunk by submarine, 126 lost.
Feb. 11-President Wilson, in address to congress, gives four ad- ditional peace principles, includ- ing self- determination of nations; Bolsheviki declares war with Ger- many over, but refuse to sign peace treaty.
Feb. 13-Bolo Pasha sentenced to death in France for treason.
Feb. 25-Germans take Reval, Russian naval base, and Pskov; Chancellor von Hertling agrees "in principle" with President Wil- son's peace principles, in address to reichstag.
March 1-Americans repulse German attack on Toul sector.
March 2-Treaty of peace withi Germany signed by Bolsheviki at Brest-Litovsk.
March 4 Germany and Rou- mania sign armistice on German terms.
March 13-German troops oc- cupy Odessa.
March 14-All Russian congress of soviets ratifies peace treaty.
March 21-German spring of- fensive starts on fifty mile front. British prisoners and 200 guns.
March 23 -- German drive gains nine miles. "Mystery gun" shells Paris.
March 24-Germans reach the Somme, gaining fifteen miles. American engineers rushed to aid British.
March 25-Germans take Ba- paume.
March 27-Germans take Al- bert.
March 28-British counter at- tack and gain; French take three towns: Germans advance toward Amiens.
March 29-"Mystery gun" kills seventy-five churchgoers in Paris on Good Friday.
April 4-Germans start second phase of their spring drive on the Somme.
April 10-Germans take 10 000 British prisoners in Flanders.
April 16-Germans capture Messines ridge. near Ypres; Bolo Pasha executed.
April 23-British and French navies "bottle up" Zeebrugge.
April 26-Germans capture Mount Kemmel, taking 6,500 pris- oners.
May 5-Austria starts drive on Italy.
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In the hottest of the fighting, early morning of the first day of the assault of General Pershing's forces upon the salient of St. Mihiel; two Americans with French automatic rifles pumping lead into the German lines.
May 10-British navy bottles up Ostend.
May 24-British ship Moldavia, carrying American troops, torpe- doed; 56 lost.
May 27-Germans begin third phase of drive on west front; gain five miles.
Muy 28-Germans take 15,000 prisoners in drive.
May 29-Germans take Soissons and menace Reims. American troops capture Cantigny.
May 30-Germans reach the Marne, fifty-five miles from Paris. May 31-Germans take 45,000 prisoners in drive.
June 1-Germans advance nine miles; are forty-six miles from Paris.
June 3-Five German subma- rines attack U. S. coast and sink eleven ships.
June 5-U. S. marines fight on the Marne near Chateau Thierry.
June 9-Germans start fourth phase of their drive by advanc- ing toward Noyon.
June 10-Germans gain two miles. U. S. marines capture south end of Belleau wood.
June 12-French and Americans start counter attack.
June 15-Austrians begin an- other drive on Italy and take 16,- 000 prisoners.
June 17-Italians check Aus- trians on Piave river.
June 19-Austrians cross the Piave.
June 22-Italians defeat Aus- trians on the Piave.
June 23-Austrians begin great retreat across the Piave.
July 18-Gen. Foch launches al- lied offensive, with French, Ameri- can, British, Italian and Belgian troops.
July 21-Americans and French capture Chateau Thierry.
July 30-German crown prince flees from the Marne and with- draws army.
Aug. 2-Soissons recaptured by Foch.
Aug. 4-Americans take Fismes. Aug. 5-American troops landed at Archangel.
Aug. 7-Americans cross the Vesle.
Aug. 16-Bapaume recaptured. Aug. 28-French recross the Somme.
Sept. 1-Foch retakes Peronne. Sept. 12-Americans launch suc- cessful attack in St. Mihiel salient.
Sept. 28-Allies win on 250 mile line, from North sea to Verdun. Sept. 29-Allies cross Hinden- burg line.
Sept. 30-Bulgaria surrenders, after successful allied campaign in Balkans.
Oct. 1-French take St. Quen- tin.
Oct. 4-Austria asks Holland to mediate with allies for peace.
Oct. 5-Germans start aban- donment of Lille and burn Doual.
Oct. 6-Germany asks President Wilson for armistice.
Oct. 7-Americans capture hills around Argonne.
Oct. 8 President Wilson re- fuses armistice.
Oct. 9-Allies capture Cam- brai.
Oct. 10-Allies capture Le Ca- teau.
Oct. 11 - American transport Otranto torpedoed and sunk; 500 lost.
Oct. 13-Foch's troops take Laon and La Fere.
Oct. 14-British and Belgians take Roulers; President Wilson demands surrender by Germany.
Oct. 15-British and Belgians cross Lys river, take 12,000 prison- ers and 100 guns.
Oct. 16-Allies enter Lille out- skirts.
Oct. 17-Allies capture Lille, Bruges, Zeebrugge, Ostend, and Douai.
Oct. 18-Czechio-Slovaks issue declaration of independence; Czechis rebel and seize Prague, capital of Bohemia; French take Thielt.
Oct. 19-President Wilson re- fuses Austria peace plea and says Czecho-Slovak state must be con- sidered.
Oct. 21-Allies cross the Oise and threaten Valenciennes.
Oct. 22-Haig's forces cross the Scheldt.
Oct. 23-President Wilson re- fuses latest German peace plea.
Oct. 27-German government asks President Wilson to state terms.
Oct. 28-Austria begs for sep- arate peace.
Oct. 29-Austria opens direct negotiations with Secretary Lan- sing.
Oct. 30-Italians inflict great defeat on Austria; capture 33,000; Austrians evacuating Italian ter- ritory.
Oct. 31-Turkey surrenders; Austrians utterly routed by Ital- ians; lose 500,000; Austrian en- voys, under white flag, enter 'Ital- ian lines.
Nov. 1-Italians pursue beaten Austrians across Tagliamento riv- er; allied conference at Versailles fixes peace terms for Germany.
Nov. 3-Austria signs armistice amounting virtually to uncondi- tional surrender.
Nov. 4-Allied terms are sent to Germany.
Nov. 7-Germany's envoys enter allied lines by arrangement.
Nov. 9-Kaiser Wilhelm abdi- cates and crown prince renounces throne.
Nov. 10-Former Kaiser Wil- helm and his eldest son, Friedrich Wilhelm, flee to Holland to escape widespread revolution throughout Germany.
Nov. 11-Germany signs armis- tice, ending war.
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U. S. Marines wearing gas masks in trenches in France. These Marines are in the trenches all ready to drive the invading Germans back from the soil of France. They are equipped with all the latest things in gas masks and steel helmets so that they will have every opportunity of beating the Teutons at their own game of war.
Principal Battles of World War
Aisne, battle of, began-September 14, 1914. Aisne caverns, battle of-October 23, 1917. Allenstein, battle of-September 1, 1914. Ancre. battle of, began-November 13, 1916. Antwerp, capture of, by Germans-October 9-10, 1914.
Argesu, battle of-December 3, 1916. Arras, battle of, began-April 9, 1917.
Artois, fighting in the-September 26-October 2, 1915.
Bagdad captured by British-March 11, 1917. Bainsizza plateau taken by Italians, August 25, 1917; recaptured by Austrians and Germans, October 25, 1917.
Baupaume captured by British-March 17, 1917; lost to Germans, March 24, 1918; recaptured by British, August 29, 1918.
Beersheba captured by British-October 31, 1917. Belgrade occupied by Austrians-December 2, 1914; recaptured by Serbians, December 14, 1914; taken by Germans and Austrians, October 9-10, 1915. Belloy en Senterre, battle of-July 4, 1916.
Brest-Litovsk captured by Germans-August 25, 1915.
Bruges occupied by Germans-October 14, 1914. Brussels occupied by Germans-August 20, 1914. Bukharest captured hy Germans December 6, 1916. Bullecourt taken by Australians-May 12, 1917.
Cambrai, battle of-November 21, 1917; October 9, 1918.
Caporetto, battle of-October 24, 1917.
Carso plateau, battle of-May 23-24, 1917.
Cetinje captured by Austrians-January 12, 1916. Champagne, battle of the-September 25-30, 1915. Chateau Thierry, battle of-July 15, 1918.
Combles captured by French and British-Septem- ber 26, 1916.
Constanza captured by Germans-October 23, 1916. Courcelette captured by British-September 15, 1916. Craonne, battle of-January 25-27, 1915; village re- captured by French, May 4, 1917.
Ctesiphon captured by British-March 8, 1917.
Czernowitz, captured by Russians-June 18, 1916. Dardanelles campaign begun-November 3, 1914; ended January 9, 1916.
Dardanelles forts, bombardment of, begun-February 19, 1915.
Dogger bank British naval victory-January 24, 1915. Douaumont fort, captured by Germans-February 26, 1916; recaptured by French, October 21, 1916. Dubno captured by Russians-June 11, 1916. Dunaje, battle of the-May 1, 1915.
Erzerum captured by Russians-February 15. 1916. Erzingan captured by Russians-July 25, 1916.
Falkland Islands, naval battle of-December 8, 1914. Festubert, battle of-May 16-17, 1915. Flers captured by British-September 15, 1916. Fleury, battles of-July 11-August 17, 1916. Florina taken by Serbs-August 18, 1916. Fresnoy captured by Canadians-May 3, 1917. Gallipoli, allies land at-April 22, 1915; evacuated by British, January 9, 1916. Gaza, battle of-March 26-27, 1917.
Geudecourt captured by British-September 26, 1916. Gheluvelt, battle of-October 31, 1914.
Ghent captured by Germans-October 12, 1914. Givenchy, battle of-December 19-21, 1914.
Goritz captured by Italians-August 9, 1916; re-
captured by Austro-Germans, October 28, 1917. Grandcourt captured by British-February 7, 1917. Guillemont captured by allies-September 3, 1916. Helgoland, naval battle of-August 28, 1914. Hermannstadt, battle of-September 30, 1916. Hill 70 (near Lens) captured-August 15, 1917. Hindenburg retreat began-March 11, 1917. Hooge, battle of-August 3.9, 1915.
Huloch, battle of-Scptember 25-October 2, 1915. Jaffa captured by British-November 18, 1917. Jericho captured-February 21, 1918.
Jerusalem captured by British-December 9. 1917. Jutland, naval battle of (Skager-Rak) -May 31, 1916.
Kemmel Hill taken by Germans-April 26, 1918. Kitchener, Lord, lost at sea-June 5, 1916. Kovno captured by Germans-August 17, 1915. Kronstadt captured by Roumanians-August 30, 1916; recaptured by Germans, October 8, 1916. Kut-el-Amara, surrender of British force at-April
. La Bassee, battle of-January 25-28, 1915.
29, 1916; recaptured February 22.26, 1917.
Le Cateau, battle of-August 26, 1914; October 19. 1918.
Lemberg taken by Russians-September 2, 1914; re- captured by Germans, June 22, 1915.
Les Bœufs captured by British-September 25, 1916. Libau occupied by Germans-May 8, 1915. Liege captured by Germans-August 5-8, 1914. Longueval taken by British-July 14, 1916.
Loos, battle of-September 25 to October 8, 1915. Louvain burned-August 26, 1914.
Lublin captured by Germans-July 31, 1915.
Marne, battle of-September 6-11, 1914; second bat- tle of, July 15, 1918.
Martinpuich captured by British-September 15, 1916.
Maubeuge captured hy Germans September 7. 1914. Maurepas captured by French-August 24, 1916. Menin road, battle of-October 4, 1917.
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FRENCH AND AMERICANS ADVANCE TO GRENADE ATTACK
French men and Americans are advancing across No Man's Land somewhere on the front in France. They are moving cautiously ready to use the grenades they are carrying. in the sacks slung over their shoulders.
Messines ridge taken by British-June 7, 1917. Meuse·Argonne, battles of-September 26, October 4 and November 1, 1918.
Monastir captured by Bulgarians-December 2,
. 1915; by allies, November 19, 1916.
Monchy le Preux, battle of-April 23-25, 1917.
Monfalcone occupied by Italians-June 9, 1915. Mons, battle of-August 21-23, 1914.
Monte Santo taken by Italians-August 24, 1917; re- · captured by Austrians and Germans, October 28, 1917.
Morval captured by British-September 25, 1916. Neuve Chapelle, battle of-March 10-12, 1915.
Nish captured by Bulgarians-November 5, 1915. Novo Georgievsk captured by Germans-August 19, 1915.
Orsova captured by Germans-November 24, 1916. Ostend occupied by Germans-October 15, 1914.
Peronne captured by allies-March 18, 1917; lost
March 24, 1918; recaptured September 1, 1918. Piave, battles of-June 23 and October 28, 1918. Pozieres captured by British-August 9, 1916.
Prisrend captured by Bulgarians-November 30, 1915.
Przemysl, siege and capture of by Russians-Sep- tember 20, 1914, to March 22, 1915; recaptured by Germans, June 3, 1915.
Rancourt captured by French-September 25, 1916. Rheims-October 2-9, 1918.
Richiebourg, battle of-May 9-24, 1915.
Sailly-Saillisel taken by French-October 18, 1916.
St. Eloy, battle of-December 9, 1914.
St. Juvin, battle of-October 14, 1918. St. Mihiel, battle of-September 12, 1918.
Saloniki, allies land at-October 5, 1915.
Scutari captured by Austrians-January 23, 1916.
Serbia, invasion of, begun-October 7, 1915. Silistria captured by Germans-September 10, 1916. Skager-Rak, naval battle of-May 31, 1916.
Soissons, first battle of-September 15, 1914; second battle of, January 8-12, 1915; lost by French, May
29, 1918; recaptured by French, August 2, 1918. Somme, battle of, began-July 1, 1916.
Stanislau captured by Russians-August 11, 1916. Sucz canal, battle near-February 2, 1915. Tannenberg, batle of-August 26, 1914.
Tarnopol, battle of-September 8, 1915. Termonde destroyed-September 18, 1914.
Thiepval captured by British-September 26, 1916. Tolmino occupied by Italians July 3, 1915.
Torcy, battle of-July 18, 1918.
Trebizond captured by Russians-April 17, 1916. Trentino, Austrian offensive in-May 15, June 6, 1916.
Tsingtao captured by Japanese-November 7, 1914. Turnu-Severin captured by Germans-November 24, 1916.
Tutrakan captured by Germans-September 7, 1916. Udine captured by Austrians and Germans-Octo- ber 30, 1917.
Uskup captured by Bulgarians-October 24, 1915. Vaux, battle of-July 1, 1918.
Vaux, port, recaptured by French-November 3, 1916.
Verdun, Germans attacks on, began-February 22, 1916.
Vermandovillers taken by French-September 17, 1916.
Vilna captured by Germans-September 18, 1915. Vimy ridge captured by Canadians-April 9. 1917. Warsaw captured by Germans-August 4, 1915. Wytschaete captured by British-June 7. 1917.
Ypres, first battle of-October 20-31, 1914; second battle of, April 22-24, 1915; third battle of, July 30.August 2, 1917.
Yser canal, battles along-October 20-28, 1914.
Zeebrugge and Ostend blockade by British-April 22 and May 9, 1918.
STATISTICS RELATING TO UNITED STATES FORCES, CASUALTIES, SHIPPING AND COST OF OPERATIONS FROM APRIL 6, 1917, TO APRIL 6, 1919.
Regular Army. . 127,588
National Guard in Federal service. 80,466
Reserve corps in service. 4,000
Total of soldiers. 212,031
Personnel of Navy 65.777
Marine Corps. 15,627
April 6, 1917-
Total armed forces 293,438
Army 3,764,000
Navy 497,030
Marine Corps 78,017
November 11, 1918- Total armed forces. 4,339,047
Soldiers transported overseas. 2,053 347
American troops in action, November 11, 1918 1.338,169
Soldiers in camps in the United States, November 11, 1918 ...
1,700 000
Casualties, Army and Marine Corps, A. E. F. 282 311
Death rate per thousand, A. E. F. .057 German prisoners taken. 44 000
Americans decorated by French, Brit- ish, Belgian and Italian armies, about 10.000
Number of men registered and classi- fied under selective service law .... Cost of thirty-two National Army can- tonments and National Guard camps
$179,629,497
Students enrolled in 500 S. A. T. C. camps
170,000
Officers commissioned from training camps (exclusive of universities, etc.) 80,000
Women engaged in Government war industries 2,000,000
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"Crossing the German Frontier." Then entry of the first American troops into German territory swinging past the border post of Alsace near Sentheim, May 29, 1918; Company A of the 125th Regiment, Infantry (for- merly the 31st and 33d Regiments, Infantry, Mich. N. G.). (May 29, 1918.)
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BEHIND THE BATTLE LINES.
Railway locomotives sent to France ..
967
13,174
Germany . 10,500,000
Entente Allies .34,500,000
Austria-Hungary
7,000,000
Bulgaria 500,000
Turkey
2,000,000
Teutonic Allies
20,000,000
Total all
54,500.000
STEAM VESSELS LOST IN THE WORLD WAR. From August 4, 1914, to October 31, 1918.
Gross Tons
War
Marine
Total
Great Britain
7,753,311 1,032,779
8,786,090
Dominions of
Great
Britain
169,712 99,866
269,578
Total
7,923,923 1,132,645
9,055,668
U. S. A. (seagoing) .
343,090
187,948
531,038
Belgian
85,842
19,239
105,081
Brazilian
20,328
10,951
31,279
Danish
210,880
34,422
245,302
Dutch
201,797
27,244
229,041
French
722,939
84,138
807,077
Greek
349,661
65,014
414,675
Italian
745,766
115,669
861,435
Japanese
119,764
150,269
270,033
Norwegian
976,516
195,244
1,171,760
Spanish
157,527
80,335
327,862
Swedish
180,415
83,586
264,001
Grand Total 12,038,448 2,186,704 14,314,251 From "Commerce and Finance," New York City. MEN KILLED IN THE GREAT WAR.
Two Years One Year Aug. 1, 1914 Aug. 1, 1916 to
Aug. 1, 1916 Aug. 1, 1917
England
205,000
102,500
307,500
France
855,000
427,500
1,282,500
Russia
1,500,000
750,000
2,250.000
Italy
105,000
52,000
157,000
Belgium
50,000
25,000
75,000
Serbia
110,000
55,000
165,000
Roumania
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100,000
100,000
Entente Allies
2.825,000
1,512,000
4,337,000
Germany
885,000
442,500
1,327,500
Austria-Hungary
718,000
359,000
1,077,000
Turkey
150,000
75,000
225,000
Bulgaria
25,000
12,500
37,500
Teutonic Allies
1,778,000
889,000
2,667,000
Total all.
.4,603,000
2,401,000
7,004,000
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Belgium, Serbia, Portugal. 1,000,000
Roumania
500,000
Freight cars sent to France.
Locomotives of foreign origin oper- ated by A. E. F ..
350
Cars of foreign origin operated by A. E. F ..
973
Miles of standard gauge track laid in France
843
Warehouses, approximate area in square feet
23,000,000
Motor vehicles shipped to France .... 110,000
ARMS AND AMMUNITION.
Persons employed in about 8,000 ord- nance plants in U. S. at signing of armistice
4,000,000
Shoulder rifles made during war ....
2,500,000
Rounds of small arms ammunition ..
2,879,148,000
Machine guns and automatic rifles ... High explosive shells
4,250,000
Gas shells
500,000
Shrapnel
7,250,000
8,500,000
Gas masks, extra canisters and horse masks UNITED STATES NAVY AND MERCHANT SHIPPING.
Warships at beginning of war. 197
Warships at end of war.
2,003
Small boats built.
800
Submarine chasers built.
355
Merchant ships armed.
2,500
Naval bases in European waters and the Azores 54
Shipbuilding yards (merchant ma- rine) increased from 61 to more than ...
200
Shipbuilding ways increased from 233 to more than. 1,000
Ships delivered to Shipping Board by end of 1918.
592
Deadweight tonnage of ships delivered 3,423,495
UNITED STATES FINANCES OF THE WAR.
Total cost, approximately. $24,620,000,000
Credits to eleven nations.
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