. Review of reviews and world's work . courage and their new vigor—to thetests of civil life. „ , ^ At first, when the armistice was Back From . , , , , ,. Foreign Signed, the problem or sendingShores ^j^^ ^^^ homc Seemed to most people much more simple than that of train-ing them and sending them forth to war. Itwill within a few days be three months sincethe armistice brought actual warfare to anend. In a like period of three months justpreceding the armistice we sent abroad ap-proximately 800,000 soldiers. Everything,however, both here and throughout the landsand waters under the sway of th
. Review of reviews and world's work . courage and their new vigor—to thetests of civil life. „ , ^ At first, when the armistice was Back From . , , , , ,. Foreign Signed, the problem or sendingShores ^j^^ ^^^ homc Seemed to most people much more simple than that of train-ing them and sending them forth to war. Itwill within a few days be three months sincethe armistice brought actual warfare to anend. In a like period of three months justpreceding the armistice we sent abroad ap-proximately 800,000 soldiers. Everything,however, both here and throughout the landsand waters under the sway of the Allies,was subordinated to the great object of build-ing up an irresistible reserve of troops inFrance for the victory that we knew wouldcome in 1919 if not gained sooner. It hadtaken some time to assemble the shipping, andto perfect the arrangements for dispatchingour troops so rapidly. It had not been pos-sible to anticipate the precise moment whenhostilities would cease, and it has again taken THE PROGRESS OF THE WORLD 121. (g) International Film Service PRESIDENT WILSON REVIEWING AMERICAN TROOPS AT THE FRONT ON CHRISTMAS DAY(One of President Wilsons most typical addresses abroad was delivered to the troops at Humes, where he ex-pressed the sense of American pride and affection in the achievements of the army.) time to arrange on the great scale for the sol-diers return to our shores. Secretary Baker,in a clear and timely statement, sets forththe elements of the problem in an article forour readers that appears in this issue. V Naturally, we are all impatient Reasons -^ i i • For Some to have sons and relatives and* ^ friends come home; but we mustremember that the return movement whichbegan promptly in November, and attainedincreasing proportions in December and Jan-uary, has begun about a year sooner than webelieved that it would last summer. Wehave reason in this to find cheer, and to ex-amine the problem on its merits without ex-asperation. As Secretary Baker sho
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