. Review of reviews and world's work . d States by sentimental ties, where the firstAmerican Expeditionary Force set foot on Frenchsoil. In August, 1917, the whole dock and un-loading facilities were not only hopelessly inade-quate for our needs, but the prospect of increas-ing them was equally disheartening. Thoughthere were two large lock basins the anchorageoutside was inadequate, while the dischargingfacilities were poor. Only six ships of ten thou-sand tons each could be discharged simultane-ously. The dock buildings were old and rat-riddled. There were a few rusty cranes; thebeds of the
. Review of reviews and world's work . d States by sentimental ties, where the firstAmerican Expeditionary Force set foot on Frenchsoil. In August, 1917, the whole dock and un-loading facilities were not only hopelessly inade-quate for our needs, but the prospect of increas-ing them was equally disheartening. Thoughthere were two large lock basins the anchorageoutside was inadequate, while the dischargingfacilities were poor. Only six ships of ten thou-sand tons each could be discharged simultane-ously. The dock buildings were old and rat-riddled. There were a few rusty cranes; thebeds of the railroad tracks alongside had boggedin the wet ground. We had no barges for light-ering. When our first locomotives arrived in adeep-draft ship we had to use an ocean-goingsteamer for a lighter, transfer the engines to herdeck and then bring them into one of the basinsin this crude and cumbersome way. Such werethe handicaps under which we labored formonths. But those engineers got busy. At the outset a LEADING ARTICLES OF THE MONTH 93. © Committee on Public Information AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVES ON AMERICAN-BUILT TRACKS IN FRANCE discharge of two thousand tons a day was con-sidered an immense performance at this port;on the day before I write this article, early inSeptember, that same port discharged exactly 10,-341 tons. We had not only built those ware-houses but in this port and in the great base sup-ply depot, four miles away, we had constructedfifty great warehouses that comprise a city ofsupply. We have linked those docks and ware-houses with more than a hundred miles of tracksand spurs—some of them on concrete the project is completed it will have atrackage equal to that of Altoona, which is anerve center of the Pennsylvania system, withtwo hundred and fifty miles of rails. We haveincreased the basin facilities until to-day thereare berths for twenty-one ships of big vessels can discharge at the same time. The A. E. F. in France, with the Per
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