The new Larned History for ready reference, reading and research; the actual words of the world's best historians, biographers and specialists: a complete system of history for all uses, extending to all countries and subjects and representing the better and newer literature of history; . tion of prices, and would have actu-ally obstructed the procurement of supplies. Tomeet this problem from the standpoint of economi- and intimate touch was secured, with foreignagencies; a statistical bureau was created whichclassified and analyzed our requirements; quarterlyforecasts of supplies were issued;
The new Larned History for ready reference, reading and research; the actual words of the world's best historians, biographers and specialists: a complete system of history for all uses, extending to all countries and subjects and representing the better and newer literature of history; . tion of prices, and would have actu-ally obstructed the procurement of supplies. Tomeet this problem from the standpoint of economi- and intimate touch was secured, with foreignagencies; a statistical bureau was created whichclassified and analyzed our requirements; quarterlyforecasts of supplies were issued; civilian manuallabor was procured and organized; a technicalboard undertook the co-ordination, development,and utilization of the electric power facilities inFrance; a bureau of reciprocal supplies vised theclaims of foreign Governments for raw materialsfrom the United States, and a general printingplant was established. Some of these activitieswere later transferred to other services as the lat-ter became ready to undertake their control. Theprinciples upon which the usefulness of this agencydepended were extended to our allies, and in theSummer of iqiS the general purchasing agent be-came a member of the Interallied Board of Sup-plies. This board undertook, with signal success,. SPARK V\ HEELS OTHEU IWRTS TO SUllLY THE AMERICANlORCE, STORED AT BORDEAUX, FRANCE exii;liiti().\akv cal business management, directions were given inAugust, iqi7, for the creation of a General Pur-chasing Board to co-ordinate and control our pur-chases both among our own services and among theAllies as well. The supervision and direction ofthis agency was placed in the hands of an experi-enced business man, and every supply departmentin the American Expeditionary Forces was repre-sented on the board. .Agents were stationed mSwitzerland, Spain, and Holland, besides the alliedcountries. The character of supplies included prac-tically the entire category of necessities, althoughthe bulk of
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