The Independent . © rndericood & Underwood Theyre ready to do their bit at war work, too, putting up hospital tents like these, moving the wounded, carrying messages. THE MACHINERY OF WAR BY HOWARD COFFIN THE conditions under which weare going into this war are dif-ferent from the conditions thathave confronted the nation in anyprevious war and are different, as amatter of fact, from those which con-fronted any country in Europe at thebeginning of the present war. In the first place we have had thelessons of two and a half years of mod-ern warfare brought home to us. In the next place, thru th
The Independent . © rndericood & Underwood Theyre ready to do their bit at war work, too, putting up hospital tents like these, moving the wounded, carrying messages. THE MACHINERY OF WAR BY HOWARD COFFIN THE conditions under which weare going into this war are dif-ferent from the conditions thathave confronted the nation in anyprevious war and are different, as amatter of fact, from those which con-fronted any country in Europe at thebeginning of the present war. In the first place we have had thelessons of two and a half years of mod-ern warfare brought home to us. In the next place, thru the legislativeact creating the Council of National De-fense and thru the coordinating influ-ence of the civilian advisory commis-sion assisting the Council, the entireresources of the country in the line ofexpert scientific business and technicalbrains have been brought to bear uponthe national problem. The Council inits advisory commission, was the firstauthoritative channel for the accom-plishment of this purpose. We have learned, during the past twoand a half years, that in modern war-fare there are three great arms of serv-ice. These are the Army, the Navy,
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