AMERICA AT WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 September 1917, Page 5

AMERICA AT WAR.

- in»i SPIRIT OF TUE PEOPLE. .*'" J i \ IMPRESSIONS OF A VISITOR The spirit in which the Americans M».'\ * prosecuting the war was the subject of-'* some interesting remarks by Capt. J, J.'? Fairehild, of the New Zealand Medici Corps, who recently apent some ■weeWi'i m the United States: "I am delight«di ; -' and very much impressed with' TfSftff-' 4 saw of the Americans," said Cap*. Ifeifr. -' child. "I could not have believeii i|.« had J not seen it. They are preparing ■ •for a five years' war, but I believe that ''■ quick organisation and application of' their vast resources at which they ar»' : *' aiming will have the effect of consider.'.', ably shortening the war. I was inVi mensely impressed with the quiet, do-v tennined maimer in which the Americaaffv' speak of performing their part. was a marked absence of the boiahatfti*'?' style usually associated with the people v ' in the States. They have, their words into actions. The activity'''" which I witnessed in sevoual of th« v l largest munition faptories and building yards was simply amMJEBfc V One colossal store in 'Philadelphia hif- 0 organised among its jmall army of em-' '. ployees a volunteer corps of men, end! ' another of women, the "men undergoing ', military training to fit them for activs '{ service, while the women are under strict,, 1 '; discipline and trained to he smart and."l efficient. This store jri providing th*-' uniforms for the men, and tracks and tennis court? to make them-v' physically,.fit. Such a-spirit ib man*. ,' fested in all parts of the State. Im« ' mense military camps have been ertab- ' lished all over the States. I visiteoV'v; some of them, and T can say th«t th>.ij average American 'in camp is a torf'S? good type, with the making of a gobft". soldier. The officers are a fine type.' f Only men of outstanding ability are apV '. ■poiiitad officers, and a man, is not pro-, > . moted merely because he is '-next on th*'' ■list.' I had an opportunity of inspecting ', their medical and dental arrangements, X and their organisation in this direction i? . admirable and leaves nothing to be deAy<; sired. ' '": "Energy and efficiency charactwisedtj \ the efforts of the civilian population. \ Their organisation is wonderful I tended lied Crosa efforts at Boston Philadelphia, and an '.stouuding gum of. j! money was People of classes were imbued with the spirit nt.Vj sacrifice." ; Captain Fairehild added that the, Qer- < j man clement did not show itsclif at afl. •'•' Enemy aliens were being interned, and i„ the authorities had a tight .grip of "the s ' situation so far as the German in tKoH" States was concerned.- , ( ""''_